Locally, 529 hospitalized Covid patients since 12/16/20. NOT ONE of those

[bullwinkle428]

patients had been fully vaccinated.

In the span of 24 hours the two largest hospital systems in the Quad-Cities reported a combined increase of 14 patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19-related symptoms.

Genesis Health System reported 48 patients with severe COVID-19 symptoms — one day after reporting 37 patients.

There was, however, continued encouraging movement on Genesis' test-positivity rate. It fell from 9.03% Monday to 8.78% Tuesday.

Genesis reported of Tuesday's 48 COVID-19 inpatients, 27 are 59 years old and younger. Genesis also pointed out of the 529 COVID-19 related Genesis hospital admissions since the first day of COVID-19 vaccination on Dec. 16, 2020, no patients have been admitted who were fully vaccinated and 14 days removed from second dose.

https://qctimes.com/news/covid-19-hospitalizations-surge-again-in-the-q-c-as-johnson-johnson-vaccine-is-put/article_76cd3a50-5c12-5ffb-bc8c-b8767e114f2c.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1

I know there's a thread up with that POS Tucker Carlson pushing his misinformation on the vaccine, so I just wanted to let DUers know that there's some decent news out there regarding the efficacy of the vaccine.

[FBaggins]

1. VERY good news. We could be almost through this

The other thread, however, is incorrect.

He didn’t challenge whether the vaccines work - he challenged those saying that you still have to mask up society even after people are vaccinated - because such a rule implies that you don’t think they work.

[bullwinkle428]

4. I look at it this way - even though I'm vaccinated, I continue to wear a mask

around others to protect those unable or unwilling to get vaccinated at this point. Somewhere down the line, everyone will have the opportunity to receive a shot, and I really won't give much of a care about those who won't get vaccinated under any circumstances.

[Jerry2144]

6. I wear one for the same reasons

also, I wouldn’t trust anyone who is not wearing a mask and says they’re vaccinated. So why would they trust me when I say I am? Until we truly get high vaccination rates and effective treatment, I think we will be wearing masks for a very long time

[mucifer]

2. There are VERY FEW people dying from covid post full vaccination BUT it's happening and

we need to be honest about it. Facts are important.

In Illinois they are tracking the data. This is from The Chicago Tribune from one week ago:

No vaccine is perfect, and that’s true of these three. In Illinois as of Wednesday, 581 fully vaccinated people had tested positive for the virus more than two weeks after their last dose, resulting in 21 hospitalizations and 12 deaths, according to the state health department.

While tragic, the fatalities statistically are rare, compared with the 2.5 million people fully vaccinated in the state.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/vaccine/ct-prem-covid-surge-vaccination-chicago-20210409-cq2qlvlvcna5vgls65dwx5h3sm-story.html

BTW the article is from one week ago and now almost 3 million people are fully vaccinated in Illinois.

[bullwinkle428]

3. I completely accept this, but I need to emphasize that there

was nothing in my own post that was dishonest. I was relaying specific reporting on what is happening in my local area.

Also want to note from the same article that over half of the hospitalized patients are "non-elderly" (59 years old and younger).

[mucifer]

7. Sorry I posted that. I just know Rachel Maddow misinformed the public about no one dying from

covid after being vaccinated.

You are totally correct what you said was accurate. So I'm just adding that people are getting Covid post vaccination and a VERY tiny percent are hospitalized and even fewer die from covid after vaccination.

[lindysalsagal]

5. Great news. Thanks.

This is why I love DU.