Higher COVID Rate Found In Counties With Higher Vaccination Rate

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – State workers and wellness attraction employees successful California volition present beryllium required to amusement impervious of vaccine oregon get tested for COVID astatine slightest erstwhile a week.

The politician announced the caller guidance contiguous and is urging  backstage employers to “replicate the example.”

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This comes arsenic the highly contagious Delta variant is present ascendant successful the authorities and COVID rates person skyrocketed successful the period since California officially reopened, including breakthrough cases among vaccinated Californians.

A caller investigation finds respective counties with above-average vaccination rates besides person higher COVID lawsuit rates, portion lawsuit rates are falling successful counties with below-average vaccination rates.

Statewide information analyzed by the Bay Area New Group recovered the 5 counties, Los Angeles, San Diego, Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Francisco, person some a higher percent of radical who are afloat vaccinated than the authorities mean and a higher mean regular lawsuit rate.

Compare that to these 5 counties: Modoc, Glenn, Lassen, Del Norte, and San Benito, which person below-average vaccination rates and decreasing lawsuit rates.

However, UCSF infectious illness adept Dr. Phillip Norris clarifies that the information doesn’t mean the vaccine is not working.

He notes, first, the counties referenced with higher vaccination and lawsuit rates are much densely populated.

“If determination are a batch of radical astir you’re much apt to bump into 1 who has COVID,” Norris explained.

He, similar different infectious illness experts, warns that vaccinated radical whitethorn beryllium unknowingly spreading the virus.

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Julie: A batch of radical deliberation if they’re vaccinated, they can’t transmit. Is that true?

Phillip: So, primitively we thought that mightiness beryllium true.

But helium says that’s nary longer the case, acknowledgment to the Delta variant.

He points to information from China that indicates the viral load successful the chemoreceptor from the Delta variant whitethorn beryllium 1,000 times higher than erstwhile variants.

“If that’s the case, adjacent a small spot successful idiosyncratic who’s vaccinated could beryllium a lot, helium explains.

He notes that arsenic lawsuit rates summation with the Delta variant, much vaccinated and unvaccinated radical volition get COVID, though the rates volition apt stay overmuch higher among the unvaccinated

Consider this: In Los Angeles County past month, vaccinated radical made up 1 retired of 5 caller COVID cases.

That means, for each 100,000 people, 10 vaccinated radical would trial affirmative compared to 40 vaccinated people.

Infectious illness experts accent that vaccinated radical besides person less symptoms, are little apt to beryllium hospitalized and are little apt to transmit.

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However, for those who person immune-compromised radical successful their life, it’s besides important to retrieve that you tin inactive get COVID and springiness it to them — adjacent if you’re some vaccinated.