The Omicron strain of COVID appears to be peaking, even as a variation of Omicron that spreads more easily but is harder to detect is suddenly out there, making it more imperative to vaccinate as many people throughout the world as possible. An I'm happy to report that some progress is being made on that front.
Two weeks I posted on how the world reach the 50 percent vaccination benchmark. Today, the number of people fully vaccinated on this planet is now a solid majority - 52 percent.
But, as the chart above shows, Africa remains the sticky wicket - only 10 percent of Africans are vaccinated, and only one country on the continent has a full-vaccination rate higher than 60 percent . . . Morocco, which probably doesn't even count because it's not a sub-Saharan country.
I guess we should be happy that the number of fully vaccinated people in Africa broke into double digits. But that double-digit number has to get higher to ensure fewer new strains in the future.
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