Cases by vax status April 4 through Sept. 4:
Delta became dominant in the U.S. in mid-June. The U.S. reached 70% one-dose adult pop. vax Aug. 5. Breakthrough cases rose steadily, through August it looks like, and then leveled; and in the last couple of weeks in October have started a gentle decline.
Deaths by vax status April 4 through Sept. 4
"Breakthrough deaths" had a gentler rise, a more pronounced peak and have been in decline for a month.
Hospitalizations by vax status through Aug. 28, 2021.
This is "breakthrough hospitalizations" only through August 28. We don't know yet where breakthrough hospitalizations went in the last month.
Takeaway: Overwhelmingly the message from these graphs is: GET VACCINATED. The breakthroughs shrink to oblivion in comparison with the unvaxed.
