Fully vaccinated people are less likely to contract COVID-19 infections

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Clinical and epidemiological evidence consistently demonstrates that fully vaccinated individuals have a lower likelihood of contracting COVID-19 infections, though breakthrough infections can occur depending on variants and time elapsed since vaccination.

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The retrieved papers support the claim that fully vaccinated people are less likely to contract COVID-19 infections, noting that vaccines provide initial and ongoing protection against infection rates and household transmission, even if variants can cause breakthrough cases.

Evidence for · 3

SECONDARY INFECTIONS IN THE FAMILY FROM PRIMARY CASES OF COVID-19 BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS IN FULLY VACCINATED OR NOT FULLY VACCINATED PEOPLE. TWO DOSES MODESTLY REDUCE FAMILY TRANSMISSION BUT DOES NOT ELIMINATE IT.

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Jose Luis Turabian. SECONDARY INFECTIONS IN THE FAMILY FROM PRIMARY CASES OF COVID-19 BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS IN FULLY VACCINATED OR NOT FULLY VACCINATED PEOPLE. TWO DOSES MODESTLY REDUCE FAMILY TRANSMISSION BUT DOES NOT ELIMINATE IT.. 2022. https://doi.org/10.36013/sarc-cov-2.v2i.85

Paper [2] demonstrates that full vaccination reduces family transmission and infection rates compared to incomplete vaccination.

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COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 infection and long-term symptoms

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Anne Jet Huiberts. COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 infection and long-term symptoms. https://doi.org/10.33540/3325

Paper [4] indicates that primary vaccination series initially provided high protection against infection, though effectiveness varied with variants.

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Covid-19 vaccine effectiveness against general SARS-CoV-2 infection from the omicron variant: A retrospective cohort study

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Lior Rennert, Zichen Ma, Christopher S. McMahan, Delphine Dean. Covid-19 vaccine effectiveness against general SARS-CoV-2 infection from the omicron variant: A retrospective cohort study. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.06.22274771

Paper [5] shows that mRNA vaccination and booster doses provide measurable protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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