[HN Gopher] Covid-19 Cases and Hospitalizations by Vaccination S...
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       Covid-19 Cases and Hospitalizations by Vaccination Status and
       Previous Diagnosis
        
       Author : dredmorbius
       Score  : 6 points
       Date   : 2022-01-24 22:34 UTC (43 minutes ago)
        
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       | dredmorbius wrote:
       | Title shortened from "COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations by
       | COVID-19 Vaccination Status and Previous COVID-19 Diagnosis --
       | California and New York, May-November 2021".
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       | Context here is concerning conferred immunity from natural
       | infection. From the abstract:
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       |  _During May-November 2021, case and hospitalization rates were
       | highest among persons who were unvaccinated without a previous
       | diagnosis. Before Delta became the predominant variant in June,
       | case rates were higher among persons who survived a previous
       | infection than persons who were vaccinated alone. By early
       | October, persons who survived a previous infection had lower case
       | rates than persons who were vaccinated alone._
       | 
       | Implications:
       | 
       |  _[V]accination remains the safest strategy for averting future
       | SARS-CoV-2 infections, hospitalizations, long-term sequelae, and
       | death. Primary vaccination, additional doses, and booster doses
       | are recommended for all eligible persons._
       | 
       | The results speak more to the likely epidemiological consequences
       | of widespread exposures due to the Omicron variant than any
       | changes to existing guidelines. Note that the study does _not_
       | cover the period in which the _Omicron_ variant was pervasive,
       | instead focusing on _Delta_ and earlier variants of the SARS-
       | COV-2 virus.
       | 
       | That said, if the findings hold, where Omicron has been
       | widespread most people will end up with exposure and probable
       | improved immune response. It is _still_ advisable to get
       | vaccinated _and_ boosted, but there 's some increased hope that
       | the worst of the COVID-19 global pandemic may finally be passing,
       | if not now then in the near future, after the wave has passed in
       | more parts of the world.
       | 
       | Continued mutations and variants of the SARS-COV-2 virus remain a
       | concern, and so long as the virus is extant in human _and animal_
       | populations, such mutations are all but inevitable. Their
       | implications are exceedingly difficult to predict.
        
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