So, if we look at the rate of hospitalizations for double vaxxed folk (4.8 per 100,000) and apply it to number of people who are under-vaccinated, we can see how many ‘excess’ hospitalizations there are due to under-vaccination.
This is getting increasingly astounding.
This is getting increasingly astounding.
https://twitter.com/HeatherYourex/status/1435345065950396416
If we remove the estimated number of people in hospital <12 (using the age hospitalization data over the last 120 days)…
There are 413 excess people in hospital in Alberta due to under-vaccination.
Which is more than the total number of beds in the entire Grey Nuns Hospital.
There are 413 excess people in hospital in Alberta due to under-vaccination.
Which is more than the total number of beds in the entire Grey Nuns Hospital.
That includes 113 excess people in ICU alone.
Foothills hospital in Calgary is one of the largest hospitals in Western Canada. At baseline, they have a 26 bed unit.
So we’re talking multiple large ICUs filled with unvaccinated people in EXCESS of what’s expected w/ vaccination.
Foothills hospital in Calgary is one of the largest hospitals in Western Canada. At baseline, they have a 26 bed unit.
So we’re talking multiple large ICUs filled with unvaccinated people in EXCESS of what’s expected w/ vaccination.
Removing the relatively few partially vaccinated folk to make the point clearer, here is the rate of hospitalization per 100,000 residents for unvaccinated (grey) vs fully vaccinated + 2 weeks (blue).
Being unvaccinated carries a multiple-fold increased risk at every age.
Being unvaccinated carries a multiple-fold increased risk at every age.
Rate stats are helpful since there's different numbers of people in every category by age and vaccination status. But using the absolute numbers does paint a stark picture of who's in hospital.
This is the total COVID hospitalizations for the last 120 days in Alberta.
This is the total COVID hospitalizations for the last 120 days in Alberta.
I mean, LOOK at this!
Yes, COVID disproportionately impacts the elderly. But if you walked through a COVID ward over the last 4 months in Alberta, you'd see MOSTLY non-elderly people. You'd see as many people in their 30s as in their 70s.
B/c the 30 yos aren't getting vaxxed!
Yes, COVID disproportionately impacts the elderly. But if you walked through a COVID ward over the last 4 months in Alberta, you'd see MOSTLY non-elderly people. You'd see as many people in their 30s as in their 70s.
B/c the 30 yos aren't getting vaxxed!
What about pre-existing conditions? Well, we have that data in fact. Certainly having other conditions increases your risk of COVID. But this is the total number of COVID hospitalizations over the last 4 months for people WITHOUT pre-existing conditions.
If you turned this into a rate-stat, it would look different but I don't know how many people in Alberta do or don't have pre-existing conditions. So I can't do that.
However, seems pretty clear that even if you DON'T have other medical conditions, you should get the vaccine!
However, seems pretty clear that even if you DON'T have other medical conditions, you should get the vaccine!
If you're vaccinated & don't have other medical conditions (respiratory diseases, diabetes, stroke, dementia, cardiovascular disease, liver or renal diseases, cancer & immuno-deficiency diseases), your chance of getting hospitalized with COVID goes to near nothing at ANY age.
All of this comes at a human cost. A cost to the healthcare system. To burned out healthcare workers. To people who need the healthcare system for 'any' other illness.
Choosing to be unvaccinated has a cost to self and to society.
Choosing to be unvaccinated has a cost to self and to society.
This isn't some grand conspiracy from healthcare. We just want
1) for you not to get really sick & need us
2) to help other people who are really sick too
3) to not be completely destroyed emotionally by sheer burnout
Honestly, that's it.
1) for you not to get really sick & need us
2) to help other people who are really sick too
3) to not be completely destroyed emotionally by sheer burnout
Honestly, that's it.
This isn't some crooked data. It's literally just freely available data from the Alberta government.
If there was a government that would want to downplay the impact of COVID, it would be the government of #BestSummerEver.
And it matches what my HCW colleagues are seeing.
If there was a government that would want to downplay the impact of COVID, it would be the government of #BestSummerEver.
And it matches what my HCW colleagues are seeing.
I forgot to add, there's also obviously a financial cost to under-vaccination. Canadian average hospital costs are $1135/day and ICU costs are $3592/day.
So 413 excess hospitalizations (including 113 ICU) means $746,396 in excess hospital costs due to under vaccination in 1 day!
So 413 excess hospitalizations (including 113 ICU) means $746,396 in excess hospital costs due to under vaccination in 1 day!
Of course, there’s other ‘costs’ to under-vaccination as well. Given the hospital situation outlined in the above thread, now some children’s surgeries are getting delayed or cancelled.
https://twitter.com/bcshaffer/status/1435745825842290692
More costs.
The system can not sustain this level of under-vaccination. Is is the cost of letting Delta rip through unvaccinated adults.
The rest of the public suffers from both those individual choices combined with the associated policy choice.
The system can not sustain this level of under-vaccination. Is is the cost of letting Delta rip through unvaccinated adults.
The rest of the public suffers from both those individual choices combined with the associated policy choice.
https://twitter.com/JenLeeCBC/status/1435748280776986627
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