With new variants leading to more frequent breakthrough infections, one of the key metrics signaling success or failure of public health measures has changed.
"Even before anywere authorized ... we knew that this was going to be an issue," said Dr. Lynn Goldman, dean of the George Washington University's Milken Institute of Public Health.
With vaccines still highly protective against severe illness, experts said we should focus less on cases, and instead on how many people are being hospitalized or dying.
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