I have no idea where you come up with your information;We've been through this. Someone posted a link showing the Australian % was fabricated bull shit. A medical director stated that, realized he'd misspoke, and corrected himself a few minutes later. Then the anti-vaxxers or foreign operatives who post on social media (Chinese, Russian, Iranian?) got hold of it and edited it so it sounds like 99% of people hospitalized in New South Wales were fully vaccinated. Which is absurd considering only 14% were fully vaccinated at the time.
https://newsrescue.com/australia-isr...ly-vaccinated/ Originally Posted by bambino
The latest figures from the Israeli Ministry of Health indicate the COVID vaccine is 39% effective in preventing infection and about 90% effective in preventing hospitalization. Which is the point of the original post. We pro-vaxxers who are masking up are doing this for the disbelievers. Kobi Haviv's comment, that 85% to 90% of hospitalizations are occurring in the vaccinated, is potentially troubling, because it's current. But it's anecdotal and how do we know it's true? The interview where he allegedly said that is in Hebrew. He may be a lockdown lover who's exaggerating. Still, given that over 85% of Israeli adults are vaccinated, and given that hospitalizations are around 650 compared to 2240 at the peak in January, and given the downside to getting vaccinated is minimal, this doesn't prove your point if true. The Israeli's reaction to this has been to give 3rd shots, and over 1/3rd of people over 60 have received boosters so far.
Gibraltar peaked at 118 cases per day in January. It's now at 18 and falling. I didn't see data for hospitalizations in Gibraltar or would quote that. Since March 14, 2021, only one person has died of COVID in Gibraltar. About 5 per day were dying at the peak in January.
Iceland is consistent with the original post. New cases are close to an all time high. There are only 10 people hospitalized though, down from 75 at the peak in November. Only one person has died in Iceland from COVID this year. Thirty died in 2020. Iceland has been open to tourism for quite a while. The high vaccination rate made lockdowns a mute point.