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Posted on 07/23/2021 1:24:47 PM PDT by lightman
July 23 (UPI) -- Vaccinating fewer than half of the teachers at a large urban school district led to a 95% reduction in COVID-19 test positivity rates among staff members when they returned for in-person classes, according to data released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A vaccination initiative in Philadelphia to inoculate the city's 22,808 public school teachers between Feb. 23 and April 3 resulted in 46% becoming fully vaccinated, the data showed.
From March 21, when in-person classes resumed, through April 23, fewer than 1% of the more than 34,000 virus tests performed on the teachers were positive.
Test positivity rates were less than 0.1% among teachers who were fully vaccinated, compared with 1.2% for those who had received one-dose of the shot and nearly 2% for those who were unvaccinated, according to the CDC. RELATED Chicago to require masks in schools this fall
These results occurred when the Philadelphia's daily COVID-19 incidence was between 29 and 33 cases per 100,000 people in the general population.
"During a period of relatively high community transmission, weekly ... testing of school staff members in the School District of Philadelphia, one of the country's largest public school districts, revealed significantly fewer infections among vaccinated school staff members compared with those who were unvaccinated," the agency researchers wrote.
"Efforts to promote COVID-19 vaccination among school staff members before the upcoming 2021-22 school year will be foundational to ensure a safe learning environment," they said. RELATED Pfizer vaccine offers 88% protection against Delta variant with 2 doses
Teachers were considered fully vaccinated if they received both doses of the two-shot COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech, according to the agency.
The vaccination program was coordinated by the city public health department and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and offered to all of city's public school teachers, the agency said.
"Current CDC recommendations indicate that fully vaccinated persons with no known exposure to COVID-19 and no COVID-19-compatible symptoms can be exempted from routine testing programs," the CDC researchers wrote. RELATED Study: Handwashing, distancing protect staff at colleges in absence of vaccines
"Therefore, schools with high rates of staff member vaccination coverage might be able to implement in-person learning without the need for routine testing programs," they said.
Hmmmm.
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That’s what I got out of it, too.
Notice the non-stop vaccine propaganda? Even RINO Governors are chiming in…
Well, when 30-40% have natural immunity because they’ve had Covid . . .
Channeling from The Simpsons:
Shots for everybody: boo!
Shots for nobody: boo!
Shots for some, little American flags for everyone else: yeah!!!!
Maybe not quite that high, but probably close to it.
“…Test positivity rates were less than 0.1% among teachers who were fully vaccinated, compared with 1.2% for those who had received one-dose of the shot and nearly 2% for those who were unvaccinated…”
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Hmmm, what do you know… being fully vaccinated reduced test positivity by 95% compared to unvaccinated teachers. Who would have expected that. /sarc
I suspect that most who tested “positive” were asymptomatic or mild. That would certainly be true for the fully vaccinated ones.
No peer review, no double-blind control group?
Anecdotal data!
So, CDC’s use of public data is a study, while our use of public data is anecdotal.
Cue up Jennifer Lawrence.
That was also my take on the article.
What I never hear mentioned is that blacks are the highest group of unvaxed. Might be due to Tuskeegee incident. Might be distrust of anything white promoted and it might be just because they don’t have an ID because the dems have declared them too stupid or too lazy to get one.
Sure it did…
I have a bridge for sale in Brooklyn, will give you a great deal with free financing, you’re already pre-approved!
hey are manipulating numbers......using lower PCR level for “positives” on the vaxxed people...and using the phoney high levels on unvaxxed.....
That’s the same kind of math democrats use when they quote most Americans approve of their spending and taxing, after only 30-35% of democrats approve of their taxing and spending.
Test positivity rates were less than 0.1% among teachers who were fully vaccinated, compared with 1.2% for those who had received one-dose of the shot and nearly 2% for those who were unvaccinated…”
What they don’t tell you is that there are two levels for the tests .... one level for vaccinated and one level for unvaccinated ....make a guess on how they are set up!!!!!!
And, sometimes NOT even testing the vexed.
* “vax”d
Good news! Pandemic over, as you were.
I bet combining official cases with cases never counted, and we’re in that range.
Yes. It shows this campaign for complete 100% vaccination is not necessary.
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