With about a third of people in the US with one dose and about 20 percent are fully vaccinated against the new coronavirus, people wonder why they should still be careful in their daily activities. This has to do with the action of the vaccine and to be careful at this stage, as experts gather more information on how the vaccine affects the case load.
The purpose and purpose of vaccination is to prevent serious diseases and hospitalization. It has not been shown that the vaccines currently in use, Pfizer / BioNTech, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson, can prevent infection.
This means that people who can be vaccinated can become infected and transmit the virus to others, although the probability of doing so is lower than that of inexperienced people. Experts are set to collect more data to see if transfer takes place. There are also limited data on the efficacy of the vaccine for people with immune use and how well it is protected against the coronavirus variants.
Since vaccinated people are still able to do virus outbreaks, it is important to wear masks in public spaces to expose others. Keeping distance between others will also keep others safe. All of these health guidelines are meant to reduce transmission.
There are changes in recommendations for people who are fully vaccinated can do. The guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been updated to say that people who have been fully vaccinated can be unmasked in time with others who have been fully vaccinated. ‘Although the risk of disease may be minimal for the person who has been fully vaccinated, they should be aware of their potential risk of transmitting the virus to others if they become infected, especially if they visit unvaccinated people at increased risk. for serious diseases of COVID-19 or people who have not been vaccinated with an increased risk of serious diseases in their own households, ”according to the CDC guidelines. The risk of transmission in these institutions is low enough for this, and because all parties are vaccinated, the risk of serious illness is also low.
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It is also important to note that vaccination progress varies from state to state, and according to some they have vaccinated less than 45,000 people out of every 100,000 and others have vaccinated 50,000 to 60,000, according to the CDC vaccination survey. These vaccination rates affect your risk if you go shopping, take public transportation or spend any time indoors with people outside your household or bubble. This affects the chances of you standing next to someone who has not been vaccinated and / or infected. It is also something to keep in mind when traveling inland.
Because the coronavirus is still spreading in the population, including variants, it is important to reduce the transmission rates as much as possible. Cases are also continuing in several states, meaning that even when people are vaccinated, expanding interactions with more people can expose more people to the virus and allow the transmission to continue.
For updated information on COVID-19, go to the websites of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization. For updated global case counts, visit this page provided by Johns Hopkins University.
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