Scientists responded to data on the infectiousness of the Brazilian strain among vaccinated

They recalled that there is no full guarantee against infection after vaccination, but the disease will proceed more easily than in unvaccinated people. However, the experts agreed

So far, too little is known about the gamma variant of the CORONAVIRUS - the so-called Brazilian strain - to draw unambiguous conclusions about its contagiousness among vaccinated citizens. This was stated by experts interviewed by RBC.

Earlier, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published the results of a study by scientists from France and Guiana, which stated that the contagiousness of the gamma mutation of the coronavirus among the vaccinated reaches 60% and 75% among the unvaccinated. Scientists obtained such information by examining a group of gold miners in Guiana. Most of the workers were vaccinated against the coronavirus, but the team nevertheless experienced an outbreak of covid-19 .

The researchers emphasize that they did not expect such a low effectiveness of the vaccine against the Brazilian strain.

“Any virus can break through the immune system. It’s just that if the immune system is not at all ready to meet it, then the damage will be stronger, ”Larisa Popovich, DIRECTOR of the Institute of HEALTH Economics at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, told RBC. - If a person is vaccinated, then either he will be able to repel the attack, or if the virus breaks through, it will cause little harm. Therefore, no one has ever denied that all vaccinated people are 100 percent protected.”

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