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mad4vols said:
Those numbers are incorrect. These refer only to the cases with known vaccination status, most cases have an unknown vaccination status.

literally 2/3 of these cases are people with an unknown vaccination status. These numbers are meaningless.

10443 omicron cases
4020 fully vaccinated
186 not vaccinated
Others with unreported vaccination status!

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https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/InfAZ..._2021-12-30.pdf?__blob=publicationFile#page13
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Not meaningless at all At the very least that's 40% being fully vaccinated which is crazy.
 
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utvolpj said:
Not meaningless at all At the very least that's 40% being fully vaccinated which is crazy.
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There’s a crapload of reinfections for those with natural immunity too. Turns out there’s not a lot of protection vs the Omni variant. Fortunately it’s not much to worry about
 
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txbo said:
BS! Anything you don't agree with is misinformation now.
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Has nothing to do with agreeing or disagreeing, the information in the written article is different then the data it was quoting.
 
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txbo said:
BS! Anything you don't agree with is misinformation now.
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Really?

Fact Check-German institute did not report 96% of Omicron cases fully vaccinated

Some social media users are sharing claims that a weekly report by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) showed that 95.58% of Omicron cases in Germany are among the fully vaccinated. The claims are partly based on a mistake in an RKI report that has since been corrected.

Examples can be seen here and here .


The text in one post reads: “JUST IN - Robert Koch Institute report released today states that 95.58% of the #Omicron cases in Germany are fully vaccinated (28% of those had a “booster”), 4.42% are unvaccinated.”

Comments on the posts include: “So much talk about getting the JAB. It doesn’t work,” “who’s surprised!” and: “And yet our ridiculous government wants people to get vaxxed and boosted to keep us safe. Idiots.”

The RKI is a German government agency that conducts research and prevention of infectious diseases, as explained here .

Ronja Wenchel, an RKI spokesperson, told Reuters via email: “RKI did not report such a number, only a synopsis about the number of Omicron cases vaccinated and unvaccinated so far.”

“The number of 186 unvaccinated patients in the report from 30.12.2021 was wrong, the correct number is 1,097,” Wenchel said.

The report, visible here , has since been updated to show the correct number.

Wenchel also pointed out other considerations. There are fewer Omicron variant cases in Germany compared to the Delta variant Delta (6.257 vs 29.494 in calendar week 51), these are concentrated around urban areas and distribution of Omicron cases varies widely between federal states, for example with 65% in Bremen and 1% in Sachsen.

“The variability has different reasons like a low number of Omicron cases, different number of conducted tests and slower transmission of test results due to the holidays,” Wenchel added.

“All in all it is not legitimate to extrapolate the value to the general population or to estimate vaccine effectiveness with such data,” Wenchel said. “The RKI did not estimate the vaccine effectiveness concerning Omicron so far.”

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Missing context. The weekly report by RKI on COVID-19 cases included an error in the number of unvaccinated individuals.
 
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mad4vols said:
CDC updates Covid-19 isolation recommendations with guidance on testing

Quarantine & Isolation
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Reading the CDC recommendations is crazy. You almost need a flow chart to figure it out. I’m dealing with it right now with an employee who’s wife had Covid but so far he doesn’t. CF9A408C-63CD-4116-BE37-343678F25B48.gif
 
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mad4vols said:
CDC updates Covid-19 isolation recommendations with guidance on testing

Quarantine & Isolation
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Don’t understand their suggestion on home antigen testing after 5 days of isolation. No one is going to test themselves if they feel better after 5 days or go get tested/buy a test at the end of 5 days. Doctor offices are not going to want to bring in people for antigen testing who may still be infectious especially if they are already feeling better. Also the test is only about 50% sensitive if you are asymptomatic/minimal symptoms and have covid which means may as well flip a coin.
 
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Welp, Mrs. tbh popped positive with Covid this past Saturday, and I did on Tuesday. She got heavy flu-like symptoms with a persistent cough and phlegm but the fever only lasted one night. As for me...I have the sniffles and am otherwise feeling normal (at least health-wise...can't say I've been accused of normalcy in other aspects, haha). Happy New Year indeed, y'all.
 
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