In >125 countries, cumulative COVID cases are >10,000 per million.
If you are one of the few countries that managed to keep cases to <2500 per million through border control or other measures: India is a warning that your populations remain susceptible until full vaccination.
If you are one of the few countries that managed to keep cases to <2500 per million through border control or other measures: India is a warning that your populations remain susceptible until full vaccination.
This includes Australia, New Zealand, China, and importantly many parts of Africa.
Please continue all precautions until this is achieved.
Please continue all precautions until this is achieved.
The threat is even higher now because:
1) People are fatigued by restrictions and may be prone to reducing precautions.
2) The virus itself may be more contagious and/or more virulent based on the events in India.
1) People are fatigued by restrictions and may be prone to reducing precautions.
2) The virus itself may be more contagious and/or more virulent based on the events in India.
Throughout the pandemic we have witnessed countries that seemed to be doing very well for months and hailed as role models succumb over time: Countries in Eastern Europe, and more recently India.
There is no question now that most people are susceptible either because the virus itself has mutated into more infectious variants, or because of high viral dose exposure that occurs when people are not careful (indoor gatherings or crowding without masks), or both.
As India shows exponential rise can come so quickly that you have no time to prepare and the associated loss of life is staggering.
I really don't like writing scary tweets. But in this case I'm beyond worried. #GetVaccinatedASAP
I really don't like writing scary tweets. But in this case I'm beyond worried. #GetVaccinatedASAP
With vaccines we have an end in sight. We have multiple effective vaccines. It's now important that all countries work together to get the world vaccinated with urgency.
The virus has continuously exploited the weakest link.
The virus has continuously exploited the weakest link.
Allowing uncontrolled cases in parts of the world is the surest way to generate vaccine resistant variants.
Forget national identities and approach COVID vaccination as if everyone in the world is a citizen of your own country.
Forget national identities and approach COVID vaccination as if everyone in the world is a citizen of your own country.
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