“There are some breakthrough infections among vaccinated ― we expect that because no vaccine is 100% effective ― but in the breakthrough infections they are mostly mild or without symptoms,” he said. “Whereas the unvaccinated, who have a much, much, much greater chance of getting infected in the first place, are the ones that are vulnerable to getting severe illness that may lead to hospitalization, and in some cases death.
While there’s a greater direct safety risk to the unvaccinated, Fauci stressed that not getting vaccinated ultimately impacts everyone, from the standpoint of everyone having to wear masks in public and inside schools and of businesses not resuming to normal. Those choosing not to get vaccinated also risk spreading the coronavirus to someone who is unable to get vaccinated due to health reasons.
“When you look at the country as a whole and getting us back to normal, the unvaccinated, by not being vaccinated, are allowing the propagation and the spread of the outbreak, which ultimately impacts everyone,” he said.
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