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It's actually 97% [1] and from anecdata from a friend there is at least one hospital where unvaccinated COVID hospitalizations is as low as 90% (and I want emph
by GloriousKoji 5y ago
It's actually 97% [1] and from anecdata from a friend there is at least one hospital where unvaccinated COVID hospitalizations is as low as 90% (and I want emphasize the obvious that it means 10% of hospitalized COVID patients are vaccinated).
[1] https://www.npr.org/2021/07/16/1017012853/97-of-people-entering-hospitals-for-covid-19-are-unvaccinated https://www.npr.org/2021/07/16/1017012853/97-of-people-enter...
- bonzini 5y agoWhy is that surprising? If 100% of the population were vaccinated, 100% of the hospitalized would be vaccinated too. More plausibly, suppose the vaccine is 90% effective against severe disease and 60% of the population is vaccinated. Then you'd have 6/46ths of the hospitalizations (15% roughly) coming from the vaccinated. Effectiveness against severe symptoms is what matters the most (and effectiveness against transmission comes second). As long as the maths confirm the effectiveness of the vaccination, having a number of vaccinated people in hospitals is expected. A 90% effectiveness corresponds to having your ICU beds magically multiplied by 10, which is nothing to sneeze about.