This graph, depicting Covid vaccination percentages and death rates for EU countries has been doing the rounds.
It’s pretty self explanatory, and pretty damning.
While Covid cases across Europe are spiking at the moment, there are two important things to take into account when reviewing the data: firstly, many of the cases at the moment seem to be in unvaccinated children (more reason to vaccinate them and quash that reservoir), and secondly, the death rates from Covid – when compared to the first wave (prior to vaccinations) – are thankfully much lower.
While we don’t have any means of stopping Covid 100%, using vaccinations (and other measures) is making a difference, and it’s clear from looking at graphs like the one above that countries are saving literally hundreds of thousands of lives by having effective vaccination policies.
Sadly, SA isn’t going to be one of those countries.
Stick us into that graph above and we’re sitting next to bottom at 35%. And we’re going nowhere fast:
It’s really looks like we’ve just given up. And sadly, that attitude is probably going to have some dire consequences over next next few months.
I’m running out of ideas to get people to get vaccinated. If literally saving your life isn’t going to persuade people, I have no idea what will. Well, apart from trying to avoid another alcohol ban, perhaps.
UPDATE: Now, this:
Well, no surprises there, given the numbers above. What a complete disaster.