The outbreak of COVID-19 in a nursing home where 95% of residents were vaccinated caused 17 cases, but only the death was the person who had not been shot
- A French nursing home where 95% of residents were fully vaccinated experienced a 17-case COVID-19 outbreak in January and February 2021
- Eight people suffered serious cases, two were hospitalized and one unvaccinated person died from the virus
- Researchers believe advanced cases are possible, but the vaccine is effective in preventing hospitalization or death
- Patients had the Alpha variant and the study was conducted before the Delta variant became dominant in France and around the world.
A new residence where nearly all residents were completely vaccinated suffered an outbreak of COVID-19, although the damage from the virus was limited due to the shots, according to a new study.
A French research team, led by scientists at the Hôpital Charles Foix in Ivry-sur-Seine, investigated an outbreak of 17 cases at a nursing home in Biscarrosse, France, 167 miles west of Toulouse. , from January and February 2021.
The facility houses 74 seniors, of whom 70 were fully vaccinated (95% of residents) and two, at least partially.
Only two of those living in the nursing home had no vaccine and one of them was the only person who died from the virus.
There were also only two hospitalizations of all people who contracted COVID-19.
Researchers believe their research shows that fully vaccinated people can get Covid, but even the elderly, who are among the most vulnerable to the virus, can recover with few complications if they are vaccinated.
Seventeen cases of COVID-19 were related to an outbreak in a residence in France that had completely vaccinated more than 90% of residents. Although the population was vulnerable to the virus, only one death occurred and it was an unvaccinated resident. Pictured: Elderly Australian man tests for COVID-19 in Melbourne on July 2
According to the study published in JAMA Network Open, the outbreak of the nursing home began after a resident contracted the virus from a visitor who tested positive for Covid.
The first patient tested positive after the visitor also tested for the virus, and then two days later he began to show symptoms.
In total, 14 fully vaccinated residents, two partially vaccinated residents and one unvaccinated person ended up getting the virus.
Each person was found to have the Alpha variant, the Covid mutation identified in England in September 2020.
Of the 17 patients, eight developed what the researchers classified as a “serious illness,” including two hospitalizations and one death.
“The results of this cohort study suggest that an outbreak of COVID-19 may occur among fully vaccinated NH residents,” the researchers wrote.
“The study found evidence of transmission among vaccinated residents, but few infected people developed serious illnesses and one patient, who was not vaccinated, died.”
The report confirms what many scientists believe about the virus and vaccination.
Fully vaccinated people are less likely to get the virus, but they can still and can even spread Covid in some cases.
The vaccine, however, is effective in preventing hospitalization and death, which it did for residents at the French nursing home.
Exact data on advanced cases are not retained and each state reports them differently, so it is impossible to know what percentage of cases in the U.S. are among fully vaccinated people.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention failed to report full data on advanced cases in May and only report those who end up in hospital and dead.
However, advanced cases account for a small share of global hospitalizations and deaths in all states.
It is worth noting that French research comes from a time before the Delta variant became dominant in the world.
Delta was first detected in late 2020, but did not create its first massive outbreak until it caused peak spikes across India in May.
The variant spread rapidly around the world and is now the dominant strain in many countries around the world, including the United States and France.
Scientists believe the variant has a greater ability to cause advanced infections among vaccinated people, and vaccinated people also have the same ability to spread the virus as unvaccinated people.
