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BigmanPigman

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3. I read that hospitals are filling up too fast

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Mon Nov 22, 2021, 07:35 PM

Nov 2021

and ICUs are running low as well as staffing. Younger people who are unvaxxed and the very old are the patients mostly. Portugal, Ireland and Spain have a very high vax rates, but even they are seeing soaring numbers.

"Ireland is home to one of Europe's highest vaccination rates -- 89.1% of people over the age of 12, and three-quarters of all people, having been immunized -"

"In Portugal -- the envy of the continent, where 87% of the total population is inoculated-"

https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/19/europe/europe-covid-vaccination-rates-fourth-wave-cmd-intl/index.html

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Despite high vax rates, Europe sees new highs in Covid cases [View all] BigmanPigman Nov 2021 OP

Why is this a surprise? at140 Nov 2021 #1

I read that hospitals are filling up too fast BigmanPigman Nov 2021 #3

Yes, so please look at this data from a real hospital at140 Nov 2021 #4

It's the hospitalizations and deaths that matter Effete Snob Nov 2021 #2