https://context-cdn.washingtonpost.com/notes/prod/default/documents/8a726408-07bd-46bd-a945-3af0ae2f3c37/note/57c98604-3b54-44f0-8b44-b148d8f75165.
Takeaway:
Given higher transmissibility and current vaccine coverage, universal masking
is essential to reduce transmission of the Delta variant
That is, masking is a public health issue, not just a matter of personal choice.
Live long and prosper - Kennita
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8481107/
European Journal of Epidemiology<https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10654-021-00808-7>
Nature Publishing Group
"At the country-level, there appears to be no discernable [sic] relationship
between percentage of population fully vaccinated and new COVID-19 cases in the
last 7 days (Fig. 1). In fact, the trend line suggests a marginally positive
association such that countries with higher percentage of population fully
vaccinated have higher COVID-19 cases per 1 million people. Notably, Israel
with over 60% of their population fully vaccinated had the highest COVID-19
cases per 1 million people in the last 7 days."
"Across the US counties too, the median new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people
in the last 7 days is largely similar across the categories of percent
population fully vaccinated (Fig. 2). Notably there is also substantial county
variation in new COVID-19 cases within categories of percentage population
fully vaccinated. There also appears to be no significant signaling of COVID-19
cases decreasing with higher percentages of population fully vaccinated (Fig.
3)."
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