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A new state report indicates that 246 people in Michigan have come down with COVID-19 despite being vaccinated, and three have died.
While alarming, that’s a tiny percentage of the number of people in the state who have been vaccinated.
Ingham County Health Officer Linda Vail says there still is broad transmission and many people remain unvaccinated. Those factors increase the risk that a vaccinated person can contract COVID. “Once we have both a very high efficacy vaccine and herd immunity, she explains, we should see far less of that.”
Vail adds that several factors might be to blame, stating that some people perhaps got exposed days after their first dose, or in some cases basically may have been incubating and not tested positive, or not feeling symptoms yet before their first dose, or in-between doses.”
Ingham Health Officer Asking Schools to Pause In-Person Classes
According to the Lansing State Journal, The Ingham County Health Department is saying that schools should suspend in-person classes after spring break as a precaution to prevent the continued spread of COVID-19.
Ingham County Health Officer Linda Vail issued a recommendation that schools move to remote learning for grades 6-12 for one week. (Lansing State Journal)
With all the numbers going up here in Michigan and so many families on spring break this week, there s no doubt that in-person classes should be put on hold for at least one if not two weeks.
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State health officials say 246 fully vaccinated Michiganders contracted coronavirus from January to March, and three have died. These are individuals who have had a positive test 14 or more days after the last dose in the vaccine series, said Lynn Sutfin, a spokesperson for the state health department.
Some of the 246 people may ultimately be excluded from the state s tally of vaccine breakthrough cases because they may have had earlier coronavirus infections and still tested positive two weeks post-immunization. These cases are undergoing further review to determine if they meet other (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) criteria for determination of potential breakthrough, including the absence of a positive antigen or PCR test less than 45 days prior to the post-vaccination positive test, Sutfin said.
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Michigan is currently experiencing one of the worst coronavirus surges in the United States. On Monday, The Ingham County Health Department recommended that local schools avoid in-person learning next week for grades six through 12.
Ingham County Health Officer Linda Vail said she expects case numbers to increase as people travel for spring break this week.
“Schools are congregate settings, and are sparking off outbreaks, she said.
“There s a significant amount of transmission going on in the community, she said. There s a significant ability to basically catch that virus and then move it around, and then you re moving it around by traveling and going other places, so it s just a good time to be safe.”