Unvaccinated people were 11 times more likely to die of covid-19, CDC report finds
Source: Washington Post
People who were not fully vaccinated this spring and summer were over 10 times more likely to be hospitalized, and 11 times more likely to die of covid-19 than those who were fully vaccinated, according to one of three major studies published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that highlight the continued efficacy of all three vaccines amid the spread of the highly contagious delta variant.
A second study showed the Moderna coronavirus vaccine was moderately more effective in preventing hospitalizations than its counterparts from Pfizer-BioNTech and Johnson & Johnson. That assessment was based on the largest U.S. study to date of the real-world effectiveness of all three vaccines, involving about 32,000 patients seen in hospitals, emergency departments and urgent care clinics across nine states from June through early August.
While the three vaccines were collectively 86 percent effective in preventing hospitalization, protection was significantly higher among Moderna vaccine recipients (95 percent) than among those who got Pfizer-BioNTech (80 percent) or Johnson & Johnson (60 percent). That finding echoes a smaller study by the Mayo Clinic Health System in August, not yet peer reviewed, which also showed the Moderna vaccine with higher effectiveness than Pfizer-BioNTech at preventing infections during the delta wave.
Noting the effectiveness of all vaccines against severe illness and death, public health officials have continued to urge people to get whatever vaccine is available, rather than to shop around and delay inoculation. The bottom line is this: We have the scientific tools we need to turn the corner on this pandemic," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said at a White House covid-19 briefing Friday. Vaccination works and will protect us from the severe complications of covid-19.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/09/10/moderna-most-effective-covid-vaccine-studies/
Link to their publication page - https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/Novel_Coronavirus_Reports.html
I believe these are the "early release" publications that are being referenced in the OP -
Monitoring Incidence of COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations, and Deaths, by Vaccination Status 13 U.S. Jurisdictions, April 4July 17, 2021
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7037e1.htm?s_cid=mm7037e1_w
Interim Estimates of COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Against COVID-19Associated Emergency Department or Urgent Care Clinic Encounters and Hospitalizations Among Adults During SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant Predominance Nine States, JuneAugust 2021
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7037e2.htm?s_cid=mm7037e2_w
Effectiveness of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines Against COVID-19Associated Hospitalization Five Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, United States, February 1August 6, 2021
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7037e3.htm?s_cid=mm7037e3_w
samnsara
(17,622 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,920 posts)since Delta only recently hit the scene in a big way. So I think the earliest vaccinated participants probably had the higher likelihood of not being hospitalized when other strains were more prominent and as Delta began to proliferate, that started to change, but was still not only non-trivial, but was found to continue to be significant when compared to the unvaccinated.
ETA - I think there have been different numbers thrown out regarding "hospitalizations" vs "deaths" (the latter which this headline is focusing on).
underpants
(182,791 posts)rkleinberger
(155 posts)BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)That they can all die faster so we can get through this bullshit sooner.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,956 posts)Deminpenn
(15,286 posts)was going to resolve the conflict between disease and deniers. The deniers were always going to be on the losing end.
Clash City Rocker
(3,396 posts)And of course that correlates with politics. Covid cases are rising in red states, dropping in blue states.
https://mobile.twitter.com/pbump/status/1436390962947936258?s=21
BumRushDaShow
(128,920 posts)Link to tweet
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@pbump
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Sep 10, 2021
Looked at the pandemic numbers again and the gap between vaccinated and unvaccinated states is really striking and overlaps with party. Impossible to separate party from the pandemic.
Analysis | The inescapable overlap of pandemic and politics
Combatting the pandemic is made harder because it indisputably overlaps with partisanship.
washingtonpost.com
Philip Bump
@pbump
Red states are doing much worse now than they were at this point in 2020 and blue states are doing much better. https://washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/10/inescapable-overlap-pandemic-politics/
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2:07 PM · Sep 10, 2021
There was a LBN thread that included that (recently locked however) - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142798392