I'd be curious to hear other people's perspectives on this. The people that I know that are getting sick (in some cases heavy flu/covid symptoms) are double and triple vaccinated. I don't know anyone who is unvaccinated who has gotten sick so far this flu season. But that's just my personal network of connections...

For me it's about 60/40 between vaccinated and unvaccinated, but I probably know more vaccinated people than unvaccinated, so the number I know who have tested positive is always going to more for vaccinated.

My adult aged son, who lives with us, has just gotten over his second bout of Covid. Neither case were particularly bad, but his first case was definitely worse than his most recent Omicron case. He had the single J&J dose shortly after it came out (and after his first case of Covid), but he hasn't had a booster. My wife & I who are in the same house as my son, and were obviously in close proximity to him, have had all 3 Pfizer jabs (and not died yet :)), and have consistently tested negative. My daughter who had 2 Moderna jabs, but no booster, has also consistently tested negative.

I'm not trying to say anything here, I'm just stating my own personal experience. Yours may differ.

I'm glad to hear your feedback! Like I said, I'm curious to hear various perspectives because we're all viewing it from different angles. I definitely know less unvaccinated people than vaccinated people as well. I guess I'm just surprised that so many vaccinated people are getting sick (because the vaccine is supposed to protect you against covid - that's what they originally said at least). People are getting just as sick as they were pre-vaccine, and it's impossible to judge if the symptoms are "lessened" if you've had the vaccine because you just don't know on a case by case basis. When they say the hospitals are overrun with unvaccinated people (in this article), it just doesn't make sense to me, based on my "statistics" of viewing what's going on with the people I am directly connected with.

Just remember, the vaccine is no guarantee that you won't get infected, but it will reduce the chances. The purpose of the vaccine is to 'teach' your immune system how to fight Covid, and keep people out of hospital. But, again there is no guarantee of this, especially in elderly people or those with underlying health conditions both of whom typically have weaker immune systems.

If you're deciding whether or not to get vaccinated, please don't take any advice (including mine) from the comments section on here. Instead, please talk to a healthcare professional or your own GP..

Thank you for your thoughts! There is no decision on the table for me. I made mine quite a long time ago that I am not getting it. I have been exposed numerous times (I'm pretty sure I had it in January 2020 but of course it was so early on and there was no testing). I live a natural, healthy lifestyle and completely trust my immune system. I am fully supportive of whatever people decide for their own bodies however. Each circumstance is different and I respect and honor everyone's decision.

Negative vaccine efficacy is a thing…but driven by the vaccinated having slightly more freedoms than unvaccinated.

In Ontario Canada the vaccinated account for 76% of the hospitalized and 56% of those in the icu. But this is meaningless with out understanding if these hospitalization is with or from COVID…

Similarly here we have no clear understanding of the importance of vaccination in preventing hospitalization as we have no idea how many are truly in hospital because of COVID.

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The rest of the world have not found Omicron carriers cases for hospitalizations. Positive but not ill is what is happening globally. Did someone jump the gun for free tents

With all the Thanksgiving and Christmas and New Years Celebrations behind and no other major social event until Valentines Day on February 14, numbers should start to taper off nicely and decline. It would be interesting to know if persons presenting with the Delta variant had a recent history of travel (to the US) or had been in contact with someone who travelled or was exposed in the tourist industry. It is known that entire staffs of businesses or entire households or large numbers of people who attended some social event or function all got sick with Covid. But the focus still remains on South Africa to see what will happen after Omicron.

SA is finished with omicron. So too UK is saying it has peeked. Problem logic remains the travellers as they are 100% vaccinated with about 45% positive for something . Fortunately hospitalizations according to CDC yesterday is mostly among persons with over three comobidities. But there argument whether natural illnesses got them to the hospitalization because Omicron is not sever enough to just create an illness.