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@tigger said in [Coronavirus Outbreak](/post/1411043) said:@tiger5150 said in [Coronavirus Outbreak](/post/1410855) said:The stats out of the UK are hard to parse IMO. Incredible amounts of new cases, that doesnt make sense unless the vaccines dont work on the Delta variant, but much reduced deaths. Impossible to from that data if its less deadly or whether the vaccine is the reason for the reduced morbidity.
I posted this BBC article a few days ago. It addresses the issue that you raised about increased infection levels.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-57678942
That is an interesting article. It doesnt show or prove it, but implies the vaccines dont prevent the new variants. It also doesnt answer a question (because it cant) of whether the lower hospitalisations and deaths are a result of the vaccine or characteristic of the new variant. Im not suggesting it is or isnt one way or the other, but its impossible to determine because so many people are vaccinated. I would say it is likely that it is the vaccine doing the heavy lifting. It would be a valuable study of comparing data from Australia (low vaccinations but high proportion of Delta cases) against the data in UK (High vaccinations, high proportion Delta). If they are similar, it would correlate to the Delta being more infectious but less deadly and making people less sick. If they are different then it would correlate to the vaccine being the difference.
Also interesting the explanation of the "let it burn " strategy and treating it like the Flu. It makes sense to me in that context in the UK.