-32 Cases.
-18 Hospitalizations.
-13 Deaths.
7-day daily changes
33,862 Cases. Down.
34,803 Hospitalizations. Down.
604 Deaths. Down.
The American vaccines have just kicked this thing's ass. The president has gotten shots in arms so quickly--47% of all Americans have now gotten at least one shot--so quickly that supply now exceeds demand, and getting so many folks vaccinated in such a short period of time suddenly the virus is running out of hosts. I look at these numbers every day and I often make the virus sentient in my mind and on days like this I can hear in my mind's ear COVID just moan.
I really think San Francisco taught a national lesson: herd immunity does not begin at 70% or 80% or 90%. "We started to see numbers go down when we hit 40% vaccinations," a health official out there said. 40%? You're outta your mind, SF. You smokin’ some of the flowers in your hair? Of course, I was skeptical. Well? I'll have some of those flowers now San Fran!
The Pfizer and the Moderna especially have been miracle drugs. Every new study that is done on Pfizer shows an increase in expected protection. Remember a week or two ago the headline in the New York Times was "incredible"? Ho-ho-ho. If we had AstraZeneca? Not as protective at its best as Pfizer; frigging blood clots or whatever it was; PAUSES. Oh Lord. If we had Jared Fucking Kushner still in charge? It's both those things, better vaccines, better POTUS. Does America still work?, I so frequently ask. In vaccinations for COVID AMERICA STILL WORKS! Amazing job by the drug companies. And by "Buzzer" Biden.
1.73% D-H rate. Unchanged.
1,926,448 Vax. Down about 25k/day.
Herd Immunity Day (90% immunized naturally or by vaccine)
December 5. Now, I didn't expect that. An improvement of four days? It was December 9 at BIDEN+114.
President Biden Grade B