Now, almost all COVID-19 deaths in the United States have occurred in people who have not been vaccinated. This shockingly proves the effectiveness of the vaccine and shows that if everyone meets the conditions, the number of deaths per day (now reduced to 300 People below) may actually get the vaccine for zero.
An Associated Press analysis of available government data in May showed that of the more than 853,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations, less than 1,200 “breakthrough” infections were among the fully vaccinated population. This is approximately 0.1%.
Of the more than 18,000 COVID-19 deaths in May, only about 150 were fully vaccinated people. This means about 0.8%, that is, an average of 5 people die every day.
The Associated Press analyzed data provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC itself does not estimate the percentage of hospitalizations and deaths of fully vaccinated people, citing limited data.
Among them: Only about 45 states have reported breakthrough infections, and some states are more active than others in finding such cases. CDC officials said that the data may therefore underestimate such infections.
Nonetheless, the overall trend emerging in the data echoes what many healthcare authorities have seen across the country and what top experts have said.
Earlier this month, Andy Slavitt, a former COVID-19 adviser to the Biden administration, stated that 98% to 99% of Americans who died from the coronavirus were not vaccinated.
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said on Tuesday that the vaccine is very effective. “At this point, almost all deaths from COVID-19, especially adult deaths, are completely preventable.” She called such deaths “specially tragic".