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The thing I have issues with is the vaccines were suppose to protect the most vulnerable, the seniors. Now in this article they ignore that claim by stating,
"dying from COVID-19 increases so steeply with age that even being vaccinated doesnât lower the risk for older people down to levels that some younger people experience. Due to their age, a vaccinated 70-year-old is still at greater risk from COVID-19 than an unvaccinated 35-year-old. Given this, it isnât surprising that more vaccinated people are dying of COVID-19 than unvaccinated people."
Coronavirus vaccines lessen the chance of you getting COVID-19 and massively reduce the risk of developing serious illness and being hospitalised. Yet at the same time, most COVID-19 deaths in England are now currently among the vaccinated. Is this a cause for alarm?
Put simply, no, says Kit Yates, senior lecturer in mathematical biology at the University of Bath. No vaccines are 100% protective, so cases, hospitalisations and deaths are still to be somewhat expected among those whoâve been jabbed â and especially in those who are older.
This is because the risk of dying from COVID-19 increases so steeply with age that even being vaccinated doesnât lower the risk for older people down to levels that some younger people experience. Due to their age, a vaccinated 70-year-old is still at greater risk from COVID-19 than an unvaccinated 35-year-old. Given this, it isnât surprising that more vaccinated people are dying of COVID-19 than unvaccinated people.
What is alarming is that cases are currently spiking disproportionately in younger people in the UK, with this no doubt being partly due to vaccine coverage in younger age groups being lower. Vaccine uptake in younger people has slowed. However, one strategy to boost young peopleâs willingness to take a vaccine could be to get them more involved in their local community, research suggests.
When people feel a sense of belonging to a group, this can boost healthy behaviours, particularly if they grow to feel an obligation to that group, writes Juliet Wakefield, senior lecturer in social psychology at Nottingham Trent University. This can include taking a COVID-19 vaccine. A new study shows that people who felt a stronger connection to their local community, and so felt a greater obligation to protect other community members, were more willing to get vaccinated. Initiatives that build bonds between people and their community â such as volunteering â therefore could end up raising vaccine uptake.
https://theconversation.com/covid-v...ons-are-now-dying-from-the-coronavirus-164526
The thing I have issues with is the vaccines were suppose to protect the most vulnerable, the seniors. Now in this article they ignore that claim by stating,
"dying from COVID-19 increases so steeply with age that even being vaccinated doesnât lower the risk for older people down to levels that some younger people experience. Due to their age, a vaccinated 70-year-old is still at greater risk from COVID-19 than an unvaccinated 35-year-old. Given this, it isnât surprising that more vaccinated people are dying of COVID-19 than unvaccinated people."
Coronavirus vaccines lessen the chance of you getting COVID-19 and massively reduce the risk of developing serious illness and being hospitalised. Yet at the same time, most COVID-19 deaths in England are now currently among the vaccinated. Is this a cause for alarm?
Put simply, no, says Kit Yates, senior lecturer in mathematical biology at the University of Bath. No vaccines are 100% protective, so cases, hospitalisations and deaths are still to be somewhat expected among those whoâve been jabbed â and especially in those who are older.
This is because the risk of dying from COVID-19 increases so steeply with age that even being vaccinated doesnât lower the risk for older people down to levels that some younger people experience. Due to their age, a vaccinated 70-year-old is still at greater risk from COVID-19 than an unvaccinated 35-year-old. Given this, it isnât surprising that more vaccinated people are dying of COVID-19 than unvaccinated people.
What is alarming is that cases are currently spiking disproportionately in younger people in the UK, with this no doubt being partly due to vaccine coverage in younger age groups being lower. Vaccine uptake in younger people has slowed. However, one strategy to boost young peopleâs willingness to take a vaccine could be to get them more involved in their local community, research suggests.
When people feel a sense of belonging to a group, this can boost healthy behaviours, particularly if they grow to feel an obligation to that group, writes Juliet Wakefield, senior lecturer in social psychology at Nottingham Trent University. This can include taking a COVID-19 vaccine. A new study shows that people who felt a stronger connection to their local community, and so felt a greater obligation to protect other community members, were more willing to get vaccinated. Initiatives that build bonds between people and their community â such as volunteering â therefore could end up raising vaccine uptake.
https://theconversation.com/covid-v...ons-are-now-dying-from-the-coronavirus-164526