Washington Post….
In the past week in the U.S….
Among reported tests, the positivity rate was 8.2%.
The number of tests reported fell 4.4% from the previous week.Read more
Since Dec. 14, more than 30,516,000 doses of a covid-19 vaccine have been administered in the U.S.
More than 5,475,000 people have completed vaccination, or about 1.68% of the population. Read more in our vaccination tracker…
Wash Post…Link
Jan. 30, 2021
New York Times….
Update for Jan. 31
The past few weeks in the United States have been the deadliest of the coronavirus pandemic, and residents in a majority of counties remain at an extremely high risk of contracting the virus. At the same time, transmission seems to be slowing throughout the country, with the number of new average cases 40 percent lower on Jan. 29 than at the U.S. peak three weeks earlier.
Other indicators reinforce the current downward trend in cases. Hospitalizations are down significantly from record highs in early January. The number of tests per day has also decreased, which can obscure the virus’s true toll, but the positivity rate of those tests has also gone down, indicating the slowed spread is real. Still, the average reported daily death rate over the past seven days remains above 3,000, compared with less than 1,000 per day in September and October….
NY Times ...Link
Hopefully, things will be getting better.
In the meantime, my parents have had two close friends die this week from the virus… people in their 70s, who did not take it seriously and continued to go out dancing or to social events several times a week, and it’s devastating for the people who were their friends.
My parents have been taking the pandemic very seriously and are scheduled to get their first shots tomorrow.
The virus IS REAL….
There are thousands of stories of people who didn’t so and are gone…
They ‘got it’ TOO LATE….
Simple….
Wear the damn mask and wash ur hands….
Simple….
Cost effective….