Posted on 12/30/2021 11:41:08 PM PST by blueplum
The U.S. reported nearly half a million new COVID infections in a single day, marking the largest daily total of any country during the pandemic. More than 486,000 new cases were reported in a 24-hour period, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.
Fifteen states reported a record-high number of average daily infections: Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia and Washington. Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., are also averaging more daily cases than ever.
With COVID-19 cases rising so fast, fueled by the rapid spread of the Omicron variant, it's estimated that more than three Americans are testing positive every second...
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Samr here. Not sure what it is but it feels like a weak version of the covid I had when this thing started. I won’t get tested in case it is covid, I don’t want the government to be using any illness of mine for their propaganda.
I just heard from Chicken Little that we are all going to die someday.
Not exactly breaking news.
What is the rate without those already in nursing homes over 65? In other words, without multiple comorbidity factors.
With those who have multiple comorbidity factors, I doubt the word "standard" and that rate.
“we” as used collectively, for instance, to denote the USA, ‘we’ can beat the Brits’ or the capability of the USA testing sites collectively, ‘we can test 1/2 million’ as in this case.
1/2 million tests and 1/2 million positives in one day...something does not equate. All positives?
thank you for not being a sparkly jerk and for staying home.
I’m conflicted a bit on the UK contract tracing system because it is privacy invasive but it does notify you within a day of a positive test of your close contact, which is great for catching folks pre-symptom so they can self-isolate, and faster than the US system. The brits have always been very good at organizing, tho.
Thank goodness you are recovering. Between extended family and clients, we’ve had a few phone calls over the past year we really hoped to not receive.
What a steaming pile of bullcrap.
Omicron = Moronic
No, ‘we’ will not all be getting covid. Don’t project your opinion on the rest of the nation.
Apart from an oscillating temperature, inability to taste many foods and some pain in the chest, it hasn't been much more nuisance than a typical bout with the flu.
only 6% are actual cases
so, 30,000
“The good news is, we actually can test 1/2 a million in a day”
What good does that do? A person can be infected one minute after testing negative. But maybe where you live, in Fool’s Paradise, testing still makes sense.
I believe testing is a sneaky method to collect as many people’s DNA as possible and pack that database.
Back in the beginning, when I was going out every damn day, despite [and in spite of] there being little to go to, save Lowes, Home Depot, grocery stores and drug stores, I came down with “pink eye”.
Not only have I never had “pink eye”, I don’t know anyone who’s ever had “pink eye”, either, with the exception of one of my gramma’s calves, when I was about 8 or so.
Vet came and gave it eye drops, much as my doc gave me.
“Pink eye” turned out to be one of the “coof symptoms” so I think I “had it” very early on.
I never got tested and never will, because I do not trust things offered by the deep state, especially when they’re suspect swabs shoved damn near into our brains.
Still running around “nekkid”, not “sanitizing” and only washing my hands if they’re actually dirty.
I am un-jabbed, never had the Kung-Flu/China Virus (no antibodies showing up), and have been around infected for the last 2 years.
IF I am going to get it, I would rather it happen so I can get it out of the way.
well, that’s a good question.
The 1.8% overall does include 186,000 nursing home deaths (AARP numbers)
https://www.aarp.org/ppi/issues/caregiving/info-2020/nursing-home-covid-dashboard.html
here’s some charts that show the nursing home deaths flatlined , excuse the wordplay, after Jan. as they were vaccinated in droves:
https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/covid19/ltc-report-overview.html
We’re still left with plus 600K deaths of ‘not’ nursing home deaths
For the math, 600K over 48M cases as of Dec 1 (to be fair not to add the new Omi cases into the mix), it’s still a mortality rate of 1.3% for those under nursing home age. Either way you separate it out, tho, it’s 1 in 400 Americans already dead from covid.
And, the death rate of Omi isn’t added - and there are some deaths in the UK but not enough to really call a percentage yet.
From Nov 22 for reference: 47.7 million cases/771,500
USA Today numbers via yahoo
https://news.yahoo.com/2021-us-covid-death-count-100257576.html
Good one ;^)
Your hair is on fire. Relax. The worst thing you can do is panic.
sorry I am not waiting 3-4 hours in a car or line outside if I am feeling sick. That right there is a special kind of stupid in my book. 35 degrees, cold wind, misty rain...yeah just special kind of stupid.
Go home people and take care of yourself. A test won’t take care of you or treat you.
I get charts for my state and county, the cases are rising astronomically with zero deaths reported in the county most days.
I constantly see long car lines from testing centers. People have been conditioned to worry about covid, and they have to be tested for jobs and travel.
“IF I am going to get it, I would rather it happen so I can get it out of the way.”
That’s been out mindset, too. No shots and always figured it was just a matter of time before we got it. We did get it three months ago. It’s over. We’re fine. Happy antibodies.
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