Delta variant in the Philippines

Some good news for those who are vaccinated

 

This article mostly negates the optimism that might be derived from the table in my previous post in this thread: it would seem the cutoff date for the table of August 1 obfuscates the effect the Delta variant will inescapably have.

The article shows:
What is clear is that “breakthrough” cases are not the rare events the term implies. As of 15 August, 514 Israelis were hospitalized with severe or critical COVID-19, a 31% increase from just 4 days earlier. Of the 514, 59% were fully vaccinated. Of the vaccinated, 87% were 60 or older. “There are so many breakthrough infections that they dominate and most of the hospitalized patients are actually vaccinated,”

 

Delta share of sequenced infections is up to almost 70%

 

Thanks

 

Whichever variant becomes dominant in the world is soon going to be dominant here. Vaccine-induced immunity is waning after 6 months for Delta and this country cannot vaccinate quickly enough to give the first shot(s) and then required boosters in time. The situation is in danger of becoming apocalyptic.