Category: Herd Immunity
Denmark: 20% vaccine breakthrough rate in August 2021
Of the 9,253 breakthrough infections, 375 people have been admitted to hospital within 14 days of a positive PCR test for Covid-19. More...
UK: Why the JVCI are NOT recommending vaccinations for children aged 12yrs – 15yrs
“Overall, the committee is of the opinion that the benefits from vaccination are marginally greater than the potential known harms but acknowledges that there is considerable uncertainty regarding the magnitude of the potential harms. More...
Boris Johnson ‘privately accepts’ up to 50,000 annual Covid deaths as an acceptable level
Downing Street has denied it has set any “acceptable level” of Covid deaths but one adviser, who has been close to the UK Government since coronavirus struck 18 months ago, told inews that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had privately accepted that there would be at least a further 30,000 deaths in the UK over the next year, and that the Prime Minister would “only consider imposing further restrictions if that figure looked like it could rise above 50,000”. More...
Iceland opts for herd immunity through infection
Iceland has vaccinated 76% of its population, but for several months the majority of new Covid infections have been amongst the fully vaccinated. More...
Britain surrenders to the coronavirus
“We can’t control the spread of the virus. The virus is doing what it’s doing and we have to react to that”. More...
The future of Sars-CoV-2: Multiple vaccine breakthrough infections in one patient
The patient had three RT-PCR confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infections. Two breakthrough infections occurred in quick succession with the first over 3 weeks after complete vaccination with COVISHIELD and despite post-vaccination seroconversion. More...
5 billion Covid-19 vaccinations administered globally
5 billion Covid-19 vaccines have been given to 2 billion people on Earth. More...
Herd immunity “not a possibility” with Delta variant
Reaching herd immunity is “not a possibility” with the current Delta variant, the head of the Oxford Vaccine Group has said. More...
Ireland: 17% vaccine breakthrough “entirely in keeping with what we expect”
The Irish Department of Health has reported 1,522 new cases of Covid-19. More...
Gibraltar: 100% of the population vaccinated, just added to CDC Covid-19 “Very High Risk” travel list
Gibraltar has just been added to the CDC Covid-19 “Very High Risk” list for travel areas despite 100% of its population being vaccinated. More...