4 ms·

Austria’s vaccination plan is a step too far

9 points by wsc981 5y ago

wsc981 5y ago
Link without paywall here: https://archive.ph/HKwKH https://archive.ph/HKwKH
dane-pgp 5y ago
> The vaccines have been available for months, and other European countries – including the UK – have been able to persuade the vast majority of their populations to be inoculated, massively reducing pressure on hospitals and slashing death rates. In Austria, however, a sizeable minority has remained stubbornly opposed and the result is that the country has been left vulnerable as case numbers rise once again. That's an odd framing of things, which is suspiciously light on actual numbers. To provide some context, the rate of "Fully Vaccinated Population (%)" (according to one tracker[0]) is 69.6% for the UK and 68.3% for Austria. Does the author really believe that this 1% of "stubborn" Austrians is responsible for the health situation there? [0] https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/covid-19-vaccination-tracker/ https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/covid-19-vaccinati...
- neximo64 5y ago
  It can be inferred that if 89% of the eligible population has had 1 dose in the UK with time the 2nd dose will follow soon. But the large time period between doses in the UK lets the fully vaccinated number lag. With Austria the case is different.
- rsynnott 5y ago
  So, I think some of this is the Telegraph's "Britain is best" editorial tone. The UK is actually a little on the low end for Western European countries, with about the same rate as France and Germany (note that Germany is also looking at aggressive measures). Spain, Ireland, most of the Nordics etc are more like 75%+. But, also, when Austria started looking at aggressive measures on vaccination, their fully vaccinated rate was only about 63%; vaccination rates increased sharply when the government started talking about an unvaccinated lockdown. So there's a bit of a cause and effect thing here.

4 ms·

Austria’s vaccination plan is a step too far

9 points by wsc981 5y ago

wsc981 5y ago
Link without paywall here: https://archive.ph/HKwKH https://archive.ph/HKwKH
dane-pgp 5y ago
> The vaccines have been available for months, and other European countries – including the UK – have been able to persuade the vast majority of their populations to be inoculated, massively reducing pressure on hospitals and slashing death rates. In Austria, however, a sizeable minority has remained stubbornly opposed and the result is that the country has been left vulnerable as case numbers rise once again. That's an odd framing of things, which is suspiciously light on actual numbers. To provide some context, the rate of "Fully Vaccinated Population (%)" (according to one tracker[0]) is 69.6% for the UK and 68.3% for Austria. Does the author really believe that this 1% of "stubborn" Austrians is responsible for the health situation there? [0] https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/covid-19-vaccination-tracker/ https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/covid-19-vaccinati...
- neximo64 5y ago
  It can be inferred that if 89% of the eligible population has had 1 dose in the UK with time the 2nd dose will follow soon. But the large time period between doses in the UK lets the fully vaccinated number lag. With Austria the case is different.
- rsynnott 5y ago
  So, I think some of this is the Telegraph's "Britain is best" editorial tone. The UK is actually a little on the low end for Western European countries, with about the same rate as France and Germany (note that Germany is also looking at aggressive measures). Spain, Ireland, most of the Nordics etc are more like 75%+. But, also, when Austria started looking at aggressive measures on vaccination, their fully vaccinated rate was only about 63%; vaccination rates increased sharply when the government started talking about an unvaccinated lockdown. So there's a bit of a cause and effect thing here.