Vaccinated have higher covid rates than non-vaccinated in UK, 40-79 age group
UK: Why is the rate of Covid cases higher in the vaccinated than the unvaccinated?
Public Health England’s latest vaccine surveillance report has some interesting findings buried in it.
For the age group 40-79 (nearly half the population) the Covid case rate is HIGHER among the vaccinated than the non-vaccinated.
We know from recent studies that the viral load among the vaccinated and unvaccinated is similar. This latest data suggests that while the vaccines are reducing the probability of severe illness – important in the elderly – they are doing nothing to prevent transmission in the 40-79 age group. The opposite in fact.
PHE’s own commentary states: “In individuals aged 40 to 79, the rate of a positive COVID-19 test is higher in vaccinated individuals compared to unvaccinated. This is likely to be due to a variety of reasons, including differences in the population of vaccinated and unvaccinated people as well as differences in testing patterns.”
Perhaps, but not exactly a convincing explanation.
At the very least, it makes yet another mockery of vaccine passports.