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EmersonGA said:
I think it's too early to tell how they fared until we find out exactly how well the herd immunity works. In the long run they may fare better. I've said it before, but the post-mortem on this will be interesting. There is so much we don't know.
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The problem with counting Sweden’s deaths as well is they publicly admitted death from any reason 30 days after a positive test and it was counted as a Covid death.
 
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For the first time, I found the daily Covid hospitalizations for this area and it isn’t good news. The county here, Chatham, had been holding pretty steady for awhile: between mainly 20 and 30 June 1-21. However, since then, there have been sharp increases with 27 on 6/21, 58 on 6/29, 62 on 7/2, 69 on 7/3, 83 on 7/4, 85 on 7/5, and 97 on 7/6! So, hospitalizations have nearly quadrupled in just 15 days! These aren’t cumulative numbers. Rather, they are actual number hospitalized on a given day. So, since these are hospitalizations, this means that the sharp rise in cases is due to more than just increased testing.

I got alerted that things were getting much worse when I found out earlier today that my brother’s infectious disease doc had to cancel all doctor’s office visits the rest of the week because he’s been overwhelmed by hospital rounding of hospitalized Covid patients. Not good. For the naysayers who are downplaying this or are putting a positive spin on it, keep things like this in mind.
 
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GaWx said:
For the first time, I found the daily Covid hospitalizations for this area and it isn’t good news. The county here, Chatham, had been holding pretty steady for awhile: between mainly 20 and 30 June 1-21. However, since then, there have been sharp increases with 27 on 6/21, 58 on 6/29, 62 on 7/2, 69 on 7/3, 83 on 7/4, 85 on 7/5, and 97 on 7/6! So, hospitalizations have nearly quadrupled in just 15 days! These aren’t cumulative numbers. Rather, they are actual number hospitalized on a given day. So, since these are hospitalizations, this means that the sharp rise in cases is due to more than just increased testing.

I got alerted that things were getting much worse when I found out earlier today that my brother’s infectious disease doc had to cancel all doctor’s office visits the rest of the week because he’s been overwhelmed by hospital rounding of hospitalized Covid patients. Not good. For the naysayers who are downplaying this or are putting a positive spin on it, keep things like this in mind.
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I would say it’s localized. Some are doing bad but some areas are doing better.
 
cd2play said:
Surely the peak of this current wave isn't that far away. If we get to August and this thing is still doing nothing but showing us whose boss, I give up!!!
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There's nothing to indicate that things will improve by August overall in the SE US. If anything, it looks imo to get even worse overall the next month or two based on current trajectories of hospitalizations before hopeful improvement though the nature of this is "location, location, location". Hopefully even with the sharp increase in hospitalizations we can keep deaths from going too far out of control though the jury is out.
Then again, many of the more serious cases who are not dying are still being hit very hard with potential longer term problems being left behind.
 
GaWx said:
For the first time, I found the daily Covid hospitalizations for this area and it isn’t good news. The county here, Chatham, had been holding pretty steady for awhile: between mainly 20 and 30 June 1-21. However, since then, there have been sharp increases with 27 on 6/21, 58 on 6/29, 62 on 7/2, 69 on 7/3, 83 on 7/4, 85 on 7/5, and 97 on 7/6! So, hospitalizations have nearly quadrupled in just 15 days! These aren’t cumulative numbers. Rather, they are actual number hospitalized on a given day. So, since these are hospitalizations, this means that the sharp rise in cases is due to more than just increased testing.

I got alerted that things were getting much worse when I found out earlier today that my brother’s infectious disease doc had to cancel all doctor’s office visits the rest of the week because he’s been overwhelmed by hospital rounding of hospitalized Covid patients. Not good. For the naysayers who are downplaying this or are putting a positive spin on it, keep things like this in mind.
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Link to chart I was referring to in the above post regarding daily hospitalizations in Chatham County for COVID showing worsening trend: remember these aren't based on cumulative:

https://infogram.com/hospitalizations-1h7j4d88x3wd6nr
 
Shaggy said:
This herd immunity is literally putting all your eggs in one basket. Theres still mixed signals to validity. I know theres promise with Tcell immunity but this major new study isnt very encouraging for widespread herd immunity.

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Coronavirus herd immunity may be 'unachievable' after study suggests antibodies disappear after weeks in some people

A study of more than 61,000 people in Spain found that just 5% had developed antibodies that could provide COVID-19 immunity.
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COVID-19 antibody study in Spain warns herd immunity 'cannot be achieved' without devastating effects

A study in Spain has found that only a small percentage of people have COVID-19 antibodies, warning that herd immunity will be “difficult to achieve.”
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