Advanced new coronavirus infections among fully vaccinated individuals remain rare, a sign that COVID-19 vaccines continue to work to stop COVID-19.
Are COVID-19 vaccines still working?
Dr. Monica Gandhi, an infectious disease specialist and professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, told Yahoo News that the message about the COVID-19 vaccine in recent weeks may cause fear of people being completely vaccinated and not vaccinated.
- “We may have been giving a message that vaccines don’t seem to work very well, which to me can scare vaccinations and in fact doesn’t make unvaccinated people think they should get a vaccine,” Gandhi said. .
“People (vaccinated) are really very protected from serious diseases. … I think we need to be much more positive, “he added.
COVID case numbers for fully vaccinated or unvaccinated people
In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new data last week showing that COVID-19 vaccines protected people from the coronavirus, including the delta variant.
The data showed how COVID-19 extended from April 4 to July 17. The following is a breakdown of COVID-19 numbers:
- Not fully vaccinated: 569,142 (92%) cases of COVID-19, 34,972 (92%) hospitalizations and 6,132 (91%) deaths associated with COVID-19.
- Vaccinated people: 46,312 (8%) cases, 2,976 (8%) hospitalizations and 616 (9%) deaths.
The CDC said the new data suggest that people who are not fully vaccinated are five times more likely to be infected, 10 times more likely to be hospitalized and 10 times more likely to die from COVID-19.
Dr. William Melah, chief physician of St. Claire Health Care in Morehead, Kentucky, told CNN that there is now panic for people around the vaccine and that it is completely unnecessary.
- “I think it’s an increase in fear now and these people are afraid of a vaccine that could save their lives, and that’s why they’re in the hospital now,” he told CNN.