We ensure quality care through
Interim Management, Skilled Monitoring, and Reinvention
|
|
Greetings!
The Surge continues in the U.S.; please jump straight to The New York Times’ excellent presentation of the data.The Times reports, “At least 2,048 new coronavirus deaths and 222,902 new cases were reported in the United States on Jan. 11. Over the past week, there has been an average of 250,721 cases per day, an increase of 37 percent from the average two weeks earlier. As of Tuesday morning, more than 22,673,700 people in the United States have been infected with the coronavirus according to a New York Times database.” The data for Jan. 11 follows:
-
In the U.S., on Jan. 11 there were 214,683 new cases (approximately 25,000 more than reported on Jan. 4) with a total of 23,143,197 cases; on Jan. 11 there were 1,964 deaths (23 fewer deaths than reported on Jan. 4) and the U.S. death total has reached 385,249. This week for the U.S., we add 69,701 total cases per million and 1,160 total deaths per million.
-
In Italy, on Jan. 11 there were 12,532 new cases and 448 deaths (an approximate 25 percent increase in new cases and deaths over Jan. 4); there are to date in Italy 2,289,021 total cases and 79,203 total Covid-19 deaths. This week for Italy, there are to date 37,889 total cases per million and 1,311 total deaths per million.
-
In France, on Jan.11 there were 3,582 new cases (440 fewer new cases than on Jan. 4), with a total of 2,659,750 total cases. There were 310 new deaths on Jan. 11 (143 fewer deaths than on Jan. 4) with a total of 68,060 Covid-19 deaths. This week to date, France has 42,664 total cases per million and 1,041 total deaths per million.
-
In Germany, on Jan. 11 there were 11,723 new cases; there have been 1,941,077 total cases. There were 663 deaths (42,097 total Covid-19 deaths in Germany). In comparison to data reported last week, Germany had approximately 25 percent fewer new cases and new deaths. This week for Germany to date, there are 23,138 total cases per million and 502 total deaths per million.
-
The United Kingdom had on Jan.11, 46,169 new cases (approximately 12,000 fewer new cases than Jan. 4) and 3,118,518 total cases. There were 529 new deaths (78 more than Jan. 4), increasing the UK’s Covid death total to 81,960. The UK remains fifth (behind the U.S., India, Brazil, and Russia) on the worldwide total cases list. This week for the UK to date, there are 45,810 total cases per million and 1,204 total deaths per million.
-
Canada, over the past week has moved from 25th to 23rd on the worldwide total cases list. On Jan. 11, Canada had 7,892 new cases; 34 fewer than the (prior week’s incorrectly reported by this newsletter) Jan. 4 data; 668,181 total cases. On Jan. 11, Canada had 136 deaths (74 fewer than Jan. 4) for a total of 17,086 deaths. This week, for Canada there are 17,662 total cases per million and 451 total deaths per million.
NOW to vaccines, and repeat, “It is not the number of vaccines but rather the number of vaccinations!” We start with our friends at StatNews who wrote a week ago that: “Top CDC official Nancy Messonnier acknowledged that the administration’s vaccine rollout has been rocky so far. But in a conversation with StatNews, she predicted that it’ll speed up soon.” Just before sending this week’s issue to the typesetters, your curators went to Politico and CNN for an update on vaccinations. No one, even your non-hierarchical Revitalize team wants to anger the boss, yet in Politico we find “Biden dresses down his Covid team over plans to speed vaccinations.” Please read to see what changes were and are being made to the vaccination strategy. And take advantage of the link within that story to Dan Diamond's reporting on who is on the team. CNN reports on Jan. 12 that the “Department of Health and Human Services is expected to announce sweeping changes Tuesday in vaccine rollout guidelines in an effort to boost the lagging number of vaccinations in the first month – effectively adopting the approach proposed by President-elect Joe Biden's incoming administration … The Trump administration plans to release reserved second doses immediately, a senior administration official tells CNN. The official expects reserved doses to be distributed over the next two weeks.”
Your Curators believe that with all the anxiety over last week’s insurrection, the Covid spikes, and the when-will-I-get-my-vaccination worry, you deserve a break. We waited a week to see what did happen in Georgia. You’ll find the most interesting answer in The New Yorker’s “Can boosting child and elder care help democrats win control of the Senate?” It tells the story: “Family Friendly Action canvassers have been knocking on a hundred doors a day in the suburbs north of Atlanta.” Family Friendly Action was targeting the Georgia races to show both voters and elected officials the enormous impact that access to child care, as well as services for the elderly and disabled, have on women’s personal and professional lives. “We’re in Georgia to make sure Georgia voters know which Senate candidates are going to help them through our national care crisis—and who aren’t.” Georgia is sending two Democratic Senators to Washington and this article offers us great reporting on politics, political action, and what can drive voters to the polls.
If you really need a break from the less-than-two-weeks-into-the-New-Year-when-is-it-going-to-get-better-mood then perhaps the last article can help. We link you to the business reporting folks at StatNews who offer us a look “Inside the collapse of a disrupter: How Haven’s high hopes of redefining health care came to a crashing halt.” Remember Haven, the smartest and biggest corporations convinced Dr. Atul Guwande to lead a new insurance company; yet as we read in the article: “In any startup, you’ve got to produce traction to keep even your own [employees] on board. They produced no traction. They didn’t even spell out great ideas.”
From our virtual offices in Culver City, media correspondents in Tokyo, New York, Atlanta, Delaware, and in and out of the D.C. Beltway, this is Revitalize for Jan. 13, 2021.
|
|
Revitalize: The week in health-care news you need
|
|
 |
Japan declares state of emergency in Tokyo area after days of hesitation. Fast-rising coronavirus case counts and deaths forced Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to act, but some say the restrictions — mostly voluntary — won’t be enough.
Messonnier: The slow vaccine rollout should speed up ‘pretty massively’ in coming weeks. Top CDC official Nancy Messonnier acknowledged that the administration’s vaccine rollout has been rocky so far. But in a conversation with StatNews, she predicted that it’ll speed up soon.
Biden dresses down his Covid team over plans to speed vaccinations.
|
|
|
|
Trump administration reverses course and adopts part of Biden vaccine distribution plan.
The Trump administration plans to release reserved second doses immediately, a senior administration official tells CNN. The official expects reserved doses to be distributed over the next two weeks.
Can boosting child and elder care help democrats win control of the Senate?
Inside the collapse of a disrupter: How Haven’s high hopes of redefining health care came to a crashing halt. “In any startup, you’ve got to produce traction to keep even your own [employees] on board. They produced no traction. They didn’t even spell out great ideas.”
|
|
|
|
Jerry Seelig, CEO
Fax: 310-841-2842
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
