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The "original strain" was already gone by the time Australia started vaccinating. Input Australia on https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations https://ourw
by sfusato 4y ago
The "original strain" was already gone by the time Australia started vaccinating.
Input Australia on https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations and have a look for yourself.
Then again, we were always behind each and every variant, always following our tail when it came to it.
- wellthatsawrap2 4y agoThat's ok. Big pharma still gets paid for every jab, regardless if it actually works.
- collyw 4y agoRecord profits for Pfizer, while nurses got a clap.
- viraptor 4y agoUnfortunate phrasing, i meant the pre-omicron strains rather than original, since that's when the effectiveness changed most drastically. Up to and including Delta we still got 95+% effectiveness against hospitalisation (https://www.health.gov.au/our-work/covid-19-vaccines/advice-for-providers/clinical-guidance/product-information#vaccine-effectiveness-before-the-delta-variant https://www.health.gov.au/our-work/covid-19-vaccines/advice-...) and the omicron did not hit until late Dec '21. (https://www.theguardian.com/world/datablog/2021/dec/23/how-much-of-the-omicron-variant-is-there-in-australia-and-is-it-the-dominant-strain https://www.theguardian.com/world/datablog/2021/dec/23/how-m...) By December we were already just doing the long tail of vaccinations getting to that 95% in Feb (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/datablog/ng-interactive/2022/feb/21/covid-19-vaccine-rollout-australia-vaccination-rate-progress-how-many-people-vaccinated-percent-tracker-australian-states-number-total-daily-live-data-stats-updates-news-schedule-tracking-chart-percentage-new-cases-today https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/datablog/ng-inter...) So while I agree we had issues with the rollout, I don't agree "we were always behind each and every variant".