Half of COVID-19 patients hospitalized in the US wouldn't be there if it vaccinated as well as Europe, projection says https://www.businessinsider.com/us-...uld-halve-if-vaccinated-like-europe-ft-2022-1
Let's see the latest CDC report covering Los Angeles County... COVID hospitalizations amid omicron 23 times higher among unvaccinated than those who got boosters: report Unvaccinated adults also had COVID-19 case rates 3.6 times higher. https://abcnews.go.com/Health/covid...micron-wave-23-times-higher/story?id=82601041 During the omicron wave, unvaccinated Americans had much higher rates of COVID-19 cases and hospitalization than fully vaccinated people -- especially those who received a booster shot, officials said Tuesday. In a new report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, researchers from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health looked at county-level COVID data between Nov. 7, 2021 and Jan. 8, 2022. They found that in the 14-day period ending Dec. 11 -- the last period in which the delta variant was dominant -- COVID case rates in Los Angeles were 12.3 times higher among the unvaccinated compared to boosted individuals. Hospitalization rates were 83 times higher. By the time the omicron variant became dominant, the rate ratios were lower, but still showed that vaccinated people are much more protected. During the week ending Jan. 8, unvaccinated people had infection rates 3.6 times higher than people who had received boosters and hospitalization rates were 23 times higher. Additionally, fully vaccinated people in Los Angeles who had not received a booster had COVID case rates that were twice as low and hospitalization rates 5.3 times lower than the unvaccinated group. The report found that, over the course of the two-month study period, nearly 423,000 COVID-19 cases were reported in Los Angeles County residents aged 18 and older. Of the cases, 33.6% were among the unvaccinated, 53.2% were among the fully vaccinated without a booster and 13.3% were among fully vaccinated people who had received a booster. It's worth noting that, as of Jan. 8, 71% of county residents were fully vaccinated, according to county health department data. This means there will be a higher risk of breakthrough infections due to the higher absolute number of people being vaccinated. Nearly 3% of unvaccinated individuals were hospitalized, 0.5% were admitted to the ICUs and 0.3% died of the virus, according to the report. By comparison, 1% of fully vaccinated people without a booster and 0.7% of people with a booster were hospitalized. Additionally, 0.12% of unboosted people and 0.08% of boosted people were admitted to ICUs and 0.05% and 0.03% died, respectively. The report found that, during the omicron wave 6,743.5 per 100,000 unvaccinated people were contracting COVID-19 and 187.8 per 100,000 were hospitalized. Among fully vaccinated people without a booster, rates were lower at 3,355.5 per 100,000 for COVID-19 cases and 35.4 per 100,000 for hospitalizations. Rates were lowest among fully vaccinated people with a booster at 1,889 per 100,000 for infections and and 8.2 per 100,00 for hospitalizations. "These findings align with those from recent studies, indicating that COVID-19 vaccination protects against severe COVID-19 caused by … variants, including omicron," the authors wrote in the report. "Efforts to promote COVID-19 vaccination and boosters are critical to preventing COVID-19–associated hospitalizations and severe outcomes. The CDC has previously released similar estimates on the high risks for the unvaccinated when it comes to the omicron variant. A report published last month from the agency found unvaccinated adults had a three times higher risk of infection than fully vaccinated adults and five times higher risk than those who had also been boosted.
