The Associated Press did an analysis of government data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the current status of COVID-19, in relation to people who are fully vaccinated and those who refused to get shots. And while the results aren’t surprising, they’re notable.
And that begins with the report showing that COVID deaths in the United States are about 300 a day as of March (it’s down to about 100 per day now, though should go up again next winter). But critically important, it added that almost all of these COVID-19 deaths today in the U.S. are for people who weren’t vaccinated. But, y’know, that whole “personal choice” thing and all. So, life goes on. As does COVID Also, while the data from May shows there have been 853,000 hospitalizations for COVID-19, less than 1,200 of those come from “breakthrough” infections in fully vaccinated people accounted. Which, for those of you without an abacus is 0.1%. In addition, there were more than 18,000 deaths COVID-19 in May, but by comparison, only 150 of those were for people who were fully vaccinated. And that’s 0.8%, which by most mathematical standards is really small. Which means that a lot of people who had the option to make a “personal choice,” did a very tragically bad job choosing. In fairness, the CDC says that some states are more aggressive than others when tracking breakthrough infections, and not every state even does so – five or so don’t. So the data likely understates breakthrough infections. But the trend is clear and emphatic. For instance, Andy Slavitt, who was the Biden Administration adviser on Covid-19, estimated a few weeks ago that 98% to 99% of Americans who are currently dying from COVID-19 are unvaccinated. But then, that’s their personal choice, of course. Further, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky reiterated that very same point this week when discussing the effectiveness of the vaccine, saying that "nearly every death, especially among adults, due to COVID-19, is, at this point, entirely preventable.” And as such, she said that deaths from COVID today are “particularly tragic.” And tragically, that was their personal choice. Unfortunately, it was not the personal choice of the vast majority of Americans who got vaccinated to continue living with an active COVID-19 virus that continues to mutate among so many unvaccinated.
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