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What is a breakthrough infection? 6 questions answered about catching COVID-19 after vaccination

  • Written by Sanjay Mishra, PhD, Project Coordinator & Staff Scientist, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University
What is a breakthrough infection? 6 questions answered about catching COVID-19 after vaccinationVaccines don't ward off every single infection but they do massively lower the risk.Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

If you’ve been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, maybe you figured you no longer need to worry about contracting the coronavirus. But along with the rising number of new COVID-19 cases globally and...

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