Texas study: Unvaccinated people are 20 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than the vaccinated https://www.foxnews.com/health/texa...o-die-from-coronavirus-than-vaccinated-people Unvaccinated Texans were 20 times more likely to die from COVID-19 and 13 times more likely to get infected with the virus from Sept. 4 to Oct. 1, according to a study released this week by the Texas Health Department. The difference in health outcomes varied among age groups, as unvaccinated people in their 40s were 55 times more likely to die from COVID-19, while unvaccinated people ages 75 and older were 12 times more likely to die. Dr. Jennifer Shuford, Texas's chief state epidemiologist, said that the study "quantifies what we’ve known for months." "The COVID-19 vaccines are doing an excellent job of protecting people from getting sick and from dying from COVID-19," Dr. Shuford said in a statement. "Vaccination remains the best way to keep yourself and the people close to you safe from this deadly disease." Nearly 29,000 Texans have died from COVID-19 so far this year, and 85.5% of them were unvaccinated, while 6.8% were partially vaccinated and 7.7% were fully vaccinated. A wider CDC study earlier this year found that unvaccinated Americans are 10 times more likely to get hospitalized and 11 times more likely to die from the delta variant. The state trails the nation slightly in vaccination rates, as 66.7% of all Texans ages 5 and older have received at least one dose, while 57.9% are fully vaccinated. The efficacy of vaccines wanes over time, which is notable because the first Texans to receive their vaccine did so about 10 months ago. A study published last month in the Lancet medical journal found that the effectiveness of Pfizer's vaccine in preventing infection dropped from 88% to 47% six months after the second dose. Pfizer is currently seeking approval from the FDA for its third dose booster shot for all adults. The company said last month that in a trial of more than 10,000 people, the third-dose booster "restored vaccine protection against COVID-19 to the high levels achieved after the second dose," with a vaccine efficacy of 95.6%. The FDA already granted emergency use authorization for a third dose booster to all adults who received the single dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, as well as the elderly and certain vulnerable adults who received the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. Cases and deaths have both dropped precipitously in Texas in recent weeks. The 7-day moving average for new cases was 3,201 on Nov. 9, down from a recent high of 19,711 on Sept. 14. The 7-day average for deaths, meanwhile, was at 104 on Nov. 9, down from a recent high of 308 on Sept. 26.
Just like every other country... Germany is experiencing a 'massive' pandemic of the unvaccinated, says health minister https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/03/europe/germany-fourth-wave-unvaccinated-intl/index.html
This is a pandemic of the Unvaccinated. No lie: COVID-19 is largely spread by unvaccinated people. https://www.politifact.com/factchec...-covid-19-largely-spread-unvaccinated-people/
94% of its COVID patients in ICU are unvaccinated, Spectrum Health says https://www.mlive.com/public-intere...cu-are-unvaccinated-spectrum-health-says.html Yes, people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can still get infected and end up hospitalized. But there are stark differences between those vaccination and unvaccinated hospital patients, experts say. Not only is the number of unvaccinated patients much larger, but they also are much more likely to end up in intensive care units and/or on ventilators -- even though unvaccinated patients tend to be younger and have fewer comorbidities than COVID patients who are fully vaccinated. It was a point that Spectrum Health officials made this past week in highlighting statistics of COVID inpatients in their facilities. (More at above url)
'Pandemic of Unvaccinated': As Virus Breaks Europe's Back, How Low Jab Numbers Could Fuel Next Crisis https://www.news18.com/news/world/p...b-numbers-could-fuel-next-crisis-4434002.html
New England Covid cases rise as delta hits the unvaccinated https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/new-england-covid-cases-rise-delta-hits-unvaccinated-rcna5653
All the more reason to get a booster if you are elderly or medically compromised. The residents of these nursing homes generally are both.
Right. Why stop at three? If these people can die from COVID despite being vaccinated, get 12. Maybe 30.
Vaccine mandates only recently kicked after the elderly patients in the LTC facilities were testing positive at an alarming rate. Those LTC healthcare workers that were not vaccinated were not terminated (fired) until October 26th while on a two week unpaid leave. That's a very suspicious timeline to have that many elderly patients infected like that to cause an outbreak in which a lot of those patients are now dying two weeks later. In my opinion...there should be an investigation to see if there were several healthcare workers intentionally infecting patients when the worker knew they were Covid positive or sick. Now imagine the life that may have been protected had the healthcare workers been fully vaccinated and the elderly patients had been given a booster. Thus, two sides of the protection equation in the LTC facilities...getting healthcare workers vaccinated and getting the elderly residents in the LTC facilities their needed booster shots. https://globalnews.ca/news/8329923/interior-health-workers-no-longer-on-the-job/ ---------- Here in Québec, Canada...there was a healthcare worker that tested Covid positive but she still intentionally worked her last day while Covid positive prior to being fired for being unvaccinated. These anti-vaxxers are now intentionally endangering lives because they know how vulnerable the elderly patients are that have not had a chance to be given a booster shot. On the other side of the coin...healthcare workers that do get fully vaccinated and in support of vaccines so that they can better protect their patients and other employees that they work with... They are being harassed and threatened by the anti-vaxxers here in Canada. https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/anti-vaxxers-canada-online-hate-healthcare-workers-safety-1.6247682 wrbtrader