2021-05-10 16:19:08
CDC Makes Bizarre Change to Rules on Reporting COVID-19 "Breakthrough Cases"
@COVID19Up: The CDC is changing its rules on the reporting of COVID-19
"breakthrough cases," a key metric in monitoring potentially leaky vaccines.
Starting on May 14, the CDC will no longer report instances of fully vaccinated people testing positive for SARS-CoV-2. Instead, the CDC will only count those who are fully vaccinated, test positive for SARS-CoV-2, and are hospitalized or deceased.
According to the CDC, this change in data collection will
"help maximize the quality of the data collected on cases of greatest clinical and public health importance." The CDC appears poised to continue tracking and reporting cases of unvaccinated people who test positive for SARS-CoV-2, even if they are not hospitalized.
Coupled with the decision to classify a vaccinated case of SARS-CoV-2 at a cT < 28, the upcoming changes to data tracking may complicate data interpretation moving forward.
While the CDC notes that COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases are to be expected, the update concedes that there is only
"some evidence that vaccination may make illness less severe."
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