Category: Vaccine Breakthrough
CDC: mRNA vaccines just 53.1% effective against Delta infection among nursing home residents
“Two doses of mRNA vaccines were 74.7% effective against infection among nursing home residents early in the vaccination program. More...
UK: Vaccine breakthrough rate for Delta infections still increasing
The latest UK PHE Technical Briefing has just been published, and it shows that the vaccine breakthrough rate for Delta infections in the UK continues to increase by about 6% per month. More...
Delta vaccine breakthrough cases in Washington State quadruple in two weeks
This week’s update from Washington State showing vaccine breakthrough cases and which Sars-CoV-2 variant is causing them up to 18th August 2021. More...
France: Hundreds infected by Covid-19 in nursing homes in one week
There have been a large number of reports of Covid-19 infections in French nursing homes over the past week. More...
UK: it’s an epidemic of the partially vaccinated
The latest UK ZOE Covid app data from 12th August 2021 shows that you are now more likely to catch Covid-19 if you are partially vaccinated than if you are unvaccinated. More...
Delta attempting to brute-force its way past the human immune system
The Delta variant of Sars-CoV-2 seems to have taken a leaf from a computer hacker’s manual by attempting to brute-force its way past human and vaccine immunity systems by spitting out slightly mutated versions of itself almost on a daily basis. More...
Israel: arrival of Lambda variant would trigger a lockdown
The Israeli Health Ministry on Monday warned that new coronavirus variants from abroad could force Israel into a lockdown that the government is working hard to avoid, with the Lambda variant posing a particularly pressing threat. More...
Turkey: 4th vaccination offered to health workers
Turkey’s Health Ministry has announced that health workers and priority groups are now eligible to receive a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as part of the country’s efforts to combat the resurgence of the disease. More...
USA: 55% increase in Delta vaccine breakthrough cases in Washington State
This week’s update from Washington State showing vaccine breakthrough cases and which Sars-CoV-2 variant is causing them up to 11th August 2021. More...
Israel: Covid-19 severely ill cases and deaths by vaccination status
Some of the charts from Israel’s official Covid-19 dashboard make interesting reading and seem to tell a rather different story to the current vaccination narrative. More...