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Responding to antivaxxers... “Clinical and economic benefits of seasonal COVID-19 vaccination in Germany: results from the ROUTINE-COV19 Study, September 2022 to March 2024” www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...

eurosurveillance.orgEurosurveillance | Clinical and economic benefits of seasonal COVID-19 vaccination in Germany: results from the ROUTINE-COV19 Study, September 2022 to March 2024BACKGROUND Vaccinations against COVID-19 were integrated into routine care in Germany in April 2023. However, evidence of the impact of seasonal vaccination remains limited. AIM To assess the clinical and economic impact of COVID-19 vaccination in routine care during the early SARS-CoV-2-endemic phase in Germany. METHODS A retrospective cohort study using statutory health insurance data from two German federal states (Saxony and Thuringia), covering over 3 million individuals, was conducted. Adults aged ≥ 18 years vaccinated against COVID-19 between 1 September and 30 November 2023 were matched 1:1 with unvaccinated individuals using propensity scores. Outcomes during the 4-month follow-up included occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 infection, long COVID, other respiratory infections, hospitalisations, mortality, healthcare costs and indirect costs caused by sick leave. Rate and hazard ratios (RR, HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated. Sensitivity analyses tested robustness. RESULTS A total of 146,132 individuals (73,066 per group) were matched. COVID-19 vaccination was associated with reduced rates of long COVID (RR: 0.43; 95% CI: 0.26–0.70), respiratory infections (RR: 0.91; 95% CI: 0.87–0.95) and COVID-19-related hospitalisations (RR: 0.41; 95% CI: 0.31–0.54). All-cause mortality was 25% lower among COVID-19-vaccinated individuals (HR: 0.76; 95% CI: 0.70–0.82). Healthcare costs were lower in the vaccinated cohort, particularly for inpatient care, e.g. EUR 1 million savings in COVID-19-related hospitalisations. Indirect costs caused by sick leave were also reduced by EUR 1.3 million. CONCLUSION Seasonal COVID-19 vaccinations in routine care settings were associated with substantial clinical and economic benefits. These real-world findings support continued implementation of national immunisation recommendations during the endemic phase of SARS-CoV-2 circulation.

It should be a requirement for anyone pretending to be a lawyer or to talk about the law to know that ICE officers are Americans and so must follow the law. Even a cursory glance illustrates that they far too often act illegally. "What ICE Agents Can and Cannot Do" govfacts.org/rights-freed...

govfacts.orgWhat ICE Agents Can and Cannot DoU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE, is one of the best known federal law enforcement agencies in the United States.ContentsUnderstanding ICE: Mission and StructureThe Power to Ques...

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Kristi Noem has been a complete and total failure at her job. She has violated her oath and has allowed ICE agents to terrorize our communities. That’s why I’m joining @robinkelly.house.gov in calling for her impeachment. We deserve better, she’s gotta go.

We are a nation of many nationalities, many races, many religions-bound together by a single unity, the unity of freedom and equality. Whoever seeks to set one nationality against another, seeks to degrade all nationalities. Franklin D. Roosevelt

MAGA 101. MAGA denies climate change, and cheers while Dear Leader tries to kill green energy. Green energy would America First an energy reality. Then they are too stupid to realize that Dear Leader wants Greenland because climate change is opening a new way to go from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

Who gets the shaft from Dear Leader? About 1 in 5 people who work for the government — around 483,000 federal workers — were employed by the VA. That’s more than double the number who worked at the Department of Homeland Security, which was the next largest employer. -- from PBS, ironically.

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