>> Somewhere amongst the garbage I read each day there were a number of articles saying
>> the current success against Covid is more down to lockdown than vaccine.
I think the lockdown v vaccine debate is valid. It's only when people start mixing again that it can spread. That was exactly what happened over the summer and autumn last year. Infections led to hospital admissions and ICUs being overwhelmed; the lead time from infections going up to ICU, intubation etc is 3-4 weeks.
The test now is whether the pool of jabbed people ensures that the number sick enough to need hospital admission remains manageable - think a bad year for flu.
Like you I don't read the popular press and where I find stuff reported I tend to look for the source document.
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