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> I bet you also said “3 weeks to flatten the curve!” The vaccines were working perfectly in that regard until we hit a wall of people unwilling to take them,
by eganist 5y ago
> I bet you also said “3 weeks to flatten the curve!”
The vaccines were working perfectly in that regard until we hit a wall of people unwilling to take them, which brought us in the US to where we are today when antivax lag hampered us from outrunning the delta variant.
Iceland[1], with >70% vaccination rates, is seeing much different outcomes even in spite of record infections.
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/iceland-covid-surge-vaccines/2021/08/14/bdd88d04-fabd-11eb-911c-524bc8b68f17_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/iceland-covid-su...
- inter_netuser 5y agoIceland is reintroducing restrictions, possibly for years. Gibraltar at 99% vaccination rate is having an outbreak. If 99% vaccination rate will not achieve herd immunity, what will?
- imwillofficial 5y agoStop with all your facts and numbers, people have a religion to follow.
- imwillofficial 5y ago> The vaccines were working perfectly in that regard until we hit a wall of people unwilling to take them, This is misinformation. Israel has the highest vaccination rate in the world. 50% of their new cases are “breakthrough cases”