This is a retrospective cross-sectional study of COVID-19 patients that were admitted in Kaiser South Sacramento on August 26, 2021, specifically during wave 4 of the COVID-19 pandemic and the delta variant surge. Therefore, in this retrospective cross-sectional study, we have analyzed 96 patients who presented with COVID-19 in Kaiser South Sacramento on August 26, 2021, highlighting the relevance and importance of vaccination status on COVID-19 illnesses and hospitalizations. To best increase vaccination rates, accurate local information from within the community should be presented. Increasing vaccination rates in our community is the best step towards ending the pandemic and tackling COVID-19 variants. įurthermore, people who believe conspiracies report their intentions to vaccinate are 3.9 times lower and furthermore display less support for COVID-19 public health policies than participants who disbelieved conspiracies. Additionally, of these rumors and conspiracy theories, 5% were true, 83% were false, 10% were misleading, and 2% were exaggerated. A study investigated the various conspiracy theories in different countries and found that of 578 rumors, 36% were related to vaccine development, availability, and access, 20% related to morbidity and mortality, 8% to safety, efficacy, and acceptance, and the rest were other categories. For example, some groups believe the SARS-CoV-2 virus was deliberately manufactured by the Chinese as a bioterrorist attack while others opinionated that COVID-19 was a hoax or exaggerated by left-wingers as a ploy to derail the U.S. Conspiracy theories often blame a certain group for involvement in manufacturing the virus or control the public opinion about it. Ĭonspiracy theories, as well as vaccine misinformation, pose serious barriers against controlling the COVID-19 pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that unvaccinated individuals are 11 times more likely to suffer from COVID-19 than those fully vaccinated. Real-world observational studies and data from randomized clinical trials have shown that COVID-19 vaccines approved, Pfizer, and those under emergency use, Janssen and Moderna, are safe and highly effective in preventing COVID-19 illness, hospitalizations and death. Altogether, this data from our local hospital highlights and emphasizes the need for our community to be fully vaccinated to prevent COVID-19 disease and hospitalizations.
Importantly, the unvaccinated population with COVID-19 disease and hospitalization tend to be of younger age. However, breakthrough infections tend to also be less severe. While breakthrough infections are inevitable, analysis shows that the elderly population is most significantly impacted.
Our data is consistent with national trends. 21 of these ICU patients are on mechanical ventilation with only 2 being fully vaccinated. There are 26 patients in the ICU with COVID-19 of which only 3 are fully vaccinated. Additionally, 24 patients were on high flow oxygen with only 3 of them being fully vaccinated. The average age of hospitalized vaccinated patients with COVID-19 is 69 while unvaccinated patients is 52.6. A total of 96 COVID-19 patients were studied of which 20 are vaccinated and 76 are unvaccinated. We analyzed the profile of patients in the hospital who had a positive COVID-19 test by PCR. This is a retrospective cross-sectional study of COVID-19 patients that were admitted to a community hospital on August 26, 2021, during the delta variant surge. We aimed to analyze the profile of COVID-19 patients in our local community hospital in Sacramento, California to see if indeed most COVID-19 hospitalized patients are vaccinated. Furthermore, they feel national figures do not reflect local numbers.
#RETROSPECTIVE CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY FULL#
Many community members believe the vaccine is not effective against COVID-19 and that local hospitals are full of vaccinated patients with severe COVID-19. Keywords: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Omicron, Delta Variant, Polymerase Chain Reaction Abstract This is an open-access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Retrospective Cross-Sectional Analysis of COVID-19 Patients in a Local Hospital During Delta Surge. Received date: 14 March 2022 Accepted date: 18 April 2022 Published date: 25 April 2022Ĭitation: Muhar BK, Chu H, Zhou N.
Retrospective Cross-Sectional Analysis of COVID-19 Patients in a Local Hospital during Delta Surgeīahaar Kaur Muhar 1 *, Hillary Chu 1, Norah Zhou 1ġ California Northstate University, Elk Grove, California, USAĪddress: 9700 W Taron Dr, Elk Grove, CA 95757, United States.
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