Texas study find the unvaccinated are most vulnerable to Covid deaths

 The Hill:

New data from Texas suggests unvaccinated people are 20 times more likely to die from COVID-19 
The newly published study found that among people who died from COVID-19, 85 percent were unvaccinated.

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 The report also found that vaccinated people who were 12 to 17-years-old had the greatest protection against COVID-19 infections. Specifically in the Sept. 4 to Oct. 1 timeframe, the report found that unvaccinated people who were 40-49-years-old were 55 times more likely to die from COVID-19 compared to fully vaccinated people of the same age.

Researchers also found that people in the state of Texas were four to five times more likely to become infected with COVID-19 or suffer a COVID-19-associated death while the delta variant was prevalent in August, compared to the period before the delta variant became prevalent in Texas in April. 

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The story seems to indicate that people without the vaccine are at greater risk of dying from the virus than those who have been vaccinated.  It does not give a breakout of those who contract the virus between the vaccinated and unvaccinated.   It does seem to substantiate that younger people are less vulnerable than older people once the disease is contracted.

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