A team from Humber River Hospital administers the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at St. Fidelis Parish church, in Toronto, on Apr. 7, 2021 as part of a community outreach program to get seniors vaccinated at their place of worship.
New Canadian data reaffirms that while the vast majority of the population has likely caught the virus behind COVID-19 at least once, more than four in 10 elderly adults may have avoided infection so far — while remaining at the highest risk for hospitalization and death.A health-care worker administers the COVID-19 vaccine in Toronto in 2021 as part of an outreach program to get seniors vaccinated.
The team found that by July, more than 80 per cent of children and adults under 50 had been infected and had a low risk of hospital admission or death.Canada's nursing homes have worst record for COVID-19 deaths among wealthy nations: report Dr. Danuta Skowronski, a researcher and epidemiologist with the B.C. Centre for Disease Control, was the lead investigator on the study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Several medical experts agreed that vaccination campaigns need to stress that seniors should strongly consider getting this fall's updated COVID shots, which have been tailored to better match the virus strains currently circulating.COVID keeps evolving, but so does our immunity. Are we now at a 'stalemate' with this virus?
Skowronski's team was aware of those limitations but said that on the flip side, the risks of hospital admission or death could actually be overestimated."Even though our estimates of the risk of severe outcomes were low, they are likely even lower for most of the population, particularly among those both previously vaccinated and infected who are now the majority," the researchers wrote.Sang agreed that an underestimation of seroprevalence would actually be "good news.
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