Yep... still a pandemic of the unvaccinated. CDC Says Boosted People are 97 Times Less Likely to Die From Covid Than the Unvaxxed https://www.mediaite.com/news/cdc-s...s-likely-to-die-from-covid-than-the-unvaxxed/
Yep... being unvaccinated and dying is now a badge of shame. Just like the scarlet letter. Most people have no sympathy for those who died from their own poor choices while clogging up the hospital system. This is also demonstrates why many people -- including celebrities -- keep their Covid information private. It hard to determine who is vaccinated or not, who got Covid twice, and who got a breakthrough case -- when many people don't want to face public scrutiny. Even mentioning you got a case of Covid is likely to lead to immediate questions about your vaccination status and someone providing public rebuke. The actual scientific facts over a large society for information on reinfections, breakthrough infections, vaccinations, variant types and other Covid data points can only really properly be determined in countries like the U.K. which are attempting to track all this Covid information. Trying to make judgements on Covid information by information about celebrities, athletes, or your personal community is meaningless; most are not revealing information. People Are Hiding That Their Unvaccinated Loved Ones Died of COVID With the arrival of vaccines, compassion for COVID deaths began to dry up, sometimes replaced by scorn. https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/01/unvaccinated-covid-deaths-secret-grief/621269/
Covid-19 is killing more people now than during most of the pandemic. Here’s who’s still at risk https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/24/health/covid-deaths-now-younger-unvaccinated/index.html Plummeting Covid-19 case counts across the United States are leading to lifted mask mandates and more conversations about steps toward normalcy – but more people are dying of the coronavirus now than during most points of the pandemic. More than 2,000 Covid-19 deaths have been reported in the United States each day for the past month. Average daily deaths are falling, but from a very high point. They dipped just below that mark in recent days, to about 1,900 on Monday; the federal holiday may have delayed reporting. Before Omicron became the dominant coronavirus strain in the US, there were only about 100 other days when there were more than 2,000 Covid-19 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The only other time that deaths have been this high for this long was during the first winter surge, before vaccines were available. The Omicron wave has also been deadlier for longer than the Delta surge: In September, when Delta was dominant, average daily deaths topped 2,000 for half as long. More than 120,000 people in the US have died of Covid-19 since Omicron became the dominant variant in December, and Covid-19 has accounted for more than 1 in 5 deaths reported in 2022. A common refrain early in the pandemic was that Covid-19 was most deadly for the elderly and people with certain health conditions. The people dying from Covid-19 now tend to be younger than before, and they’re overwhelmingly unvaccinated, experts say. “I’ve long since lost track of the number of people I’ve seen die of the disease, but the reality is that almost everybody who is critically ill, in the ICU or dying now remains unvaccinated. That has been true since the beginning. But in the beginning, people didn’t have the opportunity to be vaccinated,” said Dr. Stephen Threlkeld, medical director of the infectious diseases program at Baptist Memorial Health Care in Memphis. “None of us taking care of Covid patients need CDC statistics or anyone else to tell us that, because we simply see that reality play out every day and have for quite some time.” But the data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is clear. In December, the risk of dying from Covid-19 was 14 times higher for unvaccinated adults than it was for adults who were fully vaccinated with their initial series. The gap was even larger when looking at those who also got their booster shot: 51 times higher. Throughout the pandemic, the majority of Covid-19 deaths have happened in hospitals. But that share is even larger now, as nursing homes have become less of a hotspot. In 2020, more than 1 in 5 Covid-19 deaths was in a nursing home. But in 2022, fewer than 1 in 10 deaths have been in nursing homes, according to provisional data from the CDC. Vaccination rates are higher among older people in the US, leaving a larger share of younger, unvaccinated people at higher risk for severe outcomes. Nearly 90% of seniors 65 and older are fully vaccinated with their initial vaccine series, and about two-thirds of those eligible have gotten their booster shot. But less than two-thirds of adults under the age of 40 and less than a third of children are fully vaccinated. And the vaccines are working. Seniors accounted for 81% of Covid-19 deaths in 2020, a number that dropped to 69% in 2021 and has stayed at 76% so far in 2022, despite the increased risk for breakthrough infection amid exponential community spread. “The virus simply went to the fuel that it had remaining,” Threlkeld said. Racial disparities in Covid-19 deaths persist, but have decreased over time. Black, Hispanic and American Indian people are still about twice as likely to die of Covid-19 than White people, but that risk has fallen from about three times higher at the end of 2020. And White people, who are less likely to be vaccinated than Hispanic people, have accounted for a growing share of deaths recently. An analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that early in the Omicron surge, the death rate for Hispanic people remained lower than the rate for White people, but death rates among Black people rose. And as the virus spread rapidly throughout the country, social determinants of health have started to play a larger role in who becomes seriously ill and dies from Covid-19. “Delta was much more deadly. But Omicron is so widespread,” said Dr. Faisal Masud, director of the critical care center at Houston Methodist. Extremely high transmission rates mean the virus is reaching everyone, but it’s hitting those from disadvantaged neighborhoods especially hard, he said. These are the people who are more likely to be uninsured and who may delay care, leaving chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension untreated. “Patients who start with poor health come at a disadvantage,” he said. Texas has reported more Covid-19 deaths than any other state in the past week and is on track to soon outpace California in terms of total Covid-19 deaths. It’s important to note the significant differences in health insurance rates and vaccination rates in the two states, Masud said. More than 70% of Californians are fully vaccinated, compared with about 60% of Texans, according to CDC data. Overall, the proportion of Omicron cases that have resulted in deaths appears to be lower than the case-mortality ratio for Delta. But it’s a “denominator phenomenon,” Threlkeld said, meaning a lower percentage of a much larger number is still going to be large. “I think that’s what people have forgotten: Just because something is a little less likely in a given person to cause severe disease, there are so many more people who’ve contracted this infection that you’re going to have a lot of people who are ill,” he said. “We’ve certainly seen a lot of unvaccinated people who’ve done very poorly.”
