Coronavirus COVID-19 News specific to South Africa

[biometrics]

 

[Jings]

Imagine what the stats would look like without development of effective vaccines.

 

[Arzy]

Much the same I would guess

 

[Johnatan56]

Much the same I would guess

Highly doubt it, there's an over 30% vaccination rate, about half the population is under 25, and near 70% under 35. Your hospital stats etc. would be way higher, and vaccination reduces transmission rate since shorter period of being infectious.

 

[Arzy]

Or it would just have run through the population at a quicker rate pushing up the natural immune response and impeding further spread that way. We'd possibly have lost more people at the start but 2 years after the fact I still maintain we'd be in much the same position.

I'm not against the vaccines, been done myself and will still get the booster. I just don't see them as the miracle end to this situation they are made out to be.

 

[biometrics]

 

[biometrics]

Or it would just have run through the population at a quicker rate pushing up the natural immune response and impeding further spread that way. We'd possibly have lost more people at the start but 2 years after the fact I still maintain we'd be in much the same position.

I'm not against the vaccines, been done myself and will still get the booster. I just don't see them as the miracle end to this situation they are made out to be.

Guess we’ll never know.

 

[Johnatan56]

Or it would just have run through the population at a quicker rate pushing up the natural immune response and impeding further spread that way. We'd possibly have lost more people at the start but 2 years after the fact I still maintain we'd be in much the same position.

No, South Africa was slow to vaccinate, and vaccine is also a natural immune response, that phrase is just stupid. And those who are msot likely to have vaccinated are those who were most likely to get ill/die from covid, death rate would have been higher than it is now.

I'm not against the vaccines, been done myself and will still get the booster. I just don't see them as the miracle end to this situation they are made out to be.

Didn't say they were a miracle, just saying that it did have a discernible impact, e.g. here in Austria the studies are something like 60% of those who end up in hospital are unvaccinated, this with a population where there's a near 80% vaccination rate at 18+, especially at the older age groups.

 

[satanboy]

 

[satanboy]

 

[biometrics]

Overstrand active cases (Kleinmond, Hermanus, Stanford and Gansbaai)
27 Nov 41
<-- 2nd wave start
29 Nov 64
7 Dec 98
9 Dec 122
11 Dec 138
14 Dec 207
17 Dec 287
18 Dec 314
21 Dec 376
23 Dec 481
24 Dec 559
28 Dec 661
30 Dec 623
31 Dec 748
4 Jan 733
6 Jan 678
8 Jan 734
11 Jan 507
14 Jan 656
18 Jan 759
20 Jan 511
22 Jan 482
25 Jan 478
27 Jan 418
29 Jan 422
1 Feb 160
3 Feb 161
8 Feb 123
10 Feb 114
12 Feb 105
15 Feb 82
19 Feb 68
24 Feb 67
26 Feb 65
5 Mar 49
<-- 2nd wave end
8 Mar 40
12 Mar 40
15 Mar 35
19 Mar 24
26 Mar 14
29 Mar 17
6 Apr 20
12 Apr 14
19 Apr 11
26 Apr 6
3 May 21
6 May 35
14 May 28
21 May 37
28 May 42
<-- 3rd wave start
4 Jun 82
18 Jun 199
21 Jun 250
23 Jun 273
28 Jun 438
2 Jul 515
5 Jul 505
7 Jul 599
9 Jul 600
14 Jul 551
19 Jul 630
21 Jul 414
23 Jul 475
26 Jul 453
28 Jul 452
30 Jul 519
4 Aug 481
10 Aug 356
13 Aug 335
16 Aug 321
18 Aug 322
23 Aug 290
27 Aug 362
30 Aug 380
1 Sep 411
6 Sep 489
8 Sep 523
13 Sep 311
15 Sep 323
20 Sep 328
22 Sep 122
29 Sep 74
7 Oct 47
<-- 3rd wave end
20 Oct 34
3 Nov 8
24 Nov 4
3 Dec 28
<--4th wave start
10 Dec 117
13 Dec 149
15 Dec 208
22 Dec 372
30 Dec 571
3 Jan 409
17 Jan 297
20 Jan 198
24 Jan 147
7 Feb 59
14 Feb 46
<--4th wave end
21 Feb 34
3 Mar 27
10 Mar 24
17 Mar 30
7 Apr 23
21 Apr 15

 

[satanboy]

 

[Rudolph Hart]

5th wave kicking off?

 

[biometrics]

5th wave kicking off?

Looks like it but this time I just don't care.

 

[Arzy]

To the moon!

 

[satanboy]

 

[satanboy]

 

[satanboy]

 

[satanboy]

 

[biometrics]

Overstrand active cases (Kleinmond, Hermanus, Stanford and Gansbaai)
27 Nov 41
<-- 2nd wave start
29 Nov 64
7 Dec 98
9 Dec 122
11 Dec 138
14 Dec 207
17 Dec 287
18 Dec 314
21 Dec 376
23 Dec 481
24 Dec 559
28 Dec 661
30 Dec 623
31 Dec 748
4 Jan 733
6 Jan 678
8 Jan 734
11 Jan 507
14 Jan 656
18 Jan 759
20 Jan 511
22 Jan 482
25 Jan 478
27 Jan 418
29 Jan 422
1 Feb 160
3 Feb 161
8 Feb 123
10 Feb 114
12 Feb 105
15 Feb 82
19 Feb 68
24 Feb 67
26 Feb 65
5 Mar 49
<-- 2nd wave end
8 Mar 40
12 Mar 40
15 Mar 35
19 Mar 24
26 Mar 14
29 Mar 17
6 Apr 20
12 Apr 14
19 Apr 11
26 Apr 6
3 May 21
6 May 35
14 May 28
21 May 37
28 May 42
<-- 3rd wave start
4 Jun 82
18 Jun 199
21 Jun 250
23 Jun 273
28 Jun 438
2 Jul 515
5 Jul 505
7 Jul 599
9 Jul 600
14 Jul 551
19 Jul 630
21 Jul 414
23 Jul 475
26 Jul 453
28 Jul 452
30 Jul 519
4 Aug 481
10 Aug 356
13 Aug 335
16 Aug 321
18 Aug 322
23 Aug 290
27 Aug 362
30 Aug 380
1 Sep 411
6 Sep 489
8 Sep 523
13 Sep 311
15 Sep 323
20 Sep 328
22 Sep 122
29 Sep 74
7 Oct 47
<-- 3rd wave end
20 Oct 34
3 Nov 8
24 Nov 4
3 Dec 28
<--4th wave start
10 Dec 117
13 Dec 149
15 Dec 208
22 Dec 372
30 Dec 571
3 Jan 409
17 Jan 297
20 Jan 198
24 Jan 147
7 Feb 59
14 Feb 46
<--4th wave end
21 Feb 34
3 Mar 27
10 Mar 24
17 Mar 30
7 Apr 23
21 Apr 15
28 Apr 56