The study is being spun as "New data show vaccines reduce severe COVID-19 in older adults" ... while the results do in fact show a significant reduction in deaths and hospitalization for 70+ year olds, they are trying to gloss over these two parts of the conclusions:
Individuals aged >=80 years vaccinated with BNT162b2 prior to 4th January, had a higher odds of testing positive in the first 9 days after vaccination (odds ratio up to 1.48, 95%CI 1.23-1.77), indicating that those initially targeted had a higher underlying risk of infection
and
Individuals aged >=70 years vaccinated from 4th January had a similar underlying risk of COVID-19 to unvaccinated individuals.
Translation: If you are 80+ the vaccine will give you covid. If you are 70+ the vaccine does not protect you from infection
The study is being spun as "New data show vaccines reduce severe COVID-19 in older adults" ... while the results do in fact show a significant reduction in deaths and hospitalization for 70+ year olds, they are trying to gloss over these two parts of the conclusions:
> Individuals aged >=80 years vaccinated with BNT162b2 prior to 4th January, had a higher odds of testing positive in the first 9 days after vaccination (odds ratio up to 1.48, 95%CI 1.23-1.77), indicating that those initially targeted had a higher underlying risk of infection
and
> Individuals aged >=70 years vaccinated from 4th January had a similar underlying risk of COVID-19 to unvaccinated individuals.
**Translation: If you are 80+ the vaccine will give you covid. If you are 70+ the vaccine does not protect you from infection**
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