A study of more than 98,000 people shows that coronavirus vaccines offer good protection against infection, as well as the previously known strength against severe disease and death.
Every person who gets vaccinated is "taking a decent chunk of potential transmission out of what may or may not happen in September", researchers sayPeople who have received both doses of a coronavirus vaccine are half as likely to be infected with COVID-19, according to a new study.
And, even then, their case would generally be milder than it would have been if they had not been vaccinated.
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