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Originally Posted by Bill14564
What is in question is whether a positive test truly means a case.
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Here's the CDC's criteria : "
Defining a vaccine breakthrough infection
For the purpose of this surveillance, a vaccine breakthrough infection is defined as the detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA or antigen in a respiratory specimen collected from a person ≥14 days after they have completed all recommended doses of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-authorized COVID-19 vaccine."
COVID-19 Breakthrough Case Investigations and Reporting | CDC
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Originally Posted by Bill14564
How many vaccinated folks walking around every day would be identified as a "case" if they had to undergo that level of testing?
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That's why the CDC quit reporting breakthrough cases & transitioned to only counting deaths and hospitalizations among the vaccinated. There is just no way to know how many non-symptomatic cases there are without testing every vaccinated person.
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Originally Posted by Bill14564
The question should be, does a positive test indicate an infection to be concerned about or are the tests so sensitive that they are finding "cases" that aren't really cases at all?
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Well, "cases" that aren't infectious anyway.