This is a recent article from the SMH.
Fears for hospital system as cases rise and staff availability falls
Victoria’s healthcare system faces a staffing crisis at a critical time when hundreds of staff are in isolation and COVID-19 hospitalisations are on the rise.www.smh.com.au
Key points:
"The latest Victorian hospital data, obtained by The Age, confirmed almost 94 per cent of those most gravely ill with coronavirus in ICU were unvaccinated. The other 6 per cent had largely been immunised, but most had underlying illness or compromised immune systems, making them susceptible to a more severe bout of the virus.
”There still remains very, very few patients who have ended up needing the most severe level of support if they have been fully vaccinated,” Professor Pilcher said.
On Friday, none of the almost 400 Victorians in hospital with coronavirus had received a booster and about 51 percent of overall hospital admissions were unvaccinated.
Another 4.8 per cent of people in hospital with COVID-19 had received one dose of the vaccine, while about 44.2 per cent had received two doses, the majority of whom were receiving medical care in general coronavirus wards."
Key indications as we know, is that vaccinations seem to prevent serious illness as shown here. 92% fully vaccinated over 12, but only 44.2% of hospital admissions are double dosed, and only 6% of those in ICU had received either 1 or 2 jabs.
If you look at it in numbers. I have tried to build the below table. Note that there wasn't a split of the 3 people in ICU that had received a vaccination (in terms of whether they were fully or partially) so I've put a vaccinated row at the bottom which is a sum of these 2 areas, the vast majority are fully rather than partially vaccinated. I don't think any anit vaxxer prevented with this info that could claim that vaccinations are not having a very positive effect.
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thanks fellas.
yes, the confusing part of the numbers are it seems a toss of the coin (49% hospital admissions vaccinated) whether you need hospital, if you catch covid, vaccinated of not.
taken in isolation, that's ANti-vax nirvana right there. (and anecdotally what was confusing me).
then look at the ICU/vax numbers and its lay-down-mezzaire.
I appreciate the data.
my uncertainty this morning came from a conversation with a fit, smart 22 yo, who caught covid on Xmas day from an in-law (surely the worst of strains?). he was double Pfizer vac'd and said
'I spent 3 days, delirious in bed, shivering and shallow breathing, thinking I was gonna die. It was *smile* horrible, I couldn't even send a text. I reckon the vaccinations are expensive viles of H2O'
