Top health expert says vaccinated people are spreading delta variant

Source: The Hill | July 7, 2021 | Alexandra Kelley

The CDC currently does not require vaccinated individuals to undergo regular testing.

As some states report marked upticks in COVID-19 infections while the delta variant becomes the most common strain in the U.S., public health experts are encouraging further vaccinations to help curb further transmission.

Some experts, however, warn that vaccinated individuals may still be capable of contracting and transmitting COVID-19.

Speaking to Insider, Christopher Murray, the director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, said that not testing vaccinated people –– as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends –– may be overlooking some transmission. 

“We actually have states where hospitalizations are going up more than cases,” Murray said, adding that “we’re probably missing a bunch of transmission in vaccinated individuals.”

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While vaccines are beneficial in preventing severe infections, contracting the virus, and transmitting COVID-19, vaccinated individuals are never completely protected against COVID-19. Breakthrough infections are possible, and the delta infectivity rate is still very high.

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Other data emerging from Israel suggest that the Pfizer vaccine is less effective against infections caused by the delta variant, which may explain the uptick in U.S. infection despite widespread vaccinations.  

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    Making the vaccinated the scapegoats in this Delta spread is ridiculous. No vaccine is 100% foolproof and the vaccinated had to have picked up the variant from some unvaccinated person. it’s the unvaccinated who are spreading this virus and this article, particularly the title, is misleading and irresponsible.

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