Vaccinations against COVID-19 in Europe. How is Poland doing? It’s not good. RANKING

The number of coronavirus infections in Poland is growing. «We have to vaccinate, this is the only way to avoid infection, appeals Deputy Minister of Health Waldemar Kraska. Meanwhile, there are less and less people willing to accept the vaccine. Prof. Parczewski talks about a dramatic slowing down of the vaccination rate. What can it end with? How are we doing in comparison with the countries of the European Union? Unfortunately, there is no reason to be pleased.

1. The number of infections is growing, and fewer people are willing to be vaccinated against COVID-19. If the situation does not change, experts predict that there may be 14-15 a day. illnesses.
2. In Poland 47,2% are fully vaccinated. population. This gives us the 18th place among the 27 EU countries
3. If we take into account the number of daily doses of vaccine administered per 100 people, we are fifth from the bottom. Who is ahead of us and which countries are the worst?
4. More current information can be found on the Onet homepage.

Vaccinations against COVID-19 in Poland. Dramatic slowing down

The number of COVID-19 infections in Poland is growing. Experts have no doubts that we will be hit by the fourth wave of the epidemic. The only question is what will happen next. This depends on how many Poles are vaccinated against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. – These are connected vessels, we get vaccinated – there will be growth, but definitely smaller. We will not get vaccinated – growth will be high – said Deputy Minister of Health Waldemar Kraska on TVP1. Meanwhile, despite appeals and encouragements, the rate of vaccinating Poles continues to decline.

Compared to June 3, when the record number of over 620,8 thousand was announced. doses of vaccines, the current numbers do not exceed 100. per day (according to data from August 8, the daily number of vaccinations was slightly over 17,5 thousand).

– If the new vaccinations are at the current level, experts predict that a day may be 14-15 thousand. illnesses. If a dozen or so million are vaccinated in the coming weeks, it will be around a thousand, says Deputy Minister Kraska directly. An infectious disease specialist prof. Miłosz Parczewski. The expert admitted that he was frightened by the much smaller number of vaccinations performed recently. – This is a dramatic slowing down of the vaccination rate – I am afraid that we may pay for it with the good of the population – summed up the professor.

Recall that the more people vaccinated, the more we are all protected. Moreover, thanks to herd immunity, vaccination protects not only the person who took the preparation, but also the weakest, who, due to various contraindications, cannot be vaccinated. «Vaccines work like bulletproof vests. They save lives »- a few weeks ago, the immunologist Dr. Paweł Grzesiowski wrote on Twitter.

The second thing to keep in mind is that the Delta variant hits the unvaccinated groups the hardest. Finally, by vaccinating, we distance ourselves from the likelihood of lockdown and the complications it entails.

Vaccinations against COVID-19 in Europe. Where is Poland?

It is estimated that in the case of the Delta variant, the population immunity threshold, i.e. the percentage of immunized people, after reaching which the number of new infections begins to decrease, is 80-85%. Meanwhile, in Poland so far at least the first dose has been taken by 49,2 percent. of the population, fully vaccinated is 47,2%. (as of August 7). How do we compare with other EU countries?

According to the latest data from ourworldindata.org, in terms of the number of fully vaccinated people, Poland currently ranks 18th out of 27 European Union countries. Actually, we are in the middle of the rate, but looking at the data from about a month ago, it is a drop by eight places (we did a similar analysis on July 6 – see details).

Source: ourworldindata.org

As you can see, Malta is in the best situation, with almost 90 percent. percentage of the fully vaccinated population. The worst situation in this respect is in Bulgaria, where the full vaccination cycle has been completed by less than 15%.

Consider the number of daily doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered per 100 people (seven-day rolling average). In the group of EU countries, Poland is in the fifth place from the end with the result of 0.21 doses for the said 100 people (as of August 7). In Portugal, which is in the first place in the ranking, it is 0,87 doses.

Source: ourworldindata.org

It is worse than in Poland only in Slovakia, Croatia and Bulgaria. Romania came last – in this country for every 100 people there is 0,07 dose of the vaccine distributed.

Restrictions for the Unvaccinated Against COVID-19 – an Effective Strategy?

The fight to obtain herd immunity continues both in Poland and in other European countries. Looking at the continent as a whole, 41,6 percent are now fully vaccinated. population. It is impossible not to mention here the words of the director of the World Health Organization for Europe, Dr. Hans Kluge, who on July 1 (when the percentage of fully vaccinated was 29,1%) said: – This is unacceptable and far from the recommended 80%. vaccinate the adult population.

In an attempt to increase the interest in vaccinations against COVID-19, France has resorted to a new tactic – sanitary passports, which are a kind of pass e.g. for cafes, restaurants, shopping centers, cultural institutions, health care facilities or long-distance trains. Such action, despite protests, brought results. Polls show that this strategy has broad majority support. And the most important, The daily vaccination rate in France has almost doubled since the announcement of the health pass, according to The Guardian.

Sanitary certificates are valid in Ireland (restaurants and pubs), Greece (restaurants, cafes, discos, cinemas and theaters), Austria (restaurants, hotels, gyms, swimming pools, theaters and, among others, hairdressers), the Czech Republic (restaurants, museums, when checking in at hotels), Slovenia (restaurants, discos, hotels, campsites, sports and cultural events), Denmark (restaurants, cultural and entertainment establishments, sports facilities, service establishments), Cyprus (dining and entertainment establishments, temples, cinemas , theaters and sports facilities). Germany is planning to introduce restrictions for the unvaccinated in the fall.

In Poland, “at the moment, we are trying to encourage this (vaccinations – ed.) On a voluntary basis,” Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said at the end of July, not ruling out restrictions if the situation requires it. – If necessary, in the next two or three weeks we will take further, also strict, steps. What do Poles themselves say?

According to a survey prepared by the BioStat® Research and Development Center in cooperation with Medonet, 44,8 percent. Poles believe that restrictions for the unvaccinated should be introduced, similar to the solutions from, for example, France (details of the survey).

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