Vaccination from Fear

 In my search for "real" statistics about Delta Variant hospitalizations ..... finally some actual investigative report to be applauded.  You could argue the survey is statistically not well done but ..... some data is better than no data.

ABC News contacted 50 hospitals in 17 states, and asked them to share data on their ICU wards' current COVID-19 patients, including their vaccination status. In the surveyed hospitals, ABC News found that the overwhelming majority of COVID-19 patients currently being treated in ICUs were unvaccinated.

Of the 271 total COVID patients in the surveyed ICUs, 255 patients, or approximately 94%, were unvaccinated against COVID-19 in ABC News' snapshot in time.

The article also cites Alabama's Department of Health Statistics on hospitalizations of vaccinated vs unvaccinated (94%) but provides no link to verify (and a quick search yielded nothing).   I do like Alabama's summary which includes Antibody results.  

Data and Surveillance | Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) (alabamapublichealth.gov)

The only thing I could find is yet another undocumented survey - yet another example of viral media news:

In a recent survey of Alabama's hospitals, 94% of current COVID-19 positive patients were unvaccinated, Don Williamson, president of the Alabama Hospital Association, told ABC News in a statement.

The reality of our decision making process is that we are biased to the very ancillary data sources of our personal network and news we read weighed against our own personal evaluation of risk and rewards.  I believe mortality emotional risk grows with age (the older you are the fear of death may increase).  There is only one vaccine (although tests are not complete) that can reduce the fear of mortality (across all circumstances).   I'll let you guess what that is.