CDC director’s comments that 75% of COVID-19 deaths are among people with four comorbidities applies only to vaccinated people
COVID-19 vaccines provide a high level of protection against severe disease. The small number of severe cases and deaths among vaccinated adults is dominated by those who have multiple risk factors. These people were at very high risk of severe COVID-19 from the start of the pandemic, and while the vaccines have brought down their risk considerably, they still remain at higher risk than other vaccinated people who don’t have the same risk factors. Unvaccinated people have approximately ten times the risk of hospitalization and death due to COVID-19.