The United States Is Now Averaging 100,000 New Covid-19 Infections A Day!

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If Americans want to stop the deaths and hospitalizations, get rid of the masks and get back to some sort of normal in this country, they need to step up and do the smart and responsible thing, get vaccinated. The only people who are excluded are those who have legitimate medical reasons from their doctor that shows they cannot receive vaccines. Those people should continue to wear masks. Let all of us join in working to end this deadly pandemic.

The U.S. was averaging about 11,000 cases a day in late June. Now the number is 107,143.

It took the U.S. about nine months to cross the 100,000 average case number in November before peaking at about 250,000 in early January. Cases bottomed out in June but took about six weeks to go back above 100,000, despite a vaccine that has been given to more than 70% of the adult population.

The seven-day average for daily new deaths also increased, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. It rose over the past two weeks from about 270 deaths per day to nearly 500 a day as of Friday.

The virus is spreading quickly through unvaccinated populations, especially in the South where hospitals have been overrun with patients.

Health officials are fearful that cases will continue to soar if more Americans don't embrace the vaccine.

"Our models show that if we don't (vaccinate people), we could be up to several hundred thousand cases a day, similar to our surge in early January," Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Rochelle Walensky said on CNN this week.

The number of Americans hospitalized with the virus has also skyrocketed and it has gotten so bad that many hospitals are scrambling to find beds for patients in far-off locations.

Houston officials say the latest wave of COVID-19 cases is pushing the local health care system to nearly "a breaking point," resulting in some patients having to be transferred out of the city to get medical care, including one who had to be taken to North Dakota.

Dr. David Persse, who is health authority for the Houston Health Department and EMS medical director, said some ambulances were waiting hours to offload patients at Houston area hospitals because no beds were available. Persse said he feared this would lead to prolonged respond times to 911 medical calls.

"The health care system right now is nearly at a breaking point. ... For the next three weeks or so, I see no relief on what's happening in emergency departments," Persse said Thursday.
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https://www.npr.org/sections/corona...eraging-100-000-new-covid-19-infections-a-day
 

Nathan said:
Yes, common sense and a united effort for the common good.
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I agree, hoping for the best. 🤞 If more businesses, airlines, etc. require proof of vaccination to be served, that will help.
 

Irwin said:
Society no longer comes together "for the common good," which may be another warning sign that society is collapsing. That along with mass psychosis. Signs are everywhere that people are going frickin' nuts!
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For Sure! This pandemic is causing all sorts of Mental issues, as people try to "cope". The cities are seeing rising crime rates, and the hospitals are filling to capacity. As I follow the news, I'm glad we're living in the countryside....a bit of boredom is a lot better than what millions are facing.
 
Irwin said:
Society no longer comes together "for the common good," which may be another warning sign that society is collapsing. That along with mass psychosis. Signs are everywhere that people are going frickin' nuts!
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I blame the internet, just too much for the Human species to cope with. A big meteor will give Mankind another visit to the stone age and a chance to re-gain sanity.
 

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