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Hong Kong, for example, is an absolute tragedy right now with cases reaching heights that we’ve never seen before. They don’t just have a rise in cases, they also are breaking records for deaths, losing 35 per 1 million people to COVID19. As a comparison, the U.S. was losing 18 per 1 million people at the height of our COVID19 deaths.
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In Hong Kong, only 30% of 80+ year olds vaccinated with the primary series. This is compared to Singapore’s coverage of 95% and the U.S.’s coverage of >80%. Age is one of the strongest predictors of severe disease, so not protecting the older groups through vaccinations has dire effects. Also, this could be dependent on the type of vaccine. About half of people are vaccinated with CoronaVac, a vaccine produced by Beijing-based company Sinovac.

https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/state-of-affairs-march-14-europe

Here's what's going on wrt infections around the world.