Unvaccinated people 11 times more likely to die from COVID-19

As the Delta variant becomes dominant in the US this summer, data showed that uninfected Americans are 4.6 times more likely to be infected, 10 times more likely to be hospitalized, and 11 times more likely to die from COVID-19 was likely to happen.

In a trio of studies released on Friday outlining the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines even against the highly infectious delta variant, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found a new study among patients visiting emergency departments, urgent care centers and veterans’ hospitals. Checked Covid-19 results.

A study that tracked patients at five Veterans Affairs medical centers across the country between February 1 and August 6 found that mRNA vaccines were 87 percent effective in preventing Covid-19-associated hospitalizations during a delta surge. . The study found that the effectiveness dropped to 80% for patients over the age of 65, while for younger patients, the vaccine was 95% effective.

Another study, which examined more than 600,000 cases in 13 states and large cities, examined two time periods in the spring and summer and found a slight decline in vaccine effectiveness during the period when Delta became the dominant strain in the US. Gaya, which started around the middle. June.

The study found that before Delta became the most widespread variant, it was causing an average of 16 times more deaths in a week than in people who were not vaccinated. After Delta took hold, that ratio fell to 11 times more deaths.

Similar declines were seen between the pre- and post-delta periods in weekly hospitalizations and the rate of cases, but the difference in outcomes for vaccinated and unvaccinated people remained clear. Those who were not vaccinated were 4.6 times more likely to become infected with the vaccine, and 10 times more likely to go to the hospital for COVID-19.

“We are seeing more people in the hospital who have been vaccinated, but I want to reiterate that more than 90% of those who stay in the hospital are still well,” CDC Director Rochelle Valensky said at a news briefing.

A third study, which examined the experiences of nearly 33,000 patients who visited hospitals, urgent care centers and emergency departments in nine states for COVID-19, found that the safety of vaccines against hospitalization was over a delta period. The same was about 86%. Months before Delta’s dominance, however, the vaccine’s effectiveness was reduced in patients over the age of 75.

Federal officials said the reports drew conclusions from earlier research that vaccines are the most effective tool against COVID-19 and the fastest way to bring the pandemic to heel.

Anthony Fauci, America’s top infectious disease expert, said, “The most important thing we can do to protect against any type of disease is vaccination.”