According to the operational headquarters for combating coronavirus infection, the herd immunity rate in our country fell below 40%. And this means that with any new wave, Russia is threatened with a powerful surge in the incidence.
The herd immunity indicator is calculated on the basis of a special epidemiological and mathematical model, which takes into account not only how many people have been vaccinated and revaccinated, but also how much time has passed since the vaccinations. For example, if a person was vaccinated a year ago and has not given himself any more injections since then, then he is already considered unprotected. And if the revaccination was done 7 months ago, he also falls out of the category of people with herd immunity, since booster vaccinations are necessary every six months.
Statistics show that in Russia 90.9 million people were vaccinated with the first component, and 87 million went through full vaccination. However, this figure includes both vaccinated and revaccinated, that is, it takes into account the same people twice. The real rate of herd immunity dropped to 39.2%, it continues to decline. This is a very sad figure, because with any new wave of coronavirus, characterized by a high level of infection like Omicron, Russia will again experience an explosive increase in the incidence. And it will be followed by a similar increase in hospitalizations and deaths.
While the number of infections and hospitalizations has stabilized, we can say that it has reached a plateau. The death rate from coronavirus infection in the country also stood at around 100 people a day. This is much lower than in the US and already comparable to the UK. Russians are losing interest in vaccines amid rosy statistics, and this is sad. Moreover, many countries of the world and Russian regions remove the requirements for vaccination certificates and thus deprive people of motivation to get vaccinated. (READ MORE)