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Many western countries you've had 10-20-30% of the population actually diagnosed with covid in the past. 60-70% vaccination rate. That leaves only 10-20% of th
by zpeti 5y ago
Many western countries you've had 10-20-30% of the population actually diagnosed with covid in the past. 60-70% vaccination rate.
That leaves only 10-20% of the population at risk of severe covid if vaccination and previous infection mean milder illness potentially.
Add to this that SA with 25% vaccination is seeing less hospitalisations.
Omicron in most western countries doesn't have many people left to infect. Those that do will see milder illness.
I don't see how this will threaten healthcare systems any more.
- lm28469 5y ago> Omicron in most western countries doesn't have many people left to infect. Those that do will see milder illness. And here we are with hospitals being overwhelmed in Germany and France, for example, despite high level of vaccination and a lot of people who already had the virus previously. In France we have more people going to the ICU per day than during the last peak, and at the current rate we'll reach, and probably pass, the previous two peaks soon All it takes is a few thousands of 50+ years old unvaccinated people to use all the ICU beds. In France we have 2m+ people over 50 who didn't even get the first dose, 1% of these 2m people would be enough to use every single ICU beds in the country