The Bedge wrote:RB wrote:I get your point about people thinking they're bulletproof, but the fact is the unvaccinated are far more likely to get hospitalized after catching Covid, so I don't think it's an unreasonable label.
Proof? Or just believe that?
Happy to put forward evidence.
https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Page ... 08_01.aspx"Fully vaccinated people have been significantly less likely to become seriously ill or die, and better protected from acquiring COVID-19, during the Delta outbreak in NSW."
https://www.health.gov.au/initiatives-a ... -effective"(Both) the Pfizer (Comirnaty) and AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria) vaccines are working and are highly effective in protecting people against severe illness, hospitalisation and death."
https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinic ... ths-and-ic"‘It’s really hard data. It can’t be interpreted in any way other than vaccination means that you’re less likely to die.’
‘The COVID-19 vaccines available in Australia are very effective with evidence showing that people who are fully vaccinated are 70–95% less likely to get sick with COVID-19 compared with those who are not vaccinated.’
Professor Pond says she has seen examples within her own practice where vaccination has shielded a vulnerable person with COVID-19 from dying.
‘Vaccination makes a huge difference,’ she said. ‘It might not stop you getting the virus. But it makes a difference to whether you die or not.’"