Originally Posted by
ManaAdaSystem
Israel now reports a sharp increase of Delta Covid cases. They have the highest % of vaccinated in the world.
That's a common misconception. Israel has around 60 percent of the total population vaccinated (nearly 80 percent of the adult population). The UAE, Malta, Iceland, Singapore, Belgium, Canada all have higher rates of vaccination.
Originally Posted by
ManaAdaSystem
The majority of cases are in the unvaccinated part of the population, so the vaccines do work. They do however have a lower protection against serious disease (about 40%) if you are vaccinated and get infected with the Delta strain.
That is not what the data shows. Israel maintains an outstanding publicly available
Coronavirus dashboard. It shows >80 percent efficacy against serious illness amongst the fully vaccinated and around 60 percent efficacy against serious illness amongst the partially vaccinated (one dose).