The married couple Linda and Cal Dunham died of the coronavirus on Sunday, while holding hands, despite the fact that they were both fully vaccinated.
The 59-year-old husband and 66-year-old wife of Grand Rapids, Michigan, contracted the disease in early September, before a family camping trip. They both had underlying health problems.
“[Papá] He called me before our family camping trip and said he wasn’t feeling well, but he thinks it’s like sinusitis, and [Linda] she got infected and told me that she had caught her cold “, explained her daughter Sarah Dunham to Fox17, who also explained that the couple loved the outdoors, their grandchildren, and each other.
After three days of camping, the couple packed their bags because they were feeling unwell.
Cal Dunham proudly posted his vaccination status on Facebook in May, to which his friends commented that they had been vaccinated. “Impressive,” Cal replied in his post.
A Go Fund Me page has been created “to ease the burden of the latest arrangements for two of the most beautiful people.” The creator of the page claimed that they “got their angel wings within a minute of each other. Cal passed away at 11:07 and Linda at 11:08 ”.
According to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, those who are not vaccinated are four and a half times more likely to be infected with covid, 10 times more likely to be hospitalized and 11 times more likely to die from the disease .
However, the data suggest that immunity may decline over time after being vaccinated. According to the research, protection against covid was 91% in spring, but dropped to 78% in June and July.
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A number of factors need to be taken into account when analyzing protection, including lower use of PPE at the end of the year and newer strains of the virus, including the potent Delta variant.
Boosters have been recommended as a way to combat decreased vaccine protection. President Biden received another dose of the vaccine on Monday. “Let me be clear, reinforcements are important,” Biden told reporters, but “the most important thing we have to do is get more people vaccinated,” the president reiterated.
Biden has recommended that people receive boosters eight months after the second shot. For its part, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the third application dose of the Pfizer vaccine six months after the second injection, for people at high risk and over 65 years.
“This pandemic is dynamic and evolving, and new data is available every day. As we learn more about the safety and efficacy of covid vaccines, including the use of a booster dose, we will continue to assess the rapidly changing science and keep the public informed, ”the acting FDA commissioner stated Wednesday. , Janet Woodcock.
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