Covid France: Epidemic in nursing homes where 95% of vaccinated had 17 cases, 1 death among the unvaccinated

A nursing home where almost all residents have been fully vaccinated has suffered an outbreak of COVID-19, although damage from the virus has been limited due to the gunfire, according to a new study.

A French research team, led by scientists from Charles Foix Hospital in Ivry-sur-Seine, investigated an outbreak of 17 cases at a retirement home in Biscarrosse, France – 167 km west from Toulouse – from January to February 2021.

The facility is home to 74 elderly people, of whom 70 were fully vaccinated – or 95 percent of residents – and two were at least partially vaccinated.

Only two people living in the nursing home were not vaccinated and one was the only person to die from the virus.

There were also only two hospitalizations of all those who contracted COVID-19.

Researchers believe their survey shows that fully vaccinated people can contract Covid, but even the elderly – who are among the most vulnerable to the virus – can recover with few complications if vaccinated.

The nursing home outbreak began after a resident contracted the virus from a visitor who was positive for Covid, according to the study published in JAMA Network Open.

The first patient tested positive after the visitor also tested for the virus, and then two days later started showing symptoms.

A total of 14 fully vaccinated residents, two partially vaccinated residents and one unvaccinated person eventually contracted the virus.

It was discovered that each person had contracted the Alpha variant, the Covid mutation which was identified in England in September 2020.

Of the 17 patients, eight developed what the researchers called “serious illness,” including both hospitalizations and one death.

“The results of this cohort study suggest that an outbreak of COVID-19 may occur among fully vaccinated NH residents,” the researchers wrote.

“The study found evidence of transmission among vaccinated residents, but few infected people developed serious illness and one patient, who was not vaccinated, died. ‘

The report confirms what many scientists think about the virus and the vaccination.

Fully vaccinated people are less likely to contract the virus, but still can and could even spread Covid in some cases.

The vaccine is, however, effective in preventing hospitalizations and deaths, which it did for residents of the French retirement home.

Exact data on breakthrough cases is not kept and each state reports it differently, so it’s impossible to know what percentage of cases in the United States are among fully vaccinated people.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stopped reporting comprehensive data on breakthrough cases in May and only reports those that end in hospitalization and death.

However, groundbreaking cases represent a small share of overall hospitalizations and deaths in each state.

It should be noted that French research dates from before the Delta variant became dominant in the world.

Delta was first detected in late 2020, but did not create its first massive outbreak before causing spikes in cases across India in May.

The variant then quickly spread across the world and is now the dominant strain in many countries around the world, including the United States and France.

Scientists believe that the variant has an increased ability to cause major infections in people who are vaccinated, and people who are vaccinated also have the same ability to spread the virus as people who are not vaccinated.