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If You're Fully Vaccinated, Should You Still Get A COVID Test?

Infectious disease specialists say a small percentage of people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will still develop the illness.


LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — As more people get vaccinated, fewer are getting tested for COVID-19.

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Frank Ticheli, a composer and music professor at the University of Southern California, is one of those who have been vaccinated, but was still required to get a COVID-19 test before returning to campus.

“I’m fully vaccinated, but USC also encourages us to get COVID tested, because the vaccines are not 100%,” he said.

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