Vaccine

The WHO has a dashboard which shows what is going on country by country. Globally, as of  December 3, 2021, there have been 263,563,622 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5,232,562 deaths, reported to WHO. A total of 7,859,585,168 vaccine doses have been administered. Barely a week after scientists in Botswana and South Africa alerted the world to a fast-spreading new SARS-CoV-2 variant now known as Omicron, researchers worldwide are racing to understand the threat, now confirmed in more than 20 countries. Everybody wants instant answers but it will take weeks to get a more complete picture, and to gain an understanding of its transmissibility and severity, as well as its potential to evade vaccines and cause reinfections. Early indications are vaccinations work. The biggest problem is not Omicron, it is the 20-30% of the population who refuse to get vaccinated. It is unfair to all of us and especially to our healthcare providers.