Posted January 10, 2021
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They haven't even brought the old variant under control with the existing measures, if the new variant is really so much more infectious nothing short of an extreme lockdown with absolutely everything shut down will work. And it's far from clear that there's the political will for that.
There won't be enough vaccine either until summer at the earliest. The EU commission made some very bad decisions (rejecting an offer for 500 million doses of the Biontech-Pfizer vaccine, ordering only 300 million), there isn't really a prospect of a rapid vaccination programme leading to herd immunity in the next 2-3 months. So imo it's clear that tens (or even hundreds?) of thousands will die of Corona in Europe in the coming weeks.
There won't be enough vaccine either until summer at the earliest. The EU commission made some very bad decisions (rejecting an offer for 500 million doses of the Biontech-Pfizer vaccine, ordering only 300 million), there isn't really a prospect of a rapid vaccination programme leading to herd immunity in the next 2-3 months. So imo it's clear that tens (or even hundreds?) of thousands will die of Corona in Europe in the coming weeks.