Discombobulated

[digitS']

"Troops are not required to get vaccinated, but military leaders have encouraged them to do so to protect themselves. The same is true in the United States ..."

Canadian troops lining up in droves to be vaccinated with 85 per cent receiving one dose

Canadian military personnel have come forward in droves to be vaccinated for COVID-19, with the Department of National Defence reporting more than 85 per cent of all troops having received at least one dose.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

[digitS']

CDC: 85.4% of U.S. Population ≥ 65 Years of Age LINK​

 

[digitS']

Interesting how someone is described as "not a doctor" who ..

. "studied at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (founded in 1899 btw) and was awarded a Master of Science degree in immunology of infectious diseases from the University of London (est. by royal charter in 1836 btw) in 1992. In 2000, he earned a Doctor of Philosophy in community health from the University of Nottingham (founded in 1881 btw) ..."

(btw's are mine, biography is public and dates are Wikipedia )

Steve

 

[flowerbug]

Interesting how someone is described as "not a doctor" who ..

. "studied at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (founded in 1899 btw) and was awarded a Master of Science degree in immunology of infectious diseases from the University of London (est. by royal charter in 1836 btw) in 1992. In 2000, he earned a Doctor of Philosophy in community health from the University of Nottingham (founded in 1881 btw) ..."

(btw's are mine, biography is public and dates are Wikipedia )

Steve

? Sir Lancelot Missing Link?

 

[digitS']

Didn’t miss a thing @flowerbug .

Not a thing

 

[digitS']

West Virginia has a vaccination lottery. Probably, unlike any other ... $ , pickup trucks , hunting licenses , guns :

West Virginia to give away guns as vaccine incentive

West Virginia will be giving away guns as an incentive to get residents of the state inoculated against COVID-19. Gov. Jim Justice (R) announced a new incentive lottery program for reside…

thehill.com

 

[flowerbug]

COVID-19 cases hit their lowest point in the U.S. since the pandemic began

Data: The COVID Tracking Project, CSSE Johns Hopkins University, state health departments; Map: Andrew Witherspoon, Michelle McGhee/AxiosThe U.S. has brought new coronavirus infections down to the lowest level since March 2020, when the pandemic began.The big picture: Nearly every week for the...

news.yahoo.com

"The U.S. was never able to control the virus without vaccines, and it still can’t. The risk is still about as high as it’s ever been for unvaccinated people, as the Washington Post recently reported. An average of about 500 Americans per day are still dying from COVID-19, almost all of them unvaccinated."


Will add this as a good read:

Science | AAAS

www.sciencemag.org

Hospitalisation rates and numbers in Michigan continue to go down, but slowly...

5/19	1,661	464	296	901	110,100	18,741	1.51%	1,405	47
5/20	1,616	447	282	887	111,500	18,815	1.45%	1,382	49
5/21	1,534	439	277	818	112,600	18,853	1.36%	1,188	35
5/24	1,453	409	242	802	74,500	18,953	1.95%	1,016	34
5/25	1,372	401	231	740	75,300	19,019	1.82%	1,224	36
5/26	1,320	384	219	717	76,100	19,031	1.73%	1,125	35
5/27	1,225	349	204	672	76,600	19,090	1.60%	1,118	30
5/28	1,152	328	200	624	77,200	19,114	1.49%	1,097	36
6/1	978	276	174	528	51,200	19,176	1.91%	946	29
6/2	942	276	168	498	51,600	19,209	1.83%	1,034	23

 

[digitS']

 

[flowerbug]

sad this evening. we just heard an old friend died from the virus yesterday. no idea if they were vaccinated or not.

 

[digitS']

We aren't out of this.

This CDC chart doesn't show that covid deaths plummeted in May. After all, total deaths reported in the US didn't drop from 55,000+ to 27,000. Instead, data is flowing slowly from the states. (But, all numbers are improving over what they were 12 & 6 months ago.)

There is a separate article on the CDC website re delayed reports from rural states. Since the more recent surges have been there and rural hospitals were overwhelmed in some areas - delays are no surprise.

Decline in numbers is in the accounting, however. It would be depressing to do the math but just looking at the charts for Deaths from All Causes, we can see the steady 5,000+ that wouldn't be accounted for if we closed our eyes completely to the pandemic. LINK

Steve