The Heritage Foundation has a helpful statistical analysis breaking down the risks of coronavirus infections for the fully vaccinated. The bottom line is simple: Fully vaccinated adults have no reason to fear COVID-19 or the delta variant.

Even as coronavirus cases rise across the country, it is clear that vaccinated adults are not the ones being hospitalized or dying from the virus. Vaccinated adults might experience a breakthrough infection, but it is highly, highly unlikely that they would fall seriously ill from it, which is the entire point of vaccination. We’ll never stop the virus from spreading — it is, after all, contagious — but we can minimize the risk of serious illness and death as much as possible.