Virus

Japan fully contained after its worst surge related to Delta, quickly rose to now 78% of total population w/ ≥ 1 dose, test positivity went from 25% to 1%, cases >23,000 to <400.
Everything is open, no restrictions except use of masks. The mood is celebratory
It can be done. pic.twitter.com/hlWM6qKTAA

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) October 24, 2021

Yes it's a combination of things. But they were doing all those things last year before vaccinations were rolled out in mass this spring. It's the vaccination that's made the difference.

— gail m hart (@gailmhart1) October 24, 2021

For the first time since early August, there were fewer than 300 Israelis with serious cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, according to the latest Health Ministry statistics.
As of Sunday evening, there were 284 serious coronavirus cases in Israel, down from 704 only a month ago. There were 11,977 active COVID cases in the country on Sunday, with 414 of them hospitalized, 284 in serious condition and 148 of them on ventilators.
Just 330 people in Israel tested positive for COVID on Saturday, with a positivity rate of 0.97 percent. The positivity rate dropped below 1% for the first time since early July, although new confirmed cases tend to be lower over the weekend, when fewer people seek out testing.
The rate of daily COVID deaths has also been dropping in recent weeks, with two people dying on Saturday, four people dying on Friday, and six dying on both Wednesday and Thursday.
As new cases drop, the rates of COVID vaccinations have also plummeted, despite the fact that more than a million eligible Israelis have yet to receive a booster shot. On Thursday, close to 12,000 people received a booster dose, while last Thursday the figure was over 16,000 and two weeks ago it was close to 34,000. As of Sunday evening, nearly 67% of all Israelis have received at least one dose of the vaccine, and 42% have received all three.

Rather than imposing new lockdown measures, the government bet on a third booster dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for people age 12 and up, mandated face coverings and enforced use of a “Green Pass” - proof of vaccination, recovery from the illness or a negative test for the virus - at restaurants and other venues, even for children.

Poverenica za zaštitu ravnopravnosti Brankica Janković rekla je, gostujući u Dnevniku RTS-a, da kovid propusnice ne predstavljaju diskriminaciju, ovo su legitimne mere prevencije u suzbijanju širenja koronavirusa.

"Često su me pitali da li se ovde radi o nekoj pozitivnoj diskriminaciji. Diskriminacija je diskriminacija, ona je štetna društvena pojava i zabranjena je zakonom. Ovde se ne radi ni o pozitivnoj ni o negativnoj diskriminaciji", rekla je poverenica.

Kako kaže, država ima legitimno pravo da sprovodi mere za zaštitu zdravlja stanovništva, u ovom slučaju se radi o velikoj urgoženosti svih nas od širenja virusa, ta borba i dalje traje, kao što je vakcinacija legitimna mera zaštite – tako su i ograničenja kretanja ili zahtevanja posebnih ulazaka u zatvorene objekte – legitimne.

"Da li su one dovoljne, ja u ovom trenutku ne znam, to je pitanje za stručnjake, virusologe, epidemiologe", kaže Jankovićeva.
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Država mora da preduzima mere, nećemo valjda da večno živimo u strahu, krajnje je vreme da sprovodimo sve mere, podvukla je Jankovićeva.

"Verujem da ćemo morati ići na restriktivnije mere, bitno je da su te mere srazmerne, razumne, proporcionalne", kaže Jankovićeva.

rumbeando wrote:Pa kad imamo skoro duplo više slučajeva nego oni sad (pritom su tek u usponu) i to manje-više mesec dana u kontinuitetu.



https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&time=2021-07-01..latest&facet=none&pickerSort=asc&pickerMetric=location&Metric=Confirmed+cases&Interval=7-day+rolling+average&Relative+to+Population=true&Align+outbreaks=false&country=BGR~SRB

Nevakcinisanih u Bataji je 96%, +/-pola procenta, tako se kreće. (Izvor šveca, to računaju stalno)

rumbeando wrote:Zvanično je u septembru od koronavirusa umrlo 973 ljudi.

3611 / 973 = 3,7 puta je veći višak umrlih od zvaničnog broja.