99% of more than 8,500 Americans who died from COVID-19 last month were unvaccinated
- Vaccination is how this pandemic ends. And the Delta variant seems to be raising the human cost of not being vaccinated.
CDC Director Walensky also said COVID-19 vaccines “are nearly 100% effective against severe disease and death – meaning nearly every death due to COVID-19 is particularly tragic, because nearly every death, especially among adults, due to COVID-19 is at this point entirely preventable.”
An Axios-Ipsos poll found that 84% of Americans have at least heard of the delta variant of coronavirus, with 72% saying they are concerned about the variant
Families tend to stick together regarding vaccines, for better or worse. About 77% of vaccinated adults said everyone in their household is vaccinated, while 75% of unvaccinated adults said no one they live with is vaccinated, according to a recent survey from Kaiser Family Foundation.
New England Journal of Medicine published study this week in 3,975 health care workers showing mRNA vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna) highly effective in preventing COVID in real-world conditions; vaccines also reduced viral load, fever and duration of illness for whose workers with rare breakthrough infection.
The J&J coronavirus vaccine is also effective against the highly contagious Delta variant, even eight months after inoculation, the company reported on Thursday — a finding that should reassure the 11 million Americans who have gotten the shot.
The benefits of COVID-19 vaccination far outweigh the risks of heart inflammation in young people, a panel of independent advisers to the CDC said last week. Still, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, agreed that a warning about the potential risk should be added to the FDA official fact sheets on the vaccines.
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The CDC and the Department of Health and Human Services, together with 15 of the country’s leading medical and public health organizations – including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Medical Association and the American Nurses Association – issued a joint statement after the meeting saying they ‘strongly encourage everyone 12 and older’ to get the shots because the benefits far outweigh any potential harms.”
A new study published in Nature has found the COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna “set off a persistent immune reaction in the body that may protect against the coronavirus for years, scientists reported on Monday. Boosters may not be needed at all or for years.
How to build a Delta immunity wall? Israel is showing us the way, with its very high vaccination rate countering the dominant Delta strain. No further case increases or hospitalizations. Zero deaths for past 12 days. (see graph below)