Re:Why does no one ever talk about Sweden anymore?
by leereeves on Sunday September 19, 2021 @05:04PM
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> 82% of eligible Swedes have had one shot, and 70% are fully vaccinated
You should compare eligible to eligible, not 82% of eligible Swedes to 65% of all Israelis.
In Israel, "eligible" includes being over 12 years old (the vaccines aren't approved for younger children yet), and according to NPR, as of a month ago "78% of eligible Israelis over 12 years old are vaccinated."
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/08/20/1029628...
Re:Why does no one ever talk about Sweden anymore?
by SergeAx on Sunday September 19, 2021 @07:57PM
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I am taking data from Google search page, it claims it took it from Our World On Data.
Sweden: 61.9% of population fully vaccinated, Israel: 61.6% of population fully vaccinated. Those numbers are pretty much the same.
I think your error was to compare % of elegible Swedes and % of Israel population.
Re:Why does no one ever talk about Sweden anymore?
by SergeAx on Sunday September 19, 2021 @08:02PM
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Anyway, I still think that Israel is highly vaccinated. If I sort Google data by % of population vaccinated, I see typical result is 70%-75%, bar microscopic countries like San Marino or Malta. Undervaccinated countries like Argentina or Brazil are at 35%-45%.
As of Sep. 1, 82% of eligible Swedes have had one shot, and 70% are fully vaccinated. Sweden seems to be close to, if not already at, the coveted herd immunity by vaccination. In comparison, in Israel, 65% have had one shot and only 60% are fully vaccinated (a smidge over half of those 3x).