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		<title>By: sandgrownan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2022 10:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The HSA table even has &quot;notes on interpretation&quot; and even explicitly states that &quot;Comparing case rates among vaccinated and unvaccinated populations should not be used to estimate vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 infection.&quot;

Go read that...as a sample...the notes under Table 13 explains why your analysis may be flawed.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The HSA table even has &#8220;notes on interpretation&#8221; and even explicitly states that &#8220;Comparing case rates among vaccinated and unvaccinated populations should not be used to estimate vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 infection.&#8221;</p>
<p>Go read that&#8230;as a sample&#8230;the notes under Table 13 explains why your analysis may be flawed.</p>
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		<title>By: Question</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2022 00:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s like you have a religious belief in something, and even though reliable government statistics show the opposite is true you insist on your religious belief.   

If you refuse to believe the evidence you’re being shown, we aren’t going to agree. 
I showed you UK HSA stats.   They clearly show that vaccinated people are testing positive at far greater per capita rates than non-vaccinated people.   
There are certainly medical reasons why this might be the case, but you can’t get past your closed-minded beliefs.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It’s like you have a religious belief in something, and even though reliable government statistics show the opposite is true you insist on your religious belief.   </p>
<p>If you refuse to believe the evidence you’re being shown, we aren’t going to agree.<br />
I showed you UK HSA stats.   They clearly show that vaccinated people are testing positive at far greater per capita rates than non-vaccinated people.<br />
There are certainly medical reasons why this might be the case, but you can’t get past your closed-minded beliefs.</p>
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		<title>By: Question</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2022 00:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your quotes are irrelevant.    
The numbers are what they are.   
More vaccinated people per capita with positive tests.  Significantly more.   
Fewer unvacvinated people per capita with positive tests. 
These are UK HSA stats.  Government reports, showing the same thing, repeatedly.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your quotes are irrelevant.<br />
The numbers are what they are.<br />
More vaccinated people per capita with positive tests.  Significantly more.<br />
Fewer unvacvinated people per capita with positive tests.<br />
These are UK HSA stats.  Government reports, showing the same thing, repeatedly.</p>
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		<title>By: sandgrownan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2022 19:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HSA on March 31st:

&quot;Vaccination continues to prevent a high number of cases resulting in severe disease, hospitalisation and death and remains the best way to protect us all.&quot;

Dr Mary Ramsay, Director of Clinical Programmes at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), said:

&quot;The continued fall of COVID-19 hospital admissions and acute respiratory infections remains encouraging and demonstrates that vaccines are providing strong protection against severe illness.&quot;

Give it up.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>HSA on March 31st:</p>
<p>&#8220;Vaccination continues to prevent a high number of cases resulting in severe disease, hospitalisation and death and remains the best way to protect us all.&#8221;</p>
<p>Dr Mary Ramsay, Director of Clinical Programmes at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), said:</p>
<p>&#8220;The continued fall of COVID-19 hospital admissions and acute respiratory infections remains encouraging and demonstrates that vaccines are providing strong protection against severe illness.&#8221;</p>
<p>Give it up.</p>
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		<title>By: sandgrownan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2022 19:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No. They. Don&#039;t. 

The vaccine makes risk of transmission lower, chance of catching it lower, and if you do catch it, less impact and reduced chance of death. 

That has always been the argument. To say taking the vaccine increases your chance of catching COVID is frankly stupid. The stats do not support that.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No. They. Don&#8217;t. </p>
<p>The vaccine makes risk of transmission lower, chance of catching it lower, and if you do catch it, less impact and reduced chance of death. </p>
<p>That has always been the argument. To say taking the vaccine increases your chance of catching COVID is frankly stupid. The stats do not support that.</p>
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		<title>By: Question</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2022 18:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Chance of of infection is only increased among the vaccinated because more people are vaccinated”. 
The figures are shown per 100,000.    They already account for that.   Per capita, the vaccinated have significantly more cases.   

