What Colin Powell’s death tells us — and doesn’t — about COVID-19 and vaccines
by Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times
Oct 19, 2021
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES —The death of Colin Powell from complications of COVID-19, despite being fully vaccinated, represents a rare but potential tragedy that can occur when the coronavirus infects someone with a severely compromised immune system, experts say.
Before developing COVID-19, the 84-year-old former four-star general and secretary of State was suffering from an acute cancer of the blood, known as multiple myeloma. Not only can that cancer lead to a weaker immune system, but treatments can
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