If you see the claim that there are currently 14X more COVID-19 patients in UK hospitals than this time last year, that is blatant MISINFORMATION at best. There were 14,546 hospitalized COVID-19 patients a year ago (November 8, 2020), and 9,160 today.
You can easily go on the UK Coronavirus Dashboard. The information is right at your fingertips. coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/health…. Misinformation or just downright blatant lies doesn’t help promote vaccine uptake, if anything it promotes hesitancy.
What is important to know, and can be seen when comparing last year to where we are currently is that the vaccines are highly effective in preventing severe disease, hospitalization, and death due to COVID-19 even in the face of the Delta variant.
Should those who are eligible get their booster? Absolutely. But with that said, misinformation shouldn’t be spread to “convince” people to do so. Suggestion? Reiterate to high-risk groups the success of the booster instead. Pfizer’s trial showed a VE of 95.6% against symptomatic
infection versus a control group that was given two doses of vaccine. Emphasize that instead. Misinformation does absolutely nothing but damage trust.
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