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Barozi on 15 July 2021
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SvennoJ said:

It's a race against a 4th wave, which has already been lost, can't outpace exponential growth plus after 50% vaccine uptake slows down.

The current state of the world, over 3.5 billion doses administered so far

The percentages are based on total population (instead of eligible what most countries report)

Canada is now at 69.25%/46.38% (first/second doses) or 78.8%/52.8% of 12+

So far very few signs we're getting another wave as well, but we probably will still get a bump.

And as usual, Africa is left behind.

Honestly, based on my recent research, Canada was the only country I encountered that did that.

Reporting them like that is pretty much pointless anyway as they can't be compared to other countries. In Germany for example, the eligible age is 18+. Therefore not comparable. Even less comparable for countries that have a different distribution of age groups (especially more young people).

Furthermore the eligible age could change at any time which will cause the percentages to suddenly drop even though you keep vaccinating more people. Just report it based on total population and accept that you can never reach 100% (which isn't the target anyway).