Infections, hospitalizations, and deaths linked to COVID-19 have risen among people who have gotten a COVID-19 vaccine in recent months, according to newly released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But the bulk of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths remained among unvaccinated Americans, the data show. Cases per 100,000 among the fully vaccinated increased from 12.3 in late June to 121 in mid-August, according to the data. Around the same time, COVID-19-associated hospitalizations in that population rose from 8.9 per 100,000 to 75 and COVID-19 deaths jumped from 0.1 per 100,000 to 1.1. A stream of studies in recent months have indicated that COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness is waning, especially against infection from the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes COVID-19. The CDC data, gathered from surveillance systems in states and hospitals, provides another source verifying a drop in protection. “The marked pronounced change in vaccine effectiveness is likely …