Some clarification about this. TL/DR: It's not shocking at all. We expected it. Take-away: Vaccination doesn't give you the right to stop distancing (until everyone is vaccinated and/or the threat of community transmission relents).

A short thread. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-14/new-york-congressman-who-got-vaccine-tests-positive-for-covid-19?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&cmpid=socialflow-facebook-business&utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic

First, he was not "diagnosed with COVID". He tested positive for SARS-COV-2 infection. He shows no signs of disease - #COVID19 is the disease. And you can test positive with even just small amounts of virus. Many people test positive even when they are not/no longer contagious.

Vaccines don't keep you from being infected. They let you to mount an immune response much faster and stronger than if you'd never been infected before. This allows you to avoid experiencing disease and, in most cases, clear the pathogen before it can amplify enough to transmit.

AFAIK, only one of the vaccine trials tested for impacts on testing positive (all tested for symptomatic infection). Results were promising but they don't necessarily tell us if transmission is reduced, either. Hopeful -and likely- it is the case. But we simply don't yet know.

So, vaccinated people *will* still be 'colonized' (found to have virus in the body, infected without disease or amplification) by #SARS_CoV_2 when exposed, *may* still transmit it (not often), and *can* very rarely still get #COVID19. so, #WearAMask #StayVigilant #SaveLives