At least in South Africa - -despite the hospitalizations rising rapidly with Omicron -- only 8% of the hospitalized are in ICU compared to 24% in ICU during the Delta wave. So there may be a reduced ICU population rate with Omicron and hopefully a lower CFR.
Vaccine Passports Help Countries Boost Protection, Study Shows Strongest increase in vaccinations was seen in young people Restrictions are less effective where vaccine coverage is high https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...s-help-countries-boost-protection-study-shows Vaccine passports that restrict access to venues from restaurants to museums can help countries with low vaccination rates combat resistance to shots, a study published on Monday showed. Covid passes, which generally require proof of inoculation, recovery from Covid-19 or a negative test, boosted vaccinations 20 days prior to and 40 days after being introduced in places like France, Israel, Italy and Switzerland which started with below-average inoculation rates, according to research published in The Lancet. The study, which examined data from six countries, is the first to investigate the impact of such mandates. It comes as the omicron variant spreads around the world, prompting the U.K. and others to tighten restrictions and look for fresh ways to inoculate doubters. As Germany considers mandatory vaccination, scientists found that a health pass in that country had little impact on people’s behavior because those who could be persuaded had already adopted inoculations. The study also found little effect in Denmark, which was running low on shot doses. Restrictions work best at increasing vaccination uptake for those under 30, who often don’t see the risk of getting Covid-19 as a sufficient reason to get a shot. In Switzerland, when vaccine passports were first put in place in nightclubs and large events, the only increase in vaccination coverage was among 20-year-olds. “It may be that Covid-19 certification is a useful way to encourage vaccine-complacent groups,” Tobias Rüttenauer, a doctor at the University of Oxford who co-authored the study, said in a statement. “However, Covid-19 certification alone is not a silver bullet for improving vaccine uptake and must be used alongside other policies.” Public-health officials should also combat vaccine hesitancy through targeted vaccine drives and communication efforts to improve knowledge about inoculations and rebuild trust in authorities especially among minorities, researchers said. Tags: VACCINEPASSPORTS
You do know this video is from March of 2020 and Fauci is discussing theory... not what actually has occurred with the Covid vaccine, right.
Cities and States that follow science have clear written criteria on when to impose and remove restrictions for Covid -- including vaccination level, community disease prevalence, hospital utilization and other factors. Now that Omicron levels are dropping in many "blue" states we will continue to see restrictions removed. Boston Will Drop Proof Of Vaccination Mandate If These Three Things Happen https://boston.cbslocal.com/2022/02...-requirement-in-some-indoor-settings-wu-says/ BOSTON (CBS) – Mayor Michelle Wu said Boston is getting closer to reaching the thresholds that would allow the city to drop its proof of COVID vaccination requirement in certain indoor settings. Wu was asked about the city’s COVID metrics during a news conference Tuesday. The mayor said the city is “not there yet” when it comes to easing indoor mask requirements. But she said Boston is getting closer to reaching metrics for dropping its requirement that people show proof of COVID vaccination at certain indoor venues. Proof of vaccination currently applies to indoor restaurants, bars, nightclubs, gyms, and entertainment facilities. Wu said the Boston Department of Public Health has three thresholds the city must reach in order to end its vaccination requirements – capacity of ICU beds must be below 95%, the number of daily COVID hospitalizations needs to drop below 200, and the COVID positivity rate has to dip below 5%. “Once we are under all three of those thresholds, we intend to lift the business proof of vaccine requirement,” Wu said. Wu said the city is already under the ICU capacity number, and currently sits at a positivity rate of 7.4%. The number of daily COVID hospitalizations was 387 as of last week. The mayor said it’s important to note when viewing the Public Health Commission dashboard that community positivity is the rate being used, not the “All Boston” rate which includes surveillance testing.
2 years of failures GWB. One lie and misstep after another. You and Team Apocalypse…. totally wrong…every corner you turned…every proclamation you made. WRONG WRONG WRONG. DEAL WITH IT.
The large majority of western nations have vaccine passports in place. You are required to be be vaccinated to get into the nation and usually must be vaccinated to enter restaurants, bars, theaters and public venues. Please explain anything on this thread which is “wrong”. Obviously vaccine passports are in place.
Oh I knew they were coming out a few months after COVID started when the governments of the world started doing awful useless NPI. Then they created useless dangerous vaccines. Then the useless passports came to play. You supported all of it and 100% of it was wrong. I guess wifey must be sad that J&J vaccine was discontinued. Only killed a few thousand. No biggie!!! I wonder if she still has her job there. Sad emoji!
Useless Covid Vaccines as stated by another Covidiot... In the absence of a vaccination program, there would have been approximately 1.1 million additional COVID-19 deaths and more than 10.3 million additional COVID-19 hospitalizations in the U.S. by November 2021. Without the U.S. vaccination program, COVID-19 deaths would have been approximately 3.2 times higher and COVID-19 hospitalizations approximately 4.9 times higher than the actual toll during 2021. If no one had been vaccinated, daily deaths from COVID-19 could have jumped to as high as 21,000 per day — nearly 5.2 times the level of the record peak of more than 4,000 deaths per day recorded in January 2021. The Covidiots should be thankful that the Trump Administration developed Operation Warp Speed to discover the Covid Vaccine. wrbrtrader