Per IDPH, half of Illinois' "vaccine breakthrough" COVID deaths are NOT among people who are immunocompromised or have underlying health conditions.
Seems like something our media should probe.
(P.S. Raising questions about data doesn't = "anti-vax")
IDPH also reports broad age-group categories for the BT deaths.
Seems unlikely that all 333 deaths (among vaxed people who were not IC/didn't have other conditions) were age 65+
Further age breakdown of 18-64 needed - as well as age/health condition data cc: @AWokeZombie
CDC data has long shown that well over 90%++ of deaths with COVID on the death certificate have other contributing causes or conditions listed.
So ~50% of breakthrough deaths in Illinois having no other conditions, etc. seems noteworthycdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr…
My e-friend @AWokeZombie is seeing something similar in New Jersey
At this point, I'm more intrigued than I am alarmed, but if this trend continues, it's going to be hard for media & public health/elected officials to ignore
FYI, here's Illinois' "breakthrough" definition:
"An individual who tests positive for C19 at least 14 days after being fully vaccinated & didn't test positive in the previous 45 days."
So any COVID deaths that don't meet that criteria are "unvaxed"/not fully vaxed
"Unvaccinated" in Illinois is people who have received
✔️0 doses
✔️1 of a 2-dose vax
✔️2 of a 2-dose but tests pos <14 days after 2nd dose
✔️14+ days after full dose but tested pos in previous 45 days
All the folks are in one "bucket" & are compared to fully vaxed 🧐
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