The most clueless comment to the tweet:
Maybe Walgreens should bring back its mask mandate.
Didn’t see your comment.
It would be amusing if it were not so sad
I don’t understand the Walgreen’s tracker, either. Not consistent with nationwide trends. Or, perhaps I am missing something. It could be that the sub-variants BA.4.6 and others are accelerating, but I doubt it.
I had the same thoughts about it being out of whack with other data. One comment said Walgreens shows about two weeks before others. Guess we will see and sure hope it’s wrong.
I don’t know qualifications of any of posters either
People are forgetting that Omicron kind of came out of nowhere last November and really threw us for a loop. I am not saying that will happen again. In fact, I don’t think it will. But, we can’t be sure.
The first comment is telling also by Ms Moen. We also are hearing more folks who have yet to have Covid testing positive. A good portion of them are getting it from their kids who never had Covid until this school year.
Joshua, are Covid deaths in the U.S. still at 450 per day? You have always been saying here that 100 per day is considered “acceptable”.
Have I been understanding you correctly?
Yes, still at 450 a day. A slight decrease each week since late August, but not enough of a decrease for my liking. Same thing holds true for hospitalizations. U.S. daily Covid deaths currently account for ~20% of worldwide deaths. This is due in part to our still inadequate vaccination rates (shots 1 and 2) among the vulnerable. They should be at or near 100%, which they are in all of our peer nations and even many emerging market nations. Here, we haven’t been able to crack 90%. Then there’s the low uptake of boosters – again among the vulnerable. It’s now over 60% among the vulnerable, but not the 90% or more that we see in all of our peer nations. Then there’s the issue of lots of co-morbidities and a relatively unhealthy population.
A massive global failure. Surely a massive failure in this country and we have not learned anything. Not one damned thing
What other than school kids sharing with each other and family can it be
Could be, indeed. But we don’t know for sure. Schools have been in session for a while (since August) in many parts of the country.
Agree. I was thinking the same. It may be the schools in session for a month that are driving the increase or it may be something else. It’ll take time.
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What the heck is this? Is it even close to accurate?
https://twitter.com/coviddatareport/status/1569809349417082882?s=21&t=f9zP6aX–HfpTuzoBE6MWA
mRNA vaccine for flu? The comments are very interesting. One mentions saline vs current vaccine used in test. Seems an odd choice to me also
https://twitter.com/scottgottliebmd/status/1570023178889469954?s=21&t=f9zP6aX–HfpTuzoBE6MWA
The Walgreens source of the graph:
https://www.walgreens.com/businesssolutions/covid-19-index.jsp
The most clueless comment to the tweet:
Maybe Walgreens should bring back its mask mandate.
Didn’t see your comment.
It would be amusing if it were not so sad
I don’t understand the Walgreen’s tracker, either. Not consistent with nationwide trends. Or, perhaps I am missing something. It could be that the sub-variants BA.4.6 and others are accelerating, but I doubt it.
I had the same thoughts about it being out of whack with other data. One comment said Walgreens shows about two weeks before others. Guess we will see and sure hope it’s wrong.
I don’t know qualifications of any of posters either
Agree with Dr. Topol’s assessment. There is certainly hope that the end is near. But, we can’t count on the end being near. https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1570083167872372736
People are forgetting that Omicron kind of came out of nowhere last November and really threw us for a loop. I am not saying that will happen again. In fact, I don’t think it will. But, we can’t be sure.
The first comment is telling also by Ms Moen. We also are hearing more folks who have yet to have Covid testing positive. A good portion of them are getting it from their kids who never had Covid until this school year.
Joshua, are Covid deaths in the U.S. still at 450 per day? You have always been saying here that 100 per day is considered “acceptable”.
Have I been understanding you correctly?
Yes, still at 450 a day. A slight decrease each week since late August, but not enough of a decrease for my liking. Same thing holds true for hospitalizations. U.S. daily Covid deaths currently account for ~20% of worldwide deaths. This is due in part to our still inadequate vaccination rates (shots 1 and 2) among the vulnerable. They should be at or near 100%, which they are in all of our peer nations and even many emerging market nations. Here, we haven’t been able to crack 90%. Then there’s the low uptake of boosters – again among the vulnerable. It’s now over 60% among the vulnerable, but not the 90% or more that we see in all of our peer nations. Then there’s the issue of lots of co-morbidities and a relatively unhealthy population.
A massive global failure. Surely a massive failure in this country and we have not learned anything. Not one damned thing
https://twitter.com/erictopol/status/1570178074808909828?s=21&t=hY73fR9EP74hHH_UgWoe4A
Covid wastewater levels continue to rise nationwide. The slope isn’t very steep, but it levels of Covid have now been increasing for 2 straight weeks. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FcoyLWxWIAMrQlk?format=jpg&name=small
What other than school kids sharing with each other and family can it be
Could be, indeed. But we don’t know for sure. Schools have been in session for a while (since August) in many parts of the country.
Agree. I was thinking the same. It may be the schools in session for a month that are driving the increase or it may be something else. It’ll take time.
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