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Delta Variant SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak Among Incarcerated Persons in Federal Prison

• AndrewBissell 5y ago
  > Attack rates were higher among unvaccinated persons (39 of 42; 93%) than among fully vaccinated persons (129 of 185; 70%) (p = 0. 002) and among persons vaccinated ≥4 months before the outbreak (83 of 93; 89%) than among those vaccinated 2 weeks to 2 months before the outbreak (19 of 31; 61%) (p<0.001)
• newbamboo 5y ago
  “In this prison, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was the first available, with first doses administered to incarcerated persons in January 2021.” Not sure if irony is the right word but definitely shameful that those who were first vaccinated, elderly, high risk, prisoners, doctors, etc. are now the most at risk. The hesitant folks who just got vaccinated due to mandates are much safer as we move into winter when we expect more infections. Tragic lack of planning or foresight from current administration who in typical fashion wants to blame the mostly uneducated, religious minority and low risk fraction of the population (5-10%?) who are still abstaining.