meltonpie

Which is precisely what I said. Need to give your glasses a clean? ????

Whilst things are not “back to normal” generally most of UK is open again now. Numbers of infections in UK have been rising as a result of the reopening but now seem to have plateaued again. Numbers of hospital admissions and deaths as a proportion of new infections are much lower than previous waves. The reason is simple and easily explained: It is summer and infections have a history of falling at this time and probably more importantly so far, more than 46.8 million people have had a first vaccine dose - nearly 90% of the adult population - and more than 38 million - over 70% of adults - have had both doses. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55274833

The more advanced countries will be seriously weighing up the options of a third dose. Economics will be to the fore here. Cost of a third shot to an entire population which enables an economy to function normally will be money well spent. I'd expect US, UK and Europe to be lining up third doses now, though not broadcasting the fact too much, whilst being seen to be "generously" donating stock to other parts of the world. When the buttons get pressed, everyone else will have to wait. https://nypost.com/2021/07/28/pfizer-says-third-dose-increases-delta-variant-protection/

I've posted this before, but here is an interesting calculator if anyone wants to spend a few minutes dabbling. Its easy to use and quite intuitive, so you will quickly get the hang of it https://gabgoh.github.io/COVID/index.html