Vaccinated People Are Dying From Delta Variant, But In Small Nos., Almost All Are Over 50: UK Data

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'Vaccinated people are dying from the Delta variant, but in small numbers and almost all are over 50, UK data shows,' Business Insider, June 28, 2021. - Ed.

- The UK has recorded a total of 117 deaths in people with the Delta coronavirus variant.
- 50 of them were among people who'd taken 2 doses of vaccines - a reminder the shots are imperfect.
- No fully-vaccinated people under 50 died, and the overall death rate was 0.13%.
- Of those who were fully vaccinated who caught the Delta variant, 50 died, according to data from Public Health England published on Friday.

The figure represents almost half of the total 117 deaths associated with the variant in the UK, where Delta now represents the overwhelming majority of cases. But experts argue that this does not undermine what we know about the efficacy of the vaccines, given that the deaths come from age groups at higher risk, and represent a tiny proportion of the 92,029 Delta cases analyzed.

Eight people under the age of 50 died after getting the Delta variant, the data shows. None were fully vaccinated, while two had received one dose of the vaccine. 92,029 cases of Delta have been confirmed by Public Health England as of June 21, of which 117 ended in death. 109 of the cases were in those over the age of 50. UK officials did not give a more detailed age breakdown, but coronavirus deaths disproportionately affect the very elderly.

"Does this mean the vaccines are ineffective? Far from it," statisticians David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters said.."It's what we would expect from an effective but imperfect vaccine." The bulk of the UK's vaccination program has been made up of the AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines, 2 doses of these vaccines are highly protective against developing symptoms after catching the Delta variant: 88% for the Pfizer vaccine, and 60% for the AstraZeneca vaccine, according to earlier UK data. But the risk of dying from COVID-19 after being fully vaccinated depends on people's age...

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/vaccinated-people-are-dying-from-the-delta-variant-but-in-small-numbers-and-almost-all-are-over-50-uk-data-shows/ar-AALx7Iw
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- Also: 'WHO urges fully vaccinated people to continue to wear masks as delta Covid variant spreads,' CNBC, June 25, 2021,
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=15562607