How to Use unvaccinated in a Sentence

unvaccinated

adjective
  • But by now, much of the 14-day window for the vaccine’s use as PEP had closed for his unvaccinated contacts.
    Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 6 July 2022
  • 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
  • The risk is often that one unvaccinated person can put the kibosh on a whole group trip.
    Laura Forman, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Still, more than 3,500 people died in the last week of April and billions remain unvaccinated.
    Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN, 5 May 2023
  • Since the start of the year, Oregon has tallied 31 cases of measles, all in unvaccinated people.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The 18-year-old unvaccinated bull rider who died from a rare disease.
    Angelo Fichera, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Feb. 2023
  • In some cases, unvaccinated students and staff may be required to test once or twice a week.
    Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • The city health notice states that those who are unvaccinated or younger than a year old should please consult their healthcare provider for guidance.
    Terry Demio, The Enquirer, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Study after study shows that the kids who get hospitalized for Covid-19 are, by and large, those who are unvaccinated.
    Megan Ranney, CNN, 11 Mar. 2022
  • For unvaccinated people who are exposed, up to 9 out of 10 will end up falling ill.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The science has shown, the data has shown that most of the people who are hospitalized are unvaccinated.
    Diane Herbst, PEOPLE.com, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Most of those sickened are unvaccinated children, many of them young.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2023
  • But not all of those who are unvaccinated will be so fortunate.
    Erin Prater, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2022
  • In rare cases, the virus spreading through sewage can affect those who are unvaccinated.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • More than 90% of people who lost their lives in the current outbreak were unvaccinated, health officials have said.
    Natasha Khan, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • Its 26 million people were unvaccinated and malnourished, and its healthcare system is among the most poorly equipped in the world.
    Timothy W. Martin, WSJ, 27 June 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
  • Because the vaccine is made with a live version of the virus, in rare cases, it can be shed through stool and spread through sewage in the community, infecting those who are unvaccinated.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 22 July 2022
  • In 2019, the county was hit by a severe measles outbreak that forced the government to remove thousands of unvaccinated children from schools.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2022
  • That means, vaccinated people in those groups were 34.5% less likely than unvaccinated people to get sick enough to go to the hospital.
    Alexander Tin, CBS News, 3 Oct. 2024

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