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> Vaccines don't work stop the spread of the virus They did stop the spread of the historic and alpha variant in Israel, with a 55-60% rate of vaccination (I m
by pygy_ 4y ago
> Vaccines don't work stop the spread of the virus
They did stop the spread of the historic and alpha variant in Israel, with a 55-60% rate of vaccination (I mistakenly thought it was 70%, it was even lower). Before the onset of the delta wave, the virus was about to go extinct there.
You can check the graphs. May 11 2021, there were 4.66 new cases per million inhabitants. By June 9 it was down to 1.5. Compare with the surrounding countries, where the alpha wave lasted much longer, and was still lingering when the delta variant came around.
https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&time=earliest..2021-10-31&facet=none&uniformYAxis=0&pickerSort=desc&pickerMetric=total_cases&hideControls=true&Metric=Confirmed+cases&Interval=7-day+rolling+average&Relative+to+Population=true&Color+by+test+positivity=false&country=ISR~OWID_WRL~LBN~JOR~FRA https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explor...
June 9 coincides with the point where the delta share crossed the 50% threshold.
https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&time=earliest..2021-10-31&facet=none&uniformYAxis=0&pickerSort=desc&pickerMetric=total_cases&hideControls=true&Metric=Delta+variant+%28share%29&Interval=7-day+rolling+average&Relative+to+Population=true&Color+by+test+positivity=false&country=ISR~OWID_WRL https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explor...
But the global vaccine rollout was criminally slow.
I don't know how hospitals devise their COVID policy in the US... In France you need a "Sanitary pass" to access healthcare facilities. You must either provide a negative test taken in the last 24 hours, or a proof of some level of immunity (either up to date vaccination, or a COVID recovery certificate from less than 4 months).