Nadine is using data on 154 patients over 5 months.
It is true that 91% of patients requiring Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Severe Respiratory Failure were unvaccinated - this was 141 people.
Over the same period, 100,000 patients were admitted to hospital with Covid
It is true that 91% of patients requiring Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Severe Respiratory Failure were unvaccinated - this was 141 people.
Over the same period, 100,000 patients were admitted to hospital with Covid
https://twitter.com/NadineDorries/status/1470819053568774156
I would hardly say quoting this most extreme care is representative of the likely outcome for patients.
She is basing her claims on 0.14% of the population admitted to hospital with Covid and ignoring the other 99.86%.
She is basing her claims on 0.14% of the population admitted to hospital with Covid and ignoring the other 99.86%.
Over the same period there were 4.2 million Covid cases identified through testing (overall there would have been more but not tested).
So the basis of her claims is on 0.0033% of the cases identified.
So the basis of her claims is on 0.0033% of the cases identified.
The wider issue is if these patients would not have been in ECMO had they been vaccinated. We do not know the ages of these patients or their medical background.
If they would not have been, how many patients missed out on this care and had a poorer outcome.
If they would not have been, how many patients missed out on this care and had a poorer outcome.
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