Only very older and already very sick vaccinated persons are likely to die if infected with COVID-19--Italian study

Only very old and sick die of COVID if vaccinated, Italian study shows People vaccinated against COVID-19 are highly unlikely to die of the disease unless very old and already badly ill before getting it, a study in Italy showed on Wednesday. Reuters Reuters

MILAN, Oct 20 (Reuters) ...

The study by the national Health Institute (ISS), contained in a regular ISS report on COVID-19 deaths, shows the average age of people who died despite being vaccinated was 85. On average they had five underlying illnesses.

The average age of death among those not vaccinated was 78, with four pre-existing conditions.

Cases of heart problems, dementia and cancer were all found to be higher in the sample of deaths among those vaccinated. ...