“ the pro vax lobby (if there is such a thing) has never made such a wild claim that vaccination makes you immune to infection.”
Well, they actually pretty much did make that claim until recently, that the vaccine is highly protective against infection, etc.  But that ship has obviously sailed.    The vaccine at best makes no difference to whether someone tests positive.   And the UK HSA numbers suggest the vaccine makes it significantly more likely.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“Chance of of infection is only increased among the vaccinated because more people are vaccinated”.<br />
The figures are shown per 100,000.    They already account for that.   Per capita, the vaccinated have significantly more cases.   </p>
<p>“ the pro vax lobby (if there is such a thing) has never made such a wild claim that vaccination makes you immune to infection.”<br />
Well, they actually pretty much did make that claim until recently, that the vaccine is highly protective against infection, etc.  But that ship has obviously sailed.    The vaccine at best makes no difference to whether someone tests positive.   And the UK HSA numbers suggest the vaccine makes it significantly more likely.</p>
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		<title>By: sandgrownan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2022 16:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The stats do not suggest, as you originally pointed out, that being vaccinated increases your chance of infection. It does not. 

Chance of infection is only increased among the vaccinated because more people are vaccinated, and in fact, the pro vax lobby (if there is such a thing) has never made such a wild claim that vaccination makes you immune to infection.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The stats do not suggest, as you originally pointed out, that being vaccinated increases your chance of infection. It does not. </p>
<p>Chance of infection is only increased among the vaccinated because more people are vaccinated, and in fact, the pro vax lobby (if there is such a thing) has never made such a wild claim that vaccination makes you immune to infection.</p>
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		<title>By: Unbelievable</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Unbelievable]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2022 14:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why is anyone even still arguing about ANY of this? Those that believe in the science believe what they believe and those that don&#039;t (or those that want their precious freedoms &quot;back&quot;) believe what they believe. The BDA Govt is also going to do what it wants or thinks it needs to do. No one is going to change anyone&#039;s minds on anything so why even bother with all of this back and forth? It&#039;s been over two years now.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why is anyone even still arguing about ANY of this? Those that believe in the science believe what they believe and those that don&#8217;t (or those that want their precious freedoms &#8220;back&#8221;) believe what they believe. The BDA Govt is also going to do what it wants or thinks it needs to do. No one is going to change anyone&#8217;s minds on anything so why even bother with all of this back and forth? It&#8217;s been over two years now.</p>
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		<title>By: Question</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2022 11:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You’re ignoring the fact that the vaccine does not stop a person from being infected.  In fact, the stats show that you are significantly  more likely to test positive if you are vaccinated.   
I know why you ignore the numbers - they disprove your case.   But they are what they are.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You’re ignoring the fact that the vaccine does not stop a person from being infected.  In fact, the stats show that you are significantly  more likely to test positive if you are vaccinated.<br />
I know why you ignore the numbers &#8211; they disprove your case.   But they are what they are.</p>
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		<title>By: Sandgrownan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2022 10:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nope. Wrong. 

Copied fro the report itself:

“ Although individuals may not develop symptoms of COVID-19 after vaccination, it is possible that they could still be infected with the virus and could transmit to others. Understanding how effective vaccines are at preventing infection is therefore important to predict the likely impact of the vaccination programme on the wider population. In order to estimate vaccine effectiveness against infection, repeat asymptomatic testing of a defined cohort of individuals is required. Studies have now reported on vaccine effectiveness against infection in healthcare workers, care home residents and the general population with the Alpha and Delta variants (155 to 18). Generally estimates are similar to or slightly lower than vaccine effectiveness estimates against symptomatic disease and there is evidence of significant waning in protection against infection over time. Estimates for vaccine effectiveness against infection with the Omicron variant are not yet available”]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nope. Wrong. </p>
<p>Copied fro the report itself:</p>
<p>“ Although individuals may not develop symptoms of COVID-19 after vaccination, it is possible that they could still be infected with the virus and could transmit to others. Understanding how effective vaccines are at preventing infection is therefore important to predict the likely impact of the vaccination programme on the wider population. In order to estimate vaccine effectiveness against infection, repeat asymptomatic testing of a defined cohort of individuals is required. Studies have now reported on vaccine effectiveness against infection in healthcare workers, care home residents and the general population with the Alpha and Delta variants (155 to 18). Generally estimates are similar to or slightly lower than vaccine effectiveness estimates against symptomatic disease and there is evidence of significant waning in protection against infection over time. Estimates for vaccine effectiveness against infection with the Omicron variant are not yet available”</p>
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		<title>By: Question</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2022 08:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The numbers are what they are.    Cases are consistently significantly higher among vaccinated than unvaccinated.   You were quite happy to draw conclusions from the death numbers in the same table, yet you want to ignore the case numbers.   The dissonance is almost amusing.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The numbers are what they are.    Cases are consistently significantly higher among vaccinated than unvaccinated.   You were quite happy to draw conclusions from the death numbers in the same table, yet you want to ignore the case numbers.   The dissonance is almost amusing.</p>
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		<title>By: Sandgrownan</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2022/05/may42022covid-19-test-results-received/#comment-5813273</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2022 01:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well done. 

