Member-only story
Vaccinated people: Your odds of a COVID ‘breakthrough’ infection have gone up. That doesn’t mean you need to panic.
No vaccine makes you 100% immune to infection. The Delta variant increases your risk of COVID-19. Your case may be mild, but be considerate.
New York Yankees, Texas wedding guests, and Vegas partygoers are part of an unlucky but growing minority.
They are fully vaccinated people who’ve got cases of COVID-19, as the more contagious Delta variant spreads quickly around the world.
Their illnesses are a reminder that this pandemic is not over, and we urgently need more shots in arms — globally.
Vaccinated people: A shot does not catapult you into a post-pandemic dream world. Don’t be shocked if you go out and socialize unmasked and then later test positive for COVID-19.
It’s nothing to fret about too much: If you get a “breakthrough” infection, it may feel like a cold or be completely asymptomatic.
But with the far more contagious Delta variant at play, your odds of infection are up, and you could also hurt others by spreading an infection around.
“Plague amnesia is going to cause a massive crisis in the United States if people want to forget that we are still…