To the Editor:

Of the 66 million Americans that have completed a full course of vaccinations:

• Just .009% have become infected

• Just 5,800 cases of “breakthrough” infections, out of 66 million

• 40% of infections were in folks over 60

• 29% of cases (so about 1,700) were asymptomatic

• Most of the rest were mild

• Just 7% (about 406) of those infected were hospitalized

• And only 74 have died (1%)

What it means: 74 deaths is, of course, a brutal loss for 74 families, but no COVID-19 vaccine provides for 100% protection.

John H. Van Gundy

John Day