Honor and thank all health frontliners

June has ended. I earlier wrote if the Palace's statement that 350,000 people are vaccinated every day is true, then ten million people should have received at least one dose of the vaccine by the end of June. But according to ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations, only 7.67 million people have been vaccinated, or 7% of the population last June 29. If we give one more day for the official end of June, it probably won't reach 10 million people.

The organization/website mentioned above is the source of all the data mentioned. They gather all the information regarding vaccination from many countries around the world. Canada is at the top spot with 68.0% vaccinated last June 29. They should achieve herd immunity soon. They have surpassed Israel which used to be number one. This website is a good source of accurate information. No fake news. No politics.

We are still far from herd immunity. But OCTA research has stated the NCR Plus could achieve herd immunity this December if the Delta variant of the coronavirus, which is said to be the most contagious, does not spread. A news item from Guangdong, China, reported it took the Delta variant only 14 seconds to infect another person. Two women were shown on CCTV separately entering a public bathroom, presumably in a mall. They did not know each other and did not speak to one another. One of the women was already infected with the Delta variant from a teahouse, she then infected the other woman in the bathroom. It was not clear if they were wearing masks. Isn’t that disconcerting? December normally sees an increase in population at the NCR as people go out for Christmas shopping. Will the government allow this to happen this coming December?

The news item stresses the importance of being vaccinated to have protection against COVID-19 including the Delta variant. Since we are on the subject of vaccination, I would ask people to refrain from crucifying, embarrassing, humiliating, criticizing, or laughing at the volunteer in Makati who made the mistake of not administering the vaccine. That mistake may stem from repetitive movements and fatigue. Imagine the sheer number of people vaccinated in a day. What's important is the purely unintentional mistake has been rectified with no harm done. I would challenge anyone to perform the same work vaccine volunteers do and see how long they last. We should honor and be grateful to all health frontliners who have been dealing with the pandemic for more than a year.