CDC: Just 5,800 known "quotbreakthrough"quot COVID infections in more than 66 million fully vaccinated peo

[PeteS in CA]

CDC: Just 5,800 known "breakthrough" COVID infections in more than 66 million fully vaccinated people so far

https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2021/04/15/cdc-just-5800-known-breakthrough-covid-infections-in-more-than-66-million-fully-vaccinated-people-so-far-n383557

Rochelle Walensky exaggerated a few weeks ago when she said that vaccinated people “don’t carry the virus.”

But she didn’t exaggerate much.

Just 5,800 documented infections out of 66 million people — mostly resulting in mild cases — and Anthony Fauci is still iffy about the vaccinated going out to dinner. Good lord.

These so-called breakthrough cases, which are defined as positive Covid-19 test results received at least two weeks after patients receive their final vaccine dose, represent 0.008% of the fully vaccinated population…

“The experience so far is that the vaccine remains highly effective and those who did have breakthrough infections have had very mild and manageable illnesses,” said Dr. Hirschwerk, who has treated at least one patient who fell ill with Covid-19 after being vaccinated. “This is really what we see each season with the influenza vaccine.”

While efficacy in preventing infection entirely was the visible primary "endpoint" goal in the vaccines' Phase 3 tests, preventing infections from becoming more than mild cases was another. So even the "breakthroughs" are not total failures of the vaccines.

Of course, this data is from the CDC, so skeptics have an excuse for dismissing the data ... despite having none they can claim to be more complete.