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soothsayer

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1. We're doing better that's for sure
Fri Mar 19, 2021, 10:25 PM
Mar 2021

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"I don't think the conditions in Europe and the situation in Europe is necessarily predictive anymore of what's going to happen here because we have much more immunity in our population both from prior infection — which they have as well — but also now from vaccination," added Gottlieb, a board member of Pfizer, which makes a Covid vaccine.

About 9.5% of the vaccine-eligible population across member states in the EU and European Economic Area have had at least one Covid shot, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Roughly 7.5% of Italians aged 18 and up and 8.5% of Germans aged 18 and up have had at least one Covid vaccine dose, per ECDC data.

By contrast, 27% of the adult American population has been given at least one Covid shot, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/15/dr-scott-gottlieb-us-better-on-covid-vaccines-european-like-surge-unlikely.html

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