Breakthrough COVID-19 infections and deaths rose during delta, but far outpaced by the unvaccinated | ABC News

CEID Faculty Dr. Ellie Murray spoke with ABC News about breakthrough COVID-19 infections.

“Murray and Lessler both likened the COVID-19 vaccine to a seatbelt, explaining that even if an individual were to get into a car accident, the seatbelt can often, but not always, help prevent significant injury or death.

‘Breakthrough infections are not evidence that vaccines don’t work anymore than the fact that car crashes [that] are still sometimes fatal is evidence that seatbelts don’t work. We use prevention tools because they help reduce our risk of serious disease or death, not because they are guaranteed to 100% always keep us safe,’ Murray said. ‘If we held to that latter standard, we’d never use any preventive measures because nothing is perfect, and the result would be much more death and disease and disability.’”

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