On the idea that the "narrative" that it is a pandemic of the unvaccinated has been put to rest:
Saying it's a pandemic of the unvaccinated was always an over simplification. Instead, it is a pandemic that is disproportionately among the unvaccinated. And that has not changed. See the study at
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/ ... tm#T2_down as an example.
The tables are at
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/ ... tm#T1_down .
Table 1 indicates that, prior to Delta, age standardized incidence of COVID-19 cases among the unvaccinated was 13.9 times what it was among the fully vaccinated. During December 2021, when Omicron was dominant, incidence among the unvaccinated was 3.1 times what it was among the fully vaccinated. So, yes, it was way MORE disproportionately among the unvaccinated before Delta. But it was still pretty darned disproportionately among the unvaccinated after Omicron became the thing.
if you look at the effect of boosters, Table 2 indicates that unvaccinated people were 4.9 times as likely to be a case during Omicron time (December 2021) than someone who was fully vaccinated and boosted was.
Then there is the most serious outcome: Death. They could not assess the effect of boosters during Omicron because of reporting lags. But, during Delta, unvaccinated people were about 53 times as likely to be a COVID-19 death as fully vaccinated and boosted people were. Also about 13 times as likely to be a COVID-19 death than people who were fully vaccinated but NOT boosted were.
So, yes, it remains a pandemic disproportionately affecting the unvaccinated. Not AS disproportionately as it was at one time. But still pretty disproportionately.
Was thinking the same. You know they will take covid seasonality and proclaim anything but mail in voting is racist, sexist, racist and you're trying to kill grandma cause you're racist.
