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They don’t prevent the spread or contraction of the virus but they reduce the transmission period and greatly reduce the severity of the disease if a fully vacc

They don’t prevent the spread or contraction of the virus but they reduce the transmission period and greatly reduce the severity of the disease if a fully vaccinated person contracts Covid-19. They may not be a panacea but they’re a very useful tool in dealing with Covid-19 and keeping people out of hospital unnecessarily.

logifail 5y ago
> keeping people out of hospital Are there many previously young and healthy people ending up in hospital with Covid?
- pvaldes 5y ago
  > Are there many previously young and healthy people ending up in hospital with Covid? Yes, of course, more than a thousand of children and young adults in their prime died just in US. https://abcnews.go.com/US/wrecked-lives-families-young-adults-died-covid-19/story?id=74148061 https://abcnews.go.com/US/wrecked-lives-families-young-adult...
  - skrbjc 5y ago
    250 0-4 year olds died with Covid and 573 5-18 year olds died with Covid. Remember these are people that died in the hospital with a positive Covid test. One study out of UCSF found more than 40% of kids hospitalized with Covid were there for a reason other than Covid, like a broken arm, and then also tested positive with an asymptotic case. Likely the kids dying with Covid could be overcounted as well. https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Provisional-COVID-19-Deaths-Focus-on-Ages-0-18-Yea/nr4s-juj3 https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Provisional-COVID-19-Deaths-Focus-... https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/05/study-number-of-kids-hospitalized-for-covid-is-overcounted.html https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/05/study-number-of-kids...
    - pvaldes 5y ago
      The time to have this discussion was two years ago. We are talking about children and youngs that were killed by Covid, not with Covid and the number is 'too much' to keep ignoring the plain facts.

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They don’t prevent the spread or contraction of the virus but they reduce the transmission period and greatly reduce the severity of the disease if a fully vacc

by Anthony-G 5y ago

logifail 5y ago
> keeping people out of hospital Are there many previously young and healthy people ending up in hospital with Covid?
- pvaldes 5y ago
  > Are there many previously young and healthy people ending up in hospital with Covid? Yes, of course, more than a thousand of children and young adults in their prime died just in US. https://abcnews.go.com/US/wrecked-lives-families-young-adults-died-covid-19/story?id=74148061 https://abcnews.go.com/US/wrecked-lives-families-young-adult...
  - skrbjc 5y ago
    250 0-4 year olds died with Covid and 573 5-18 year olds died with Covid. Remember these are people that died in the hospital with a positive Covid test. One study out of UCSF found more than 40% of kids hospitalized with Covid were there for a reason other than Covid, like a broken arm, and then also tested positive with an asymptotic case. Likely the kids dying with Covid could be overcounted as well. https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Provisional-COVID-19-Deaths-Focus-on-Ages-0-18-Yea/nr4s-juj3 https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Provisional-COVID-19-Deaths-Focus-... https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/05/study-number-of-kids-hospitalized-for-covid-is-overcounted.html https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/05/study-number-of-kids...
    - pvaldes 5y ago
      The time to have this discussion was two years ago. We are talking about children and youngs that were killed by Covid, not with Covid and the number is 'too much' to keep ignoring the plain facts.