For me, getting the jab in May felt like buckling a seatbelt. Sure, I still needed to be careful, but it let me move through the world with way more confidence than I could last year. Like many people, though, I worried that the Delta variant would rip that seatbelt right off. My sister came down with a breakthrough infection in July, and reports surfaced soon after of an outbreak in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where three-quarters of those who tested positive were fully vaxxed. While I know vaccination protects me from severe illness and death, I’d rather just not get sick at all.
But it turns out even the risk of that is low, according to the New York Times. Infection data reveal that the average vaccinated American has around a 1 in 5,000 chance per day of getting COVID. Let's break down what this means.
