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In the United States, unvaccinated people accounted for the majority of deaths. According to a Washington Post analysis of state and federal data, that has changed recently.

The toll of the Pandemic is no longer solely on those who chose not to get shots, with vaccine protection waning over time and the elderly and immunocompromised who are at greatest risk of succumbing to covid-19.

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The vaccine made up 42% of deaths in the first two months of the year, compared with 23% in the peak of the delta wave, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed by The Post. The data is limited to a sample of cases in which the vaccine status was known.

Unvaccinated people are more likely to die from infections than people who have received a booster shot, and they are also more vulnerable to the worst consequences of infections.

Andrew Noymer, a public health professor at the University of California at Irvine, said that unvaccinated people are more likely to die from covid-19. People need to take care of themselves if they get sick.

Covid-19 deaths are again concentrated among the elderly, which is one of the reasons for the rise in deaths among the vaccine group.

An analysis by the Post shows that most of the people who died during the omicron surge were 75 and older. Older age groups have less effective vaccines and seniors are more likely to be immunized.

According to the CDC, vaccine holdouts died far more often than the vaccine during the omicron surge, but experts are not surprised that seniors are making up a greater share of the dead. The more people that are exposed to the virus, the more deaths it will cause, including a greater number who are vaccine resistant.

According to state data provided to The Post, the majority of vaccine deaths are among people who did not get a booster shot. Three-quarters of the senior citizens who died in January and February did not have booster shots. The administration of the first booster dose has been stagnant since regulators recently authorized second doses for people over the age of 50.

Even though the death rates for the elderly and immunocompromised are low, their losses numbered in the thousands when cases exploded, leaving behind blindsided families. The vast majority of people who get shots will survive, so there shouldn't be panic in those who got shots. They say that the deaths serve as a reminder that vaccines are not perfect and that people in high-risk groups should take extra precautions.

According to the California State Epidemiologist,Vaccines are one of the most important and longest lasting tools we have to protect ourselves.

She said that it left another 15.

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Scott Bennett said that he was vaxed. He was in the Washington hospital bed where he fought off covid-19.

Bennett, co- founder of the Washington-based chain Amsterdam Falafelshop, was 70. scuba-diving trips and 40-mile bike rides to George Washington's Mount Vernon estate were to be resumed by the adventurous businessman.

Bennett went to get his booster in December after he and his wife spent the fall in the Poconos. Bennett experienced covid-19 symptoms a few days after his shot, meaning he was probably exposed before the extra dose of immunity kicked in. His wife thinks he was exposed to a disease at a dinner.

Bennett and his wife were both in the hospital a week before Christmas. He was one of 125,000 Americans who died of covid-19 in January and February.

He was completely shocked. He didn't think he would be sick. He thought he was safe, but he had to wear a mask all the time. All the time. Up over your nose.

The University of South Florida College of Public Health's epidemiologist said the deaths of vaccine recipients are among the consequences of a Pandemic response.

Salemi said that when we are not taking this collective effort to curb community spread of the virus, it is really good at finding that subset of vulnerable people.

Experts say that even the medically vulnerable should be reassured that a vaccine will probably save their lives, but they should still be on guard for signs of infections. Early detection and treatment is important as more therapies become available.

When Wayne Perkey began sneezing and feeling cold symptoms in February, he refused to be tested for the coronaviruses.

The legendary former morning radio host in Louisville was boosted in October. He kept his social engagements to a minimum and wore a mask. He thought it must have been the common cold. The physician who ordered a chest X-ray and had no coronaviruses tests on hand thought so.

The test came back positive after Perkey relented. Even as his oxygen levels declined, he didn't think he needed to go to the hospital.

Lady Booth Olson, another daughter who lives in Virginia, said that he thought she was doing everything right. We will never know.

Perkey went back to being a high-profile advocate for vaccines and precautions. He was familiar to many Kentuckians who grew up listening to his voice on the radio and watching him host Crusade for Children. He cared for his ex- wife who was suffering from chronic fatigue and other long-haul covid symptoms.

It is the 7th day of my Covid battle, the worst day so far, and my anger is boiling when I hear deniers talk about banning masks or social distancing.

He sent a message to a family group chat.