Bu that’s not what you said … you said the vaccinated are more likely to catch COVID.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well done. </p>
<p>Bu that’s not what you said … you said the vaccinated are more likely to catch COVID.</p>
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		<title>By: question</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2022 23:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Table 134 of that week&#039;s report does indicate that rate of death of per 100,000 among people with covid is lower among the vaccinated.  No dispute.  I never said anything different. (Though it is also true that in much of the population the risk of death with covid is extremely small either way). 
The idea that vaccine prioritisation has anything to do with it at this point is frankly wrong.  But that&#039;s also beside the point. 
In the same table you can see clearly that cases per 100,000 are much lower among &#039;persons not vaccinated&#039; than they are among the vaccinated.   That is exactly what I said in pervious posts.  And since that is the case, it follows that the unvaccinated are not presenting some sort of disproportionate risk to others in the population, since they are less likely to get covid in the first place.  
Thank you for your assistance in proving my point.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Table 134 of that week&#8217;s report does indicate that rate of death of per 100,000 among people with covid is lower among the vaccinated.  No dispute.  I never said anything different. (Though it is also true that in much of the population the risk of death with covid is extremely small either way).<br />
The idea that vaccine prioritisation has anything to do with it at this point is frankly wrong.  But that&#8217;s also beside the point.<br />
In the same table you can see clearly that cases per 100,000 are much lower among &#8216;persons not vaccinated&#8217; than they are among the vaccinated.   That is exactly what I said in pervious posts.  And since that is the case, it follows that the unvaccinated are not presenting some sort of disproportionate risk to others in the population, since they are less likely to get covid in the first place.<br />
Thank you for your assistance in proving my point.</p>
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		<title>By: saud</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2022 23:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a comment forum, where no one uses their real names. 
We all look like i di ot s. :)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a comment forum, where no one uses their real names.<br />
We all look like i di ot s. <img src='https://cloudfront.bernews.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Sandgrownan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2022 21:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On this point you are factually correct. 

Understanding the excess mortality:

Excess mortality includes deaths attributable directly to COVID-19 that were counted and reported to WHO by countries.
It also includes deaths attributable directly to COVID-19 that were not counted or reported by countries.
It also includes deaths indirectly associated with COVID-19, due to other causes and diseases, resulting from the wider impact of the pandemic on health systems and society.
It is minus any deaths that would have occurred under normal circumstances but were averted due to pandemic-related changes in social conditions and personal behaviors e.g. less traffic deaths or influenza deaths due to local lockdowns and less travel.

That said, not sure of the point you are trying to make.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On this point you are factually correct. </p>
<p>Understanding the excess mortality:</p>
<p>Excess mortality includes deaths attributable directly to COVID-19 that were counted and reported to WHO by countries.<br />
It also includes deaths attributable directly to COVID-19 that were not counted or reported by countries.<br />
It also includes deaths indirectly associated with COVID-19, due to other causes and diseases, resulting from the wider impact of the pandemic on health systems and society.<br />
It is minus any deaths that would have occurred under normal circumstances but were averted due to pandemic-related changes in social conditions and personal behaviors e.g. less traffic deaths or influenza deaths due to local lockdowns and less travel.</p>
<p>That said, not sure of the point you are trying to make.</p>
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		<title>By: Sandgrownan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2022 21:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nope. It doesn’t. Not explicitly nor can you draw the conclusion that being vaccinated increases your chance of infection from the data. 

