I'll get there first.
I'm sure the fact that his family is from Ireland and he went to Catholic school has nothing to do with this totally rational decision...
1.5 percent ahead of Germany. We'll catch you! ?So far, things are moving ok in Illinois-land.
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4.5 percentage points ahead, or 160% ahead... we're at 2.8% fully vaccinated, they're at 7.3%.1.5 percent ahead of Germany. We'll catch you! ?
I'm sure the fact that his family is from Ireland and he went to Catholic school has nothing to do with this totally rational decision...
If manufacturers keep up their commitment, all EU countries will have enough vaccine for 70-ish percent of their over-18 populace within the first half of 2021. The 70% percent number is important since the "I will not take a vaccine/I will wait for a bit if it's safe before I take the vaccine" crowd is 30-ish percent in most countries.It feels like the efforts to increase vaccine production is starting to pay off. Local news says that vaccine availability in Finland is looking better.
Basically, it's wartime rules - you deny exports of anything deemed vital to the war effort. It's very much within the rights of the governments, but I think it's mostly a symbolic move: AZ tried to shaft the EU multiple times while keeping up commitments to third parties, so now the EU basically says "honor the contract with us, otherwise we'll make you do so".Government says Italy and EU block on vaccine shipment to Australia is 'disappointing and frustrating' but won't affect rollout
Italy and the European Union block a shipment of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine destined for Australia amid a stoush over contract commitments between the pharmaceutical company and the EU.www.abc.net.au
We're about a month away from being anle to manufacture the AZ vax here, so hopefully it won't disrupt things too much, but still... if we have a contract to buy it from a private company (and one that has been in place for many months), I don't see how the authorities can block it unless they're shareholders in the companies making it.
Good!In related news, the usually well-informed local press claims the city of Berlin will offer AstraZeneca to anyone interested starting from next week.
Yet, in terms of first doses administered, you only trail Berlin by .2 percent of the population...Good!
I'm still dumbfounded that the supposedly failed state of Berlin chooses this crisis to rise to the occasion.
Meanwhile, here in the west of the country... *tumbleweed*
It is? I'm seeing Berlin as a 7th at 73.9% of delivered doses already administered. Here's the current data for state, delivered doses, administered doses, and fraction of the two, sorted descending by the latter:Interestingly, the distribution of doses according to percentages of the population seems to fluctuate a bit as well - Berlin is ranked third in terms of percentage of delivered vaccine used, but only 9th in percentage of population dosed.
Bremen | 83.055 | 67.968 | 0,818 |
Rheinland-Pfalz | 514.185 | 404.146 | 0,786 |
Bayern | 1.624.335 | 1.269.507 | 0,782 |
Hamburg | 234.975 | 174.901 | 0,744 |
Thüringen | 270.900 | 201.587 | 0,744 |
Schleswig-Holstein | 366.975 | 271.256 | 0,739 |
Berlin | 462.900 | 342.146 | 0,739 |
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 203.175 | 146.524 | 0,721 |
Saarland | 128.400 | 92.526 | 0,721 |
Sachsen | 510.675 | 359.002 | 0,703 |
Baden-Württemberg | 1.377.525 | 947.812 | 0,688 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen | 2.227.125 | 1.503.084 | 0,675 |
Sachsen-Anhalt | 272.100 | 179.117 | 0,658 |
Niedersachsen | 992.250 | 646.374 | 0,651 |
Hessen | 790.470 | 513.668 | 0,650 |
Brandenburg | 318.000 | 206.480 | 0,649 |
Mine is data from https://impfdashboard.de/ as of fifteen minutes ago. If you're referring to https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/...geimpft-oder-haben-einen-termin/26980302.html it mentions "Laut Zahlen des Bundesgesundheitsministeriums sind in Berlin Anfang der Woche 69 Prozent aller Impfdosen verimpft gewesen. Damit liegt Berlin im bundesweiten Vergleich auf Rang drei, hinter Bayern (70 Prozent) und Rheinland-Pfalz (71 Prozent)." which explains a difference, this week had the biggest growth of vaccinations week-over-week ever, so things are bound to move around.@narf Tagesspiegel reported Berlin being 3rd behind Bavaria and Rheinland-Pfalz. Don't know which metric they used and didn't check.