Posted on 07/30/2021 8:09:54 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Sarah Nafziger, M.D., vice president of UAB Hospital Clinical Services, said Thursday that Alabama now has the highest COVID positivity rate in the country.
Nafziger said the reasons are the Delta variant and Alabama’s low vaccination rate.
According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Alabama’s percent positive rate is 21.5% as of July 29, 2021. The statewide percentage of Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests (NAATs) that were positive during the past seven days was 21.5. According to ADPH, 49,661 COVID-19 tests were performed in the past 7 days in Alabama.
The percent positive number is something state health leaders keep an eye on because it paints a picture of what’s happening with COVID-19. Assistant state health officer Dr. Karen Landers says that number must go down now for us to start getting a handle on the situation.
“That is really in my opinion an unsustainable number. We must intervene. We must really look individually how we can protect ourselves. We must really take advantage of the mitigation standards that I hope none of us would have to back to.” Dr. Landers with ADPH said.
This is how ADPH describes this data: “Laboratories are required by law to report both positive and negative COVID-19 test results to ADPH. To accurately calculate the percentage of positive test results, both numerator and denominator data are needed. Only nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) methods are included in this calculation. A NAAT is a type of viral diagnostic test for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. NAATs detect genetic material (nucleic acids) of the virus. The date is assigned by the collection date and represents the percent that were positive during the past seven days as of that date. Data are preliminary and subject to change.”
Nafziger said people are starting to fill up hospitals again and 97 percent of the people who are being treated for COVID-19 are unvaccinated.
The average age of admitted COVID-19 patients is about 55 years old. She said the difference is Alabama’s older population, 65 and older, took the vaccine. That is keeping them out of the hospital.
Nafziger said almost every one of the patients in the hospital who did not get the vaccine, now said they wish they had.
Nafziger said if case numbers continue to grow, UAB doctors will have to cancel or postpone elective procedures because they will need the beds.
“To me it’s like jumping out of an airplane without a parachute. We have a parachute, why would you jump out of an airplane without a parachute?” Asked Nafziger.
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“I do believe that if I get COVID Delta, it won’t be so bad.“
If you did get Covid, your chances of being hospitalized or dying is much lower with the vaccine .
and mortality rate is?
Here's another thing to think about. According to the health department (stated in this article), Alabama has a 21.5% positivity rate.
Are we really supposed to believe that A FIFTH of Alabamians have covid? Really? That makes less sense than Vols fans every year saying this is the year they win the championship.
So it’s a therapeutic?
Do they have the highest number of the resident dropping ILLEGALS in their State?
Don’t go to Alabama. You’ll die!!
Don't know. I've been vaccinated and expect to get the booster when it's available, I'm 77. I have a brother and a sister who are refusing to be vaccinated.
Looking at past pandemics, doesn't it show that the 2nd & 3rd waves are more lethal than the original wave. I think we're into a 2nd wave already.
I expect the pandemic to get worse.
I'm going back into isolation, now.
Alabama “immigrant” population grew 1.2 million from 2019-2020.
With the white population decreasing.
So, their evil scheme seems to be working.
Same in Virginia and even Pa.
The RT-PCR test can tell whether there is SARS-CoV-2 genetic material at the collection site (typically the nasal cavity).
A random selection of positive specimens are sent for complete genetic sequencing. That’s where the specific variants are determined. It’s the same process used for Influenza each year. It’s how we know which strains to include in the flu shot.
While the Delta variant increases your risk of a breakthrough infection vs. other variants of SARS-CoV-2, your risk is still much lower than that of an unvaccinated person. But no vaccine is 100% perfect. The smallpox vaccine is just 95% effective, yet we wiped smallpox off the face of the Earth with it.
"I do believe that if I get COVID Delta, it won't be so bad."
Most vaccinated people don't get infected with COVID-19. Of those who do, the vast majority experience little to no symptoms. The vaccinated people who get severe symptoms typically have some serious health issues affecting their immune system. For example, cancer patients, AIDS patients, etc. Nearly every COVID-19 death (over 99% nationally) is an unvaccinated person.
If you've been vaccinated and you have a functional immune system, don't worry about COVID-19. You're fine.
If I were loving in Alabama, I would be more concerned over all the damn fire ants down there.
According to CDC chart, Alabama is doing unusually well in combating the virus.
“All Deaths involving Covid 19” = 97 for month of July.
You mean from the debunked PCR test? Oh OK wake me when real news comes out...
The national death rate has been declining week by week”
As the late and great SecDef Rumsfeld said. we are dealing with Unknown Knowns
With the right woman, I'll be loving in Alabama... J/K!
Haven’t heard of anyone having it in my neck of the woods. If there were any cases, the hens would be pecking like crazy on Facebook, but they aren’t. Everyone is pissed off about the mask mandates on school grounds again though. Talk of civil disobedience on that one.
Lol, obviously I meant to type living. To live is to love I guess.
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