Thu Oct 7, 2021 – 10:07 pm EDT
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(LifeSiteNews) – More than three-quarters of COVID-19 deaths in Vermont last month occurred in the “fully vaccinated,” state health officials recently revealed.
In an email to the Vermont Daily Chronicle, the Vermont Department of Health said last week that the unvaccinated accounted for only eight of the state’s 33 virus deaths in September.
A department spokesman told the outlet that the breakthrough cases may reflect failing vaccine efficacy, as those who died, most of whom were elderly, were likely “among the very first to be vaccinated.”
“In addition to being more likely to have severe illness and consequences like hospitalizations and deaths, older Vermonters were among the very first to be vaccinated,” the spokesman said, “and therefore have had more time to potentially become a vaccine breakthrough case with these more severe outcomes.”
The Department of Health did not explain whether any of the eight Vermonters counted as unvaccinated had at least partial vaccination. LifeSiteNews reached out to the department for clarification but did not receive a response before publication.
Around 69 percent of Vermont residents are
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