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- New infections and hospitalizations are declining nationally, though some Northern states continue to see growing outbreaks.
- The country is averaging more than 2,000 newly reported deaths a day and is approaching 700,000 total coronavirus deaths.
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Florida, which was regularly identifying more than 20,000 infections a day in August, is now averaging around 7,000 cases each day. Fewer than half as many Covid-19 patients are hospitalized in that state as there were a month ago.
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Alaska leads the country in recent cases per capita. A rapidly worsening outbreak there, spread across urban and rural areas, has shattered past case records and strained hospitals.
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Case numbers continue to climb in portions of the Upper Midwest and New England that missed the worst of the summer surge, including in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Maine.
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The pace of vaccination had slowed considerably in the weeks before booster shots were authorized for some recipients of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Around 650,000 vaccine doses were administered each day over the last week, down from more than 900,000 a day in early September.
On Sept. 29, 2021 in the U.S., the seven-day daily average number of new cases was 114,395; the 14-day change in cases was a decrease of 26 percent with a total of 43,205,257 total cases. The seven-day daily average number of new hospitalizations was 88,324; the 14-day change in hospitalization was a decrease of 16 percent. The seven-day daily average number of new deaths was 2,026, the 14-day change in new deaths was an increase of seven percent, and the U.S. death total has reached 692,737. Sixty five percent of the U.S. over 12 population is fully vaccinated, 75 percent have had one jab. We once again ask you to use the link to The New York Times Covid Map for an in depth review of the data.
In Canada on Sept. 29, 2021, the seven-day daily average number of new cases of 4,332, the 14-day change in cases was an increase of three percent with a total of 1,627,001 cases. The seven-day average of new deaths was 38, the 14-day change in new deaths was an increase of 39 percent, and the Canadian death total has reached 27,808. Seventy one percent of Canadians are fully vaccinated, 77 percent have had one jab.
This week's issue offers comparative data for the U.K., France, Italy, and Spain. Like the US and Canada, virtually all of these countries’ new cases and deaths are unvaccinated people. France, Italy, and Spain continue to have significant decreases in new cases and deaths this week. Go to The New York Times International Covid Maps page for country data.
In the United Kingdom on Sept. 29, 2021, the seven-day daily average of new cases was 34,242, the 14-day change in cases was an increase of six percent with a total of 7,736,225 cases. On Sept. 29 in the U.K., the seven-day average of new deaths was 131, the 14-day change in new deaths was a decrease of 4 percent, and the U.K. death total has reached 136,375. Sixty seven percent of the U.K. is fully vaccinated, 73 percent have had one jab., the same percentages as last week.
In France, the seven-day daily average of new cases was 5,734, the 14-day change in cases was a decrease of 41 percent with a total of 7,094,334 cases. The seven-day average of new deaths was 64, the 14-day change in new deaths was a decrease of 42 percent, and the French death total has reached 117,348. Sixty six percent of the French citizens are fully vaccinated, 75 percent have had one jab, which is a 2 percent increase in fully vaccinated and 1 percent increase in first shots over the past week.
In Italy, the seven-day daily average number of new cases was 3,198, the 14-day change in cases was a decrease of 31 percent with a total of 4,665,049 cases. The seven-day average of new deaths was 55 (one less than last week), the 14-day change in new deaths was a decrease of 1 percent, and the Italian death total has reached 130,887. Sixty seven percent of Italians are fully vaccinated, 75 percent have had one jab.
In Spain, the seven-day daily average number of new cases was 2,278, the 14-day Change in cases was a decrease of 38 percent with a total of 4,953,930 cases. The seven-day average of new deaths was 54, the 14-day change in new deaths was a decrease of 22 percent, and the Spanish death total has reached 86,358. Seventy seven percent of Spaniards are fully vaccinated, 80 percent have had one jab.
Let us copy the lead sentences from the US and the French entries found above:
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On Sept. 29, 2021 in the U.S., [population 332M] the seven-day daily average number of new cases was 114,395;
- In France, [population 67M} the seven-day daily average of new cases was 5,734.
