Are the vaccines doomed, or are we?
Are the vaccines doomed, or are we? eugyppius In the period from 6 December to 2 January ( Table 5 on p. 25 ), double (but not triple) vaccinated teenagers and adults were substantially over-represented in Omicron infections across Germany. About 45% of teenagers aged 12–17 are vaccinated but unboosted, but they accounted for almost 55% of symptomatic Omicron cases. Only 37% of adults aged 18–59 are vaccinated but unboosted, but they accounted for 66% of symptomatic Omicron cases. Finally, a mere 21.8% of adults aged 60 or over are vaccinated but unboosted, but they accounted for 46% of Omicron cases. Yes, these data might be called “unadjusted.” You might hope that population density, or differences in treatment-seeking behaviour, or relative risk perception – anything but properties inherent to the vaccines – can explain them away. But Germany is not alone in these numbers; preliminary evidence for negative vaccine efficacy against Omicron every day grows more abundant. There was als...