Why a small percentage of people can still receive COVID-19 after being fully vaccinated

DETROIT – As millions of people become fully vaccinated, we begin to hear cases where some still take COVID-19 later.

Here’s what it really means about vaccines.

Some people may feel discouraged from being vaccinated after hearing these stories.

It is really important for everyone to understand that these vaccines are highly effective, but they do not guarantee 100 percent protection. This is the case for all vaccines.

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Due to this fact, there will be a small percentage of people who will still take COVID-19 after being fully vaccinated, but that does not mean that the vaccine has not helped them.

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Ariel Silver is a busy mother and sales manager for a medical device company.

She took the chance to be vaccinated.

“From what I read, it was 95 percent effective. So I thought it was fine, ”said Silver.

She received her second Pfizer injection in mid-January and continued to follow recommended precautions.

“Definitely wearing masks, I was distancing myself socially. I was still being very careful, ”she added.

But when her two daughters contracted COVID-19 in late February, she also fell ill.

“Having been fully vaccinated for six weeks and then to get a positive COVID test, I was shocked. I read that if someone is vaccinated with COVID, the symptoms are very mild. But for two days my symptoms were not mild. I was in bed, very sick, ”she said.

It is not unexpected. In the Pfizer study, eight people in the vaccinated group had a symptomatic case of COVID-19, but this is compared to 162 in the placebo group.

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For Moderna, 11 vaccinated people still got COVID-19 versus 185 in the placebo group.

And for Johnson and Johnson, 32 of the vaccinated group fell ill, compared with 112 who did not receive the vaccine.

“We should not be surprised that some people are still infected, especially if they have high-risk exposures, such as domestic exposure. However, what we should not expect are serious infections because we know that vaccines are highly protective against hospitalizations, ”said a doctor to Local 4 News.

Silver felt good again and still encourages others to get vaccinated.

“The data shows that vaccines are safe and really help to protect against COVID-19. I could only imagine not having the vaccine and getting COVID and how it would be worse. I feel that it protected me against hospitalization and God forbid death, ”she said.

Ultimately, all three vaccines are highly effective in preventing seriously ill people, needing to be hospitalized or dying.

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This does not mean that no one will ever get sick, but it does mean that vaccines are doing what we need them to do.