Yes, the elderly, medical professionals and vulnerable people, for example people with severe breathing problems. Once they are in the clear it will take a huge burden off the health care system in Iran. T
Despite this, at least 70% of eligible people should be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity. Assuming that 20-30% already have antibodies then after that the country should be safe.
It's weird because in Poland for example 47% have had one dose, with 44% being fully vaccinated and the government is having an issue convincing the other half of society to get vaccinated.
Despite this we see extremely low numbers in terms of spread and deaths in Poland. Right now less than 1% of active cases are classified as critical. They have 150,000+ active cases but their daily deaths are in single digits.
Poland has had 75,000 deaths for a population of almost 40 million so it's not like they were spared from Covid.
On the other hand you look at the UK. They, like Poland, had 2 waves and they have fully vaccinated almost 50% with 70% having received 1 shot, so their vaccination rate is higher than Poland.
For a while it looked like the UK was in the clear but recently the numbers began surging and now they're in double digits again for deaths.
This new Indian variant has really screwed up the entire world. Now they're saying that everyone is going to need a booster shot. This Covid situation seems like its never ending.
Anyways the right choice is quite obvious. Just compare the Indian option, with more than 5 million likely dead to achieve herd immunity VS the Chinese option, being cautious and vaccinating the entire population, with only a few thousand deaths,
I would say that listening to medical experts and going along with science is humanities best hope going forward.
This is a good point, the bulk of the population is naturally at low-risk. As long as the elderly population (60+) is vaccinated which is the smallest group, it will be easier for everyone.