Wow... the breakout of the decline in hospital admissions by age group correlates nicely with the higher percentage of vaccinations among the older age groups.
EXCELLENT INFORMATION!
Thanks
Over 70% of elderly are now vaccinated. The prime death targets for the virus are mostly eliminated, if you believe the vaccines can stop the variants.
The graphs say they can’t. The slope of decline of deaths began in January before there was any sort of wide vaccine distribution. That slope has not steepened. In fact, in recent days it has flattened and is doing upticks.
This can’t happen if the vaccinations “worked”. But it is happening.
The decline in COVID hospital admissions among the elderly has also been observed on the ground, by Freeper Arkfreepdom.
Now that 72.8% of Americans 65 or older have had a first shot, an upcoming drop in death rates is already baked into the cake.
A study from Israel reported that 4 weeks after a first Pfizer shot, folks were essentially bulletproof from dying of COVID.
We are on track to substantially finish first shots for the elderly in April, and that is why eligibility is being thrown open.
This week, we will pass 100 million with a first shot. 100 million was the Operation Warp Speed estimate of how many (prioritized) people needed to be vaccinated, to control the disease, from a serious Public Health point of view (deaths and hospitalizations).
We are transitioning from fighting COVID, to simply beating it..