nang2
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I myself have been watching covid stats daily for my own curiosity using https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations
My observation gives me higher confidence in mRNA-based vaccines than others, including viral-vector like AZ, Sputnik, Johnson or CanSino and inactivated virus like Sinovac. Several data points to show:
1. Between Chile and Israel, which have very close vaccination ratio, Chile has much higher daily confirmed cases and deaths, despite being under lock down while Israel has much lower infection rate despite almost fully open. That is between inactivated virus-based vaccine and mRNA-based.
2. Between Canada and Israel as Canada is quickly catching up with Israel in vaccination ratio, Canada has even lower infection rate while under lock-down. Both use mRNA-based vaccines.
3. Between UK and Canada, which also have very close vaccination ratio, both use 4-step reopening plan. Canada is at step 2 while UK is at step 3. UK has much higher infection rate and takes a pause at step 3. UK uses a mixture of AZ and Pfizer/Moderna while Canada uses Pfizer/Moderna predominately. It will be interesting to see how Canada fares when it takes step 3 on July 16.
My observation gives me higher confidence in mRNA-based vaccines than others, including viral-vector like AZ, Sputnik, Johnson or CanSino and inactivated virus like Sinovac. Several data points to show:
1. Between Chile and Israel, which have very close vaccination ratio, Chile has much higher daily confirmed cases and deaths, despite being under lock down while Israel has much lower infection rate despite almost fully open. That is between inactivated virus-based vaccine and mRNA-based.
2. Between Canada and Israel as Canada is quickly catching up with Israel in vaccination ratio, Canada has even lower infection rate while under lock-down. Both use mRNA-based vaccines.
3. Between UK and Canada, which also have very close vaccination ratio, both use 4-step reopening plan. Canada is at step 2 while UK is at step 3. UK has much higher infection rate and takes a pause at step 3. UK uses a mixture of AZ and Pfizer/Moderna while Canada uses Pfizer/Moderna predominately. It will be interesting to see how Canada fares when it takes step 3 on July 16.