Pfizer and BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine is just 39% effective against delta in Israel, but still provides strong protection against severe illness and hospitalization.
“What we are seeing is a decision by the government to get as many people infected as possible, as quickly as possible, while using rhetoric about caution as a way of putting the blame on the public for the consequences,” said Prof Robert West, a health psychologist at University College London who participates in Sage’s behavioural science subgroup.
I.e., the UK is rolling the dice to chase herd immunity while the older population still has effective vaccination coverage. Revaccinating the population with booster shots is going to be another huge logistic effort, with a likely more weary public response.
I’m almost certainly talking out of my arse, but it fits with the Tories desire for a Mengele-technocracy response to the pandemic.
If I allow myself to be conspiratorial, that might put this into some perspective:
I.e., the UK is rolling the dice to chase herd immunity while the older population still has effective vaccination coverage. Revaccinating the population with booster shots is going to be another huge logistic effort, with a likely more weary public response.
I’m almost certainly talking out of my arse, but it fits with the Tories desire for a Mengele-technocracy response to the pandemic.
That is almost certainly what's happening. I think they are also trying to get it out of the way before fall/winter.