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US Seeing a Decline in COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations, Deaths
The Epoch Times ^ | 10-13-21 | Zachary Steiber

Posted on 10/13/2021 11:27:01 AM PDT by MNJohnnie

The United States is seeing a drop in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations and deaths related to the disease.

The seven-day average of daily cases was about 92,600 a day as of the end of last week, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data. That was a decrease of 12 percent from the week prior. At the same time, COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped about 11 percent a week, to about 77,080 a day.

Deaths linked to the disease were also down.

The seven-day average of daily deaths was about 1,400 a day, a decrease of about five percent from the week prior.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, head of the CDC, reported the data during a briefing on Thursday.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said he believes the United States is in the second of five stages, with the first being the pandemic phase and the fifth being total eradication of COVID-19.

“There is a point where you get a decline in the acceleration and a turnaround of cases. … That’s where we are,” Fauci said.

The United States saw a surge in COVID-19 metrics starting in July, especially in the southern states. That drove a wave that was high but did not reach the level seen in late 2020 and early 2021. The number of cases and hospitalizations have since been dropping sharply, particularly in the south, with deaths slowly decreasing.

Fauci said it would be “very difficult, at least in the foreseeable future—and maybe ever—to truly eliminate this highly transmissible virus.”

COVID-19 is the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.

While metrics are dropping, “we’ve got to do better,” Fauci said, arguing the next stage, “control,” would see a level of CCP virus infection low enough that it does not disrupt society in a meaningful way.

The way to get there, he asserted, is to get more people vaccinated.

“Vaccination is the answer to getting us to control,” he said.

Approximately 66.2 percent of the U.S. population 12 or older have been fully vaccinated against the CCP virus as of Tuesday, according to federal data.

Fauci and other top Biden administration officials have been laser-focused on vaccinations and have spoken out in support of vaccine mandates, even as some experts say they’re downplaying or ignoring the protection people enjoy after recovering from COVID-19.

Martin Kulldorf, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, told The Epoch Times in a recent interview that one emphasis should be on vaccinating older people, but only if they haven’t contracted COVID-19. And even while pushing vaccinations, states should not impose harsh restrictions, he argued, pointing to Florida as an example of doing well in balancing public health and everyday life.

“The virus will never go away, it will be endemic; we’ll always have it with us. It’s always gonna kill a few older people every year just like the annual influenza does, but we won’t have these huge waves,” he said.

A combination of immunity from vaccinations and infections will eventually lead to a lower level of spread, he added.


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: covid
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Amazing some actually rational scientific discussion wiout the usual agitprop about Covid for a change.
1 posted on 10/13/2021 11:27:01 AM PDT by MNJohnnie
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Garbage in ...

*True* COVID deaths and cases are an illusion.

2 posted on 10/13/2021 11:30:36 AM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021.)
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To: MNJohnnie

Time to crank up the FEAR MACHINE again.............................


3 posted on 10/13/2021 11:30:38 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: MNJohnnie
US Seeing a Decline in COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations, Deaths

The Left still working on fixing that.

4 posted on 10/13/2021 11:32:21 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Red Badger

Just wait for the flu season to kick into high gear!


5 posted on 10/13/2021 11:34:09 AM PDT by Retrofitted
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6 posted on 10/13/2021 11:35:24 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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Missouri is over the Delta hump. Time for Wuhan to develop a new strain.

This while Pfizer is testing it's jab on 6 month old babies.

7 posted on 10/13/2021 11:35:47 AM PDT by Pollard (PureBlood)
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The Jab is wearing off, so the cases are going down. Quick! We need to start pushing booster jabs!


8 posted on 10/13/2021 11:35:49 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: MNJohnnie

“There is a point where you get a decline in the acceleration and a turnaround of cases. … That’s where we are,” Fauci said.
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No, Fauci, we’re past that point… we’re well past that point. And it’s no thanks to you with your canards and flip flops.

Look toward Florida and their trend lines. They are the model of BALANCED voluntary vaccinations, treatments and INTENTIONAL lack of restrictions and mandates.


9 posted on 10/13/2021 11:36:01 AM PDT by House Atreides
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To: Red Badger

WAIT!!! HOW CAN THIS BE?? Every day Biden and swamp say it’s the end of the world!!


10 posted on 10/13/2021 11:36:10 AM PDT by Lockbar (Vlad the Impailer had all the answers.loset with Jimmy)
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To: MNJohnnie

Xiden regime’s fear machine to go into high gear, in order to counter this obvious mosimformation campaign.


11 posted on 10/13/2021 11:37:54 AM PDT by LIConFem (Read up on Russia's Oct, 1917 Revolution... And prepare.)
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To: MNJohnnie

Cases down 75% in just a month. Heard many of the Leftist TV doctors thinking this is the last spike we are coming off and this fade is for real. https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailycases


12 posted on 10/13/2021 11:38:03 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: MNJohnnie

Democrats are sad


13 posted on 10/13/2021 11:38:15 AM PDT by brownsfan (For conservatives, we have taxation without representation.)
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herd immunity to the vaxx finally kicking in?


14 posted on 10/13/2021 11:40:47 AM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: brownsfan

Florida seven day average 17 deaths...sept 1... 366


15 posted on 10/13/2021 11:41:38 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: CatOwner

Even the dumbest Democrats, know they can’t have doctors and nurses quitting nationwide.They have to move on from CRT and TDS.


16 posted on 10/13/2021 11:42:14 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: MNJohnnie

Fauci is saddened.


17 posted on 10/13/2021 11:43:36 AM PDT by madison10
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To: MNJohnnie

Forced vaccines are working!

Anything Fauci has saved us!


18 posted on 10/13/2021 11:43:51 AM PDT by moovova (I'm dismayed that most of the world hates me for being non-vaxxed. Honest. No, really.)
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To: LIConFem

19 posted on 10/13/2021 11:45:13 AM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: MNJohnnie
Fauci ain't gonna be happy about this!

Time to move the goalposts.

20 posted on 10/13/2021 11:45:32 AM PDT by Obadiah (Truth is treason in an empire of lies.)
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