Mississippi health officials: Fully vaccinated people account for 78 positive COVID-19 tests, 1 death

Mississippi health officials: Fully vaccinated people account for 78 positive COVID-19 tests, 1 death
Sarah Haselhorst, Mississippi Clarion Ledger
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Since being fully vaccinated, state health officials said 78 people in the state have tested positive for COVID-19. One person died.
"We knew we would see some because (the vaccine's) not 100% effective at preventing any illness," State Health Officer Thomas Dobbs said during a Tuesday media briefing. "It's been fortunately an uncommon thing."
The Moderna vaccine is more than 90% effective against COVID-19 six months after the second dose is administered, according to the most recent study. Pfizer said its vaccine is 91.3% effective in preventing the coronavirus. While Johnson & Johnson has a lower effectiveness against COVID-19 at 66%, it's highly successful at preventing hospitalization and death in infected people, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. 

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