Compared to those who have received the COVID-19 vaccine, unvaccinated San Diegans have seen a death rate that is four times higher than those who are considered fully vaccinated and nine times higher than those who received at least one booster.
Gisondi and others say that claims based on an analysis of official data without understanding these additional facts are examples ofsince the beginning of the pandemic, impeding public health efforts to combat the virus by undermining trust in medical institutions and influencing individuals to engage in riskier health behaviors.
Most of these claims seem to be based simply on the sum of numbers relating to deaths by vaccination status, pulled from theanalyzed this report and several other county data sources to understand the extent that vaccination status has impacted severe outcomes, such as death.identified 153 COVID-related deaths recorded by the county across their various dashboards — 57 of which were unvaccinated, 42 were considered fully vaccinated, and 54 had received a booster shot.
“That would be like saying that most of the deaths that happen in California and Alaska happen in California,” she continued. “Of course they do … the population of California is exponentially larger than that of Alaska.”analysis of county-reported COVID-19 deaths found that unvaccinated individuals have seen higher rates of death adjusted for population size compared to vaccinated and boosted individuals.
When adjusted for population size, unvaccinated individuals saw about 77 deaths per 100,000 — a rate that is four times higher than vaccinated individuals and nine times higher than those who received at least one booster shot. COVID-19 death rates for those over 45 during the months of April through August of this year fell by about 80% compared to 2020 — when there was no vaccine. Overall deaths have also significantly decreased since the same time last year, falling by approximately 60%. At the time about 60% of San Diegans were considered fully vaccinated.
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