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Originally Posted by Nancy
I have seen variations on this on social media several times, and as opendoor points out, it's because the unvaccinated are predominantly youth, and that throws off the statistics.
Below is what you want to look at, broken out by age group. Even in the 12-29 age group, the unvaccinated are 8 times more likely to be hospitalized than the triple vaccinated.
https://www.alberta.ca/stats/covid-1...ccine-outcomes
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So, if the uptake of third doses are less in the younger population, and the still existing mandates only make the distinction between people vaccinated with two doses and people unvaxxed with none, is it safe to say that for arguments that effect most people the line should be drawn between the two dose vaccinated and the unvaxxed? That is the official line for employment and travel (two doses instead of three).
It also looks like the current culprit for hospitalizations during Omicron, BA2 and beyond are the unvaxxed aged 60 and older.
At this point we might be better served to direct mandates and vitriol towards that specific group instead of generally the unvaxxed. It seems like a waste of energy and resources.