Despite 93% of Iceland’s 16year old to 90+ population being vaccinated (most fully vaccinated) and 10% of its 12-15 yr old population vaccinated DELTA has succeeding in infecting both the vaccinated and unvaccinated (but better outcomes for vaccinated)
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The Chief Epidemiologist said that restrictions lifted in June were reimposed because it has come to light that vaccinated individuals can contract it relatively easily and spread infection.
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“Sequencing has shown us that the origin of most domestic infections can be traced to group events such as clubbing in downtown Reykjavík or group trips abroad.”
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So Iceland has fully vaccinated significantly more than the U.K. and has proportionately far fewer cases, has vigorous contract tracing and isolation requirements, yet 🇬🇧 lifts restrictions
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Here is a link to Iceland’s vaccination data dashboard.
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And this is a link to it’s Covid incidence, hospitalisation etc dashboard.
covid.is/data
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Calculations often assume the vaccinated can’t spread Covid. Adjusting for the fact they can, might mean it’s much harder, even impossible to reach herd immunity with delta. Hence the importance of the ongoing use of restrictions and self-isolation.
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Medical experts in Germany first said a vaccination rate of 70% of the whole population was needed for herd immunity, but when the Delta variant began to dominate, they changed it to 85%.
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In France the Tousanticovid app is now providing a breakdown of incidence and admission into intensive care for vax’d vs non vax’d (not quite up to date latest is 26 July, but a good indicator)… very clear that vaccines work
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Yes agreed, I spotted this this morning. Great addition, gives a clear message.
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