It is incredibly rare that fully vaccinated Americans get a severe case of COVID-19 and die from the disease, according to new federal figures.
Americans who have received two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Modern vaccine or a Johnson & Johnson vaccine have less than one in 13,000 is likely to have a major case, according to a DailyMail.com analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data.
More than 99 percent of hospitalizations and deaths by Covid in the U.S. since January 2021 have occurred in unvaccinated people.
CDC data suggest that patients in need of hospital care due to an advanced case are likely to be of legal age or suffer from underlying medical conditions.
The data demonstrate the proper functioning of vaccines, even against the Delta variant, to prevent serious disease.
The overwhelming majority of Covid hospitalizations and deaths in 2021 have occurred in unvaccinated Americans, according to a DailyMail.com analysis of federal data.
As the Delta continues to rise, vaccination remains the best protection available against severe Covid disease. Pictured: 17-year-old receives his first dose of Pfizer at a school vaccination clinic in Los Angeles, California, in August 2021
More than 177 million Americans have been completely vaccinated since Sept. 9.
This number includes approximately 63% of all eligible Americans (over the age of 12), 65% of adults, and 82% of seniors.
Pfizer, Moderna and J&J vaccines have been shown to be incredibly effective in protecting against severe Covid disease, both in clinical trials and in the real world.
As a result, the vast majority of Covid patients who fill emergency rooms and intensive care units across the country are not vaccinated.
New CDC data reinforces the incredible ability of vaccines to protect themselves from severe Covid cases.
As of Aug. 30, a total of 12,908 Americans have been hospitalized or died with Covid after being completely vaccinated.
Approximately 173 million Americans had been completely vaccinated by that date, which means that the chance of a serious breakthrough case is less than one in 13,000.
Among the cases with severe cases of innovation, 10,471 had been hospitalized, although approximately 2,400 of these hospitalizations were asymptomatic or unrelated to Covid.
Similarly, 2,437 Americans have died after contracting an advanced infection, but approximately 500 of these deaths were asymptomatic or not caused directly by COVID-19.
In all, about 1.7 million Americans have been hospitalized with the virus since Jan. 1, 2021, and 281,000 have died, according to federal data.
This means that, due to both hospitalizations and deaths, more than 99% of those affected by COVID-19 in 2021 have not been vaccinated.
A prepress study by CDC researchers, shared online Aug. 31, suggests that these cases of severe progression tend to occur in older adults.
CDC researchers used data from COVID-NET, the agency’s hospitalization surveillance network.
This data set included Covid hospitalizations in 99 counties in 14 states, covering about ten percent of the U.S. population.
From January 1 to June 30, 2021, 87.6 percent of Covid hospitalized patients in this data set were not fully vaccinated, while 9.4 percent were partially vaccinated.
Only three percent of patients were completely vaccinated.
Older adults and those with underlying medical conditions are at higher risk for severe cases of progression. Pictured: A teenager gets vaccinated at a clinic in Los Angeles, California, in August 2021
Among older patients (over 65 years of age), a higher proportion of hospitalized patients were fully vaccinated: 32 percent.
The mean age of these patients with advanced cases was 73 years, compared with a mean age of 59 years for unvaccinated patients.
Patients with advanced cases are likely to have a weakened immune system due to an organ transplant or cancer.
These vaccinated patients are likely to have three or more underlying medical conditions, such as obesity, gastrointestinal disease, and neurological conditions.
Although vaccinated and unvaccinated patients had similar probabilities of requiring intensive care, vaccinated patients tended to have shorter hospital stays, reflecting the ability of their immune system to fight the virus.
These CDC data demonstrate the protection of vaccines against severe Covid cases.
However, it is important to note that cases of progress have become more frequent during the rise of the Delta variant.
Although the risk of a serious case has not increased significantly, Americans are more likely to have a mild or asymptomatic infection.
But when most people in a community are vaccinated, it’s harder for the virus to spread, keeping the number of cases lower and easing the burden that Covid patients put on local hospitals.
For states and counties with lower vaccination rates, the consequences for hospitals have been severe.
In Idaho, for example, the state public health agency instituted “crisis care standards” for some rural hospitals with limited staffing and medical equipment problems.
“Crisis care standards” allow these hospitals to prioritize patients most likely to survive, while providing less care to others.
In addition, vaccination protects people who are not yet able to receive their shots.
Most cases of Covid in children currently occur in states with lower vaccination rates, where parents transmit the infection to their children.
