The COVID-19 pandemic

[ijmorlan]

The vaccines are nearly 100% effective at preventing death, even with the Delta variant. That said, the lady that died was quite old, in her 90’s, so not overly surprising that any minor illness could knock them out.

It’s not just about death. I understand that some care homes have been put back under lockdown due to outbreaks amongst the (unvaccinated) staff. In other words, the elderly clients/customers were put back in effective prison due to the narcissism of a fraction of the staff. Absolutely unacceptable, and would never have happened if the staff were required to follow appropriate safety protocols (specifically, getting vaccinated).

If the staff had, instead of not being vaccinated, been failing to properly sanitize kitchen implements, we wouldn’t be having this discussion — the staff in question would have been fired. At least I hope that’s true.