Coronavirus can spread among vaccinated people, so officials urge cautious Labor Day
LOS ANGELES – The delta variant has dramatically changed what we once thought was true about the coronavirus. While vaccinated people continue to enjoy much greater protection from infection or serious COVID-19 illness than the unvaccinated, it’s now clear that even those who have gotten their shots can still contract and spread the virus. “One thing is for sure: Vaccinated people can get ...
by Rong-Gong Lin II and Luke Money, Los Angeles Times
Sep 03, 2021
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES – The delta variant has dramatically changed what we once thought was true about the coronavirus.
While vaccinated people continue to enjoy much greater protection from infection or serious COVID-19 illness than the unvaccinated, it’s now clear that even those who have gotten their shots can still contract and spread the virus.
“One thing is for sure: Vaccinated people can get infected, and they can transmit to other vaccinated people,” Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Thursday. “Vax-on-vax transmission has happened.”
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