Neither of which are likely in schools this fall. I know social distancing straight up won’t happen in my district - even the 3 feet. Everyone is going back in 5 days, and there's simply not enough room in the buildings to bring everyone back and have any kind of distancing. and IMO the writing is on the wall for masks being gone by fall too.
For anyone who doesn't think the hospitals will be stressed beyond capacity I saw it with my own eyes yesterday. I'm praying for my elderly mom and am with her during allowed hours , to get the medical assistance she needs when she went to the ER due to left side chest pains. After many hours in the ER, she was on a stretcher in a very crowded hallway and every inch of hallway space was crowded with stretcher beds. The line to get into the ER stretched outside in the heat. She is now in a cardiac wing in a private room but the overcrowding of the ER is what brought the reality home to me. Get your vaccine shot and better chances to protect yourself and others for goodness sake! This is no time to distrust the medical experts.
I can only report regional trends on this matter, but ER visits and hospitalizations have spiked around here (northern New England), and the reason is not directly related to COVID., since the actual COVID numbers aren't large. If there is a theme, it seems to be partially a matter of the indirect consequences of "deferred health maintenance" from the pandemic on top of normal ER volume. Many people avoided medical appointments or had their usual daily health maintenance activities disrupted by the pandemic, and now we're seeing the delayed result. Psych caseloads are particularly high.
Well you can do that in the UK, Spain, France and a few other European countries and see that hasn't happened. Also easy to compare to prior spikes in the US (Including the one last July). It is overblown, not nonexistent, but definitely much less severe (case count doesn't show severity) in general compared to other instances. India (Which has fallen sharply since the spike), and Indonesia are a bit different.
Case in point , the state of Mississippi. Over 90% currently of covid cases are of unvaccinated residents including some young children in intensive care.
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That's what I was called and posted about 2 days ago. Still not scheduled or anything though. They asked if I was free next week but no call back.So Pfizer is developing a delta variant booster. The current booster trial they are in the middle of is not that booster rather the original vaccine design. But they are working on a booster designed against the delta spike.
Pfizer and BioNTech Provide Update on Booster Program in Light of the Delta-Variant | BioNTech
As part of Pfizer’s and BioNTech’s continued efforts to stay ahead of the virus causing COVID-19 and circulating mutations, the companies are providing an update on their comprehensive booster strategy. Pfizer and BioNTech have seen encouraging data in the ongoing booster trial of a third dose of
At the present time, this seems more proactive than reactive. Good if we end up needing it.So Pfizer is developing a delta variant booster. The current booster trial they are in the middle of is not that booster rather the original vaccine design. But they are working on a booster designed against the delta spike.
Pfizer and BioNTech Provide Update on Booster Program in Light of the Delta-Variant | BioNTech
As part of Pfizer’s and BioNTech’s continued efforts to stay ahead of the virus causing COVID-19 and circulating mutations, the companies are providing an update on their comprehensive booster strategy. Pfizer and BioNTech have seen encouraging data in the ongoing booster trial of a third dose of
Ahh so they called about the delta booster trial? Not the regular booster trial?
That's the impression I got as well. If I get scheduled for an appointment I will share. I plan to call back the person today since they wanted Monday or Tuesday and people are trying to schedule other things with me.
I'm aware of that. Do you think it would be easier and faster to try to get everyone to wear masks and social distance again, or to just close our borders? We need to quash the viruses ability to create a worse mutation wherever we can.
As far as I know... but since I haven't read any paperwork or even been scheduled, I cannot 100% confirm.
Except, we've had the highest documented caseloads in the world. And we seem to have a unique national preference of trying to fight the virus with Constitutional arguments, rather than tried-and-true public health measures. I wouldn't rule out a variant of concern arising here if we continue down the same "well, good enough" or "...but, my rights!" approach.
This is a classic "America is great" attitude, in which we believe that NOTHING is ever our fault.
And if you look at that Reuters page I posted yesterday, the increases aren't looking good. Hospitalizations and deaths are up in a lot of states, too.