His condition quickly turned for the worse, as is often the case for covid-19 patients. His daughter thinks a previous bout with leukemia made it harder for him to fight off the virus. He died on March 6.

His final days were about the virus. Be careful. Rebecca Booth said there is no guarantee.

Hospitals in areas with high vaccine rates have seen a shift from covid wards filled with the unvaccinated. Many people who end up in the hospital have other conditions that weaken the shield afforded by the vaccine.

In December and January, less than half of the patients in the intensive care units were vaccinated, according to a spokesman.

The chair of critical care for the 21 hospitals in that system said that most of the people he saw in the intensive care units were immune suppressed because of their diseases.

I have cared for patients who are vaccine and immunosuppressed who are in disbelief when they come down with covid.

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In September, Jessica Estep rang a bell to celebrate her last treatment. The single mother of two teenagers moved to Michigan near the Indiana border. She got married in a zoo after finding love again.

Estep was an asthmatic cancer survivor and faced a heightened risk from covid-19. She worked in her own office in her electronics repair job. She lived in an area with a high percentage of residents who are fully vaccine free. She was going to get a booster shot in the winter.

Her mother said that she was the most nonjudgmental person she knew. It was okay with her that they exercised their right of choice, but she wanted them to do that away from her so that she could be safe.

Jessica Estep fell ill in December after Michigan battled back-to-back surges of the delta and omicron variant. Estep was diagnosed with cancer and died of it. Her mother said that the coronaviruses turned her lungs into concrete.

The 14-year-old daughter of Estep is living with her grandparents. After moving to Michigan to be with his new wife, her widower returned to Indianapolis.

Her family shared her story with a local television station in order to encourage others to get vaccinations in order to protect people such as Estep who could not rely on their own vaccinations. Several commenters shrugged off their pleas and said it was the vaccines that caused deaths.

There is life potential in people with underlying conditions.

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As she navigates life without her husband, she hopes people take advantage of all the tools available to mitigate a virus that still finds and kills the vulnerable, including by getting boosters.

Bennett wore a music festival shirt her husband gave her as she walked into a grocery store to get her third shot. When they returned to Washington, her husband urged her to get one, but she became sick at the same time. She scheduled the appointment for 90 days after getting the shot to treat the disease.

My booster! Bennett exclaimed in her chair as the pharmacist presented an updated vaccine card.

The pharmacist said that it had been challenging, but that they had gotten through it.

Bennett had tears in her eyes as the needle went into her left arm, just over a year after she and her husband received their first shots.

Bennett said that last time they got it, they took selfies.

Bennett got a hug from the pharmacist.

The pharmacy said that the man would want them to do it.

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The report was contributed to by The Washington Post's Lenny Bernstein.

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The number of deaths in a group is compared with the number of people in that group. The CDC used a sample of deaths from 23 health departments in the country that record vaccine status, including boosters, to calculate the death rates for those who weren'tvaccinated. The CDC study assigns deaths to the month when a patient contracted covid-19, not the month of death. There were deaths of people who contracted covid as of February. The data from the CDC study can be downloaded.

The death rates for unvaccinated people and people who received an additional booster are expressed as deaths per 100,000 people. Incidence rates are the death rates. The population sizes were estimated by the CDC. The study doesn't include people who are partially vaccined. The population sizes were adjusted by the CDC. The death data is subject to change. The population eligible for boosters was originally 18 years old and now 12 years old.

Incidence rate ratios are used by the CDC to compare death rates. The death incidence rate would be 10 if one group had a rate of 10 deaths per 100,000 people. The death incidence rate may be 2.5 for another group. The rate of 10 divided by the rate of 2.5 is the incidence rate ratio. The first group dies four times more than the second group.

The death incidence rates are calculated by the CDC. The entire population is adjusted for the size of the population in each age group. The total death incidence rates and incidence rate ratios were used by the Post.

The CDC uses a sample of death records to calculate death incidence rates, and The Post calculated the share of deaths by vaccine status. There were 44,000 deaths of people who contracted covid in January and February.

The CDC data does not include deaths for partially-vaccinated people, so the share of deaths for each vaccine status does not include them.

The Post calculated the share of deaths in each age group from death records that have age details from the CDC. The date on which the person contracted covid-19 is not assigned by the data. There is no information on vaccine status of the people who died.

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