Originally posted by Boxing Goat
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Vismita Gupta-Smith
Kate, after one has been vaccinated, can one still catch COVID-19 and can one also infect others?
Dr. Katherine O'Brien
That's a great question. The clinical trials demonstrated that these vaccines protect people against disease. What we don't know yet from the clinical trials is whether or not the vaccines also protect people from just getting infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus and whether or not it protects against transmitting to somebody else. So, this is a really important part of our understanding about what these vaccines do. Do they only protect against disease or do they also protect against getting infected and being able to transmit to somebody else, even if you're not having any symptoms?
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