A bit more detail about a tweet I made before re: my experience with vaccinated individuals being admitted for COVID. This is the experience in my area of Peel 1/

Yes, I have seen people who have been vaccinated admitted for COVID. The majority of these individuals were exposed soon after they got the first dose (some were probably the day of!) 2/

Yes, some may have gotten false sense of security and gone on to have indoor gatherings; most though were getting heavy indoor exposure from other positive household members usually who are essential workers 3/

Majority of people vaccinated and then admitted to hospital, did not go on to require ICU care (i.e. they could be treated with low-flow oxygen on a regular hospital ward) 4/

I've also noticed that those who are >2w past first vaccine dose, if admitted, overall tend to be less sick than unvaccinated counterparts 5/

There have been a few vaccinated people who have gone on to require critical care (i.e. mechanical ventilation or high-flow oxygen). This has been a mixture of people >2w and <2w from vaccine dose. Most are older and have medical conditions 6/

An interesting note I've made before: in speaking with COVID affected ppl, I have also heard multiple times where person's entire household is infected and sick, except for grandma/pa who had their vaccination who were largely unaffected 7/

All this is to say we should remember people hospitalized with COVID represent a small percentage of overall people who have COVID. We don't see the large numbers of vaccinated people who have been exposed to COVID who either don't get sick, or get very mildly ill. 8/

The first dose of COVID vax (Pfizer, AZ, Moderna) gives excellent protection against death and hospitalization at the 4 week point and beyond. Right now though with a large amount of COVID circulating, still need to remember our other preventative measures 9/

These vaccines work! Bottom line: need to continue to get them in to arms. #vaccineswork #COVIDVaccines @regionofpeel @THP_hospital @zchagla @BogochIsaac @kwadwo777 @sdbaral @mishrash @MikeHaddadMD

11/11

Just adding this here: https://twitter.com/zchagla/status/1387439779134980098?s=20