Emerging: Countries with higher COVID-19 cases have higher percent vaccinated populations

A September 30, 2021 study published in the European Journal of Epidemiology found increases in COVID are unrelated to levels of vaccination across 68 countries and 2947 counties in the United States, meaning vaccination is not showing a reduction in disease incidence.  Although the “trend line suggests a marginally positive association such that countries with a higher percentage of the population fully vaccinated have higher COVID-19 cases per 1 million people.” [1]