Omicron, which is more transmissible than previous Covid strains but also more able to reinfect recovered people and evade vaccine immunity, is leadin

Covid Scotland: Case rates lowest in unvaccinated as double-jabbed elderly drive rise in hospital admissions

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2022-01-14 14:30:11

Omicron, which is more transmissible than previous Covid strains but also more able to reinfect recovered people and evade vaccine immunity, is leading to highly unusual patterns in patient data

DOUBLE-JABBED Scots are now more likely to be admitted to hospital with Covid than the unvaccinated amid an increase in elderly people falling ill due to waning immunity.

It comes amid "weird" data showing that case rates have been lower in unvaccinated individuals than the single, double, or even triple-jabbed since Omicron became the dominant variant in Scotland.

The counterintuitive data from Public Health Scotland (PHS) contradicts previous pandemic trends which have consistently shown infection, hospitalisation and death rates to be highest among the unvaccinated.

However, one expert stressed that the patterns probably reflect factors such as Omicron initially transmitting in more affluent communities.