Thread by @MonicaGandhi9

Breakthrough coronavirus cases are disappointing ― but most of them are also evidence that the shots are working. huffpost.com/entry/breakthr… via @HuffPostLife

Think this is responsible reporting by the @HuffPostLife about breakthrough infections with delta as the promise of these amazing vaccines was in the yellow column, in preventing severe disease & death, which is what the vaccines are doing. Never before in history have we swabbed

noses for asymptomatic infection; vaccine trials always designed on preventing disease. No vaccine for common cold because that is not the disease vaccines needed for - vaccines needed for severe disease, so designed that way. COVID vax in that way work stupendously well

3 types of breakthroughs.
1) Asymptomatic breakthroughs are because we are still testing immune individuals, which is not recommended by CDC

https://twitter.com/MonicaGandhi9/status/1395572466949365761

When media report on asymptomatic breakthroughs, outbreak investigation should report on viral loads in the tests if PCR is the test being done, otherwise, can't tell meaning of that positive test (low viral load, no symptoms =vax success; fought it off!)
washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/0…

2) Mild breakthroughs happening more with delta than we saw with alpha. Vaccines (T cell immunity longer lasting) designed to prevent severe disease as outlined here, but expectations may have been set differently. 4 other cold coronaviruses

https://twitter.com/MonicaGandhi9/status/1413272067139506176

Vax still "defanging" COVID (hospitalizations still decoupling from cases) in light of delta variant. @TracyBethHoeg presented data yesterday yesterday updated from our data in @WSJ last week that hospitalizations in children from @CDC still remaining low
wsj.com/articles/delta…

Pres Biden yesterday said children <12 vax trials ready by fall & he is urging FDA to approve the >12 vax asap to help increase uptake. Most urgent need is to vaccinate remaining eligible unvaccinated which is main focus of COVID-19 task force. Vax still doing what designed to do

I know this seems like it never ends & I am so sorry; this is a very wily virus & not tamping down transmission worldwide and allowing ongoing preventable deaths without #globalvaxequity is a tragedy & moral failing. "Vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate"
apple.news/A-1CAiRd9Tc2zm…