So look at the week of Jan. 8, for example. In that week, there were 61 percent more cases among the unvaccinated, according to the city data, but it represented a far larger percentage of the total pool of unvaccinated people than did the new cases among the vaccinated — nearly nine times as much of the population.
The city’s data allow us to compare per-capita cases, hospitalizations and deaths during the past several months directly. In each case, the unvaccinated were hit harder, but particularly when considering hospitalizations and deaths. (Here, too, we may see the effects of diverging responses to infection: Unvaccinated who get sick might not test themselves, but if they’re sick enough to go to the hospital they’ll be tested there.)
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