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SEND IT BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO. IT'S A VERY RARE BUT YOU CAN GET COVID-19 EVEN AFTER
YOU'RE FULLY VACCINATED. AND
AMONG THOSE WHO DO GET SICK,
IT'S EXTREMELY RARE BUT SOME
PEOPLE DO DIE. OUR
INVESTIGATIVE PARTNERS AT OUR
NEW SOURCE DUG THROUGH THE
RECORDS HERE AND FOUND THREE
CASES OF PEOPLE WHO DID PASS
AWAY AFTER VACCINATION. THE
GOOD NEWS IS THAT CASES AND
DEATHS FROM THE CORONAVIRUS ARE
LOWER THAN THEY'VE BEEN SINCE
THE START OF THE PANDEMIC. BUT
THESE DEATHS SHOW THERE IS
STILL A RISK. JOINING US NOW IS
A NEW SOURCE INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTER MARY PLUMMER WHO BROKE
THIS STORY. MARY, GOOD TO SEE
YOU AS ALWAYS. WHAT CAN YOU
TELL US ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO
DIED EVEN AFTER BEING
VACCINATED? ARE THERE
SIMILARITIES IN THEIR PROFILES
I GUESS ARE THE THREE DEATHS I
WAS ABLE TO CONFIRM WERE ALL
AMONG PEOPLE WITH UNDERLYING
MEDICAL CONDITIONS? THEY RANGE
IN AGE FROM 69 TO 73, NOTABLY
TWO OF THE PEOPLE WHO DIED WERE
FULLY VACCINATED AND A THIRD
MAN WHO DIED AT EDGWARE
HOSPITAL WHICH IS A COUNTY RUN
THE FACILITY HE WAS STILL IN
THE WAITING PERIOD HE HAD
RECEIVED BOTH PFIZER VACCINE
BUT HE DIED EIGHT DAYS AFTER
THE SECOND DOSE. I SPOKE WITH
HIS SISTER IN HIS CASE SHE
FOUND OUT THAT HE HAD THE VIRUS
IN EARLY JANUARY. IT WAS BACK
WHEN WE WERE SEEING THOSE
SPIKES IN THE VIRUS RIGHT AFTER
THE HOLIDAYS. BUT THE MOST
RECENT OF THESE DEATHS HAPPENED
JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS GO IN
JUNE AND AS YOU MENTIONED,
THESE CASES ARE EXTREMELY,
EXTREMELY RARE BUT WE HAVE
CONFIRMED THERE ARE A COUPLE
OF THEM NOW RIGHT HERE IN SAN
DIEGO COUNTY AND WE SEE WITH
THOSE COMMON PROFILES OR THE
SIMILARITIES IN THOSE PROFILES
THOSE ARE MUCH LIKE THE EARLY
MAKE UP OF SO MANY OF THE
PEOPLE WHO WE LOST IN THIS
COVID PANDEMIC. BUT NOW WHAT IS
THE RISK FOR THE MAJORITY
OF THE POPULATION TO GET SICK
OR POSSIBLY EVEN DIE FROM THE
VIRUS AFTER BEING VACCINATED?
IT'S VERY WELL CO SPOKESMAN
SAID THAT AMONG FULLY
VACCINATED PEOPLE POINT ZERO
ZERO ZERO ONE PERCENT HAVE DIED
.SO IT'S IT'S QUITE TINY. ONE
EXPERT IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES
WHO I SPOKE WITH FOR THIS STORY
SAID THAT THE LIKELIHOOD IS
SIMILAR TO GETTING STRUCK BY A
METEOR AND DYING. SO IT'S JUST
IT'S JUST NOT HAPPENING VERY
OFTEN AT ALL. RIGHT. NOW IN SAN
DIEGO COUNTY WE HAVE OVER ONE
POINT EIGHT MILLION RESIDENTS
WHO ARE FULLY VACCINATED.
THAT'S ABOUT SIXTY SIX PERCENT
OF THOSE ELIGIBLE AND THE VAST,
VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE VACCINES
HAVE NOT RESULTED IN ANY
PROBLEMS AND HAVE BEEN
EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL AND SAFE
SOMEWHERE WITH SUCH A LOW CASE
RATE FOR VACCINATED PEOPLE AND
SO FEW OF THOSE WHO DO GET SICK
GETTING SEVERELY ILL. WHAT'S
THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS FOR THE
GENERAL POPULATION? WHAT IS THE
TAKEAWAY HERE? YOU KNOW, I
THINK THAT WE CAN ALL REST
ASSURED THAT THE VACCINES ARE
WORKING AND THEY'RE PROVIDING
WIDESPREAD PROTECTION AGAINST
COVID-19 ACROSS THE ENTIRE US
RIGHT NOW. THE CDC HAS ONLY
REPORTED SEVEN HUNDRED AND
FIFTY DEATHS OF FULLY
VACCINATED PEOPLE. I SPOKE WITH
PHYSICIANS FOR THIS STORY WHO
TOLD ME THEY TRUST THE VACCINES
AND WHAT THEY'RE REALLY WORRIED
ABOUT IS THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
NOT YET GOTTEN VACCINATED. THEY
SAY EVEN IF YOU'VE ALREADY HAD
COVID-19 YOU SHOULD STILL GET
VACCINATED SO THAT YOU CAN GET
AS MUCH PROTECTION AS POSSIBLE
.AND YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND EVEN
AS BUSINESSES IN EVERYDAY LIFE
IS BEGINNING TO RETURN TO
SOMEWHAT NORMALCY HERE IN SAN
DIEGO, THE VIRUS IS STILL OUT
THERE. THE ADULTS VARIANT IS
SPREADING IN CALIFORNIA IT
SPREADS MUCH FASTER AND THE
CURRENT VACCINES DO HELP
PROTECT YOU AGAINST THAT. THEY
ARE BELIEVED TO BE EFFECTIVE
AGAINST THE VARIANT. SO IF YOU
HAVEN'T BEEN VACCINATED, IT NOW
IS A GREAT TIME TO DO SO.
PRETTY CLEAR MESSAGE IF YOU
HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE SHOT YET YOU
PROBABLY SHOULD. MARY