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CDC Says 44% of People Hospitalized With COVID Had Third Dose or Booster https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/980351?src=mkm_ret_220912_mscpmrk_trdalrtuk03_int&uac=127834AR&impID=4631827&faf=1 Almost half the people who were hospitalized with COVID-19 last spring had been fully vaccinated and received a third dose or booster shot https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7134a3.htm?s_cid=mm7134a3_x Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19–Associated Hospitalizations Among Adults During SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2 Variant Predominance Data from the COVID-19–Associated Hospitalization Surveillance Network March 20–May 31, 2022 Among hospitalized nonpregnant patients 39.1% had received a primary vaccination series and 1 booster (3 jabs) 5.0% had received a primary series and ≥2 boosters (4 jabs) 39.1 + 5 = 44.1% (Medscape is correct, well under by 0.1%) Therefore, CDC advises All adults should stay up to date† with COVID-19 vaccination, multiple nonpharmaceutical and medical prevention measures should be used to protect those at high risk for severe COVID-19 illness, irrespective of vaccination status Why? Unvaccinated adults were 3.4 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID than those who were vaccinated Also in this CDC report Hospitalization rates among adults aged ≥65 years, increased threefold Hospitalization rates in adults aged 18–49 and 50–64 years, both increased 1.7-fold during omicron surge https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/11161123 Vaccine safety: content alleging that vaccines cause chronic side effects, outside of rare side effects that are recognised by health authorities Efficacy of vaccines: content claiming that vaccines do not reduce transmission or contraction of disease https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9891785 Claims that there is a guaranteed prevention method for COVID-19 Claims that any medication or vaccination is a guaranteed prevention method for COVID-19 Claims about COVID-19 vaccinations that contradict expert consensus from local health authorities or the WHO Claims that an approved COVID-19 vaccine will cause death, infertility, miscarriage, autism or contraction of other infectious diseases Claims that COVID-19 vaccines do not reduce risk of serious illness or death New Zealand drops mask and vaccine mandates in sweeping Covid changes https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/12/new-zealand-drops-mask-and-vaccine-mandates-in-sweeping-covid-changes Deaths, 1,950 (about 50 at the end of 2021) Hospitalisations, (NZ key metric) down sharply in recent weeks Jacinda Ardern Today marks a milestone in our response. Finally, rather than feeling that Covid dictates what happens to us, our lives, and our futures, we take back control Mask-wearing, only compulsory in healthcare settings (largely ignored anyway) End of vaccine mandates, for workers and inbound travellers Tests on arrival in NZ, encouraged Covid-positives, still required to isolate (no longer household contacts) This will be the first summer in three years where there won’t be the question of what we will and what won’t be cancelled because of Covid cases

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