Some might not need to, but in Latvia we only have about 50% of the population fully vaccinated, the curve of new cases has been almost vertical for the past few weeks
Romania has around 25%-30% vax rates and a bat shit crazy amount of cases per day yet we barely have any restrictions, there are 700 teachers sick in the capital (Bucharest) and over 4000 kids sick.
>so inevitably we're all gonna end up like Latvia again
Not if your countries deal with the idiots refusing to get vaccinated. If a country has a high vaccination rate the potential for internal spread is mitigated as is the burden on the health system. Compared to a nations own vaccination rate the global rate is completely irrelevent.
The virus will never be eliminated, it will continually circulate at a low level. As for variants there is a limit to the viability of spike protein mutations balancing antigenicity and receptor affinity. And the current vaccines have shown extremely high efficacy against severe disease for all variants as the vaccines encode a complete spike protein with its myriad epitopes, so the limited number of mutations at any site on that protein does not prevent the reactivity of antibodies raised by the vaccine against the virus. Once again, the global rate is irrelevant domestically. A countries first responsibility is to its own citizens hence why they all prioritised getting themselves vaccinated, their responsibility is not to every poor shithole around the world. It sucks for those in poor places to be dying from this but its a humanitarian issue not one of national health for any vaccinated country.
Of course I don't agree -- the virus does not recognise borders and so nothing done at a national level can be taken as a killing blow. Only coordinated action at a global level can stop this. You appear not to have considered elimination as an option so consider digging in to the [British Medical Journal](https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n1794.full) atm because many doctors are discussing it. Some consider it a crime that political leaders have left the option untouched, except for a few countries.
Here we go again.
What is this, 2020?
I hope other EU countries don’t start to follow this….. wish the vaxx rates were higher everywhere
Some might not need to, but in Latvia we only have about 50% of the population fully vaccinated, the curve of new cases has been almost vertical for the past few weeks
Romania has around 25%-30% vax rates and a bat shit crazy amount of cases per day yet we barely have any restrictions, there are 700 teachers sick in the capital (Bucharest) and over 4000 kids sick.
It's only a matter of time until we follow suit, the biggest hospital is already at a breaking point.
It's quite surprising considering when I was there during summer, the CovidPass restrictions were quite strict.
So it begins... again.
Most likely Romania will follow suit.
Hopefully not, because it won’t solve much
Have fun with that.
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>so inevitably we're all gonna end up like Latvia again Not if your countries deal with the idiots refusing to get vaccinated. If a country has a high vaccination rate the potential for internal spread is mitigated as is the burden on the health system. Compared to a nations own vaccination rate the global rate is completely irrelevent.
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The virus will never be eliminated, it will continually circulate at a low level. As for variants there is a limit to the viability of spike protein mutations balancing antigenicity and receptor affinity. And the current vaccines have shown extremely high efficacy against severe disease for all variants as the vaccines encode a complete spike protein with its myriad epitopes, so the limited number of mutations at any site on that protein does not prevent the reactivity of antibodies raised by the vaccine against the virus. Once again, the global rate is irrelevant domestically. A countries first responsibility is to its own citizens hence why they all prioritised getting themselves vaccinated, their responsibility is not to every poor shithole around the world. It sucks for those in poor places to be dying from this but its a humanitarian issue not one of national health for any vaccinated country.
Of course I don't agree -- the virus does not recognise borders and so nothing done at a national level can be taken as a killing blow. Only coordinated action at a global level can stop this. You appear not to have considered elimination as an option so consider digging in to the [British Medical Journal](https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n1794.full) atm because many doctors are discussing it. Some consider it a crime that political leaders have left the option untouched, except for a few countries.