4 out of 5 patients with novel coronavirus in the intensive care unit have not been vaccinated against the coronavirus

4 out of 5 patients with COVID-19 in intensive care have not been vaccinated against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus – SARS-CoV-2. The chance of ending up in intensive care as a fully vaccinated person with COVID-19 is 33 times smaller than that of an unvaccinated person. Reports of the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment.RIVM)

Vaccination protects well Against disease due to SARS-CoV-2, and very good against severe COVID-19. At the moment, it is spacious 80 percent Of every person 12 years of age and older have been vaccinated and that number is still rising. We reported earlier that Vaccines in fully vaccinated people 95% are protected from hospitalization, and 97% are immune from intensive care unit admission. The efficacy of vaccines against hospitalization and admission to the intensive care unit has remained high in recent months.

(Source RIVM – 2021)

The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 between September 1 and October 3, 2021, per 100,000 people with the same vaccination status in the population, by age group. For example: for every 100,000 people over 75 who were not vaccinated, 3.8 were hospitalized. Out of every 100,000 75+ people vaccinated, 0.35 are hospitalized

Despite full vaccination, people will test positive SARS severe acute respiratory syndrome –CoV Corona virus-2 and some of them are also in hospital. Older (and frail) people are more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19. Between September 1 and October 3, 2021, 4 out of 5 patients with COVID-19 in intensive care were not vaccinated. Of all hospitalized COVID-19 patients, 3 out of 4 admitted COVID-19 patients were not vaccinated. In the Netherlands, less than 20% of the population (from 12 years old) is currently not fully immunized.

because More and more people are being vaccinatedThe percentage of people who are vaccinated in the hospital is also increasing. However, the number of unvaccinated people in hospital is still greater than the number of vaccinated people. This is while the group of vaccinated people in the Netherlands is much larger than the group of unvaccinated people.