@tlowdon - Don Wolt
Dr. Mandy Cohen, Biden's pick as the next CDC Director, seemed to push for every failed COVID measure there was: shelter in place, public masking, social distancing, vaxxing children, masking kindergarteners, social distancing, etc. She even sported an image of Fauci on her own mask.
@tlowdon - Don Wolt
She'll fit right in at the CDC. https://t.co/BufMUWWvpC
@tlowdon - Don Wolt
Btw, if you like Mandy Cohen as CDC Director, you'll love Monica Bertagnolli, Biden's choice to take over NIH. Bertagnolli never met a COVID restriction she didn't like & was a big supporter of censoring those she felt were spreading "disinformation." https://t.co/dt8zcdhy25
@tlowdon - Don Wolt
2.24.22: UK infection rates, since Omicron arrived, rose much faster among the boosted vs the unvaxxed & remain higher in all boosted adult cohorts. Both boosted & unvaxxed continue to get infected & spread - and in adults, the boosted much more so - invalidating vaxx mandates.
@tlowdon - Don Wolt
Infection rate growth since Omicron became dominant (Rept Wks 50 to 8) is much higher in all boosted cohorts. In boosted adults ≥50, growth increases sharply with age or time since boosting - whereas infection rate growth in the unvaxxed is more consistent across cohorts. Why?
@tlowdon - Don Wolt
Reminder: 🔸1st chart shows infection RATES, not absolute numbers. 🔸Rates are among distinct sub groups, Boosted (≥14 days) & Unvaxxed, for each age cohort. 🔸Each bar represents 4 prior weeks of data from the most recent UKHSA vaxx surveillance report.
@tlowdon - Don Wolt
The fully vaxxed (which include the boosted) may be much more susceptible to Omicron infection than their unvaxxed peers. When Omi reached >50% prevalence (Wk 49), infection rates suddenly rose much more sharply & reached higher levels in all fully-vaxxed adult age cohorts.
@tlowdon - Don Wolt
UK booster uptake continues to taper off in recent weeks, but all age cohorts above 40 y.o. are now >50% boosted.
@tlowdon - Don Wolt
The Omicron variant arrived in the UK in November and quickly became dominant (>50%) by about week 49, the 2nd week of December.
@tlowdon - Don Wolt
The data still show apparent VE in reducing severe outcomes. But the fatality risk following a CoV2+ test for anyone <50 remains very low & the risk to those <30 is effectively zero - again, making mandatory vaccination utterly unwarranted. The ratios here vary from 1.0X-4.5X.
@tlowdon - Don Wolt
For those questioning the use of NIMS population figures in the denominator versus those from ONS, UK HSA again defends its use of NIMS data in this report on page 39 in blogs linked to from this page.
@tlowdon - Don Wolt
Note: UK HSA warns against using this data to estimate VE. I'm not estimating VE, though. I'm observing trends & highlighting differences in the various rates between the vaxxed & unvaxxed - and using these to point out the invalidity of vaxx mandates, not of vaccines themselves.
@tlowdon - Don Wolt
Sources: https://gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccine-weekly-surveillance-reports https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1056487/Technical-Briefing-36-22.02.22.pdf Prior Week's Thread: https://gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccine-weekly-surveillance-reports… https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1056487/Technical-Briefing-36-22.02.22.pdf Prior