Triple-Jabbed Over-30s Have Higher Infection Rates Than the Unvaccinated, UKHSA Data Show

Surprising absolutely no one on glp

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This intentionally misleading article in Daily Skeptic was debunked last month.


Recent data from the United Kingdom’s Office for National Statistics showed that infected people who had been fully vaccinated and had a booster shot were more likely to test positive for the omicron variant of COVID-19 than were unvaccinated people.

But those statistics were shared on social media without some key context, and with a post falsely suggesting that it’s safer not to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

A Facebook post reads, "It feels amazing to know I’m 4.5 times LESS LIKELY to catch #Omicron than a boosted Fauci-ite. Can’t wait to see how the media spins this information. It is preliminary but seems like there’s an inverse relationship between number of vaccinations and chances of infection."

The post shares a screenshot of a graphic from an article in The Daily Skeptic (see above) . The data from the U.K. statistics agency used in that article looked at those in the population with a positive COVID-19 test result, then those "were then looked at to see which characteristics of that population were associated with omicron," Jonathan Cooke of the ONS wrote.

However, the Facebook post leaves out key context that is included in the ONS report and in the Daily Skeptic article the graphic posted on Facebook comes from.

The agency’s analysis compared people who had tested positive for COVID-19, meaning that those who didn’t contract omicron were infected with another variant, possibly a more dangerous one.

The ONS report clearly states that unvaccinated people are more likely to contract COVID-19 of any strain and that it is too early to draw conclusions from the data about vaccine effectiveness.

In addition, unvaccinated people are still more likely to catch COVID-19 and have worse outcomes than the fully vaccinated.

The UK Health Security Agency said studies using data through Dec. 29 show there is a roughly 50% lower risk of hospitalization for those infected with the omicron variant, compared with the delta variant.

People who are fully vaccinated and boosted who get the omicron variant are 81% less likely to be admitted to a hospital than those who are unvaccinated, the agency said. The studies also show the vaccines have waning effectiveness over time in preventing an omicron infection.

Preliminary studies from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and the Imperial College of London also showed significantly lower risk of hospitalization from omicron than delta.


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