Omicron first death reported in the UK….
There have been 766 reported cases in Europe….
Omicron is reported in at least 30 American states…..
We still have a weird thing going on in reported data numbers by the two major American media outfits….
The Wash Post reports 7 day data numbers…
Cases….-5.1%
Deaths…-10.8%
The NY Times reports 14 day data numbers…
Cases….+43%
Deaths…+32%
Just looking at the ‘reported’ numbers and what might be the 14 to 7 day trend?
It would appear the the post Thanksgiving Day spike is subsiding…..
More news…
Getting a booster shot after being fully vaccinated against the coronavirus offers the “best and optimal protection” against the omicron variant, Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease expert, said on Sunday….
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The number of active-duty U.S. military personnel declining to be vaccinated against the coronavirus by their prescribed deadlines is as high as 40,000, with new Army data showing that, days ahead of its cutoff, 3 percent of soldiers either have rejected President Biden’s mandate or sought a long-shot exemption…
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As the coronavirus pandemic approaches the end of a second year, the United States stands on the cusp of surpassing 800,000 deaths from the virus, and no group has suffered more than older Americans. All along, older people have been known to be more vulnerable..
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Throughout the summer, most people dying from the virus were concentrated in the South. But the most recent 100,000 deaths — beginning in early October — have spread out across the nation, in a broad belt across the middle of the country from Pennsylvania to Texas, the Mountain West and Michigan….
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What’s the status of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the U.S.?
It’s on hold indefinitely because of legal challenges, but employers can still require the shots.
To control the spread of COVID-19, President Joe Biden previously said businesses with 100 or more employees would need to require COVID-19 vaccination or have workers get tested weekly for the virus. The rule was to take effect Jan. 4, affecting about 84 million workers nationwide.
But soon after the rule was issued by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, it faced multiple legal challenges from businesses, conservative groups and Republican attorneys general that said the agency doesn’t have the authority to mandate vaccines….
A LOT of people catching Omicron have been , which seems to help them NOT have trouble with that strain…
Supreme’s let stand NY vaccine mandate for healthcare workers….
Could the WashPost numbers be correct in the current virus spike subsiding?
Colorado Governor Says Covid Medical Emergency Is Ove
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) told Colorado Public Radio that Covid-19 vaccines spell “the end of the medical emergency” and he will not implement a statewide mask mandate in response to the Omicron variant.
Politicalwire
Meanwhile California joins New York in ordering a state wide mask wearing requirement indoors
He better be careful or Democrats are going to want to Defund Polis.
It helps that he has his own money though.
It sure doesn’t appear to be subsiding in NY state. There were 63 NY deaths reported today. That is a huge number when you consider NY has had fewer than 10,000 deaths since the pandemic began.
and those people were probably unvaccinated as Polis was pointing out.
I am seeing over 56K Covid deaths in NY as of the end of Oct
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_New_York_(state)
You are right. I looked at a different source, but the bottom line is that I carelessly misread the chart, looking instead at the number of today’s cases. Sorry.
Don’t be. We all wish it was a lot lower everywhere
There are 19 Million+ people in NYS
Amazing how much sense the Governor of Colorado is making:
https://nypost.com/2021/12/13/colorado-gov-jared-polis-declares-covid-19-emergency-over-despite-omicron/
Is he running for President?
A senior Biden Administration official is predicting a large wave of Covid infections as a result of the Omicron variant with “plenty of hospitalizations.”
We were told here last week that Omicron was nothing but the common cold.Why would anyone have to be hospitalized because they caught a cold?
Of course the whole thing was ludicrous and totally without any proof at all,nothing more that one mans “alternate universe”(a term he likes applying to Trump).It also points to the fact that he has been ,for awhile ,totally unhinged as regards this virus ,making wild predictions, essentially declaring it over or declining etc.
He says he’s being optimistic.There is a great deal of difference though in being “optimistic “ and being foolish.