You been reading obscure blogs from internet physicians again?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nope. It doesn’t. Not explicitly nor can you draw the conclusion that being vaccinated increases your chance of infection from the data. </p>
<p>You been reading obscure blogs from internet physicians again?</p>
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		<title>By: question</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2022 17:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why don&#039;t you have a look at the WHO report and then come back and tell us what you think it means.   The report is an estimate of total excess deaths over the period of the pandemic, from all causes.  But if you think it means something else, come back and enlighten us.  Because all you have done so far is a bunch of name calling, which frankly makes you look like an I di ot.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why don&#8217;t you have a look at the WHO report and then come back and tell us what you think it means.   The report is an estimate of total excess deaths over the period of the pandemic, from all causes.  But if you think it means something else, come back and enlighten us.  Because all you have done so far is a bunch of name calling, which frankly makes you look like an I di ot.</p>
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		<title>By: question</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2022 17:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The HSA data do support exactly what I said.   See my post above.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The HSA data do support exactly what I said.   See my post above.</p>
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		<title>By: question</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2022 17:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UK HSA does seem to show that the vaccine is protective against death with covid.  Much of what you quote about prioritisation of individuals is completely irrelevant, but I don&#039;t contest the point you&#039;re driving at. 
Looking at Table 13, the numbers indicate higher likelihood of dying of covid among the unvaccinated.  Albeit that the absolute risk of dying for many age groups is extremely small either way. But that&#039;s another discussion. 
You did not address the assertion I made.  So I draw your attention to the unadjusted rates of infection among the unvaccinated vs the fully vaccinated.   The rates of cases reported in the unvaccinated are lower per 100,000 than in the vaccinated.   
Those are the UK HSA numbers, week after week after week.  Lower case numbers in the unvaccinated than in the vaccinated. 
Given that clear evidence, it is obviously not true to say that the unvaccinated are somehow putting those around them at risk.  They are getting the disease less frequently, and therefore are less likely to spread it.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The UK HSA does seem to show that the vaccine is protective against death with covid.  Much of what you quote about prioritisation of individuals is completely irrelevant, but I don&#8217;t contest the point you&#8217;re driving at.<br />
Looking at Table 13, the numbers indicate higher likelihood of dying of covid among the unvaccinated.  Albeit that the absolute risk of dying for many age groups is extremely small either way. But that&#8217;s another discussion.<br />
You did not address the assertion I made.  So I draw your attention to the unadjusted rates of infection among the unvaccinated vs the fully vaccinated.   The rates of cases reported in the unvaccinated are lower per 100,000 than in the vaccinated.<br />
Those are the UK HSA numbers, week after week after week.  Lower case numbers in the unvaccinated than in the vaccinated.<br />
Given that clear evidence, it is obviously not true to say that the unvaccinated are somehow putting those around them at risk.  They are getting the disease less frequently, and therefore are less likely to spread it.</p>
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		<title>By: Sandgrownan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2022 12:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UKHSA’s March 3 COVID-19 vaccine surveillance report shows that the rates of death concerning COVID-19, adjusted to represent cases per 100,000 people, are consistently lower for the triple-vaccinated in all age groups in comparison to the unvaccinated 


Dr Muge Cevik, a clinical lecturer in infectious diseases and medical virology at the University of St Andrews, previously told Reuters that when much TV in of a population has been vaccinated, “most infections and deaths are expected to be among those vaccinated” 

The UKHSA also says the prioritisation of individuals who are more at risk of severe COVID-19 in vaccine rollouts means those vaccinated may be more at risk of death from COVID-19 and contributing factors, regardless of vaccination.

Further detail on the effectiveness of two COVID-19 vaccine doses on preventing death is also available within the “vaccine effectiveness” section of the surveillance report. It says that after 25 weeks following the second dose, “vaccine effectiveness was around 60% while at 2 or more weeks following a booster vaccine effectiveness was 95% against mortality”.

