People hospitalized with COVID-19 now have one overwhelming thing in common. They're not vaccinated. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...ients-us-now-unvaccinated-younger/7684857002/
We all know the "part of America" that will have widespread COVID, many deaths, and piles of stupid unvaccinated people. Just look at counties which voted for Trump as an easy reference. ‘Two Americas’ may emerge as Delta variant spreads and vaccination rates drop Biden’s 70% vaccination target by Fourth of July likely to fall short as efforts to entice people to get shots have lost their initial impact https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...-delta-variant-spreads-vaccination-rates-drop Rural Covid-19 Cases Increase Slightly after Seven Weeks of Decline Tennessee jumps to the top of the pack with the nation’s highest rural Covid-19 infection rate. Cases and deaths declined in metropolitan counties. https://dailyyonder.com/rural-covid...htly-after-seven-weeks-of-decline/2021/06/17/
Half of Texas Republicans say they won't get COVID-19 vaccine, new poll finds https://www.houstonchronicle.com/ne...s-Republicans-say-they-won-t-get-16272085.php
Unvaccinated Marylanders Account for Nearly All Recent Deaths, Health Chief Says https://www.marylandmatters.org/202...-nearly-all-recents-deaths-health-chief-says/
99% of Current US COVID-19 Deaths Have One Major Thing in Common https://www.sciencealert.com/the-va...nt-us-covid-19-deaths-are-unvaccinated-people Almost all of the COVID-19 deaths in the US are among those who are unvaccinated, an Associated Press analysis found. While over 853,000 were hospitalized for COVID-19 in May, less than 1,200 of them or about 0.1 percent were people who were fully vaccinated, the AP found using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of the 18,000 COVID-19 deaths, only 150 were people who were fully vaccinated or only 0.8 percent. "They are [vaccines] nearly 100 percent effective against severe disease and death, meaning nearly every death due to COVID-19 is particularly tragic because nearly every death, especially among adults, due to COVID-19 is, at this point, entirely preventable," CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said during a press briefing on Tuesday. More than 45 percent of all Americans are fully vaccinated against, CDC data shows, but The Washington Post reported vaccination rates have been on the decline, with fewer Americans signing up to get the shot. This comes at a time when top health officials are urging Americans to get vaccinated as the more transmissible Delta variant - which originated in India - becomes a growing concern. It may also be able to evade protection from existing vaccines, as Insider's Aria Bendix reported. Walensky told NBC News that data so far shows that two doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines should work really well against the Delta variant, and she is encouraging people to get their second doses if they haven't. She is however concerned about pockets across the country that are less vaccinated than others. There's a stark vaccine rate disparity amongst counties across the US with some at only 0.1 percent and others near 100 percent. Those that have lower vaccine rates are at a higher risk of an outbreak as a result of the variant. Experts told Insider's Aria Bendix and Joanna Lin Su that they ideally want a community to have at least a 75 percent vaccination rate so the virus is less able to pass from person to person. "Some places are above 60 percent, so there are some pockets that are pretty protected," Lisa Lee, an epidemiologist at Virginia Tech, recently told Insider. "We have to understand, though, that it just takes a couple of cases, a couple of people coming into a community, to pass this along."
I wonder if you'll need a vaccine passport to participate in government programs to re-settle Arkansas after Covid Delta wipes out the native inhabitants who refused to get the shot? Arkansas reports highest one-day COVID-19 case spike in 4 months https://thehill.com/homenews/state-...ghest-one-day-covid-19-case-spike-in-4-months
The rural, red Trumper counties in North Carolina won't get vaccinated. Want to have the COVID plague spread freely. Maybe Jesus will save them. ‘No one is hitting this out of the park:’ Gap grows between best, worst NC counties in vaccine rollout https://www.wnct.com/news/north-car...en-best-worst-nc-counties-in-vaccine-rollout/ The gap continues to widen between North Carolina’s counties performing relatively well during the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and those that aren’t, a CBS17.com data analysis found. The analysis uncovered several ways in which the performances of the counties have drifted further apart as the state moved deeper into the vaccination process — a problem potentially worsened by the increasing spread of the Delta variant. “I don’t think it’s too much of a surprise, given the size of our state and its geography and other influences, that different counties are doing things differently,” said Dr. David Wohl, an infectious disease specialist at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. “From east to west, north to south, we’re a pretty diverse state, and we’re not homogeneous. And we do know that there are counties where there’s just been a lot slower uptake of the vaccine. And some of those have been on the border with South Carolina, which would share some of the characteristics of those south of the border.” It found greater separation between the county with the best vaccination rate — Orange County — and the one with the worst than there was in late May. Also continuing to grow: The gap between the top 20 counties and the bottom 20. A total of 51.4 percent of all residents in the top 20 counties have had at least one shot as of Tuesday, compared to just 29.2 percent of those in the counties ranked Nos. 81-100. In other words, the top and bottom quartiles are separated by 22.2 percentage points. The top 20 counties showed a rate of 48.8 percent in late May compared to 27.2 percent in the bottom 20 counties — for a separation of 21.6 points. A study by Bloomberg News found a similar trend nationally, with the top and bottom quartiles of counties across the U.S. now separated by 32 percentage points — after that gap was 12 points in late March. “We want to make sure that we’re raising vaccination rates consistently across the country,” Dr. Bechara Choucair, the White House’s vaccinations coordinator, told CBS 17 News. The gap between Orange County — which led the state both last month and on Tuesday — and the last-place county also grew wider. (In-line spreadsheet in article) Orange County’s rate is nearly 43 percentage points greater than last-place Onslow County. Four weeks ago, Orange was 41.8 points better than Dare County, which was in last place at the time. The state says 45 percent of its total 10.5 million residents have gotten one shot to at least start the vaccination process. And the analysis found both ends of the spectrum becoming more polarized. There are seven counties — including Wake and Durham — where at least half of all residents have gotten a shot. But in five counties — including Hoke, Harnett and Cumberland — their rates are stuck in the 20s. In Onslow and Hoke, it’s less than a quarter. “There are discrepancies, but no one is hitting this out of the park,” Wohl said. “To the extent that we would love to see, you know, 80, 90 percent, we’re getting there. And I think we’ll get there slowly, too, I just think we should be realistic, no matter where you are, Orange County or elsewhere.” The Delta variant makes it an even bigger issue because it spreads faster and is potentially more contagious than other strains, and a growing concern is that pockets of unvaccinated people could spark small clusters that could mushroom into big ones. “Those places are at risk of having outbreaks and spikes, which means they’re at risk of having more hospitalizations or more lives lost,” Choucair said. The key, of course, is reversing vaccine hesitancy. But a key question: How to persuade the holdouts who, months into the process, still have not yet come around to get the shots? “I think having one-on-one conversations with trusted people is so important,” Choucair said. “What we learned from surveys, what we’ve learned from focus groups, is that people trust people they know — particularly, people trust their doctors. So having that one-on-one conversation with your primary care doctor is so important at this point. “We’re encouraging (vaccinated people) to take a moment to share their experience with people they know, with their friends, that neighbor, their family who haven’t been yet vaccinated,” he continued. “And we know that they can make an impact. So it’s an all-hands-on-deck. We’re all rolling up our sleeves and trying to have these one-on-one conversations with people and we’re hoping more people will be vaccinated.”