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"Only a small portion of the study participants — about 4 percent — had been vaccinated before their infections, and many of those with only a single dose." St
by jdkee 4y ago
"Only a small portion of the study participants — about 4 percent — had been vaccinated before their infections, and many of those with only a single dose."
Strong argument for the protective nature of the COVID vaccines. Although the virus certainly appears less damaging now in 2022 as opposed to when it first appeared.
- Proven 4y ago
- thrown_22 4y agoAbsence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
- bandana 4y agoSure, if that's the way you want to interpret it... The way I see it it doesn't make any argument at all, the vaccine wasn't even available for the dates they consider ("starting in April 2020", hence the low vaccinated percentage), and by the time the vaccine was widely available, the virus had mutated into omicron, which is weak whether you are vaccinated or not.
- lamontcg 4y ago> the virus had mutated into omicron, which is weak whether you are vaccinated or not. That was not Hong Kong's experience with Omicron when it hit a population of unvaccinated older people and their per capita death rate soared up to one of the highest in the world. The "weak" omicron effect is probably due to preexisting natural immunity and vaccination. South Africa where Omicron originated had a youthful population and high levels of natural immunity. Most of the developed world had a mix of natural immunity and high levels of vaccination (particularly in the elderly). Hong Kong had neither and Omicron still tore it up.
- ekianjo 4y agoThats a strange interpretation of the data at hand.