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Rare 'breakthrough' COVID cases are causing alarm, confusion

by Lauran Neergaard
| July 22, 2021 12:03 AM

Reports of athletes, lawmakers and others getting the coronavirus despite vaccination may sound alarming but top health experts point to overwhelming evidence that the shots are doing exactly what they are supposed to: dramatically reducing severe illness and death.

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