Covid deaths rare among fully vaccinated - ONS

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Out of more than 51,000 Covid deaths in England between January and July 2021, only 256 occurred after two doses. They were mostly people at very high risk from illness from Covid-19.

Some deaths after vaccination were always expected because vaccines are not 100% effective - but this analysis shows they are rare.

“Breakthrough” deaths tend to happen in the most vulnerable, men and those with weakened immune systems, with the average age being 84. But overall numbers were very small - they accounted for only 0.5% of all deaths from Covid-19 over the first six months of the year. A “breakthrough death” is defined as one involving Covid-19 that occurred in someone who had received both vaccine doses, and had a first positive coronavirus test at least 14 days after the second jab.

In the UK, 80% of people aged 16 and over have had two doses and nearly 90% have had one dose.

Since vaccinations were offered to priority, high-risk groups first - as advised by the UK’s vaccine advisory body - comparing the number of deaths in vaccinated and unvaccinated groups over time is not useful. As more and more people are vaccinated, the numbers of fully vaccinated people infected with Covid who then die from it will also grow - although Covid deaths are much lower now than they were before vaccines.

Some good news, then … :+1:

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Definitely…good news indeed!.:+1:

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Not to rain on anyone’s parade, but that article title seems slightly misleading to me. From the time vaccines were widely available and the end of July, the death rate was really low in the UK. The fully vaccinated had a low death rate but so did everyone else after the time people could be vaccinated That article is only talking about deaths to the end of July.

There’s an uptick in the deaths in August 2021 forward. If the stats hold out that the fully vaccinated deaths are still at a 1% rate, that would be better confirmation. Worldometers

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Here’s the detail:

Deaths involving COVID-19 by vaccination status, England

An analysis of deaths involving COVID-19 that occurred between 2 January and 2 July 2021 in England, by vaccination status. Includes weekly age-standardised mortality rates for deaths involving COVID-19 by vaccination status and a detailed analysis of deaths involving COVID-19 that occurred in fully vaccinated individuals.

Obviously, we’ll have to wait for next month’s report for an update … :slightly_smiling_face:

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Thanks, I’ve been reading about it.

The hospitalization rate in my small area has been 10-15% for fully vaccinated people. They don’t have a death rate on that chart.

At one time, you could get real time statistics for everything. On this one statistic, it’s really difficult to find.

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On the ONS link:

Weekly age-standardised mortality rates for deaths involving COVID-19 by vaccination status, England, deaths occurring between Week 1 (week ending 8 January 2021) and Week 26 (week ending 2 July 2021)

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If you go to the site the display is interactive.

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The BMJ published " Covid-19: How effective are vaccines against the delta variant?" on 9th August and that suggests that the vaccines are doing as intended.

Refeering to Andrew Marr’s infection it says:
"Although uncertainty remains, there is reason to be confident about the protection offered by current covid vaccines, says Eleanor Riley, professor of immunology and infectious disease at the University of Edinburgh. Referring to Marr, who had a major stroke in 2013, she says: “A man over 60 with significant prior health problems got a mild, flu-like illness and was back at work in a week.”