Israel: first to initiate mass vaccination & first to require boosters. Now, after 3-5 months, boosters are clearly failing to prevent infection/transmission, as well. Israel is left with a choice: mandate a 4th dose or throw in the towel on mandatory vaccination.
Iceland is the most boosted nation (58%) and has the 4th highest covid case rate on Earth. Time to relinquish the illusion of control and admit that infections can not be prevented (at best, delayed). Maybe focus on treatment, now?
The nations with the highest covid case rates on Earth have all vaccinated >75% of their population and boosted between 25% and 60%. Vaccines, mandates, lockdowns, boosters, masks: all failed to control transmission. Maybe time to move on from the illusion of control?
Oddly, in the states where hospitalizations are declining, less than 1/2 the population is vaccinated while in the surging states, about 3/4 of the population is vaccinated. Seasonality > Vaccination + Omicron (in explaining viral transmission patterns)