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 Gibraltar is the focus of this post.  Why Gibraltar you might ask?  Well, Gibraltar happens to be the most vaccinated country in the world, at 99% it is a marvel of the vaccination drive.  Despite this great vaccination success, all is not well in Gibraltar.  You might ask, how can this be in a fully vaccinated country.  This small country of about 33679 inhabitants, represents a good statistical sample, better than many other smaller studies around the world.

To achieve 99% Confidence, and a Margin of Error of 0.001, we need a sample size of 33,317; we have a sample size of 33,679, the entire population, since all of them are vaccinated.

  For one, this high vaccination rate testifies to the fact that these people follow instructions by their Government to the letter.

"Gibraltar has administered at least 79,269 doses of COVID vaccines so far. Assuming every person needs 2 doses, that’s enough to have vaccinated about 117.6% of the country’s population."

https://graphics.reuters.com/world-coronavirus-tracker-and-maps/countries-and-territories/gibraltar/

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The above graph shows that despite the fact that Gibraltar is about 100% vaccinated, their 'infection rate per million' is 18%, which is the highest in my sample of countries.  In contrast, India has a very low infection rate per million.  Some areas in this country employ Ivermectin for prevention and treatment.

When it comes to 'deaths per million' again Gibraltar has the worst outcome, at 19%, while India shows the way with only 2%.

Percent of 'deaths of the infected' shows that Gibraltar at 9% is about twice that of Turkey, while certainly not being the worst of the sample countries.  However, why should a fully vaccinated country do so poorly?  Are not those vaccines designed do prevent infections and deaths?

Another impossible case is Israel, here we have another country also pretty much fully vaccinated, having to issue booster shots to prop-up the current injected vaccines,

The following graph shows an interesting comparison between Israel, the US and India.

 September 13, 2021

As can be seen, even the US with only about 50% vaccinated is doing much better than Israel, when it comes to COVID-19 cases per million; it could be that the portion of unvaccinated is helping to keep the number of infections low in the US.  India, a country that uses, in places, Ivermectin, is moving near the bottom of the graph, close to zero.

More and more we read reports that suggest that the vaccinated outnumber the unvaccinated, when it comes to requiring medical attention.  How is this possible one may ask?

"Duke sets new campus restrictions after rise in COVID cases among vaccinated students"

"Duke University has set new restrictions to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 as cases are rising on the Durham campus despite its vaccine mandate.

In the first week of classes, 304 undergraduates, 45 graduate students and 15 employees tested positive for COVID-19. All but eight of these individuals were vaccinated, and the vast majority of them are asymptomatic. A small number have minor, cold- and flu-like symptoms, and none have been hospitalized, according to the university.

Duke administrators announced the new guidelines in an email saying “this surge is placing significant stress on the people, systems and facilities that are dedicated to protecting our health, safety and the ability of Duke to fulfill its educational mission, particularly our isolation space for on-campus students who test positive.”"  https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article253851373.html

Brown University shows a 4.3% infection rate since August 24, 2020.  This is probably a mixed bag, containing also data from unvaccinated students, back then.  Data for the last seven days, of vaccinated students and faculty only, comes in at 0.4%, or 61 cases in seven days.

https://healthy.brown.edu/testing-tracing/dashboard

If you can explain all the foregoing, please post your comment, in the comment section.

 

 

 

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