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    COVID-19 Surges Among Unvaccinated in Florida, Contrary to Baseless Claims

    by Brea Jones Jul 30, 2021 4 minutes

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    Florida health officials have reported a 60% rise in COVID-19 cases, and hospitals are reporting that 95% of COVID-19 patients are not fully vaccinated. But a Facebook post makes the baseless claims that Florida’s numbers are not going up, and that all COVID-19 patients recently admitted to a Palm Beach County hospital had been vaccinated.

    How long will a person be protected if vaccinated?

    Scientists don’t know how long protective effects of the vaccines will last, but clinical trials, which are continuing, are trying to determine the answer.

    Dr. Peter Marks, the head of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, in December that based on the experience of people who were immunized earliest in the trials, it appears that

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