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News Articles: breakthrough infection

Blake Farmer plays with his kids, Louisa, 2, and Turner, 8, on the trampoline in their backyard in Nashville, Tennessee. After Thanksgiving, the family all had breakthrough COVID cases, resulting in a couple weeks spent at home. The trampoline served as a distraction for the kids, says Blake Farmer, their father.

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Our whole family got breakthrough COVID at Thanksgiving. This is what we learned

A reporter's experience with COVID in his young family after a gathering of relatives could help you navigate the Christmas holidays.

December 24, 2021
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  • Blake Farmer
Three generations, (from left to right) grandmother Genoveva Calloway, daughter Petra Gonzales, and granddaughter Vanesa Quintero, live next door to each other in San Pablo, Calif. Recently their extended family was hit with a second wave of COVID infections a year after the first.

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COVID hit 13 members of their family the first time. A year later it struck again

The second time Vanessa Quintero's family caught the virus, probably from her 8-year-old daughter, fewer people got sick. They and their doctors credit the protection of vaccination.

November 27, 2021
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  • Lesley McClurg

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What Colin Powell's death can and can't tell us about COVID breakthrough cases

With high-profile stories of vaccinated people dying from COVID, how worried should you be about getting a serious breakthrough case? Here's how the data shake out.

October 21, 2021
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  • Will Stone and
  • Daniel Wood
Weeks after getting sick from COVID-19, Kathleen Hipps is still experiencing symptoms, even though she was fully vaccinated.

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What We Know About Breakthrough Infections And Long COVID

As the delta variant causes more vaccinated people to get "breakthrough infections," concerns are rising that even the vaccinated could develop long COVID symptoms in rare cases.

September 13, 2021
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  • Rob Stein
Johnson gives River a bottle in her home in Discovery Bay. Family members spent isolation together there this summer, after getting sick with COVID-19. Everyone has since recovered.

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Breakthrough COVID Infections Add Even More Chaos To School's Start In 2021

Some kids are getting sick or passing the coronavirus to vaccinated family and friends. It's all unnerving to many parents. "It felt like a terrible head cold," one dad says. "My brain was foggy."

August 23, 2021
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  • Lesley McClurg
With new infections rising around the country due to the delta variant, reports of breakthrough cases among the fully vaccinated can be worrisome.

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Worried About Breakthrough COVID Cases? Here's What To Know

Fully vaccinated Olympic athletes and members of Congress have tested positive for the virus. Should you be worried? How common are breakthrough infections, and are they rising?

July 21, 2021
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin and
  • Rob Stein

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