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Does a screenshot of a headline tell the full story about 10,000 COVID infections among fully vaccinated people?

By Sarah Thompson
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The headline has been intentionally separated from the Newsweek article that describes what the CDC reported on May 25, 2021, about the incidence of "breakthrough infections" in the first four months of the year.

The full Newsweek article explains in detail the findings released by the CDC in a report.

That the vaccines are not 100% effective was not a surprise. This CDC report was not breaking disappointing news that the vaccines are not preforming as expected; rather, it was to share the information that had been gathered in the first four months of 2021.

Newsweek reported that CDC data showed a total of 10,262 vaccine breakthrough infections from 46 U.S. states and territories out of about 101 million people who were fully vaccinated by the end of April.

Screenshots of the just the article's headline began to circulate soon after the full article was published.

See a full discussion of this at Lead Stories
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Newsweek 10,000 COVID Infections Reported in Fully Vaccinated People So Far, CDC Says
Centers for Disease Control COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Infections Reported to CDC — United States, January 1–April 30, 2021
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