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Originally Posted by opendoor
While I don't think a largely outdoor event like Stampede will necessarily lead to a ton of spread, there's plenty of evidence from other places about the potential risks of going with business as usual too quickly. The Netherlands is a good example; they have pretty similar vaccination stats to Alberta (65% 1st dose vs 63% in Alberta and 39% 2nd dose vs 45% in Alberta), and their cases have exploded in the last 10 days:
Jun 30: 634
July 1: 825
July 2: 941
July 3: 1,125
July 4: 1,215
July 5: 1,519
July 6: 2,209
July 7: 3,646
July 8: 5,431
July 9: 6,926
July 10: 10,345
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It sounds like around 75% of the new cases over there are in young people (under 30 crowd) who have much lower vaccination rates. While the case growth does suck it likely poses little threat in terms of severe outcomes.