You cannot draw any conclusion from the data provided that indicates that infection is more likely amongst the vaccinated as a result of vaccination. It simply does not say that.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The UKHSA’s March 3 COVID-19 vaccine surveillance report shows that the rates of death concerning COVID-19, adjusted to represent cases per 100,000 people, are consistently lower for the triple-vaccinated in all age groups in comparison to the unvaccinated </p>
<p>Dr Muge Cevik, a clinical lecturer in infectious diseases and medical virology at the University of St Andrews, previously told Reuters that when much TV in of a population has been vaccinated, “most infections and deaths are expected to be among those vaccinated” </p>
<p>The UKHSA also says the prioritisation of individuals who are more at risk of severe COVID-19 in vaccine rollouts means those vaccinated may be more at risk of death from COVID-19 and contributing factors, regardless of vaccination.</p>
<p>Further detail on the effectiveness of two COVID-19 vaccine doses on preventing death is also available within the “vaccine effectiveness” section of the surveillance report. It says that after 25 weeks following the second dose, “vaccine effectiveness was around 60% while at 2 or more weeks following a booster vaccine effectiveness was 95% against mortality”.</p>
<p>You cannot draw any conclusion from the data provided that indicates that infection is more likely amongst the vaccinated as a result of vaccination. It simply does not say that.</p>
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		<title>By: saud</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2022/05/may42022covid-19-test-results-received/#comment-5810742</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[saud]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2022 12:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOL.....why do &#039;born Bermudians&#039; act so childishly?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LOL&#8230;..why do &#8216;born Bermudians&#8217; act so childishly?</p>
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		<title>By: saud</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2022/05/may42022covid-19-test-results-received/#comment-5810734</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[saud]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2022 12:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I understand completely, it&#039;s you who have a severe comprehension problem....Clearly, you&#039;re the product of a pathetic educational system .LOL]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I understand completely, it&#8217;s you who have a severe comprehension problem&#8230;.Clearly, you&#8217;re the product of a pathetic educational system .LOL</p>
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		<title>By: Sandgrownan</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2022/05/may42022covid-19-test-results-received/#comment-5810693</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandgrownan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2022 11:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No. it. doesn’t.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No. it. doesn’t.</p>
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		<title>By: Sandgrownan</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2022/05/may42022covid-19-test-results-received/#comment-5810665</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandgrownan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2022 11:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The data presented by the HSS does not support your assertion.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The data presented by the HSS does not support your assertion.</p>
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		<title>By: Question</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2022/05/may42022covid-19-test-results-received/#comment-5810055</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Question]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2022 01:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The WHO report is a count of excess deaths.  All excess deaths.   It’s not my fault if you are incapable of understanding what you read.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The WHO report is a count of excess deaths.  All excess deaths.   It’s not my fault if you are incapable of understanding what you read.</p>
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		<title>By: Question</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2022/05/may42022covid-19-test-results-received/#comment-5810049</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Question]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2022 01:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I told you where to look.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I told you where to look.</p>
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		<title>By: Joe Bloggs</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2022/05/may42022covid-19-test-results-received/#comment-5809610</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Bloggs]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2022 19:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Provide a hyper-link please so we are not simply relying on what you say]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Provide a hyper-link please so we are not simply relying on what you say</p>
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		<title>By: sandgrownan</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2022/05/may42022covid-19-test-results-received/#comment-5809584</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sandgrownan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2022 19:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So no citation or link to a study? Nope.

Nothing.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So no citation or link to a study? Nope.</p>
<p>Nothing.</p>
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		<title>By: Question</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2022/05/may42022covid-19-test-results-received/#comment-5809521</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Question]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2022 18:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UK HSA weekly stats.  Week after week showed the same thing.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>UK HSA weekly stats.  Week after week showed the same thing.</p>
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		<title>By: Question</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2022/05/may42022covid-19-test-results-received/#comment-5809519</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Question]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2022 18:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The clear evidence is in the UK HSA stats. 
It&#039;s not a &#039;single published paper&#039;...it&#039;s months of stats showing a consistent picture. 
Similar stats came out of Israel and New Zealand.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The clear evidence is in the UK HSA stats.<br />
It&#8217;s not a &#8216;single published paper&#8217;&#8230;it&#8217;s months of stats showing a consistent picture.<br />
Similar stats came out of Israel and New Zealand.</p>
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		<title>By: saud</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2022/05/may42022covid-19-test-results-received/#comment-5809105</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[saud]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2022 12:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOL...you have no credibility, why waste your time posting. LMFAO]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LOL&#8230;you have no credibility, why waste your time posting. LMFAO</p>
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		<title>By: sandgrownan</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2022/05/may42022covid-19-test-results-received/#comment-5809068</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sandgrownan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2022 11:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Citation. Because, no there isn&#039;t. 

