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There was an interesting article which was incorporated into another on the BBC News website yesterday about vaccination progress throughout the world.

Scroll down past the interactive map and change the drop-down menu from Worldwide to Europe to see how various countries stack up against somewhere such as Austria which is currently struggling:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-56237778

Malta, Gibraltar and Portugal have high numbers of vaccinated population and yet Malta are also reporting increased cases.

Sorry,but this is a " down at the pub conversation ".The subject of vaccination came up as usual as it does anywhere these days.I asked this couple why they had not been vaccinated they said why should we.They said you can still catch covid and you can still spread the the virus.I said,well ,it makes it easier for you to travel.They said were not going anywhere.Please what should my reply have been????? As i will no doubt see them again,,,,down the pub

My answer would have to be that if they do catch it they will have much milder symptoms and be less likely to have to go into hospital

Also, it saves them money by not having to pay for tests all the time.

Happy in Cyprus wrote: ↑Mon Nov 22, 2021 12:26 am Indeed. Thank goodness the half-baked theories doing the rounds on social media weren't around when our parents sensibly got us vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella, diptheria, tetanus and hooping cough, to say nothing of polio. Most of us know very little about these cildhood diseases because they have been largely erradicated by vaccine.

https://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4019.pdf

Exactly, some of these vaccinations were compulsory in Germany and there was no big fuss about it.

A lot of the anti-Vax against measles mumps and rubella stemmed from when they were combined into a single shot, I believe. I could be wrong though.

This sounds like one of the 'conspiracy' theories, used by some anti vaxxers to try to justify their actions. Just stop and think how many more people could have died of covid by now had we all remained unvaccinated against covid. Specially older people and those with other 'comobidities'. At least having the vaccine gives quite a high degree of protection.
It also so far, means that hospitals in Cyprus are still able to treat people who have other illnesses, rather than abandoning some people with serious illnesses who need urgent operations etc, as the NHS was forced to as its hospitals were full of covid cases.
Dee

This sounds like one of the 'conspiracy' theories, used by some anti vaxxers to try to justify their actions. Just stop and think how many more people could have died of covid by now had we all remained unvaccinated against covid. Specially older people and those with other 'comobidities'. At least having the vaccine gives quite a high degree of protection.
It also so far, means that hospitals in Cyprus are still able to treat people who have other illnesses, rather than abandoning some people with serious illnesses who need urgent operations etc, as the NHS was forced to as its hospitals were full of covid cases.
Dee
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Very true Lloyd, he has a lot to answer for.

I am in contact with people who are unable to have the vaccine and they are managing very well by taking other precautionary measures and yet still have a reasonably active social life taking into account their other health issues and so far none of them or their close relatives has tested positive for Covid, which is why I lean towards people being more proactive about taking precautions than the 'having the vaccine/not having the vaccine stance'.

Latest measures:

Coronavirus: Mask, SafePass introduced for children, Christmas events cancelled (updated)

Cheers

Steve

I hope the booster starts showing up on the Pass because the last time I checked it showed 2 jabs and I have had three