In my region on a consortium call of six major hospital systems today we discovered that in the largest urban and suburban areas the are just over 800 cases of COVID hospitalized, and 82 % are serotyped as delta varian. Of the just over 800 people in the hospital, only 3% are vaccinated. Of those in critical condition 0% are vaccinated. Of the 18 deaths MTD — all are NOT vaccinated. The average length of stay of a vaccinated patient with breakthrough infection is 2.3 days, the average LOS of a non vaccinated patient is 5.1 days.
These are the raw data. I am sure there will be much discussion and interpretation — but it appears that the vaccine is doing what is was intended to do. 95% effective at blocking disease, and 100% effective of stopping critical illness and death.
There seems to be an issue in Israel. Is it wearing off? In most cases, Israelis received the Pfizer jab ahead of Americans.
Thanks! I really look forward to your updates.
“These are the raw data. I am sure there will be much discussion and interpretation”
Give it a couple of months to determine what the real data shows.