Why More Fully Vaccinated People Are Dying From COVID Than The Unvaccinated

Professor Dr Sanjay Rampal, Epidemiologist, Universiti Malaya

09-Dec-21 16:30

Why More Fully Vaccinated People Are Dying From COVID Than The Unvaccinated

Pause
Embed

Based on recent data updated on COVIDNow, we are seeing more fully vaccinated people than unvaccinated people dying from COVID-19 in the daily reported deaths due to the disease. But those numbers alone don’t tell the full story. Prof Dr Sanjay Rampal, epidemiologist from Universiti Malaya joins us to put these numbers into context and discuss whether it’s realistic for us to expect zero deaths as the total number of deaths from COVID-19 surpases the 30,000 mark in the country.

Image credit: Shutterstock

Produced by: Lim Sue Ann

Presented by: Lim Sue Ann

This and more than 60,000 other podcasts in your hand. Download the all new BFM mobile app.

Categories: diseases and conditions

Tags: endemicity, case fatality rate, the bigger picture, health and living, covid-19, deaths, endemic, brought in dead, bid, vaccinations, vaccine,

Today’s Shows

11:00 AM

Best of Enterprise

(REPEAT) Otter Barista's founder Eeyong Ho on building a robotic coffee business that has already served over 100,000 cups across 60+ locations.

12:00 PM

BBC World Service

This week on Science in Action, scientists have detected the largest black hole merger ever observed with LIGO picking up signals from two black holes colliding in a ‘violent’ spacetime event.

1:00 PM

A Bit of Culture

(REPEAT) Kam Raslan, Matt Armitage and Ahmad Yazid join forces to talk about the sea, owning your own clone and the F1 movie!

2:00 PM

Ringgit & Sense

(REPEAT) Khairi Shahrin Arief bin Baki, Deputy CEO at CGS International discusses asset classes and investment strategies.

2:30 PM

The Property Show

(REPEAT) Entomologist Lim Say Piau and Regine Lim of the Malaysian Pest Management Association shares practical insights into how to address bed bugs.

3:00 PM

Best of The Bigger Picture

(REPEAT) Dr Khoo Ying Hooi, an Associate Professor of International Relations and Human Rights at Universiti Malaya (UM) joins the show to reflect on where we are today as a country, in terms of fighting for justice and protecting democracy.

4:00 PM

Best of Evening Edition

(REPEAT) This World Brain Day, we explore the mysteries of the brain, and celebrate what makes every person’s brain unique.

5:00 PM

BBC World Service

This episode of People Fixing The World looks at the efforts of groups in Portugal and how they plan to improve the society they're a part of.

PROGRAMMES