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You might want to read up on Israel before you assume it is because of the high rate of vaccination that you happen to be in a valley of infections again.
by jtbayly 5y ago
You might want to read up on Israel before you assume it is because of the high rate of vaccination that you happen to be in a valley of infections again.
- simonh 5y agoOh we have plenty of infections, tens of thousands of cases per day, but we have much fewer deaths because infected vaccinated people rarely get sick and if they do are extremely unlikely to die. Early this year we were seeing similar rates of new infections per day, but about a thousand people were dying every day. Nowadays the death rate is about a tenth of that, concentrated among the remaining unvaccinated population. Israel seems to be having a similar experience, people are catching the virus but those that are vaccinated aren't dying as a result. They're introducing mask mandates and considering tactical lockdowns to try and protect the unvaccinated population. We may need to do the same, nevertheless the best way to protect people who can't be vaccinated is to vaccinate everyone who can be.