Brendan Burgess
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They have something like 60% on average vaccinated, higher in coastal states, lower in the deep south.The United States figure is surprisingly low at 203 per 100,000.
Haven't they a low vaccination rate or maybe it's just a very loud and aggressive anti-vax campaign?
Brendan
I'd say it's a combination of all the above and other reasons.Hi odyssey
Interesting points.
Let's look at the true underlying level of Covid as distinct from variations due to variations in the testing regime.
Past levels of Covid giving immunity now
Italy seemed to be on the verge of collapse last year. And so maybe their cumulative level of Covid is moving them towards herd immunity.
Has Ireland had a lower cumulative rate? Which means we have less natural immunity.
Levels of TB vaccination in the population
Was there some report that countries with a greater level of TB vaccination were less susceptible to Covid?
Levels of restrictions/ mask wearing
We seem to be back to normal levels of socialising in Ireland and Europe generally. I am staying out of packed pubs, but I believe that a lot of the pubs are packed.
Increased levels of indoor socialising
The southern European countries seem to have lower rates. Are they still eating and drinking outside. In Northern Europe we can't really eat and drink outside.
Vaccination rates and waning of immunity due to early vaccination
Ireland was successful in getting high levels of vaccination comparatively early. So maybe the immunity is waning now. Wasn't Israel ahead of the curve on early vaccination and then got another wave by surprise as immunity reduced.
Level of boosters
Not sure where we are in Ireland compared to other countries.
I doubt if all States are reporting accurately either.They have something like 60% on average vaccinated, higher in coastal states, lower in the deep south.
Given their previous high case numbers and the lack of restrictions in many states (such as Florida) since summer I think there's a possibility a lot of the unvaccinated today are infected and recovered.
Comparative figures would be statistically meaningful only if there was random testing following the same protocol and methodology in every country, but there isn't. There is also some crowd psychology at work. Since testing is generally speaking non-random, increases in actual Covid percentages in a given country are amplified by a greater number of people getting worried and getting themselves tested as a result. The more tests, the greater the number of detected Covid cases.There is no rhyme nor reason to it
The United States figure is surprisingly low at 203 per 100,000.
Haven't they a low vaccination rate or maybe it's just a very loud and aggressive anti-vax campaign?
Brendan
I'll have to sit down with a tea to see if that is what has happened. I know last week the BBC devoted a bit of time to this and the tweet seems to align with what was said.This tweet attempts to assess the impact of the winter surge of covid, hospital admissions v population vaccinated or who have had covid
https://twitter.com/x/status/1463450316045791241
US has had 146k per million total cases, UK is at 145k. Ireland is 107k.
I had a look at this from the information I could glean from various sources.This tweet attempts to assess the impact of the winter surge of covid, hospital admissions v population vaccinated or who have had covid
https://twitter.com/x/status/1463450316045791241
Within 2 weeks of this Tweet being released the UK has recorded its highest weekly number of cases since last January. The figure is 337000.This tweet attempts to assess the impact of the winter surge of covid, hospital admissions v population vaccinated or who have had covid
https://twitter.com/x/status/1463450316045791241
Sorry everyone but I'll keep refuting this.This tweet attempts to assess the impact of the winter surge of covid, hospital admissions v population vaccinated or who have had covid
https://twitter.com/x/status/1463450316045791241
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