How did the US five times the population of France have 20 times more cases? The answer is that there remains in sickness and health and most importantly in vaccinations a red and blue America. To understand this we first link you to The New York Times’ "Red Covid: Covid’s partisan pattern is growing more extreme." With maps and data the Times reports on the great divide as to disease, death, and vaccination between Trump and Biden voters.
Staying on vaccination, we turn to a great explainer from The Atlantic, whose title tells all: "No, vaccinated people are not ‘Just as likely’ to spread the Coronavirus as unvaccinated people. This has become a common refrain among the cautious—and it’s wrong."
We continue our look at vaccine mandates and turn to New York state whose mandate is all inclusive when it comes to health and long term care workers. The New York Times offers Deadline Looming, Thousands of Health Care Workers in New York Get Vaccinated that reports on success in getting workers to take the shot, a continued pocket of resistance, and the steps that the Governor is taking to both enforce the mandate and provide staffing. Read about the New York health care workers rushing to get vaccinated before the deadline here.
No we have not forgotten about the complex who-will-get-and-do-you-need the Booster program. So if you are or will soon get it (remember only Pfizer for now) we offer from StatNews "Side effect rates from a third Covid-19 vaccine dose similar to those after second shot, early data indicate."
The New York Times reports of "Long hours, low pay, loneliness and a booming industry." The Times tells us of home health work: “The ranks of home health aides are expected to grow more than any other job in the next decade. What kind of work are they being asked to do?”
The Podcast of the week is StatNews' The Readout. Warning to some and teaser to others, this is as we find in all the StatNews’ platforms an always easy to read mix of science, pharmaceutical industry, medicine, Covid-19 pandemic reporting. Regardless of your profession and practice, be eclectic and jump in; the most recent podcast offers “ Who’s going to win the mRNA bake-off? How worrisome is the Delta variant? And why do drug names sound like Raffi lyrics? – The prior week has former FDA commissioner and Pfizer board member Dr. Scott Gottleib and the great science reporter Helen Branswell (who appears here often) telling us “Winter is coming, again: What to expect from Covid-19 as the season looms.”
Before we close, let us send a GodSpeed and great trek to one of our founders Rick Cussigh who is about to take a break from our daily grind and start his well-deserved El Camino de Santiago five-week pilgrimage. As for Rebecca and Jerry we are sitting in our Culver City offices getting the issue out and the chores done so we can head over to the Village Well to hear the great Ben Rhodes – and now we offer Revitalize for Sept. 30, 2021.
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Revitalize: The week in health-care news you need
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Red Covid: Covid’s partisan pattern is growing more extreme.
From The Atlantic, No, vaccinated people are not ‘Just as likely’ to spread the Coronavirus as unvaccinated people. This has become a common refrain among the cautious—and it’s wrong. "This misunderstanding, born out of confusing statements from public-health authorities and misleading media headlines, is a shame. It is resulting in unnecessary fear among vaccinated people, all the while undermining the public’s understanding of the importance—and effectiveness—of getting vaccinated.
So let me make one thing clear: Vaccinated people are not as likely to spread the coronavirus as the unvaccinated. Even in the United States, where more than half of the population is fully vaccinated, the unvaccinated are responsible for the overwhelming majority of transmission."
Side effect rates from a third Covid-19 vaccine dose similar to those after second shot, early data indicate.
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Long hours, low pay, loneliness and a booming industry. The ranks of home health aides are expected to grow more than any other job in the next decade. What kind of work are they being asked to do?
Deadline looming, thousands of health care workers in New York get vaccinated. Though many hospital and nursing home employees remain unvaccinated, officials say worst-case staffing shortages seem less likely.
Podcast of the week is StatNews the Readout that answers "Who’s going to win the mRNA bake-off? How worrisome is the Delta variant? And why do drug names sound like Raffi lyrics? This and prior weeks are great.
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