By Vasko Kohlmayer
November 27, 2021
Reviewing Europe’s current Covid statistics one cannot but shudder. It
is now clear that an enormous, record-breaking Covid wave is making its
way through Germany and central Europe. Astoundingly enough, this is
happening on the continent where many countries boast vaccine uptake
between 65 and 70% of the total population.
Less than a year ago, Dr. Anthony Fauci stated that an inoculation rate
between 60 and 70 percent would bring about herd immunity. According to
a report from Axios which was published on December 25 of last year:
“Dr. Anthony Fauci has long cited 60% to 70% as the level of COVID
infection/vaccination the country would need to achieve herd immunity —
for the disease to fade and life to return to normal…”
Most countries in Europe now fall well within that range on the
vaccination count alone.
The effect of the vaccines is further augmented by natural immunity
which, according to some experts, may run as high as 50% in some
populations. Nearly two years into the pandemic, people in many places
have been extensively exposed to the virus and as a result possess
natural antibodies. Therefore, inoculating, let’s say, 65 percent of the
population with a good vaccine should result in overall immunity in the
region of 80 percent. With this kind of immunity levels we should
expect, if not elimination of the disease, then certainly a considerable
decline in its occurrence.
It is, however, now amply clear that despite its high vaccination ratios
Europe is nowhere close to achieving the promised relief. Not only that,
but things are, in fact, much worse than they were at this time last
year when there were no vaccines around.
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