Category: Vaccine Breakthrough
Norway: 70 infected with Delta coronavirus variant – 7 were fully vaccinated
Approx. 70 Norwegians have been infected with coronavirus after two concerts in a culture house in Færder Municipality last week, and many of them have been diagnosed with the Delta variant – the variant that was first found in India. More...
Preprint: surges in coronavirus cases associated with NTD deletions common in vaccine breakthrough infections or reinfections
Researchers find that surges in COVID-19 case numbers are associated with deletions in the SARS-CoV-2 genome in an antigenic site of the spike protein. More...
So what is Plan B if the vaccines fail?
14th June 2021: We’ve spent two days scouring the internet looking for Plan B for what happens in the event of complete Covid-19 vaccine failure. More...
UK: Patrick Vallance and Chris Whitty’s grim prognosis on the coronavirus pandemic
Patrick Vallance: “This is a virus that is going to be with us forever.” More...
Canada: 82% Delta vaccine breakthrough in Calgary hospital coronavirus outbreak
An outbreak of the Delta coronavirus variant at the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary has seen 16 patients and six health-care workers tested positive for the variant. More...
Chile: Santiago goes back into lockdown despite 60% coronavirus vaccination rate
As of the early hours of this Saturday, 12th June 2021, Santiago de Chile has once again entered quarantine. More...
UK: a full national coronavirus lockdown is needed by 21st June 2021
Britain’s second wave of Covid-19 started in early September 2020. More...
UK: PHE on Delta Variant – 6.2% vaccine breakthrough with both doses
I see people stressing about vaccination death data due to some unclear #scicomms on here…
So here it is: we know of 33,206 cases of Delta variant (28,917 with vax info)
1,785 were fully vaccinated and *still* got infected (6.2% of cases)
Of these 1,785, 12 died (0.7%)
— Meaghan Kall (@kallmemeg) June 11, 2021
More...Will leave the brilliant @JamesWard73 to estimate VE against those numbers
Of note is the high % of severe outcomes among people breakthrough infections.
UK: massive rise in Delta coronavirus vaccine breakthrough cases
“There are currently 1,917 new daily symptomatic cases of COVID in vaccinated people, an increase of 89% from 1,014 cases, compared to 9,991 new daily symptomatic cases in unvaccinated people. More...
Preprint: vaccine breakthrough coronavirus infections may be common in transplant patients
“We studied 658 transplant recipients who received 2 doses of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine. More...