Why are fully vaccinated people still testing positive and dying from coronavirus?

Right now you may be seeing a lot of misinformation about vaccines, so here's a reminder of what you need to know about 'breakthrough infections' and how vaccines work on.ft.com/3vlq24Y
Despite seriously reducing the number of symptomatic infections, vaccines do not completely erase the possibility of catching and getting sick from Covid on.ft.com/3vlq24Y Image
Fully vaccinated people can still get Covid but the cases are very rare. Estimates put protection against symptomatic infection, depending on the vaccine, at between 60% and 90% on.ft.com/3vlq24Y Image
One of the effects of vaccination is that fully vaccinated people have a much lower risk of death from Covid, even if they are not completely immune Image

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