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> Most chief executives said they wanted vaccination rates to exceed half the population before they started to encourage staff back to the office - a target wh
by baron_harkonnen 6y ago
> Most chief executives said they wanted vaccination rates to exceed half the population before they started to encourage staff back to the office - a target which is close to being met in Britain but remains distant in much of Europe.
I know we've collectively decided we're done with reality and annoying things like "facts" but that target is no where near met by Britain.
The UK has decided to aggressively give everyone first doses of vaccines, and it is true that nearly 50% of the population has their first dose, but a fraction of that has received the second dose, precisely because of the aggressive 1st dose strategy.
Sure it's possible that one dose is enough, but my cynical guess is that getting everyone one dose is primary so the UK can show up in statistics like the one quoted above. UK data source for anyone interested [0]
0. https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/vaccinations https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/vaccinations
- dghf 6y ago> my cynical guess is that getting everyone one dose is primary so the UK can show up in statistics like the one quoted above. I'm sure that's part of the reason, but there is evidence that a single dose provides substantial protection against getting the disease badly enough to hospitalise or kill you: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/22/scotland-covid-vaccination-drive-linked-to-big-drop-in-hospital-admissions https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/22/scotland-covid... So this may be a case of something that is both politically expedient and genuinely beneficial.