# Opinion on Vaccinations for Hospital Workers **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [July 30, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinion-on-vaccinations-for-hospital-workers/947661 "2021-07-30T19:31:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinion-on-vaccinations-for-hospital-workers/947661/101 "2021-08-13T19:29:21Z")
There’s more and more data coming in about vaccine efficacy in terms of preventing infection. The data is still coming in about more serious cases and worst outcomes, but the preponderance of the evidence seems to suggest that the vaccines are generally holding up well in that regard across the population. However, risk is always specific to the individual. There are categories within the averages. I think people over the age of 70, even if they are vaccinated, should exercise great caution, maybe not quite to the same extremes as what we saw for much of 2020, but we’re well past the spring, both literally and figuratively speaking. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinion-on-vaccinations-for-hospital-workers/947661/102 "2021-08-13T19:50:14Z")
I think that makes a lot of sense. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2021, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinion-on-vaccinations-for-hospital-workers/947661/103 "2021-08-14T02:39:59Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I’d love to see data on current hospitalizations and recent deaths, and haven’t been able to find it anywhere. It’s probably information that’s available, but in 51 (or 52 if we include Purta Rico) places. Here’s [New Hampshire’s hospitalization numbers](https://www.wmur.com/article/new-hampshire-covid-update-august-12-2021/37291994) at least: 53 in the hospital as of today, and I think two deaths this week. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinion-on-vaccinations-for-hospital-workers/947661/104 "2021-08-14T16:33:09Z")
That looks like it’s total numbers for NH. I was specifically looking for the death and hospitalization rates separately for vaccinated and unvaccinated people. Which I just found for my home state! They’ve only published data for 3 weeks so far, but over time it will become useful. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2021, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinion-on-vaccinations-for-hospital-workers/947661/105 "2021-08-15T01:11:19Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > That looks like it’s total numbers for NH. I was specifically looking for the death and hospitalization rates separately for vaccinated and unvaccinated people. Oh. There have only [been 10](https://www.wmur.com/article/small-number-of-breakthrough-cases-shows-effectiveness-of-vaccines-doctors-say/37214643) fully vaccinated people die, so I don’t think they’ll bother with a running count unless it get worse. ---
**Author:** ![Pazu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pazu/32/15522_2.png) [@Pazu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pazu)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinion-on-vaccinations-for-hospital-workers/947661/106 "2021-08-17T19:09:39Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Old joke: > > What’s the difference between a surgeon and God? > > God doesn’t think he’s a surgeon. Heard this one during my residency: Q: How do you tell one end of a cystoscope from the other? A: You can’t; there’s a dick at either end. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinion-on-vaccinations-for-hospital-workers/947661.md?page=5)