One of the most startling Covid charts I’ve made in a long time, on vaccine inequality:
Rich countries have given out more booster shots in the last 3 months, than poor countries have given out total doses all year.
@donatopmancini’s story: ft.com/content/35a3d4…
Rich countries have given out more booster shots in the last 3 months, than poor countries have given out total doses all year.
@donatopmancini’s story: ft.com/content/35a3d4…
In rich countries, just 18% of people aged 12+ are yet to have any dose, and 5% have now had a third dose.
In poor countries, 94% are yet to have a single dose.
In poor countries, 94% are yet to have a single dose.
The result?
Stark inequality in outcomes.
In countries with ~70% fully vaccinated, about one in 250 cases results in death.
At 50-60% fully vaxxed, around one-in-75 results in death.
At 10-15% fully vaxxed, it’s one-in-25.
And in parts of Africa, as high as one-in-15.
Stark inequality in outcomes.
In countries with ~70% fully vaccinated, about one in 250 cases results in death.
At 50-60% fully vaxxed, around one-in-75 results in death.
At 10-15% fully vaxxed, it’s one-in-25.
And in parts of Africa, as high as one-in-15.
And it’s a similar story if instead of looking at case-fatality-rates, we look at total excess deaths since vaccines began to be rolled out.
Countries with high vaccination rates have generally seen very low excess deaths. Low vaccination? Very high excess deaths.
Countries with high vaccination rates have generally seen very low excess deaths. Low vaccination? Very high excess deaths.
(an interesting side-note: most of the countries that are some way above the trendline — i.e more excess deaths than would be expected given vaccination rates — have used a significant amount of the Chinese vaccines)
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