“Just because the numbers are low, it doesn’t necessarily mean you’re not going to contract COVID if you’re not vaccinated,” said Dr. Shikha Jain, an oncologist who also helps run the advocacy group Illinois Medical Professionals Action Collaborative Team.
The risk for unvaccinated people may be growing as people become less careful about taking precautions, amid the reopening, said Jain, who’s also an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Illinois Cancer Center in Chicago. She’s had about half a dozen patients catch COVID-19 after deciding not to get vaccinated, including three or so in the last month.”