(This August 24 story corrects figures in 5th paragraph to read: 0.5% admitted to intensive care, from 0.05%; and to 0.2% placed on a ventilator from 0.25%)
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Some 25% of SARS-CoV-2 infections among Los Angeles County residents occurred in fully vaccinated residents from May through July 25, a period that includes the impact of the highly transmissible Delta variant, U.S. officials reported on Tuesday.
The data, published in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's weekly report on death and disease, shows an increase in so-called "breakthrough" infections among fully vaccinated individuals. I am just a mechanic, but 25 from 100 ain't 98