We know, for example, that as an airborne virus air filtration can remove almost all traces - this is from research done in Cambridge. We know, that despite those screaming about &quot;freedumb&quot;, that wearing PPE can help protect against viral spread.

We also know that those vaccinated carry a lower viral load. 

You might be falling into the trap of focussing on a single published paper that supports your hypothesis. It&#039;s statistically anecdotal at best. 

We all know COVID measures were all about not overloading the hospital, and by and large, they were successful. But now is the time to stop.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Citation. Because, no there isn&#8217;t. </p>
<p>We know, for example, that as an airborne virus air filtration can remove almost all traces &#8211; this is from research done in Cambridge. We know, that despite those screaming about &#8220;freedumb&#8221;, that wearing PPE can help protect against viral spread.</p>
<p>We also know that those vaccinated carry a lower viral load. </p>
<p>You might be falling into the trap of focussing on a single published paper that supports your hypothesis. It&#8217;s statistically anecdotal at best. </p>
<p>We all know COVID measures were all about not overloading the hospital, and by and large, they were successful. But now is the time to stop.</p>
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		<title>By: Joe Bloggs</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2022/05/may42022covid-19-test-results-received/#comment-5809025</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Bloggs]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2022 11:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;There’s pretty compelling evidence that if you’re vaccinated you’re more likely to catch it.&quot;

Please provide hyper-links to that evidence. I have not seen it. 

I trust you are referring to peer-reviewed articles by recognised experts.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;There’s pretty compelling evidence that if you’re vaccinated you’re more likely to catch it.&#8221;</p>
<p>Please provide hyper-links to that evidence. I have not seen it. </p>
<p>I trust you are referring to peer-reviewed articles by recognised experts.</p>
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		<title>By: saud</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2022/05/may42022covid-19-test-results-received/#comment-5809019</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[saud]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2022 11:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[....a plp spokesperson said.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;.a plp spokesperson said.</p>
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		<title>By: saud</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2022/05/may42022covid-19-test-results-received/#comment-5809017</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[saud]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2022 11:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;There’s pretty compelling evidence that if you’re vaccinated you’re more likely to catch it.&quot;

This is right up there with the overwhelming evidence of the existence of a god.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;There’s pretty compelling evidence that if you’re vaccinated you’re more likely to catch it.&#8221;</p>
<p>This is right up there with the overwhelming evidence of the existence of a god.</p>
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		<title>By: Question</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2022/05/may42022covid-19-test-results-received/#comment-5808959</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Question]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2022 10:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That 15 million is excess mortality.    It includes people killed by lockdowns, for example.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That 15 million is excess mortality.    It includes people killed by lockdowns, for example.</p>
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		<title>By: Question</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2022/05/may42022covid-19-test-results-received/#comment-5808954</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Question]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2022 10:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s pretty compelling evidence that if you’re vaccinated you’re more likely to catch it.  And the idea you’re somehow putting those around you at any risk one way or another is nonsense.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There’s pretty compelling evidence that if you’re vaccinated you’re more likely to catch it.  And the idea you’re somehow putting those around you at any risk one way or another is nonsense.</p>
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		<title>By: Mrurstupid</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2022/05/may42022covid-19-test-results-received/#comment-5808344</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mrurstupid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2022 01:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shut up you sheep&#039;s behind]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shut up you sheep&#8217;s behind</p>
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		<title>By: Joe Bloggs</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2022/05/may42022covid-19-test-results-received/#comment-5807667</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Bloggs]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2022 14:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;... you just keep believing what you are told by those with agendas.&quot;

Right back at you. 

Covid: World’s true pandemic death toll nearly 15 million, says WHO

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-61327778]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;&#8230; you just keep believing what you are told by those with agendas.&#8221;</p>
<p>Right back at you. </p>
<p>Covid: World’s true pandemic death toll nearly 15 million, says WHO</p>
<p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/health-61327778" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.com/news/health-61327778</a></p>
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		<title>By: sandgrownan</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2022/05/may42022covid-19-test-results-received/#comment-5807599</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sandgrownan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2022 13:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If people choose not to get vaccinated, then that&#039;s up to them.

But be clear they are putting themselves, and those around them, at greater risk by not doing so. COVID remains highly contagious and for some, unfortunately, deadly. Vaccination reduces viral load, reduces chance of contraction, transmission and serious complications from COVID. 

