[phoneman08]

1,209 Daily Deaths - Flat (change from seven weeks of growth).

129 of those deaths reported today sadly were right here in Georgia.<

I think Georgia is nearing its peak in cases and hospitalizations and will likely exceed the January surge. Hopefully, with more and more vaccinations and with over 10K new cases per day delivering immunity this surge will be the last big one. Hopefully.

[BeauBo]

“with more and more vaccinations and with over 10K new cases per day (in Georgia) delivering immunity this surge will be the last big one.”

Many modelers predict a smaller last wave, sometime during Cold and Flu Season.

The only likely thing that might be bigger, is a vaccine evasive mutation. There is not much room left for a more transmissible mutation than Delta.

There is also the possibility of waning vaccine protection, but so far, that would seem to just result in a lot of mild cases, with lower rates of hospitalization or death.

I think this is the last big hurrah, for COVID jamming hospitals, unless there is some other big change.

[dynoman]

"Data suggest that although COVID-19 is usually milder if contracted after vaccination than in unvaccinated individuals, mortality remains high in hospitalised individuals: data from the International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium have shown a mortality of 27·0% (400 of 1482 died) in individuals hospitalised with COVID-19 in the UK more than 21 days after vaccination, similar to mortality rates observed during the first wave (March–April, 2020)."

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(21)00460-6/fulltext#seccestitle80