At the same time, a recent report on state-level data from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) found the rate of breakthrough cases in fully vaccinated individuals is âwell below 1% in all reporting states, ranging from 0.01% in Connecticut to 0.29% in Alaskaâ. That means breakthrough cases are very rare.
So, how should we balance these two competing pieces of information? One way, is to think about how we donât know how many people were
protected by the vaccines in Provincetown, a high density summer tourism destination.
âYes, itâs true 74% of the cases in Provincetown were among vaccinated individuals, but weâre talking about thousands and thousands of vaccinated people coming through Provincetown at that time,â said Dr Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and Co-Director of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Childrenâs Hospital. âSo, I think the vaccines were still performing at a very high level.â