In India it is a Pandemic of the Unvaccinated... 92% of COVID-19 deaths in 2022 have been among unvaccinated: ICMR https://www.thehindu.com/news/natio...n-among-unvaccinated-icmr/article65187107.ece In 2022, 92% of COVID deaths have been in unvaccinated individuals, Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Dr. Balram Bhargava said on Thursday. He added that it’s evident that vaccines and the wide vaccination coverage have played a very important role in protecting hundreds of lives. Dr. Bhargava was speaking at the weekly Health Ministry press conference on COVID . Also addressing the press, Ministry spokesperson and Joint Secretary, Luv Aggarwal said, “All required support will be given to students and other people returning to India from Ukraine.’’ Dr Bhargava added that all students coming from Ukraine must get vaccinated immediately if they had not already done so. Stating that COVID vaccine has protected the nation from a surge in the number of cases, member, NITI Aayog member, Dr V.K. Paul said India is in a vaccine-protected, low corona stage and hence it is rational to open schools, businesses etc. “Responsibility to ensure surveillance is intact and to wear masks,’’ he added. The Health Ministry noted that the India currently is in a positive stage when compared to other countries. Mr. Aggarwal said, “With 11,302 average cases reported in the week ending March 1, India contributed to only 0.7% of global cases. Only a single State has over 10,000 active cases and two States have between 5,000 to 10,000 active cases. Remaining States have less than 5,000 active cases. Kerala, Maharashtra, Mizoram accounts for 50% of active cases of the country,’’ he said. He further explained that a continuous decrease in cases across the world has been recorded and India reported a sharp decline of 96.4% in the number of cases as compared to the world average of 55.7%. “The overall spread during the third surge was 42 days as compared to the overall spread of 117 days during the second surge of COVID. India reported a sharp decline in deaths reported (76.6%) as compared to the world (22.8%),’’ said Mr. Aggarwal.
If you haven't noticed already... The Pandemic of the Unvaccinated will create a lot of anger among those not vaccinated as countries around the world remove their mandates and ease their restrictions. That anger is because those not vaccinated now know they have less protection because others around them are no longer wearing face masks, no longer social distancing, capacity levels in stores / gyms / events are going back to their normal levels and children are not as protected at schools... The vaccinated are getting back to a normal life while those not vaccinated have a lot more things to be stressed about especially knowing they have a higher risk of landing in a hospital if they become Covid infected in comparison to someone that is vaccinated. My point, Covid is still here...very highly active in some countries while travel restrictions are opening up again. Just because a country removes its mandates and eases its restriction does not imply Covid is gone. It only implies its not as bad as it use to be and we know have enough people vaccinated and enough of the not vaccinated people recovering from Omicron... It's time to open everything again and get on with life. P.S. In a few weeks, the stores in my area will no longer require face masks. Thus, you can wear your face mask if you want but you don't have to. I will continue wearing my face masks even though I'm fully vaccinated because I know Covid is still here. wrbtrader
Even with an greatly increased vaccinated breakthrough rate during the Omicron wave, the severe illness and death rate among the vaccinated is much lower than the unvaccinated. Prior to Omicron the vaccinated breakthrough rate was below 0.5% as shown in figures from KFF and the CDC. During the Omicron wave this increased greatly since Omicron was much more infectious and vaccine evasive. We are finally getting a glimpse of the Omicron wave vaccinated breakthrough figures during Omicron. For North Carolina during Omicron, the vaccinated breakthrough rates are as follows - "NCDHHS also says 3.4 percent of the more than 3 million boosted people in the state have reported a breakthrough case, compared to more than 14 percent of the nearly 3 million who are fully vaccinated but did not get a booster shot." So in summary the vaccinated breakthrough rate (from this report) for the boosted was 3.4% and 14% among the fully vaccinated during Omicron. This is comparable to figures from other states during the Omicron wave. Unvaccinated people 30X more likely to die of COVID than those with boosters: NCDHHS https://www.cbs17.com/news/north-ca...die-of-covid-than-those-with-boosters-ncdhhs/