So you are wrong and dare I say it, just a little dim witted.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If people choose not to get vaccinated, then that&#8217;s up to them.</p>
<p>But be clear they are putting themselves, and those around them, at greater risk by not doing so. COVID remains highly contagious and for some, unfortunately, deadly. Vaccination reduces viral load, reduces chance of contraction, transmission and serious complications from COVID. </p>
<p>So you are wrong and dare I say it, just a little dim witted.</p>
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		<title>By: aceboy</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2022/05/may42022covid-19-test-results-received/#comment-5807584</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[aceboy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2022 13:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yea, you don&#039;t care any more because all of the arguments you came up with and the vilification of people who didn&#039;t want to get vaccinated has all turned out to be completely and utterly unjustified.  You became what you claim PLP supporters are...a sheep.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yea, you don&#8217;t care any more because all of the arguments you came up with and the vilification of people who didn&#8217;t want to get vaccinated has all turned out to be completely and utterly unjustified.  You became what you claim PLP supporters are&#8230;a sheep.</p>
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		<title>By: aceboy</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2022/05/may42022covid-19-test-results-received/#comment-5807580</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[aceboy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2022 13:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By design...to ensure justification for the TA which is putting money into certain pockets.

Have you seen the numbers being reported in the UK?  And I mean the numbers that suggest about 17,000 people died from COVID ONLY.  The rest of the reported 175,000 deaths were all co morbidity with many cases contracted AFTER going into hospital.

It has been over for a long time, you just keep believing what you are told by those with agendas.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By design&#8230;to ensure justification for the TA which is putting money into certain pockets.</p>
<p>Have you seen the numbers being reported in the UK?  And I mean the numbers that suggest about 17,000 people died from COVID ONLY.  The rest of the reported 175,000 deaths were all co morbidity with many cases contracted AFTER going into hospital.</p>
<p>It has been over for a long time, you just keep believing what you are told by those with agendas.</p>
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		<title>By: sandgrownan</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2022/05/may42022covid-19-test-results-received/#comment-5807496</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sandgrownan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2022 12:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Internet doctors keep telling me it&#039;s just the flu. meh. Don&#039;t care anymore. 

The TA is an arrival tax, the PLP and their complicit civil service have all but admitted that.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Internet doctors keep telling me it&#8217;s just the flu. meh. Don&#8217;t care anymore. </p>
<p>The TA is an arrival tax, the PLP and their complicit civil service have all but admitted that.</p>
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		<title>By: Joe Bloggs</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2022/05/may42022covid-19-test-results-received/#comment-5807374</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Bloggs]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2022 10:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;409 active cases, of which 7 people are in hospital, and ... three more coronavirus related deaths&quot;

It doesn&#039;t sound like its over ... or &quot;only Omicron&quot;.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;409 active cases, of which 7 people are in hospital, and &#8230; three more coronavirus related deaths&#8221;</p>
<p>It doesn&#8217;t sound like its over &#8230; or &#8220;only Omicron&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: Observer</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2022/05/may42022covid-19-test-results-received/#comment-5806771</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Observer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2022 00:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So much for the Premier&#039;s nonsensical assertion that the Travel Approval form is to save Bermuda from the ravages of Covid. Testing on arrival and isolation until the result is negative is what will (barely) help in controlling the spread. 

The form stops nothing. It is, as he has stated, a money making annoyance to anyone travelling to Bermuda, whether local returning home or someone who wants to visit.

A few months ago the Minister was insisting that the numbers were dropping when, in fact they were increasing. Back then we had about 20 cases per day. We are back to averaging just a smidgen under 50 cases a day.

Go figure.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So much for the Premier&#8217;s nonsensical assertion that the Travel Approval form is to save Bermuda from the ravages of Covid. Testing on arrival and isolation until the result is negative is what will (barely) help in controlling the spread. </p>
<p>The form stops nothing. It is, as he has stated, a money making annoyance to anyone travelling to Bermuda, whether local returning home or someone who wants to visit.</p>
<p>A few months ago the Minister was insisting that the numbers were dropping when, in fact they were increasing. Back then we had about 20 cases per day. We are back to averaging just a smidgen under 50 cases a day.</p>
<p>Go figure.</p>
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