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Vaccinated people make up 75% of recent COVID-19 cases in Singapore, but few fall ill:
SINGAPORE, July 23 (Reuters) - Vaccinated individuals accounted for three-quarters of Singapore's COVID-19 infections in the last four weeks, but they were not falling seriously ill, government data showed, as a rapid ramp-up in inoculations leaves fewer people unvaccinated.
While the data shows that vaccines are highly effective in preventing severe cases, it also underscores the risk that even those inoculated could be contagious, so that inoculation alone may not suffice to halt transmission.
Of Singapore's 1,096 locally transmitted infections in the last 28 days, 484, or about 44%, were in fully vaccinated people, while 30% were partially vaccinated and just over 25% were unvaccinated, Thursday's data showed.
While seven cases of serious illness required oxygen, and another was in critical condition in intensive care, none of the eight had been fully vaccinated, the health ministry said.
"There is continuing evidence that vaccination helps to prevent serious disease when one gets infected," the ministry said, adding that all the fully vaccinated and infected people had shown no symptoms, or only mild ones.
Infections in vaccinated people do not mean vaccines are ineffective, experts said.
(Score: 2, Flamebait) by Runaway1956 on Sunday August 01 2021, @01:52PM (3 children)
Knee jerk reactions, lol! You should stand outside, and look in at yourself for a good laugh. COVID is here to stay. It will be part of life from now on. Knee jerk reactions to every new headline will just leave you miserable.
It may take more than your lifetime, but COVID will be just another illness eventually. The statistics people will prepare their annual reports, showing that x people died of heart disease, y people died of pneumonia, z people died of flu, and w people died of COVID - then move on to the next section of the report dealing with premature accidental deaths like drownings.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 01 2021, @09:05PM
Dude. Just face it. You are WRONG.
You have been brain slammed...wait...you have the LONG COVID!!?
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday August 01 2021, @10:09PM
Working hard to move goal posts again, I see.
Did I get you enough examples that getting COVID while not vaccinated can result in over straining the ICU to the detriment of others that may need it for other reasons?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 01 2021, @10:20PM
Poor Runaway, lost the support of the multiple alt-right trolls that bailed recently. Very few people to back up your insanity these days. Hope you realize they supported you because they just loved 'trolling da libs.' Fix yourself you old goat.