Topical 11/11/21

Fully vaccinated people have been significantly less likely to become seriously ill or die, and are better protected from COVID-19. Chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant has highlighted the latest NSW Health In Focus report which shows hospitalisations, ICU admissions and deaths were all far lower among the fully vaccinated. The report makes it clear fully vaccinated people were significantly less likely to become infected. Of the 61,800 locally acquired COVID-19 cases with disease onset from June 16 to October 7: the majority of cases (63.1 per cent) had received no vaccine, 9.2 per cent had received one dose, and 6.1 per cent of cases had received two doses. ICU admissions and deaths peaked from September 8-21, with unvaccinated people more than 16 times more likely to end up in ICU or die. “Notably, young people with two doses experienced lower rates of infection and almost no serious disease, while those unvaccinated in this age group were at greater risk of COVID-19 and needing hospitalisation. It is incredibly important people come forward for vaccination as soon as possible, especially young people aged 12 to 15 years old.”