As of Sunday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s statistics show that over 50% of adults in America have gotten at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine.

However, the University of Arizona’s Dr. Shad Marvasti says it’s important to remember that it’s still possible to get COVID-19, even after vaccination.

"Right now, we still have too much COVID in our community. And the reason for that is, not enough people have been vaccinated fully, and we’ve already let down our guard by making us vulnerable by a lack of mask mandates and people gathering,” said Marvasti. 

Marvasti says the odds of infection after-vaccination are on a par with the measles vaccine, which has a 98% protection rate.

According to Marvasti, only 5,800 of the 72 million fully vaccinated people in America have been infected with COVID-19 after being vaccinated, and only 7% of those infected have required hospitalization.

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