This is a follow up post to the post I made in May based on research in July 2020 before the vaccines were available.
Without going into it in detail, the new research supports the old research that indicates that your own immune system does a pretty good job at taking care of you.
The new research was done in India.
Comparing the UK with India:
Peak deaths in the UK occurred on around 23rd January 2021 at 18.37 daily deaths per million people, when just over 10% of the population had received at least one vaccination dose.
Peak deaths in India occurred on around 21st May 2021 at 3.01 daily deaths per million people, also when just over 10% of the population had received at least one dose.
That’s a big difference as reflected in the second graph below, and surely not all down to inaccurate data collection in India as some might claim.
Please contrast
(i) the graph above showing 3.01 versus 18.37 daily deaths per million people with
(ii) the (overblown) horrific headlines in the press concerning the Delta variant contagion in India such as this one from the BBC
It seems India did much better despite both countries being at the same stage of vaccination coverage.
This is an extract from the conclusion of the new research
Why does nobody seem to be questioning this difference; are Indian immune systems better than UK immune systems; is it due to different levels of obesity in each country; are alternative anti-viral treatments and therapies being employed? Whatever the reason, the research seems to indicate that vaccine developers have still got a lot to learn from natural immunity systems.