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Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 (nCoV-2019)

From CNN: how quickly the Delta Variant of the virus started spreading again in the US. It's a comparison over one month.

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Insane numbers in Florida:

Florida is experiencing the worst of the pandemic as the Delta variant spreads, and the state has reported more cases this past week than any other. Florida also broke another record this week as 12,000 more people were hospitalized with the virus. Compared to the original Covid-19 strain, the Delta variant is more harmful to children, and Florida has reported more young people admitted to the hospital in the last week with the virus — 4,615 — than any other state.
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Governor of State Leading Nation in Kids Hospitalized with Covid Fights to Ban School Mask Mandates

The state's Department of Health issued a rule on Friday allowing parents to opt their children out of masking mandates.
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Although I read earlier today that Florida is disputing the numbers … but then again, they stopped reporting back in June, and even the numbers that they ARE acknowledging break previous records. Total clusterf### there.
 
christiesplits said:
Insane numbers in Florida:



www.rollingstone.com

Governor of State Leading Nation in Kids Hospitalized with Covid Fights to Ban School Mask Mandates

The state's Department of Health issued a rule on Friday allowing parents to opt their children out of masking mandates.
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With an insane governor leading the way.

Republicans claim to be the party of small government and freedom but sure jump at the chance to crush that freedom when they disagree with something!

Florida Gov. DeSantis threatens to hold school leaders’ pay if they require masks: ‘Financial consequences’​

As students in many Florida counties headed back to school Monday, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis threatened to stop paying superintendents and school board members who defy his executive order banning classroom mask mandates.

 
gabe said:
With an insane governor leading the way.

Republicans claim to be the party of small government and freedom but sure jump at the chance to crush that freedom when they disagree with something!

Florida Gov. DeSantis threatens to hold school leaders’ pay if they require masks: ‘Financial consequences’​

As students in many Florida counties headed back to school Monday, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis threatened to stop paying superintendents and school board members who defy his executive order banning classroom mask mandates.

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Denial is clearly a river in Florida.

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New cases today: 515. 22,896 tests completed

In Ontario, 20,047,911 vaccine doses have been administered. 81.2% Ontarians 12+ have one dose and 72.5% have two doses. 116 people are hospitalized (excl. ICU) with #COVID19. 10 are fully vaccinated and 106 are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status.
 
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New cases today: 515. 22,896 tests completed

In Ontario, 20,047,911 vaccine doses have been administered. 81.2% Ontarians 12+ have one dose and 72.5% have two doses. 116 people are hospitalized (excl. ICU) with #COVID19. 10 are fully vaccinated and 106 are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status.
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Positivity up to 2.1%

ICU up marginally at 113 (+5)

No new deaths
 
DSC said:
New cases today: 515. 22,896 tests completed

In Ontario, 20,047,911 vaccine doses have been administered. 81.2% Ontarians 12+ have one dose and 72.5% have two doses. 116 people are hospitalized (excl. ICU) with #COVID19. 10 are fully vaccinated and 106 are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status.
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Crap.

That is just over 100 more cases than yesterday. At this rate we will be at 800 new cases by the end of the week.

What has me concerned is that the CMOH wants to exit Stage 3 in the next week or so which means less restrictions than we have now. If you think 515 cases is bad.. just wait.
 
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Indeed. And we have more people in hospital and ICU than we did in August 2020. Isn't the vaccine supposed to mitigate this?

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You are comparing the best of times (vanilla COVID, with low levels of community circulation) to not so great of times (Delta, relatively high level of community circulation, coming down from the peak of hospitalization), among a population that still 1 in 5 unvaccinated.

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Delta Variant: What We Know About the Science​

From link.

Infections and Spread​

The Delta variant causes more infections and spreads faster than early forms of SARS-CoV-2
The Delta variant is more contagious than previous strains--it may cause more than two times as many infections. Vaccines protect you.

