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- Hospitalizations, deaths and reports of new cases continue to steadily decline. There are about half as many coronavirus patients hospitalized now as there were at the start of September.
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Cases are flat or falling in more than 40 states. Southern states that saw some of the worst outbreaks this summer are now seeing the biggest drops. South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee have all seen new case reports decline by 40 percent in the last two weeks.
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Alaska continues to lead the country in recent cases per capita, though reports of new infections have started to decline.
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Puerto Rico has a lower recent case rate than every state and one of the country’s highest vaccination rates.
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Around 800,000 vaccine doses are being administered each day, with a significant portion of those going to fully vaccinated people receiving booster shots. About 69 percent of American adults are fully vaccinated.
On Oct. 20, 2021 in the U.S., the seven-day daily average number of new cases was 79,348; the 14-day change in cases was a decrease of 22 percent with a total of 45,120,156 total cases. The seven-day daily average number of new hospitalizations was 58,543; the 14-day change in hospitalization was a decrease of 19 percent. The seven-day daily average number of new deaths was 1,557, the 14-day change in new deaths was a decrease of 14 percent, and the U.S. death total has reached 728,400.
This week's issue offers the NY TImes summary comparative data for Canada, U.K., France, Italy, Spain, and Germany. Each of these countries have had a 14-day increase in cases, yet for those countries except for the U.K. the case numbers' increase when adjusted for population remain significantly less. We also link you to Four Measures That Are Helping Germany Beat COVID. Please go to the NY Times International Covid Maps’ page for country data.
- An average of 2,371 cases per day were reported in Canada in the last week. Cases have decreased by 28 percent from the average two weeks ago. Deaths have decreased by 8 percent.
- An average of 43,916 cases per day were reported in United Kingdom in the last week. Cases have increased by 15 percentfrom the average two weeks ago. Deaths have increased by 29 percent.
- An average of 5,620 cases per day were reported in France in the last week. Cases have increased by 42 percent from the average two weeks ago. Deaths have decreased by 18 percent.
- An average of 3,783 cases per day were reported in Italy in the last week. Cases have increased by 49 percent from the average two weeks ago. Deaths have increased by 1 percent.
- An average of 1,911 cases per day were reported in Spain in the last week. Cases have increased by 25 percent from the average two weeks ago. Deaths have increased by 8 percent.
- An average of 16,281 cases per day were reported in Germany in the last week. Cases have increased by 93 percent from the average two weeks ago. Deaths have increased by 37 percent.
Posted last week on The Atlantic Daily was "A Guide to mixing Covid boosters;" your curators immediately sent it to friends and family and now post it because this brief article does answer all your questions as to getting a booster and which one you should get.
Yahoo News offers "Florida now has America's lowest COVID rate. Does Ron DeSantis deserve credit?" The reporters tell us “But don’t congratulate Florida just yet.” They explain "The bottom line is that this summer in Florida, people did not do as well as they should have. Why? Because far too many of them died. The raw numbers alone are staggering. In all of 2020 — before vaccines essentially eliminated the risk of death for most recipients — 23,384 Floridians died of COVID-19. Now nearly as many — 21,000 and counting — have died in the past four months alone. And another 135 Floridians are still dying, on average, every single day.”
A little more than 1,000 miles via plane to the South of Florida is Puerto Rico, which is doing a great job at vaccinations. Please use our link to read or listen to NPR’s "Why Puerto Rico leads the U.S. in COVID vaccine rate — and what states can learn."
Our solid and reliable science source STATNews offers "Three takeaways from the emergence of the ‘Delta Plus’ coronavirus variant."
We have back to back covid vaccination for kids stories starting with The New York Times’ " FDA Panel recommends Covid shots for children 5 to 11." Here the Times reports: “Covid-19 was 'the eighth-highest killer of kids in this age group over the past year,' said a CDC official in favor of broader authorization.” We then link you to the just posted Atlantic article that reports in "Five lingering questions about Covid vaccines for kids" that “with FDA authorization for a kid-size Covid vaccine pending, a pediatrician and infectious-disease expert weighs in on what’s next;”
We return to the Ezra Klein Podcast; for what is t wo podcasts in one, the first half is an update on what we know and do not know about Long Covid; the second half is on that segment of “American society that often remain invisible to the rest of us", who are the large number of us who have long term chronic illness, many of whom go many years without an accurate diagnosis. Klein is on leave and is hosted by Ross Douthat, The New York Times columnist whose new book is on chronic illness. Douthhart is joined by Megha O’Rourke, former poetry editor at the New Yorker, Professor of Poetry at Harvard who is not the editor of The Yale Review,. She has spent more than a decade of her life struggling with chronic illness, a journey she documents in her forthcoming book, "The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness.”
From Culver City and all over the westside of LA, a thrice vaccinated publisher and sometime in the near future to be boosted editor offer you Revitalize for Oct 28, 2021.
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Revitalize: The week in health-care news you need
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A guide to mixing Covid boosters. Should you switch brands or stick with your original?
Florida now has America's lowest COVID rate. Does Ron DeSantis deserve credit? During the past two months, however, Florida’s daily average has plummeted by more than 90 percent, to about 1,700 cases, or eight for every 100,000 residents. That’s roughly half of California’s current COVID rate and less than a quarter of Vermont’s. Hawaii (with nine cases for every 100,000 residents) is the only other state in single digits. But don’t congratulate Florida just yet. And the bottom line is that this summer in Florida, people did not do as well as they should have. Why? Because far too many of them died. The raw numbers alone are staggering. In all of 2020 — before vaccines essentially eliminated the risk of death for most recipients — 23,384 Floridians died of COVID-19. Now nearly as many — 21,000 and counting — have died in the past four months alone.
Puerto Rico leads the U.S. in Covid vaccine rates. What states can learn.
Three takeaways from the emergence of the ‘Delta Plus’ coronavirus variant.
FDA panel recommends Covid shots for children 5 to 11. Covid-19 was “the eighth-highest killer of kids in this age group over the past year,” said a C.D.C. official in favor of broader authorization.
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Five lingering questions about Covid vaccines for kids. With FDA authorization for a kid-size COVID vaccine pending, a pediatrician and infectious-disease expert weighs in on what’s next.
Long Covid and the blind spots of American medicine. One of the most frightening, least understood aspects of the coronavirus pandemic is what’s come to be known as “long Covid.” Stories abound of young, healthy adults who experienced mild or asymptomatic coronavirus infections and recovered fairly quickly, only to experience an onset of debilitating symptoms weeks or even months later. One major study of almost two million Covid patients in the United States found that nearly a quarter sought medical treatment for new conditions one month or more after their initial infection. “To have a poorly understood disease,” writes Meghan O’Rourke, “is to be brought up against every flaw in the U.S. health care system; to collide with the structural problems of a late-capitalist society that values productivity more than health; and to confront the philosophical problem of conveying an experience that lacks an accepted framework.”
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