For the record:
4:44 PM, May. 04, 2021An earlier version of this newsletter said the coronavirus infection rate among people who had been vaccinated against COVID-19 was 0.0001%. It is 0.01%.
Every day, millions of Americans are rolling up their sleeves for a dose of COVID-19 vaccine. The Band-Aid across your upper arm can feel like a little coat of tan-colored armor, but it’s important to know that the antibodies building underneath aren’t perfect.
As of April 26, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 9,245 coronavirus infections among the 95 million Americans who have been fully vaccinated, and 132 of those people died. The CDC recognizes that these figures are probably an undercount of “breakthrough” cases, but even so, that’s
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Carey Alexander Washington, 80, a practicing clinical psychologist, called his daughter in January as soon as he received his first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
“He was just so excited that he had gotten it,” said Tanya Washington, 49, a resident of Atlanta who works at an investment firm.
Carey received his second shot Feb. 4. A little more than a month later, the South Carolina resident experienced shortness of breath. His internist did not test him for the virus. Carey, after all, was fully vaccinated. The doctor sent him to a cardiologist instead, who also didn’t test for the coronavirus.
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Carey Alexander Washington, 80, a practicing clinical psychologist, called his daughter in January as soon as he received his first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
“He was just so excited that he had gotten it,” said Tanya Washington, 49, a resident of Atlanta who works at an investment firm.
Carey received his second shot Feb. 4. A little more than a month later, the South Carolina resident experienced shortness of breath. His internist did not test him for the virus. Carey, after all, was fully vaccinated. The doctor sent him to a cardiologist instead, who also didn’t test for the coronavirus.
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