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Covid deaths no longer overwhelmingly among unvaccinated as toll on elderly grows
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HEALTH
Covid deaths no longer overwhelmingly among unvaccinated as toll on elderly grows
Experts say numbers show importance of boosters — and the risks the most vulnerable still face
By Fenit Nirappil and Dan Keating
Today at 6:00 a.m. EDT
Unvaccinated people accounted for the overwhelming majority of deaths in the United States throughout much of the coronavirus pandemic. But that has changed in recent months, according to a Washington Post analysis of state and federal data.
The pandemic’s toll is no longer falling almost exclusively on those who chose not to get shots, with vaccine protection waning over time and the elderly and immunocompromised — who are at greatest risk of succumbing to covid-19, even if vaccinated — having a harder time dodging increasingly contagious strains.
The vaccinated made up 42 percent of fatalities in January and February during the highly contagious omicron variant’s surge, compared with 23 percent of the dead in September, the peak of the delta wave, according to nationwide data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed by The Post. The data is based on the date of infection and limited to a sampling of cases in which vaccination status was known.
As a group, the unvaccinated remain far more vulnerable to the worst consequences of infection — and are far more likely to die — than people who are vaccinated, and they are especially more at risk than people who have received a booster shot.
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By Fenit Nirappil
Fenit Nirappil covers the coronavirus pandemic for the Health & Science team. He previously covered local politics. Twitter https://twitter.com/FenitN
By Dan Keating
Dan Keating analyzes data for projects, stories, graphics and interactive online presentations for the national Health and Science team. Twitter https://twitter.com/dtkeating
HEALTH
Covid deaths no longer overwhelmingly among unvaccinated as toll on elderly grows
Experts say numbers show importance of boosters — and the risks the most vulnerable still face
By Fenit Nirappil and Dan Keating
Today at 6:00 a.m. EDT
Unvaccinated people accounted for the overwhelming majority of deaths in the United States throughout much of the coronavirus pandemic. But that has changed in recent months, according to a Washington Post analysis of state and federal data.
The pandemic’s toll is no longer falling almost exclusively on those who chose not to get shots, with vaccine protection waning over time and the elderly and immunocompromised — who are at greatest risk of succumbing to covid-19, even if vaccinated — having a harder time dodging increasingly contagious strains.
The vaccinated made up 42 percent of fatalities in January and February during the highly contagious omicron variant’s surge, compared with 23 percent of the dead in September, the peak of the delta wave, according to nationwide data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed by The Post. The data is based on the date of infection and limited to a sampling of cases in which vaccination status was known.
As a group, the unvaccinated remain far more vulnerable to the worst consequences of infection — and are far more likely to die — than people who are vaccinated, and they are especially more at risk than people who have received a booster shot.
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https://wapo.st/3y0csaL
By Fenit Nirappil
Fenit Nirappil covers the coronavirus pandemic for the Health & Science team. He previously covered local politics. Twitter https://twitter.com/FenitN
By Dan Keating
Dan Keating analyzes data for projects, stories, graphics and interactive online presentations for the national Health and Science team. Twitter https://twitter.com/dtkeating
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