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Covid deaths no longer overwhelmingly among the unvaccinated as toll on elderly grows
The Washington Post ^ | April 30, 2022 | Dan Keating

Posted on 04/29/2022 4:33:42 PM PDT by KingofZion

Unvaccinated people accounted for the overwhelming majority of deaths in the United States throughout much of the coronavirus pandemic. But that has changed in recent months, according to a Washington Post analysis....

The pandemic’s toll is no longer falling almost exclusively on those who chose not to or could not get shots, with vaccine protection waning over time and the elderly and immunocompromised — who are at greatest risk of succumbing to covid-19, even if vaccinated — having a harder time dodging increasingly contagious strains.

The vaccinated made up 42 percent of fatalities in January and February during the highly contagious omicron variant’s surge, compared with 23 percent of the dead in September, the peak of the delta wave, according to nationwide data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed by The Post. The data is based on the date of infection and limited to a sampling of cases in which vaccination status was known.

*** A key explanation for the rise in deaths among the vaccinated is that covid-19 fatalities are again concentrated among the elderly.

Nearly two-thirds of the people who died during the omicron surge were 75 and older, according to a Post analysis, compared with a third during the delta wave. Seniors are overwhelmingly immunized, but vaccines are less effective and their potency wanes over time in older age groups.

*** The bulk of vaccinated deaths are among people who did not get a booster shot, according to state data provided to The Post. In two of the states, California and Mississippi, three-quarters of the vaccinated senior citizens who died in January and February did not have booster doses. Regulators in recent weeks have authorized second booster doses for people over the age of 50, but administration of first booster doses has stagnated.

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To: Owen

Come into the light.


21 posted on 04/29/2022 7:50:49 PM PDT by JimSp
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To: El Cid

You are correct. They kept moving the goal posts.


22 posted on 04/29/2022 8:10:32 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: palmer

We have no data from Africa of any legitmacy, of course.

I don’t think anyone knows why we have lost so much life expectancy compared to peer countries. They are obese, too. Particularly the UK.

1.8 years is a ton.


23 posted on 04/29/2022 9:50:08 PM PDT by Owen
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To: MinorityRepublican
We might get better at manufacturing vaccines once we learn more about the virus.

If we had legitimate data in the US, we'd see this conclusion too:

Notice the scamdemic is now of the vaxxxxxxxxxed. Also notice, after hospitilization that a higher percentage of the vaxxxed are dying than of the NOT vaxxxxxxxed.

CONCLUSION: to increase your chances of dying from the China-Faudci virus, get vaxxxxxxed.

If you want to die even sooner, get your boosters because then we can start talking about cardiac problems, blood clotting etc.


24 posted on 04/29/2022 10:14:22 PM PDT by politicianslie (Those who got vaxxed need to update their wills. You are a guinea pig in a dangerous drug trial.)
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To: wgmalabama
Well I have't looked at your posting history and don't care in the least. You may have been thinking my humor posts are serious. I don't use /s tags because I should not have to
25 posted on 04/30/2022 5:53:40 AM PDT by palmer (Democracy Dies Six Ways from Sunday)
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To: Owen
We have a different demographic and racial mix than the UK. Plus they are more adapted for obesity.
26 posted on 04/30/2022 5:55:14 AM PDT by palmer (Democracy Dies Six Ways from Sunday)
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To: palmer

My apologies. I missed the humor viewing it through humor lenses. Happy FReeping.


27 posted on 04/30/2022 7:16:42 AM PDT by wgmalabama (We will find out if the Vac or virus risk was the correct choice - can we put truth above narrative )
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To: KingofZion

They consider people unvaccinated if it hasn’t been two weeks after the shot or if they aren’t fully vaccinated. The definition of fully vaccinated is always changing.


28 posted on 04/30/2022 9:09:02 PM PDT by Trillian
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