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Compare this with Germany - 66% (as of three weeks ago, couldn't find more up-to-date figures) and a 'pandemic of the unvaccinated'.
So, the difference is just 2% in the double vaccinated? That's not particularly material.
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No, it was 75% in August in the UK. It's strangely hard to find % figures, unless it's my google fu.
Edit: 80.4% https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/vaccinations
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That's not really true. I agree that we should be being more careful and the recent period of 'wear a mask if you feel like it' was utterly ridiculous, for example. Trying to get everyone to wear masks again just isn't going to happen IMO, the horse is out of the door and the stable has well and truly bolted.
But. The UK has given 46 million second doses (80.4% of the population). And the booster programme is delayed but underway and it's meant to be speeding up further now as a result of this nu virus. And on immunity waning - vaccine created immunity lasts longer than disease acquired immunity.
Compare this with Germany - 66% (as of three weeks ago, couldn't find more up-to-date figures) and a 'pandemic of the unvaccinated'.
And that's just countries in western Europe and the global north. So we are in a better position than a lot of countries, it just has little to do with our political leadership or their stupid decisions.