A million Americans a day are getting their COVID-19 vaccines. And nearly all COVID-19 deaths in the US are among the unvaccinated: https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-941fcf43d9731c76c16e7354f5d5e187
From the article: ““breakthrough” infections in fully vaccinated people accounted for fewer than 1,200 of more than 853,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations. That’s about 0.1%.”
And: “about 150 of the more than 18,000 COVID-19 deaths in May were in fully vaccinated people. That translates to about 0.8%”
Good luck, unvaccinated people!
“…From the article: ““breakthrough” infections in fully vaccinated people accounted for fewer than 1,200 of more than 853,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations. That’s about 0.1%.”
And: “about 150 of the more than 18,000 COVID-19 deaths in May were in fully vaccinated people. That translates to about 0.8%”
Good luck, unvaccinated people!”
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As the most infectious Brazilian and Indian variants (see post 19 above) become more predominant, I expect a slight uptick in the herd immunity threshold. The vaccinated certainly are exposed as much as the unvaccinated but those exposures, for the most part, just strengthen the immunity of the vaccinated… but can have more deleterious effects on the unvaccinated who did not previously have COVID-19.
Hopefully we will quickly increase our count of individual immunities toward the higher herd immunity levels to protect the remaining unvaccinated vulnerable people.
From the Article you linked:
“Nearly all COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. now are in people who weren’t vaccinated, a staggering demonstration of how effective the shots have been and an indication that deaths per day — now down to under 300 — could be practically zero if everyone eligible got the vaccine.”
Over 99% of COVID deaths in the USA now, are people who failed to get fully vaccinated, despite having the opportunity.
Hundreds per day dying needlessly of COVID. 1,500-2,000 more per day hospitalized. And that is only a tenth of what is was a few months ago, before mass vaccination.
How many thousands of lives did President Trump save, by accelerating our Vaccination Program? Potentially hundreds of thousands.
UK: Most of the People Dying from COVID Today are Vaccinated — But Please Continue to Take Your Vaccine
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3971983/posts