Almost a 5% case fatality rate for Omicron in Hong Kong? How is that the country with the most hardcore lockdown measures in the world isn’t at a 99% vaccination rate? Why go to all that effort and skip the final and potentially most important step?
Should we update on Omicron’s lethality? Perhaps the ‘mildness’ was more explained by vaccine effectiveness and previous infections than we thought.
Edit: I read some comments from people in China, they said there were some political issues about vaccine liability which lead to hesitancy, and vaccine mandates generally were generally about work requirements, so older/retired populations weren’t pushed as hard, leading to surprisingly large unvaccinated vulnerable populations in China.
It’s not a good enough explanation for me though. China has shown a willingness to take extreme measures in containment, but not willing to just require everyone get vaccinated?
What’s up with China’s vaccination rates?
https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1503420660869214213
Almost a 5% case fatality rate for Omicron in Hong Kong? How is that the country with the most hardcore lockdown measures in the world isn’t at a 99% vaccination rate? Why go to all that effort and skip the final and potentially most important step?
Should we update on Omicron’s lethality? Perhaps the ‘mildness’ was more explained by vaccine effectiveness and previous infections than we thought.
Edit: I read some comments from people in China, they said there were some political issues about vaccine liability which lead to hesitancy, and vaccine mandates generally were generally about work requirements, so older/retired populations weren’t pushed as hard, leading to surprisingly large unvaccinated vulnerable populations in China.
It’s not a good enough explanation for me though. China has shown a willingness to take extreme measures in containment, but not willing to just require everyone get vaccinated?
Maybe it’s because of BA2? Or they might be severely undercounting/underreporting cases?