Originally Posted by
Gary A
I would seriously doubt there will ever be another full on national lockdown. In fact, that may even set us back. Immunity to this virus is only going to get stronger as it is. We now have a huge percentage of the population fully vaccinated and another fairly large percentage immune due to previous infection.
It’s now very clear that the vaccination campaign has reduced bad outcomes from this virus quite substantially. In January and February, we had around 1200-1400 deaths per day. This, keep in mind, was with most hospitality venues closed and strict measures in place to keep people apart. We don’t have that now, we haven’t for a few months. Deaths are still happening, and yes any death is awful, but we’re talking about a maximum of about 100 per day if you average it out.
That’s a huge difference even with control measures in place. It’s even more remarkable that this drop in deaths comes at a time when pretty much every control measure has been removed. Imagine what the death rate would be without vaccination and no control measures in place? You’re talking thousands per day.
In all honesty, I don’t think this is being talked about as much as it should be. Everywhere you look people are saying the vaccines aren’t working due to the high levels of infection still being detected. It’s so short sighted. People need to realise that without vaccination those infection rates would be far higher and the bad outcomes from them would be unimaginable.