16-07-2021, 11:37 PM
Cases of fully vaccinated Australians catching COVID-19 are part and parcel of how vaccines work and should not raise undue concerns.
Experts in the field say vaccines against COVID-19 dramatically cut a person’s risk of being infected and of getting seriously ill or dying but do not offer 100 per cent protection. However, if a vaccinated person does catch the virus, they are at dramatically lower risk of passing it on.
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“No, we shouldn’t be very concerned,” said Professor Caroline Miller, director of the Health Policy Centre at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute.
“The purpose of a vaccine is to prevent serious illness and death from a disease. That’s what all our vaccines do: the flu vaccine, the measles vaccine.
Experts in the field say vaccines against COVID-19 dramatically cut a person’s risk of being infected and of getting seriously ill or dying but do not offer 100 per cent protection. However, if a vaccinated person does catch the virus, they are at dramatically lower risk of passing it on.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/don-t...58ab6.html
“No, we shouldn’t be very concerned,” said Professor Caroline Miller, director of the Health Policy Centre at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute.
“The purpose of a vaccine is to prevent serious illness and death from a disease. That’s what all our vaccines do: the flu vaccine, the measles vaccine.