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Just 5.8% of all hospitalizations for COVID-like illness from Jan-June were in SARS-CoV-2+ UNvaxed patients --1.4% were vaxed.
Of those hospitalized & tested, 53% were vaxed, 47% un-vaxed. Testing rates were 12% higher among unvaxed than vaxed.
nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
Just 5.8% of all hospitalizations for COVID-like illness from Jan-June were in SARS-CoV-2+ UNvaxed patients --1.4% were vaxed.
Of those hospitalized & tested, 53% were vaxed, 47% un-vaxed. Testing rates were 12% higher among unvaxed than vaxed.
nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
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This study is interesting in many other ways. The CDC only counts 13 days+ second day as vaccinated. That means, looking at this, they would say ~5% of all CoV+ patients are vaxed. But if we count all people w/any vax, it's actually 19%, and vaxed are tested at lower rates.
This study is interesting in many other ways. The CDC only counts 13 days+ second day as vaccinated. That means, looking at this, they would say ~5% of all CoV+ patients are vaxed. But if we count all people w/any vax, it's actually 19%, and vaxed are tested at lower rates.
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The question is, why are all of these people w/COVID-like symptoms @ the hospital? (I have no idea).
The way this study is done, it assesses efficacy by looking at the relative % positive in the hospitalized patients.
The question is, why are all of these people w/COVID-like symptoms @ the hospital? (I have no idea).
The way this study is done, it assesses efficacy by looking at the relative % positive in the hospitalized patients.
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This methodology doesn't tell us how many people in each group (vaxed vs. unvaxed) were exposed. By May, vaccination rates in 50+ were roughly 65%, so this 53/47 split among vaxed/unvaxed, may suggest a lower CLI-like hospitalization rate, even w/12% lower testing of vaxed.
This methodology doesn't tell us how many people in each group (vaxed vs. unvaxed) were exposed. By May, vaccination rates in 50+ were roughly 65%, so this 53/47 split among vaxed/unvaxed, may suggest a lower CLI-like hospitalization rate, even w/12% lower testing of vaxed.
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@USMortality has a very long interesting thread on this--but to me, there are still a lot of questions here. But what IS clear, is that in terms of absolute numbers of hospitalizations, CoV+ unvaccinated is shockingly small (at least in this study).
@USMortality has a very long interesting thread on this--but to me, there are still a lot of questions here. But what IS clear, is that in terms of absolute numbers of hospitalizations, CoV+ unvaccinated is shockingly small (at least in this study).
https://twitter.com/USMortality/status/1443431573009813504
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