Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson are still confident that their vaccines can protect against COVID-19 variants despite a recent report warning about hundreds of breakthrough infections in a Massachusetts town.
The new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention focused on an outbreak in the Cape Cod town of Provincetown, a heavy tourist hotspot in Barnstable County, after the July 4 weekend.
Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson told Fox News that they remain certain that their vaccines prevent severe illness and death despite the alarming report amid the spread of the Delta variant.
Moderna, the third major COVID-19 vaccine maker in the United States, did not appear to address the efficacy of the vaccine with Fox News.
Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson are still confident that their vaccines can protect against COVID-19 variants and serious illness, despite a recent report warning about hundreds of breakthrough infections in a Massachusetts town. Pictured: Pedestrians reflected in a store window walk down Commercial Street in Provincetown during the coronavirus pandemic
A nurse gives Eric Wilson, 20, a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in Mississippi on Tuesday
Moderna said that the safety of the company's products is 'paramount' as it monitors 'safety across all products in practice and in trials'
Bartender Denis Angelov pours drinks at Tin Pan Alley restaurant in Provincetown in April
DailyMail.com has reached out to the three vaccine makers for more information and additional comment in the wake of the CDC study.
'The vaccine continues to be highly efficacious in preventing COVID-19, including variants and to date, no variant, including Delta, appears to have escaped the protection of the vaccine,' Pfizer said in a statement to Fox News.
'Furthermore, two doses of BNT162b2 continue to show high efficacy from preventing severe disease and hospitalizations.'
Pfizer reportedly declined to comment on the CDC data to Fox News.
Johnson & Johnson also maintained their vaccine while backing a recent change to federal mask guidance. The CDC recommended last Tuesday that even those who are fully vaccinated should wear masks in indoor public settings in areas where COVID-19 transmission is high or substantial.
'All authorized COVID-19 vaccines have been shown to help prevent infection and reduce the severity of illness, which is why COVID-19 vaccinations are such an important tool to help end the pandemic,' Johnson & Johnson told Fox News.
'As noted by the CDC, though a small percentage of people who are fully vaccinated can still get COVID-19, developing severe illness is still a rare occurrence.'
Johnson & Johnson reiterated findings from the CDC study which found that, of the 469 cases of breakthrough infections observed in Barnstable County, only 1.2% were hospitalized.
'As of July 27, no deaths were reported in the cases the CDC studied, which is a sign vaccination is working as intended,' Johnson & Johnson told Fox News.
In a press release ahead of the July 4 weekend, Johnson & Johnson announced data 'that demonstrated its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine generated strong, persistent activity against the rapidly spreading Delta variant' and other
