Isle of Man: 77% vaccinated, 55% boosted. Highest case rate in the world on January 10th.
Iceland: 77% fully vaccinated, 56% boosted.
Gibraltar: 100% full vaccinated, 81% boosted. 10th highest case rate in the world.
Ireland: 77% full vaccinated, 50% boosted. Highest case rate in the world for nations with more than 1 million people.
Malta: 85% full vaccinated, 54% boosted.
Denmark: 80% fully vaccinated, 55% boosted. Third highest case rate in world among nations with more than 1 million people.
Israel: 65% full vaccinated, 51% boosted. Record cases (still rising) and dramatically higher than their neighbors.
At what point do we admit that administering ever more doses of a vaccine designed to elicit immunity against a viral strain which no longer exists is not a viable strategy?
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Japan, Korea, Cambodia are three of the most vaccinated nations on Earth (80% fully vax). Yet each has had their largest "wave" post-mass vaccination; more interestingly, there has been no "de-coupling" of cases & deaths evident in Asia.
Do vaccines not reduce severity in Asia?
More to the point - severity has always been so inconsequentially low in eastern Asia that vaccination was unnecessary in this region and likely redundant of immunity from prior exposure to similar viruses.
There are 560 million people living in this region of Asia, none of whom, apparently, ever faced a significant mortality risk from covid-19.
Do masks magically work in Asia but not Europe or America?
Indonesia, the 4th largest country on Earth (278 million people), has recorded essentially zero cases & deaths for three straight months:
Cases in Indonesia disappeared at the end of September, despite continued high testing rates.
The share of tests returning positive fell to below 0.4% and has remained there for months.
Obviously, the disappearance of covid in Indonesia can no be credited to vaccination, since less than 6% of the population was vaccinated when cases peaked in mid-July (and we have numerous examples of high vax countries with skyrocketing cases).
Israel: first to initiate mass vaccination & first to require boosters. Now, after 3-5 months, boosters are clearly failing to prevent infection/transmission, as well.
Israel is left with a choice: mandate a 4th dose or throw in the towel on mandatory vaccination.
With nearly all adults full vaccinated and the majority of adults boosted, Israel has seen a new seasonal wave begin with infections almost exclusively found amongst the vaccinated.
This is not what was promised one year ago when vaccines were approved.
In Israel, 70% of the population has been vaccinated, 64% fully vaccinated, but only 45% boosted.
This drop-off occurred despite the national vaccine passport mandating booster doses.
Why have 36% of those who initiated vaccination chosen not to get boosted?