Saturday, July 31, 2021

Cape Cod Outbreak Prompts new CDC Guidelines ... COVID Numbers Explode Higher

CAPE COD OUTBREAK PROMPTED NEW MASK GUIDELINES – CDC (WSJ)

“The CDC said in a report on Friday that 127 vaccinated people infected with the Delta variant during the outbreak appeared to carry as much virus as 84 unvaccinated or partially vaccinated people who became infected.” Story At... 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/cdc-says-new-mask-mandate-informed-by-cape-cod-outbreak-11627664465

My cmt: Remember, golfer John Rahm. He has now tested positive 3 times for Covid causing him to miss a major tournament earlier this year and the Olympics recently, even though he was vaccinated before he tested positive the first time.

 

CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS (NTSM)

Holy C**p!

Here’s the latest from the COVID19 Johns Hopkins website as of 4:30 PM Saturday. US total case numbers are on the left axis; daily numbers are on the right side of the graph in Red with the 10-dMA of daily numbers in Green. Maybe a couple of states reported data for the week on Friday and Saturday??? We'll see.

 

The only good news is that death rates haven’t changed much; about 2% of those tested positive or 1 in 50 die. Those odds are actually pretty bad.