Posted on 12/27/2021 5:41:28 PM PST by SeekAndFind
African countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo are struggling with an influx of hospitalizations as the omicron-driven 4th wave of the global pandemic environment hammers the country, which boasts one of the world's lowest vaccination rates. But Congo isn't alone; over the weekend, American media reported that, after nearly two years of seeing surprisingly low COVID levels, sub-Saharan Africa is finally seeing a big enough wave of infections to pose a serious threat to its health-care system.
Experts in the US are projecting that the latest COVID wave will worsen before it gets better, according to the following chart from Fundstrat, which features projections and data from the CDC as well as various state-level public health departments.
As it shows, the peak should arrive around Jan. 9, with the number of new daily cases declining swiftly after that, tumbling to just under 40K new cases/day by Feb. 9.
Researchers at a university in Texas estimated that the peak of the omicron wave would likely land somewhere between Jan. 13 and Feb. 3, according to CNBC.
Last year's peak arrived on Jan. 11, according to data from Johns Hopkins.
And the number of deaths peaked on Jan. 13.
Even as hospitals across the US see the number of available beds fill up, deaths remain far lower than last year, a clear sign that Americans' levels of 'herd immunity' (a concept we haven't heard much about lately ever since scientists declared that COVID is likely now an endemic disease) have continued to improve, despite the virus's shifting nature.
That still leaves plenty of time to manufacture and release the Mandatory Mail In Ballot Variant
That’s a very narrow peak.
Fine, but will we ever hear a follow up on their prognostications and if it was was ever true? No, obviously....
That would be a rather fast peak for a wave that just started.
Just in time for pie.
Same “scientists” that have blown every previous prediction on COVID?”
I’ll take “Shove it up your ignorant Obamahole for $500.”
Who cares what “scientists” say.
Follow the tyranny. Trust the dictatorship.
Bkmk
RE: That would be a rather fast peak for a wave that just started.
Omicron started late November. If this estimate is correct, it follows a similar pattern to the other Covid waves.
The scientists have been wrong for almost two years.
I could have told you that months ago.
The figure depicts the relative monthly frequencies of nine selected causes of death in the United States for women and men combined for the years 1959–2014. The reported number of counts in parentheses in the title of each panel is the actual number of deaths.
Surprise - except for auto accidents, suicide, and (maybe) lung cancer, the peak month for dying is January, especially for airborne illnesses.
Viruses gonna virus. Even non-viruses gonna non-virus.
Whoda thunkit?
US scientists have sold out to the commies. Their pronouncements are not to be believed.
😂😂
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Just in time for Pi and then Rho.
I am of the ilk that disease (many diseases) are about to manifest in the majority of citizens in the next few months. I want my hunch to be completely wrong. Hold on to your butts. We have tinkered with things that have not been properly tested and cannot be undone.
“That’s a very narrow peak.”
It makes sense to me. A similar number of cases are being jammed into a smaller time frame due to this version being so infectious. Faster uptake, faster burnout.
I agree. This is an mRNA clinical trial we are in now
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