I think these āless likely to require hospitalizationā stories are really doing a disservice to the population in general. Sure, maybe any individual case is only (letās say) 50% as likely to end up requiring a hospital visitā¦ but if it leads to 4x the number of cases itās going to be a lot worse than Delta, a LOT worse, and THAT part of the message is being lost on the general public who just hear āoh itās mildā
itās like these people have never had an indian friend who told them the food isnāt very spicy
NYC just released some new data for the week ending on December 12
All rates are per 100k population. The hospitalization and death rates are age-adjusted.
| Unvaccinated | Vaccinated | |
|---|---|---|
| Case rate | 758.5 | 127.5 |
| Hospitalization rate | 39.5 | 3.8 |
| Death rate | 1.7 | 0.3 |
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article256817457.html
Florida on Thursday reported 32,869 additional COVID-19 cases and 83 more deaths to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to Miami Herald calculations of CDC data. This is the largest multi-day increase of newly reported cases since Sept. 6, which saw 46,105. The CDC backlogs cases and deaths for Florida on Mondays and Thursdays, leading to big increases.
In the past seven days, as the omicron version of the virus has circulated, the state has added 22 deaths and 14,554 cases per day on average, according to Herald calculations of CDC data. That rolling seven-day case average is the highest itās been since Sept. 11, when it was at 15,633.
Itās funny how your minor sniffles feel a little more pronounced and your slightest of headaches seems a little more painful after a colleague you were with earlier in the week says he is headed to urgent care because he doesnāt feel well and has chest pains when breathing and coughing.
Todayās Covid numbers reporting looking very very grim. Basically new ATH for almost every state that has reported. How worried are you guys about getting together with vaxed family in small get togethers for the holidays? Iām starting to reconsider my plans which werenāt all that extensive in the first place.
My sisters and future brother-in-law are visiting for Christmas Eve and leaving after Christmas morning. Was supposed to be a way bigger gathering but my cousin got COVID which canceled the gathering (heās feeling fine now after a couple of days of mild symptoms). Rest of the family heās with already had COVID and has tested negative so far pre-Christmas. Apparently, a bunch of their friends had it very recently.
Iāll be going with one of my sisters to Philly. Not sure what Iāll do for New Yearās mainly because they arenāt sure.
Just like those fake photos right? āI didnāt knowā says the seller.
So in a population of 10,000,000 that means 30 vaccinated people died? VACCINES DONāT EVEN WORK WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS TO US!!!
Getting boosted tonight after work. Hoping I donāt feel like shit for the long weekend, but Iām excited to get max protection
These guys will be eligible for free home tests kits (LFT)
Iām reconsidering my Christmas plans as well. The family is kinda having a small civil war and, frankly Iām not sure what to do about it, so hopefully writing it all out here will help me think it through.
Mom is deceased, Dad remarried a few years back. I get along pretty well with Step Mom and her side of the family but I was an adult and out of the house when she entered the picture, so weāre not super close. Dad and Step Mom are vaxxed and boosted, but her daughter, son, and grandkids are not. A few of them have gotten Covid relatively recently, but will be past the quarantine/likely contagious phase by now. They all live very close to my Dad and Stepmom, see them frequently and will probably see them several times this week. Iāve seen Dad, Stepmom and members of her side of the family twice since March 2020.
My brother, his wife and kids are all vaxxed and have been super careful throughout Covid (brother works from home, kids have limited activities outside of school, etc.). I havenāt seen any of them in over 2 years and was really looking forward to it. They had planned on driving down from New England, and seeing everyone, but with pretty strict protocols (masks, pre gathering testing, etc) and basically insisting that the unvaxxed not be there when he was.
Brother just informed us all that b/c of the Omicron spike they wonāt be coming at all. I can still go if I want, but Iām not too stoked on spending time with the unvaxxed and I have a feeling that without my brother as a countervailing voice, Iām going to get out voted on most of the Covid protocol stuff and will be seen as the turd in the punchbowl who is ruining the holiday fun. Should probably note that if I go 'll be staying with my Dad and wonāt have immediate access to a vehicle, so I wonāt be able to easily exit the situation if things go sideways.
My brain is saying that I should probably pass, but I just really miss my family, yāknow?
No change for my vaxxed and boosted gatherings of 5-10.
I wasnāt too nervous until one of my wifeās cousinās kids got a close contact notification today. So far sheās tested negative but my father-in-law suggested that even if she turns out to be pozzed āif she wears a mask weāll all be safeā which is 
. So fingers crossed she continues to test negative or her parents are smart enough to ignore that insane suggestion, I guess.
No changes, but no travel/relatively small gathering with most people boosted and only 1 unvaxxed/under 5. Hes still going to school, so Im already resigned to him catching Omicron before being vax eligible anyways. The only travelling party caught COVID already (2x Pfizer, mild symptoms so far) and cancelled.
Will be the only indoor leisure activity over the holiday for me.
I was definitely more likely to go if he went, for a few reasons:
A- Not having seen him, his wife and my nephews in so long they were the ones I was most looking forward to seeing. I like the other members of my family too, but, Iāve seen them all more recently. Also, my brother and I are just a lot closer when it comes to many things, probably because we were the ones who gtfo of the small town we grew up in and moved to big cities.
B) He and his wife were the ones most likely to join with me or at least have my back if the other folks wanted to go to restaurants or hit up the mall or something and I didnāt want to.
C) I consider him one of the smartest if not the smartest people I know, so if he thinks itās too risky and the ones who are saying itās fine are the granddaughters who refuse to get vaxxed because they think itāll make them infertile, I kinda feel like I should be following his example, not theirs
I seem to have timed my two travels right before both the summer Delta surge and this Omicron surge. Nothing planned for at least the next few months!
Same. I donāt have anything until March (well besides getting together with a handful of family over Christmas). Hopefully this has burned through by then.