07-01-2021, 03:20 AM
On the Cardboard, several members expressed an interest in learning the result of contact tracing studies. I stumbled across data from cluster investigation reports in Hawaii, released in the Honolulu Star Advertiser.
The data is selectively released, so one could argue that it may not be representative, but I haven’t seen anyone else releasing this information.
A few takeaways I have gleaned:
1) The vaccine, unsurprisingly, is extremely effective. Time and again outbreaks occur among unvaccinated attendees at events, and large outbreaks occur where there are large concentrations of unvaccinated people.
2) Unfortunately, it seems every week there are multiple outbreaks at restaurants, and I was surprised and disappointed to read how many restaurant employees choose not to be vaccinated.
The most recent article in the Star Advertiser:
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/06/18/breaking-news/coronavirus-cluster-investigations-underway-across-all-4-counties-as-cases-at-hilo-jail-continue-to-grow/
Archives of all released cluster investigation reports:
https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/covid-19-disease-clusters-in-hawaii/
If you open up the pdfs on the previous link, sometimes they give a lot of detail into their investigations.
This is the best cluster investigation information I've encountered so far.
The data is selectively released, so one could argue that it may not be representative, but I haven’t seen anyone else releasing this information.
A few takeaways I have gleaned:
1) The vaccine, unsurprisingly, is extremely effective. Time and again outbreaks occur among unvaccinated attendees at events, and large outbreaks occur where there are large concentrations of unvaccinated people.
2) Unfortunately, it seems every week there are multiple outbreaks at restaurants, and I was surprised and disappointed to read how many restaurant employees choose not to be vaccinated.
The most recent article in the Star Advertiser:
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/06/18/breaking-news/coronavirus-cluster-investigations-underway-across-all-4-counties-as-cases-at-hilo-jail-continue-to-grow/
Archives of all released cluster investigation reports:
https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/covid-19-disease-clusters-in-hawaii/
If you open up the pdfs on the previous link, sometimes they give a lot of detail into their investigations.
This is the best cluster investigation information I've encountered so far.