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UW Health: Unvaccinated people in Wisconsin 32 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19

Dr. Joseph A. McBride says experts expect to see breakthrough cases — which is where a person fully vaccinated against COVID-19 tests positive for the virus. Still, McBride says the vaccine is the most effective tool against the virus because of how well it protects someone being hospitalized or dying from the virus.