Quote (InsaneBobb @ Apr 5 2021 12:03pm)
That graph is fine. You notice how their numbers floored? That was after they vaccinated their entirely elderly population. :)
That's a pretty spurious conclusion IMO.
They achieved a 60% vaccination rate as of the middle of March. They didn't just vaccinate their elderly population, they vaccinated an absolutely massive number of people.
Let's look at another country.
Here's Germany
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/europe/germany-coronavirus-cases.htmlThere's a similar drop, despite Germany being way behind on vaccinations and only having enough for the highest risk cases.
This would indicate that the drop we saw in Israel was largely due to factors outside of vaccination, such as coming out of Winter and the Christmas travel boom, and the sustained drop we've seen compared to Germany has been due to the bulk of the population getting vaccinated.
This is pretty much expected. The most vulnerable people are a relatively small group that we wouldn't expect to sustain a worldwide infection. The network of lower risk people spreading it around is what causes the case numbers to stay high.
If you know of a data source with more aggregated countries, let me know, I just pulled Germany off the top of my head. India tells a similar story
This post was edited by Thor123422 on Apr 5 2021 11:26am