The 60% is also not adjusted for age, see here for good explanations: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/08/31/covid-israel-hospitalization-rates-simp

The 60% is also not adjusted for age, see here for good explanations: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/08/31/covid-israel-hospitalization-rates-simpsons-paradox/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/08/31/covid-isra... https://www.covid-datascience.com/post/israeli-data-how-can-efficacy-vs-severe-disease-be-strong-when-60-of-hospitalized-are-vaccinated https://www.covid-datascience.com/post/israeli-data-how-can-... This is such an important point, I think it's worth including the key table here: Vaccine effectiveness vs. severe disease for younger (<50yr) = 1 - 0.3/3.9 = 91.8% Vaccine effectiveness vs. severe disease for older (>50yr) = 1- 13.6/91.9 = 85.2% But if you combine the two, you get 67.5% !!!! which is the # people have been wrongly focused on.