How to Use unvaccinated in a Sentence

unvaccinated

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  • The goal now is to keep cases down and expand access to those at-risk who are still unvaccinated.
    — Caroline Catherman, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Still, more than 3,500 people died in the last week of April and billions remain unvaccinated.
    — Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN, 5 May 2023
  • The 18-year-old unvaccinated bull rider who died from a rare disease.
    — Angelo Fichera, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Feb. 2023
  • In conditions like these, the role the unvaccinated could play in seeding outbreaks will vary.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Among them was an unvaccinated young man in New York State, this country’s first polio case in nearly a decade.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 16 Mar. 2023
  • In rare cases, oral vaccine patients can shed the virus in their stool, which can then spread through sewage and affect those who are unvaccinated.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Most of those sickened are unvaccinated children, many of them young.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Part of that is to inform parents that if there is a child with measles at school, unvaccinated students will have to stay home for 21 days after exposure.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Most of the cases are in completely unvaccinated children who are in the age range eligible for at least one dose.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Ohio authorities say that every one of their cases was among unvaccinated children — more than half of them between the ages of 1 and 2.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2022
  • They were tested for the coronavirus both days the trial was held, and their attorneys argued that unvaccinated jurors could have been screened the same way.
    — Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The disease can remain infectious in the air and on surfaces for two hours so avoid high-risk people like young unvaccinated children.
    — Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The 2019 surge was attributed to pockets of unvaccinated people spreading the virus.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The lone confirmed case in New York involved an unidentified young adult who was unvaccinated.
    — Michael Hill, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2022
  • A year ago, Irving wasn’t playing in any games due to his unvaccinated status, then only was playing in road games, and only late in the season playing in all games.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2022
  • People who are unvaccinated or immunocompromised also face a risk of swelling in the brain or death.
    — Katie Mogg, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Motta says an unvaccinated pet is a danger not just to other animals but also to the humans around them.
    — Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Several other children, nearly all of them unvaccinated, were found to have the virus but no symptoms.
    — CBS News, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Experts say there will be more in the future, if pockets of unvaccinated people remain and with the spread of anti-vaccine sentiment.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2023
  • There are still sporadic measles outbreaks in the US, most recently in Ohio, where 21 cases have been confirmed in unvaccinated children.
    — Amanda Sealy, CNN, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Thirty-one of them were unvaccinated, while four others had only received one shot.
    — Elaine Yu, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022
  • For those who are unvaccinated or who only got one vaccine dose, the top five symptoms are similar to those seen in the fully vaccinated.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2022
  • On this issue, the court emphasized that the return-to-work agreement barred unvaccinated actors from being on set with minors under the age of 12 and others for whom the vaccine was not yet available.
    — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The finding suggests that the virus continues to pose a serious threat to anyone in the area that is unvaccinated or under-vaccinated.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 28 Oct. 2022
  • People at greatest risk are young, unvaccinated children between 3 months and 3 years old.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Most outbreaks this year in the U.S. have been blamed on unvaccinated travelers bringing the virus back with them and exposing others who don't have immunity.
    — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2024
  • People who had received the first dose of the two-dose Jynneos vaccine were 14 times less likely to get infected with monkeypox at least two weeks later than those who were unvaccinated.
    — Alice Park, Time, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Both unvaccinated and vaccinated people should avoid close, skin-to-skin contact with someone who has mpox, according to the CDC.
    — Sony Salzman, ABC News, 15 May 2023
  • The more individuals that are around who are unvaccinated, the more potential there is for disease to spread and to establish transmission that will give rise to outbreaks that will stick around for a long time.
    — Stephen Stock, Aparna Zalani, Chris Hacker, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2024
  • In June 2022, doctors reported a case of polio in an unvaccinated person who had recently traveled out of the country.
    — Rachel Reiff Ellis, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2022

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