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Iceland is experiencing its worst Covid-19 pandemic outbreak.
That’s despite near-total vaccination levels. And what Delta’s doing there may now be a sign of things to come for Australia.
Two big takeaways from that:The issue seems to be that once vaccination rates are high enough that all precautions seem to be chucked away too. Social distancing, masks, crowding etc. Instead of a stepped approach it's all or nothing. Binary again.
Hospitalisations are down from 20% non vaxx to 1.2% and No deaths.
Now, the sparsely populated island has more than 1590 active cases. About 20 are in hospital, with a quarter of those in intensive care. While that doesn’t sound like many, in such a small country even that number puts a strain on its healthcare resources.
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The big difference, however, is in the severity of the symptoms.
Previous outbreaks of non-Delta variants among much lower vaccination rates claimed 29 Icelandic lives. The latest outbreak – despite its size – has so far claimed none.