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COVID’s back. Who’s most likely to get it again?

Anyone watching COVID-19 cases bubble back up in their community should take this to heart – infections aren’t unavoidable.

Lisa Jarvis

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A new study is offering data to back one of the core assumptions about the spread of COVID-19: The intensity of exposure to the virus matters, and vaccines and prior infections can only help so much – but they do indeed help.

The research, led by scientists at the Yale School of Public Health and published in Nature Communications, also reinforces the commonsense notion that masks and air filtration can augment the protection provided by a vaccine and lower the risk of getting the virus.

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