Thread by @kidneycareuk

Vaccine effectiveness in the immunocompromised - a thread 💉

Real life data showing the impact of Covid-19 on people who were fully vaccinated has been published by the Office on National Statistics for the period between Jan-July 2021

ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati… (1/5)

This shows the difference vaccination can make; 0.5% (252) of the 43,956 total deaths were people who were fully vaccinated. However, 13.1% of those deaths were in immunocompromised people, & 76.6% of the 252 deaths were in clinically extremely vulnerable people (2/5)

We believe that this group of people continue to need targeted support with clear advice as to how to keep themselves safe as well as clear guidance for employers about keeping their CEV staff #SafeAtWork (3/5)

We also need to see access to treatments that have been shown to be effective for people who have not made an adequate immune response such as: gov.uk/government/new… (4/5)

Because despite being granted approval in August, & following our repeated calls on the Government, we still have no information about how vital antibody treatments like Regeneron will be made available to kidney patients who are unable to make an immune response (5/5)

We update our Covid-19 advice page regularly. For the most up to date advice for kidney patients please go to kidneycareuk.org/coronavirus