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  • The Delta variant is more contagious: The Delta variant is highly contagious, nearly twice as contagious as previous variants.
  • Some data suggest the Delta variant might cause more severe illness than previous strains in unvaccinated persons. In two different studies from Canada and Scotland, patients infected with the Delta variant were more likely to be hospitalized than patients infected with Alpha or the original virus strains.
  • Unvaccinated people remain the greatest concern: Although breakthrough infections happen much less often than infections in unvaccinated people, individuals infected with the Delta variant, including fully vaccinated people with symptomatic breakthrough infections, can transmit it to others. CDC is continuing to assess data on whether fully vaccinated people with asymptomatic breakthrough infections can transmit. However, the greatest risk of transmission is among unvaccinated people who are much more likely to contract, and therefore transmit the virus.
  • Fully vaccinated people with Delta variant breakthrough infections can spread the virus to others. However, vaccinated people appear to be infectious for a shorter period: Previous variants typically produced less virus in the body of infected fully vaccinated people (breakthrough infections) than in unvaccinated people. In contrast, the Delta variant seems to produce the same high amount of virus in both unvaccinated and fully vaccinated people. However, like other variants, the amount of virus produced by Delta breakthrough infections in fully vaccinated people also goes down faster than infections in unvaccinated people. This means fully vaccinated people are likely infectious for less time than unvaccinated people.

The COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective at preventing severe disease and death, including against the Delta variant. But they are not 100% effective and some fully vaccinated people will become infected (called a breakthrough infection) and experience illness. For such people, the vaccine still provides them strong protection against serious illness and death.

Masks​


Given what we know about the Delta variant, vaccine effectiveness, and current vaccine coverage, layered prevention strategies, such as wearing masks, are needed to reduce the transmission of this variant
  • At this time, as we build the level of vaccination nationwide, we must also use all the prevention strategies available, including masking indoors in public places, to stop transmission and stop the epidemic.
  • Vaccines are playing a crucial role in limiting spread of the virus and minimizing severe disease. Although vaccines are highly effective, they are not perfect and there will be vaccine breakthrough infections. Millions of Americans are vaccinated, and that number is growing. This means that even though the risk of breakthrough infections is low, there will be thousands of fully vaccinated people who become infected and able to infect others, especially with the surging spread of the Delta variant. Low vaccination coverage in many communities is driving the current rapid and large surge in cases associated with the Delta variant, which also increases the chances that even more concerning variants could emerge.
 

Fauci Says COVID-19 Booster Shots Are Needed For Those Who Are Immunocompromised​

From link.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief medical adviser to President Biden, says an additional COVID-19 vaccine dose is needed for people who have compromised immune systems.

Speaking to NPR's Morning Edition on Thursday, Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that for those with compromised immune systems, the need is "so imminent to make sure that we get them boosted so that they would be in a protected zone."

The decision to allow a third dose would come from the Food and Drug Administration, which is expected as early as this week to extend its emergency use authorization on vaccines to allow an additional dose.
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Roughly 3% of Americans have an immune system that has been made weaker due to disease, certain medical treatments or organ transplants. For most people, a booster would mean a third dose of vaccine.

The FDA has been evaluating studies showing that people with a compromised immune system can have a weak response to the standard vaccine regimen. Research indicates that a third dose may boost immunity to the coronavirus in these people and protect them from serious COVID-19 complications.

A committee advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will meet Friday to discuss the data about vaccines in immune-compromised people. If the FDA OKs booster shots, the committee is likely to take a vote on whether to recommend the additional dose and outline who should get it.

Scientists also continue to evaluate whether people with normal immune systems might need an additional dose.
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Earlier this month, the World Health Organization called on developed countries, such as the United States, to forgo booster shots until less wealthy countries still struggling to vaccinate their populations are able to catch up.

Asked about that concern, Fauci said, "I believe we can do both."

"I feel very strongly, and I've been very vocal about that, that we have a responsibility as a rich nation — and other rich nations — to make sure that there's equity in the ability to distribute and the accessibility of vaccines," he told NPR. "However, the United States is really doing both. If you look at what we are doing, we are essentially doing more than the rest of the world combined."
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