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What confuses me about these reports is that the relevant South African districts report ~25% vaccination rates; so it sounds unlikely that the mildness observe
by eliben 5y ago
What confuses me about these reports is that the relevant South African districts report ~25% vaccination rates; so it sounds unlikely that the mildness observed is due to previous immunity. Or is the assumption that most of these people have had COVID before?
- disambiguation 5y ago> Around 60-70% of South Africans have already had a Covid-19 infection since the start of the epidemic in March 2020. https://www.news24.com/health24/medical/infectious-diseases/coronavirus/omicron-reinfection-likely-but-will-immunity-from-past-infection-vaccines-hold-up-for-severe-covid-20211204-4 https://www.news24.com/health24/medical/infectious-diseases/...