In Germany, 52,000,000 out of 80-some million are double vaccinated. If these vaccines were effective at producing a sort of herd immunity, we would be beginning to see the result. So why aren't we?<p>Secondly, in this article we see "cases skyrocketing". But what does that really mean? If I am sick in hospital and tested every day, is each positive test considered a case? Likewise, if I was in a car accident and tested positive for COVID-19, despite being asymptomatic, is that considered a case as well? Or if I'm double vaccinated and have a breakthrough infection (which is increasingly common), is that also a case? 18 months into this, the word "cases" has lost significance for me.<p>I'm going to get blasted for this, but I just can't help seeing a connection between articles like these and the machinations of states to enact further restrictions, mandate booster shots, and largely close off society to the "unvaccinated", which, in my experience is people who've recovered from COVID and have natural immunity. My authoritarian government refuses to recognize natural immunity as a thing, with the guidance being to get vaccinated _anyway_, and heck, trust the science and get 3 shots, even though research on this is slim-to-none.<p>The most vulnerable to COVID-19 are old, obese, and infirm. Not young adults or kids. And yet state governments are treating this as a "black death" scenario for everyone.
This explanation does not seem too far fetched<p><a href="https://twitter.com/kparve/status/1462398425924780040" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/kparve/status/1462398425924780040</a>
In Slovenia doctors warned today that the system is so stretched any mass casualty event (highway pileup etc.) would be a problem to handle.<p>But in reality the scariest part is the daily "we found the extra 20 intensive beds [aka staff, which is the main constraint] we needed but now we're at capacity.
But then the same story repeats the next day.<p>Lots of people have started taking this a proof that there is no problem.
But the doctors have said publicly what is happening: they keep lowering standards.<p>I suspect that an acute collapse is unlikely due to this. But my heart bleeds for those who are hospitalised under such conditions.<p>But what worries me most is that society will learn nothing from this. An acute collapse would be a lesson that would prevent such suffering. But as its going now its just proving to society in general that unrestricted individualism works.
Are there any experts here that can explain why rates are dropping in Japan, India, and a few other countries? Is it different flu seasons, different treatments, a new strain that is causing delta to self destruct, other? I have read theories but am legit curious.