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Good morning and apologies for the tardiness of this week’s issue. Rebecca’s need to attend some exquisite Chicago nostalgia and Jerry being a bit under the weather led to the delay. What did not bring the delay, was a "struggle with attention problems,” which is the topic of our lead article from The Conversation: "These strategies and life hacks can help anyone with ADHD, as well as those who struggle with attention problems but don't have a diagnosis"
- Reports of new coronavirus cases have doubled in the past month as Omicron subvariants have spread across the country.
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Cases are increasing in all but seven states and territories, and in more than 10 states, the daily case average is twice as high today as it was two weeks ago. Some places, including Hawaii, Maine and Puerto Rico, have seen recent case counts approach or surpass the levels seen during last year's Delta surge.
- Hospitalizations are also on the rise, driven primarily by increases on the East Coast. Just over 19,000 people are in American hospitals with the coronavirus each day, an increase of 20 percent from two weeks ago.
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The full impact of this surge is believed to be even greater than these numbers suggest. Since many infections go uncounted in official case reports, the roughly 73,000 cases currently announced each day likely capture only a portion of the true toll.
- Coronavirus deaths in the United States are expected to reach 1 million in the coming days, though daily death reports are currently low. Fewer than 400 deaths are being announced each day on average, down from more than 2,600 a day at the height of the Omicron surge.
To help you understand the summary above and the data that follows, we link to StatNews “The five pandemics driving 1 million U.S. Covid deaths.”
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The curators and the data team think it is time to look at the Canadian, U.K., Europe and Japanese data including each country’s fully vaccinated rate:
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An average of 5,071 cases per day were reported in Canada in the last week. Cases have decreased by 43 percent from the average two weeks ago. Deaths have increased by 3 percent. Canada’s fully vaccinated rate is 83 percent.
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An average of 7,805 cases per day were reported in United Kingdom in the last week. Cases have decreased by 55 percent from the average two weeks ago. Deaths have decreased by 57 percent. The U.K. fully vaccinated rate is 74 percent.
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An average of 36,614 cases per day were reported in France in the last week. Cases have decreased by 50 percent from the average two weeks ago. Deaths have decreased by 28 percent. Frane’s fully vaccinated rate is 79 percent.
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An average of 40,199 cases per day were reported in Italy in the last week. Cases have decreased by 33 percent from the average two weeks ago. Deaths have decreased by 21 percent. Italy’s fully vaccinated rate is 79 percent.
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An average of 15,058 cases per day were reported in Spain in the last week. Cases have increased by 9 percent from the average two weeks ago. Deaths have decreased by 10 percent. Spain’s fully vaccinated rate is 86 percent.
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An average of 66,100 cases per day were reported in Germany in the last week. Cases have decreased by 39 percent from the average two weeks ago. Deaths have decreased by 27 percent. Germany’s fully vaccinated rate is 78 percent.
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An average of 34,297 cases per day were reported in Japan in the last week. Cases have decreased by 15 percent from the average two weeks ago. Deaths have decreased by 26 percent. Japan’s fully vaccinated rate is 81 percent.
The lead “below the data” story is from Scientific American, as always they offer a great explainer, this time on “A guide to the different omicron subvariants.”
This past Sunday The New York Times offered us a the first part of a comprehensive look at teen mental health and suicide. The initial article looks through the eyes of ER doctors, parents, teens, and hospital caregivers at where parents and their teens turn to cope with serious mental health issues including suicide. On this past Tuesday, the second part of this brilliant examination of the current state of care and the need to implement far more resources in support of vulnerable teens and their caregivers was posted. Please follow the links to these most important articles.
These articles reminded your curators of our friend Jocelyn Wiener’s great CalMatters articles on Mental Health resources and programs, we link you to the must read “When children suffer: California to funnel billions into mental health overhaul.”
"What is fentanyl and why is it behind the deadly surge in US drug overdoses? A medical toxicologist explains" is linked from The Conversation and is the first of two public health challenges’ articles and a must read. Equally important is StatNews’ linked article “Firearm deaths and disparities both grew in pandemic’s first year.”
Our curators’ effort to both cover Covid-19 data as well as increasingly link articles on the cultural impact of the pandemic was given a boost this week with the first episode of "A Pandemic Project from The New Yorker." The New Yorker offers “Jeff Tweedy Gets His Hat Back” that reports “After some mostly bareheaded years, the Wilco front man hits a vaquero haberdashery in Chicago to buy a new Stetson to wear when he rolls out “Cruel Country,” an album that grew out of a group chat with George Saunders and Nick Offerman.” We link to a story about a cultural icon and the band, and the band’s family that Rebecca and husband have been and remain part of.
Now five weeks into his new job, Dr Jha visited Andy Slavitt's In the Bubble podcast to answer “Our Top 10 Questions for Biden’s Covid Coordinator (with Dr. Ashish Jha).” We offer as and link you to this great podcast of the week.
From the May Grey of Culver City we offer Revitalize for a most luck Friday, May 13, 2022:
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Revitalize: The week in health-care news you need
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1 million have died from COVID in the U.S. Experts wonder how this seems normal. Americans often view COVID deaths as the fault of the victims, experts say.
The Conversation
These strategies and life hacks can help anyone with ADHD, as well as those who struggle with attention problems but don't have a diagnosis.
The five pandemics driving 1 million U.S. Covid deaths. STAT analyzes the data to show how five key factors worked to drive U.S. Covid deaths since the start of the pandemic, yielding "five pandemics."
A guide to the different Omicron subvariants.
Hundreds of suicidal teens sleep in emergency rooms. every night. With inpatient psychiatric services in short supply, adolescents are spending days, even weeks, in hospital emergency departments awaiting the help they desperately need.
Teens in distress are swamping pediatricians. Around the country, the setting for adolescent mental health care looks ever more like this doctor’s office in Kentucky, the next patient arriving every 15 minutes.
When children suffer: California to funnel billions into mental health overhaul.
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What is fentanyl and why is it behind the deadly surge in US drug overdoses? A medical toxicologist explains.
Firearm deaths and disparities both grew during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, a new CDC analysis says.
Jeff Tweedy gets his hat back. After some mostly bareheaded years, the Wilco front man hits a vaquero haberdashery in Chicago to buy a new Stetson to wear when he rolls out “Cruel Country,” an album that grew out of a group chat with George Saunders and Nick Offerman.
Our Top 10 Questions for Biden’s Covid Coordinator (with Dr. Ashish Jha).
You asked, we answered! Andy asks Dr. Ashish Jha, current White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator, the top 10 questions submitted by listeners, including our overall risk levels, what’s next for vaccines, how to diagnose long COVID, and minute by minute timing of the approval process for young kids. He explains who’s still dying from COVID, predicts when waves will hit different parts of the U.S., and breaks down the best therapeutics.
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