Data shows increase of vaccinated people among hospitalized Marylanders.

[elleng]

Experts: Vaccine will not prevent infection, but it will help keep you out of hospital and prevent death.

While state data shows the vast majority of Marylanders currently hospitalized with COVID-19 are either unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, the percentage of people fully vaccinated is ticking upward.

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Infections, illness and hospitalizations are increasing rapidly among fully vaccinated people, according to data from the Maryland Department of Health and new research.

Some experts said it's time to reframe thinking that the vaccine likely won't prevent you from ever getting sick, but it will probably keep you out of the hospital and almost certainly prevent you from dying. . .

Anne Arundel County Health Officer Dr. Nilesh Kalyanaraman said it's likely a combination of waning vaccine efficacy and the rise of the delta variant.

"Because delta spreads more easily and causes more severe disease, we do see some hospitalizations," Kalyanaraman said.

Over the past three months in Anne Arundel County, about 30% of the people hospitalized with COVID-19 are fully vaccinated.

There's a similar timeframe and trend in neighboring Howard County, where health officials said roughly 30% to 40% of people hospitalized with COVID-19 are fully vaccinated.'>>>

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/covid-19-vaccine-hospitalization-maryland/37503110#

[Irish_Dem]

1. Not good news.

[elleng]

2. Right.

My daughter informed me, and she's upset because her husb, a deputy sheriff, who had arrythmia, fears consequences.

[Irish_Dem]

3. He is vaccinated and now worried due to this news?

[elleng]

4. No, not vaccinated and the news doesn't encourage him to take the shot.

[Irish_Dem]

5. He is just looking for excuses I think.

If he has not been vaccinated at this point, he probably won't ever get vaccinated.

[elleng]

6. He's not one to look for excuses, wants facts and science,

and thinks there isn't enough science, which may be true, that is, too little time for definitive results.

[Irish_Dem]

8. With a true death rate of almost 1 million, there seems to be plenty of science and data.

We know vaccines lower the death rate and prevent hospitalizations.
The data is there.

But lay people are not great when it comes to technical science reports.
That is why we listen to reputable scientists.

His dithering may be his undoing.

[wyn borkins]

7. Please Stay Safe elleg

I do hope you are already twice-vaccinated and that you consider always wearing a mask (or two) while out-and-about searching for that perfect shot.

And please continue your efforts to mask-up those ospreys, although I realize knitting those tiny masks and then fitting them can be exasperating...

[elleng]

9. Thanks wyn; I'm safe, double vaxed, masked, awaiting booster,

and never in crowds, just grocery store.

Tomorrow lunch @ small restaurant on the river or a creek!

[femmedem]

10. 62.5% of their population is fully vaccinated and 30% of hospitalizations are fully vaccinated?

Obviously, it's still better to be vaxxed than unvaxxed, but that is really alarming.

I found their vaccination rate here: https://www.marylandmatters.org/covid-19-in-maryland-2/#percent

[elleng]

11. Thanks.

Yes, alarming.