A new report from the United Kingdom found that 117 people have died from the delta variant of the coronavirus, including 50 people who were fully vaccinated.
The deaths are just a tiny fraction of the 92,029 cases of the variant that have been documented in the United Kingdom, and should not cause alarm about vaccines.
In fact, a report by The Wall Street Journal noted that the new evidence provides encouraging signs that the COVID-19 vaccine works.
While the delta variant has become the fastest spreading coronavirus strain in the United Kingdom — something that is also happening in the United States — the study shows that people who are fully vaccinated are much less likely to get it. If they do get it, they are much less likely to become very sick or require hospitalization.
At the same time, the study underscores that the elderly can still be susceptible to the coronavirus and specifically the delta variant.
Of the total number of deaths associated with the delta variant in the U.K. study, the majority of those — 109 people — were over the age of 50. Only eight people under the age of 50 had died from the variant.
The 50 deaths from the delta variant in the vaccinated group were all at least 50 years old, according to the U.K. data.
Other studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of vaccines from Moderna and Johnson & Johnson when it comes to both COVID-19, overall, and the delta variant, specifically.
The Journal also noted that the risk of dying from COVID-19 are still much greater for older patients. It said that if a vaccine reduces an 80-year-old’s risk of death from COVID-19 by 95 percent, as an example, that person's risk of death would still be greater than someone who is 20 years old. ...
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