On Thu, 8 Apr 2021 08:10:52 -0700 (PDT), trader_4
wrote:

On Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 10:29:07 AM UTC-4, Shadow wrote:
On Thu, 8 Apr 2021 06:22:48 -0700 (PDT), trader_4
wrote:

On Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 2:54:21 AM UTC-4, Bod wrote:
A feature of coronavirus that emerged early in the pandemic was its
tendency to inflict serious illness and death on predominantly elderly
people or those with pre-existing health conditions.

Young and otherwise healthy people were left largely unscathed, with
many experiencing such minor symptoms – or none altogether – that they
didn’t even realise they were infected.

But the emergence of new mutations of COVID-19, dubbed ‘variants of
concern’ by epidemiologists, has changed all of that.

Dodging sickness and even death are no longer are safe bet for young
people, as countless examples internationally have shown.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...6685f4f7787826

The good news here is that while the media keeps harping on about a new surge,
for the US as a whole, so far there has only been a small blip back up and it doesn't
look like the beginning of the two previous surges. There are 5 states that are having
serious new surges, but the rest must be declining or at least not increasing.

Speaking of the media harping about the terrible new surge, that puts an end to the
Trumpets claims that the media was only covering Covid last year, making a big story
of it, to try to screw Trump.

Given where we are at, I think the US will not see a significant new surge, because
the vaccine is winning, thanks to responsible people getting it. About 160 mil doses
have been given, over 200 mil have been shipped. NJ here, about 40% have been
vaccinated. Those are serious numbers that are having an ever increasing effect.
If there was a mistake, maybe it was to not vaccinate the 20 year old dummies sooner,
because it looks like they are the ones aggressively spreading it.
https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations

Only 19.3% of the American population has been FULLY
vaccinated.
Stay safe.
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Yes, but good data out of Israel showed that the Pfizer vaccine was 90% effective
three weeks after the first shot. Nothing much happened in the first two weeks,
then in the third week immunity ramped up. to 90%. The second shot just boosted it a
bit more. Moderna is likely similar. So a lot more than 19% have a good deal of
protection. And with the above numbers rolling out and supply increasing further
the job is rapidly getting done. I doubt we're going to have the widely talked about
third surge wave here, but we'll see. I think by June or so we may have more vaccine
then people willing to get vaccinated. That remains a serious problem, about half
of Republicans say they won't get it and there are plenty of other anti-vaxers too.

What a difference a competent Presidential administration makes. Imagine
where we'd be if the previous Prez had been reelected.