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Originally Posted by Byte1
Looks like a bunch of "anti-vaxxing" going on up in PA right now. News reports of one particular location that has 4,000 doses getting ready to expire because they can't get folks to stop by for a FREE vaccination. More wasted taxpayer money, if folks don't take advantage of the "freebies."
More information: Many(80+) fully vaccinated doctors in India have come down with Covid infection. Another new strain? Suggest closing borders until everyone gets a handle on this. I wonder which vaccine they had. I know that some countries are using the Russian Sputnik(?) vaccine.
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It was a combination of things that created the tragedy that is India right now.
1. They assumed herd immunity because reported cases went down. They did not assume those cases went down because of vaccinations PLUS social distancing PLUS mask wearing PLUS semi-isolation of populations in dense population centers. And so...
2. They opened everything back up, which made everyone so happy that...
3. massive weddings and other gatherings, including political rallies and religious pilgrimages of outsiders into the country, attracted MILLIONS of people to congregate in close quarters, MOST of whom were not vaccinated. Of course that meant...
4. mutations were a no-brainer. Of course they happened. India had turned itself into a petri dish.
And now, they're in huge trouble because...
5. While they supply 60% of the WORLD's vaccines, they are running short on raw materials and don't have enough to vaccinate their OWN country's population anymore.
Unless all the countries that have benefited from India's vaccine supply start manufacturing their own and getting some over to India pronto, the situation is likely to get worse.