Of Freedom, Country and Vaccination

[dirkfansince1998]

For people that missed the latest data release for Texas. From November 8, 2021:

https://www.dshs.texas.gov/immunize/covi...tatus.aspx

Key Findings

1. From September 4 through October 1, 2021:
   
   • Unvaccinated people were 13 times more likely to become infected with COVID-19 than fully vaccinated people.
     
   • Unvaccinated people were 20 times more likely to experience COVID-19-associated death than fully vaccinated people.
     
2. Vaccination had a strong protective effect on infections and deaths among people of all ages. The protective impact on infections was consistent across adult age groups and even greater in people ages 12 to 17 years. The protective impact on COVID-19 deaths, which was high for all age groups, varied more widely. In the September time frame, unvaccinated people in their 40s were 55 times more likely to die from COVID-19 compared with fully vaccinated people of the same age. Unvaccinated people aged 75 years and older were 12 times more likely to die than their vaccinated counterparts.
   
3. Overall, regardless of vaccination status, people in Texas were four to five times more likely to become infected with COVID-19 or suffer a COVID-19-associated death while the Delta variant was prevalent in Texas (August 2021) compared with a period before the Delta variant became prevalent (April 2021).
   

Overall crude case rate (daily 7-day moving average) by vaccination status from Jan. 15, 2021 to Oct. 1, 2021

• From Jan. 15 to Oct. 1, unvaccinated people were 45 times more likely to have an infection with COVID-19 than fully vaccinated people.
  
• From Sept. 4 to Oct. 1, unvaccinated people were 13 times more likely to become infected than fully vaccinated people.
  
• For both periods, the impact was strong across all age groups with the greatest protective effect in children 12 to 17 years of age.
  

Overall crude death rate (daily 7-day moving average) by vaccination status from Jan. 15, 2021 to Oct. 1, 2021

• From Jan. 15, 2021 to Oct. 1, 2021, unvaccinated people were 40 times more likely to experience COVID-19-associated death than fully vaccinated people.
  
• From Sept. 4, 2021 to Oct. 1, 2021, unvaccinated people were 20 times more likely to experience COVID-19-associated death than fully vaccinated people.
  
• For both periods, the impact was strong across all age groups with a somewhat smaller protective effect in older adults at least 75 years old.