Nah, we're just going to the nearby rural areas that aren't taking the appointments. I don't think it is really happening here given many people are driving out of city areas to get shots.
Honestly not sure what you are getting at. Though I live in the bubble of the central part of Ohio. We aren't much like the rest of the state LOL
Then masks and social distancing will go away sooner? @GoofGoof
Not likely that soon. No one knows.
Meanwhile Franklin county went back to level 4.
Soon. Both nationally and at the state level there will need to be a change to distribution of doses from being straight based on population to based on demand. No point sending thousands or millions of doses to places to sit on a shelf when people in other areas still can’t get appointments.
Vaccines still going strong. 4M more doses today. Once everyone who wants a vaccine has had one and we are beyond the 2 week additional wait time we should then see a serious discussion on dialing back whatever restrictions are left. No way to know for sure when. All we can do is keep getting vaccines now and follow mitigations until they are dialed back.
I'm in Franklin County. You know what changed? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Any minor steady increase with this system will put a county back in purple in a wink of an eye. Since we are the most densely populated and most populated county, what did people expect with a month of spring breaks? I'm sorry I'm not all worked up over it, but this system is now sorely outdated. We're nowhere near where we were when we were purple last time, nor are we really any worse than some times we were in red or orange. Much ado about nothing tbh. The system measures increases, and duh, we knew we'd increase. Sorry, but definitely not caring about level 4 - and if people know me from this I was more negative about cases and such most of the time. My feelings are adjusting for the times. Even our schools will remain in 5 days and the county health is not saying to do anything different other than vaccinate. Huge difference from fall/winter.
I believe it's the level of hospital bed availability that put them back. I grew up in Franklin County, so my friend mentioned it earlier in a group text.
The attitude you describe is taking hold from a policy standpoint, proving that even our policy makers aren’t in it for eradication. Case in point: fans at the Staples Center for a Lakers game. They were the “anti-Florida” for a really long time, and now are moving forward. To be fair, LA County allowed fans in attendance with a vaccine/negative test verification. Maybe it should be that way for gatherings indoors; time will soon tell.
Agreed. I have been firmly behind masks and distancing and capacity limits and other restrictions all along. Before we had vaccines it was not appropriate for someone who didn’t believe in Covid to refuse to wear a mask or follow the rules and then get on a bus and spew Covid all over the driver and then go to a grocery store or restaurant and infect a worker and then show up at work at the nursing home and infect an elderly patient. Those infections also spread exponentially and threatened our hospital capacity and threatened additional death. Now that we have vaccines the most vulnerable are protected and the rest of us can be too pretty soon. So while restrictions are still needed now for sure we should be thinking about the timing of unwinding them as we approach a larger share vaccinated.
We’re getting to the point where that should be the focus. Distribute to who is proving to want the vaccine but doesn’t have the shots to give. Sites are also collecting ZIP code data, so it’s not like state authorities don’t know where the demand is and who is willing to drive over 60 miles or whatever for a shot.
75,000-76,000 population in the county.Because Ohio is between PA and MI not NJ or NY....
Still likely nothing to do with them. We just had a month of spring breaks and Ohio numbers really aren't spiking at this time. Up but not spikes.
Not a big city you are in I take it?
Not tiny but about half of Franklin
Honestly I'm not even sure what the policy makers are trying to do. My state has been all over and not as easy to figure out since we lost our great Dr. Acton last year.
no. How does 65% of 12+ equate to 62% of entire population???
Ok... simple bet. You say we are 6 weeks behind Israel.
The same clotting issue has not been observed following the mRNA vaccines, that's why.
In the US we have 331M people. After 12+ are approved for vaccine we will have 280M people eligible. In order to reach 55% of the total population vaccinated we would need 65% of those eligible to get vaccinated (65% of 280 is 152 and 152 is 55% of 331M). Basic math there. Israel is at 54.9% of their population fully vaccinated. See below:
Israel is a test case for the ballpark needed to reach herd immunity, we can’t expect the US to be exactly the same and that was never my point, but you know that. We are 6 weeks behind Israel‘s vaccine pace. That’s a fact. You said Israel hit herd immunity but they are only at 55% of the total population vaccinated. You said we need 80-85% of the eligoble adults to be vaccinated to reach herd immunity In the US. But that would be the equivalent of 68 to 72% of the total population. A level Israel hasn’t hit and you also said they are done with vaccinations so they will never hit. There seems to be a disconnect here.
Nope, we rose in case totals, ED visits, outpatient visits, hospital admissions (though slightly and started dropping again) and stayed same on non-congregate cases which was already a marker. So we're talking small rises though and already starting to level off but since it's a 2 week average we get hit. ICU beds are well below a critical level all around and remain relatively stable. Nothing alarming at all. Again live here and have for a long time now. Hardly anyone here is worked up over it. Some are just trying to vaccinate faster.
