The husband of one of my high school classmates

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5. Sorry to hear about this, for you and for his family.

Unfortunately, this is more common than people realize. I follow my county's covid dashboard daily. About 20% of local infections have been breakthrough, modtly in seniors. People over 65 here have the highest rate of vaccination and also the highest rate of hospitalization and death. They were the first to get vaccinated, back in December and January, with Pfizer before Moderna was commonly available. I am guessing that the high rate of breakthrough infections, hospitalizations, and deaths among them is due to Pfizer's decreased effectiveness after 6 months. Another factor among people over 65 is that we grew up at a time when we trusted that vaccinations gave full protection. So once they were vaccinated, they stopped wearing masks and started visiting with relatives, especially grandchildren, again.

1/3 of new infections here are people under 20. But there have been no deaths in that age group locally. It looks like kids are infecting grandparents.