As carefully explained by the federal government -- they have 10 contractors employed who field the requests and perform the required retractions of personal information. There are many requests already in the queue prior to the very large request for all of the Pfizer vaccine data. If the requesters want their request put on the fast track then they must pay the money to fund additional contractors to expedite the request.
Antivaxxers making a mountain out of a mole hill. All over the reality that it was 90% of those in ICU are unvaccinated and not 90% of those hospitalized. Let's see the end result... Ofcom will not investigate Lorraine show over inaccurate Covid-19 claim https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-59941580 Media watchdog Ofcom has said it will not investigate ITV's Lorraine after Dr Hilary Jones made an inaccurate statement about Covid-19 figures. Ofcom received 3,833 complaints after Dr Hilary incorrectly said 90% of the Covid-19 patients in hospital were unvaccinated - a figure that was more applicable to those in intensive care. The claim was made on 6 December. A clarification was aired two days later. Ofcom said it had warned ITV to take "greater care" in future. However, the watchdog stopped short of a formal investigation.
Australian Gov website shows that Pfizer made a special batches of vaccines for Pfizer employees. COMIRNATY (BNT162b2 [mRNA]) COVID-19 VACCINE 30 micrograms/0.3 mL concentrated suspension for injection vial FF0884* 12/8/2021 Not tested. OCABR Reviewed. Limited batch quantity allocated for use in Pfizer Australia employee vaccination program https://www.tga.gov.au/batch-release-assessment-covid-19-vaccines ?
CDC charts show how much 2 and 3 doses of COVID vaccine protect from hospitalization https://www.businessinsider.com/cdc...alization-vaccine-booster-unvaccinated-2022-1 CDC graphs show in detail the protection vaccines gave from hospitalization. As Omicron spread in the US, hospitalization rates in December were much lower for the vaccinated. Data among adults over 50 showed that a booster shot gave even stronger protection. New charts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed that hospitalization rates were much lower among those who were vaccinated even as Omicron was sweeping the nation. Late last year, as Omicron was spreading fast in the US, hospitalization rates per 100,000 rose sharply among unvaccinated adults, while rates in those who were fully vaccinated remained low. Fully-vaccinated in this chart meant one dose of the J&J vaccine or two doses of Pfizer or Moderna. Annotated graph of hospitalization rates per 100,000 among those over 18 as of December 25, 2021. According to the CDC, hospitalization rates among the unvaccinated were 16 times higher in December overall. The stats are for COVID-associated hospitalizations, which may include people for whom COVID-19 was not the primary reason for admission. As of December 25, the rate among unvaccinated people was 78 per 100,000, compared to 4 per 100,000 among fully vaccinated people, the CDC reported. It's not clear which variant might have been associated with these hospitalizations. By the end of December, Omicron made up 58% of all cases in the US, per Our World in Data, but Delta is thought to cause more severe disease and more hospitalizations than Omicron on average. Data about boosters was only available for those over 50. It showed that boosters further reduced the risk of hospitalization. Here's the data: 50 to 64 fully vaccinated:hospitalization rates were 18 times lower compared to unvaccinated in December overall. On the week of December 25, the rate of COVID-19-associated hospitalizations per 100,000 among unvaccinated was 72 versus 8.8 per 100,000 among the fully vaccinated. 50 to 64, boosted:46 times lower among those who got a booster in December overall, with a rate of 2.2 per 100,000 among boosted on the week of December 25. 65 and over, fully vaccinated: 18 times lower than unvaccinated in December overall. On the week of December 25, the rate was 238.7 per 100,000 among the unvaccinated, versus 26.8 per 100,000 among the fully vaccinated. 65 and over, boosted:52 times lower than unvaccinated in December overall, with a rate of 4.8 per 100,000 on the week of December 25. These data should be taken with a grain of salt. The rates don't account for non-vaccine-related risks, Mark Jit, professor of vaccine epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine told Insider in an email. "People who get vaccinated may be more cautious about COVID in general, or perhaps getting vaccinated makes them less cautious, or they may live in states with more/less COVID risk, etc," Jit said. But the charts are in line with data from the UK Health Safety Agency, which found that protection from a third dose of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine against hospitalization with Omicron was about 89%, waning slightly to 83% at 10 weeks, Insider's Catherine Schuster Bruce reported. By comparison, from two to 25 weeks after the second dose, protection against Omicron hospitalization was 64%, the UKHSA said.
News on updated vaccines targeting Omicron... Pfizer starts clinical trial for Omicron variant Covid vaccine https://metro.co.uk/2022/01/25/pfiz...l-for-omicron-variant-covid-vaccine-15989878/ Covid lifeline as Moderna begins trials on Omicron-specific jab – will be ready in months MODERNA has started testing a Covid booster vaccine that specifically targets the Omicron variant. https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1556798/covid-lifeline-moderna-omicron-booster-pfizer-vaccine
World hits milestone of 10 billion COVID vaccine doses administered, but less than 10% of people in low-income countries have had a first jab https://www.marketwatch.com/story/w...me-countries-have-had-a-first-jab-11643384117
Yes... Covid vaccination cuts ICU stays for teens. Underlining the importance of getting children vaccinated. COVID-19 vaccines can effectively cut ICU stays https://knowridge.com/2022/01/covid-19-vaccines-can-effectively-cut-icu-stays/ In a new study from the Medical University of South Carolina, researchers found vaccination is not only effective in keeping teens out of the hospital because of COVID-19, but it’s also effective in keeping teens from becoming so ill that they must stay in the intensive care unit or receive life support. In the study, the team compared 445 COVID-19 patients at 31 hospitals in 23 states with 777 patients who didn’t have COVID-19. All of the patients were between 12 and 18 years old. They found the vaccine was 98% effective against COVID illness that required ICU care and 98% effective against COVID illness that required life support. Of the 180 teens who were admitted to the ICU, only two had been vaccinated. None of the 13 teens who needed extracorporeal membrane oxygenation or the seven who died were vaccinated. None of the children who have been admitted for COVID-19 have been vaccinated. The two groups in this study—the COVID patients and the non-COVID patients—were similar in that 70% in each group attended in-person school. Of the COVID patients, 74% had at least one underlying condition, and among the non-COVID patients, 70% had at least one underlying condition. The team noted that underlying conditions are quite common.
World better protected against Covid if rich nations donated 50% of vaccines to low-income countries Vaccine inequity will prolong pandemic and increase risk of new variants developing, modelling finds https://www.theguardian.com/austral...onated-50-of-vaccines-to-low-income-countries