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Vaccinated COVID patients are less contagious, says new study
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An Israeli teen receives the coronavirus vaccine in Tel Aviv on June 22, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
A new study from Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer claims that vaccinated individuals who test positive for COVID-19 are less contagious than their unvaccinated counterparts.
According to the study of 9,650 workers at Sheba — conducted in conjunction with Harvard University over a period of several months — those who have received at least one dose of the COVID vaccine, and then test positive, pass the disease on to fewer people in their surroundings.
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