Covid 3/11/21

Covid19mathblog.com

As noted yesterday our opening tracking would show a big increase in TX on 3/10 from 3/9 and this is what we are seeing. TX is equivalent to FL now.

Endemic likely – but some seasons will be much better than others – https://apnews.com/article/us-news-coronavirus-pandemic-98ae7fbfdc457425dae47efb38139db2

“The virus emerged in late 2019 and it’s difficult to predict how it will behave over the long term. But many experts believe it’s likely the disease will eventually ease from a crisis to a nuisance like the common cold.”

“It’s unlikely the virus will ever be completely stamped out, given the possibility that people might be able to get reinfected after they’ve already been sick or vaccinated.

The only virus that’s ever been eradicated from the human population is smallpox. That’s because people develop lasting immunity to that virus after getting sick or vaccinated.”

Life is full of risk – vaccine is not 100% safe but its not bad – https://www.foxnews.com/us/utah-mom-dies-four-days-after-taking-covid-vaccine

“According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), some 92 million COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered in the U.S. between December 14, 2020 and March 8, 2021. Of those 92 million, VAERS received 1,637 reports of death (0.0018%) among people who received a COVID-19 vaccine.”

Third wave in Germany? – https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-digest-germanys-third-wave-has-begun/a-56833513

“Germany’s third wave is in full swing, the president of Germany’s Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases (RKI), told the UN Journalists Association in Geneva on Wednesday.

"We have clear signs: The third wave in Germany has already begun," said Lothar Wieler.

Thursday marks one year since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global pandemic.

Wieler’s comments came as the RKI recorded 14,356 new infections in the past 24 hours on Thursday, an increase of more than 2,400 over the prevous Thursday.”

Perhaps but its really early to call it:

Brazil leads at over 2K US under

NY leads confirmation and CA leads death

Providence Rhode Island leads confirmation LA leads the death

NY confirmation quite dispersed

LA back to normal?