CDC: Unvaccinated people more than twice as likely to get reinfected
06 August 2021
Unvaccinated people are more than twice as likely to be reinfected with the coronavirus compared to those who are vaccinated, per a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Friday.
State of play: The research found that unvaccinated people were "significantly" more likely to get reinfected with COVID — more specifically 2.34 times more.
- Immunity from natural infection is suspected to last roughly 90 days, the CDC said.
- The agency added that the emergence of new variants might affect how long this immunity lasts.
Details: The study involved 246 Kentucky residents who were reinfected between May and June.
- Of note: At the time the study was taken, the Delta variant was not yet the dominant strain in the U.S.
What they're saying: The study's results "suggest that among persons with previous SARS-CoV-2 infection, full vaccination provides additional protection against reinfection. To reduce their risk of infection, all eligible persons should be offered vaccination, even if they have been previously infected with SARS-CoV-2," the CDC said.
Transcripts show George Floyd told police "I can't breathe" over 20 times
Section2Newly released transcripts of bodycam footage from the Minneapolis Police Department show that George Floyd told officers he could not breathe more than 20 times in the moments leading up to his death.
Why it matters: Floyd's killing sparked a national wave of Black Lives Matter protests and an ongoing reckoning over systemic racism in the United States. The transcripts "offer one the most thorough and dramatic accounts" before Floyd's death, The New York Times writes.
The state of play: The transcripts were released as former officer Thomas Lane seeks to have the charges that he aided in Floyd's death thrown out in court, per the Times. He is one of four officers who have been charged.
- The filings also include a 60-page transcript of an interview with Lane. He said he "felt maybe that something was going on" when asked if he believed that Floyd was having a medical emergency at the time.
What the transcripts say:
- Floyd told the officers he was claustrophobic as they tried to get him into the squad car.
- The transcripts also show Floyd saying, "Momma, I love you. Tell my kids I love them. I'm dead."
- Former officer Derek Chauvin, who had his knee on Floyd's neck for over eight minutes, told Floyd, "Then stop talking, stop yelling, it takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk."
Read the transcripts via DocumentCloud.