does anyone have recent excess death statistics, most local areas say something like 500 cases. like i see thousands of people running around at pride with no masks.... i feel like people are insane
does anyone have recent excess death statistics, most local areas say something like 500 cases. like i see thousands of people running around at pride with no masks.... i feel like people are insane
True, but unfortunately, B.1.351 beta variant is basically an escape variant for the AZ vaccine. Effectiveness down to 10-22% for that vaccine with the beta B.1.351 variant. Southern African countries had to send shipments back of the AZ vaccine because of this, but again, you wouldn't know because no one cares about Africa. Phizer effectiveness is down to 75% for this variant.
How? No one is wrong or right, there is not enough data yet. Phizer vaccine effectiveness down from 95% to 75% on the delta variant. No data for the other vaccines. This is pretty worrying because it's the same drop in effectiveness as the beta variant, and if other vaccines, such as the AZ vaccine, react the same way to the delta variant as the beta variant, this could be an effective escape variant for vaccines such as the AZ vaccine. But again, not enough data as of yet.
Depending on where you live, the "doomers" have either been wrong or right. If you live in the USA or UK, the doomers have been wrong this year. If you live in Southern Africa or India, the "doomers" have been right unfortunately.
I mean this thread is literally about the USA, it’s in the title. Situations are obviously different in different regions. India, South America, etc. are going through horrific outbreaks thanks to vaccine apartheid. My comment was only about the US because that’s what this thread is about.