the US and UK have diverged considerably following our two vaccination programmes. The two countries were roughly in 21st and 20th for covid mortality three months ago. If memory serves, the UK had a mortality rate 2-3% worse than the US at that point.
The UK, mostly using the AZ-Oxford vaccine and getting people vaccinated early, has dropped to 27th in the mortality table and is likely to move down to 30th or 31st in the next few weeks.
The US, using only US vaccines and with a slightly slower take-up rate, is now up to 16th, but may move down to 18th in the next few days.
The cause looks to be that the US has a materially lower cumulative vaccination rate. Loads of Americans have decided not to vaccinate themselves. Delta has taken advantage of the fact. And so the US has a more than 10% higher death rate than the UK now.
What's the betting that Republicans continue with their horse-deworming tablets over the new pills?
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