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Recently, some of our readers requested that we focus more on the next phase of Covid and its lasting impact on our workplaces and homes. Those making the request and most of those we work and chat with have a sense at varying degrees that we are turning a corner in the pandemic; yet we all ask how great the curve and at what speed can and will we take it? In our own editorial offices, we take this issue to press as Rebecca and her three family members complete a two-week battle with Omicron. No one hospitalized, three with flu-like symtoms, and two still missing their taste and smell.
We do start with State of the Virus, yet for now we will reduce our data reporting, remember that you can employ The New York Times State of the Virus summaries to get you to both U.S. and world data.
The New York Times State of the Virus, updated on Feb. 2, summarizes the current covid state as follows:
- New coronavirus cases continue to plummet nationwide. Hospitalizations are also declining.
- About 2,600 coronavirus deaths are being announced every day, the most since last winter. Death reports are up about 40 percent in the last two weeks.
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Connecticut is averaging fewer than 2,000 cases a day, down from more than 10,000 daily in early January. Florida is averaging fewer than 25,000 new cases a day, down from a mid-January peak of more than 60,000.
- About 130,000 patients with the virus are hospitalized nationwide. While hospitalizations have been declining significantly, they remain at one of the highest levels of the pandemic.
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Most of the country is seeing rapid improvement in case data. In Montana and North Dakota, among the last states to report a peak in Omicron cases, reports of new infections have started to fall.
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The publisher of the above table, The New York Times, reminds us that Covid is killing people in the U.S. at far higher rates than those in other wealthy nations.
Our effort at combining reporting on today’s pandemic and a continued examination of professional practice and public policy begins with The New York Times' The Daily and its recent "We need to talk about Covid, Part 2: A conversation with Dr. Fauci," please read or listen to this podcast.
A first time resource Deutsche Welle (DW) (which describes itself as “Germany’s international broadcaster and one of the most successful and relevant international media outlets”) offers us "Covid-19: The coronavirus pandemic is far from over."
The third in this quartet of where we are today and what is next is NPR’s must-listen "The Omicron wave is receding. What happens now?"
The New York Times completes our quartet by asking the question “Can the new variant lead to long-term symptoms?" in "Coronavirus Briefing: Omicron and long Covid."
Michelle Goldberg, an opinion columnist at The New York Times and a mom living in New York makes our transition to “what now?” with "Let kids take their masks off after the Omicron surge."
Another first time contributor is WBUR, (the great Boston Public Radio station’s) podcast On Point that turns to Israel experts for "Evaluating the effectiveness of vaccine passes." You'll hear that: “A year ago, Israel was the first country to issue a strict vaccine passport. Now, some health officials say the Green Pass did not stop the Omicron variant, and is no longer relevant.' We evaluate the effectiveness of vaccine passports.”
Multiple listeners have sent us the must-read New York Times "What we can learn from how the 1918 Pandemic ended." The Times tells us that “Overconfidence, indifference and weariness are perhaps the biggest dangers.”
A look at changes in the lives of workers is found in Vox’s "A bizarre Wisconsin hospital lawsuit shows how Covid-19 changed the balance of power for medical workers."
Our close is a turn to our efforts to curate great work on current problems in long-term care and comes from another first-time Revitalize-featured reporter, Jesse Bedayn, who reports on economic inequality for The Mercury News in San Jose. "No way out: How the poor get stranded in California nursing homes" appeared in our favorite source CalMatters as part of "The California Divide" project.
Revitalize-in its renewed search for solutions in quality health care and social poilcy–is sent on Feb. 4, 2022 from Culver City with reporting from around the world:
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Revitalize: The week in health-care news you need
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We need to talk about Covid, Part 2: A conversation with Dr. Fauci. America, it seems, might be at a turning point in how we think about and respond to the pandemic. Yet, the U.S., at this moment, is still in the midst of crisis — thousands of people are in hospital and dying every day. In the second part of our exploration of the state of the pandemic, we speak with Dr. Anthony Fauci about the conditions under which we could learn to live with the virus and what the next stage of the pandemic looks like.
COVID-19: The coronavirus pandemic is far from over.
The Omicron Wave Is Receding. What Happens Now?
Coronavirus Briefing: Omicron and long Covid. Can the new variant lead to long-term symptoms?
Let kids take their masks off after the Omicron surge. There’s a cost to making kids cover their faces indefinitely.
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Evaluating the effectiveness of vaccine passes: Israel was the first country to issue a strict vaccine passport. Now, some health officials say the Green Pass did not stop the omicron variant, and is no 'longer relevant.' We evaluate the effectiveness of vaccine passports. Miquel Oliu-Barton, Maya Peled-Raz, Dr. Jennifer Avegno and Seema Mohapatra join Meghna Chakrabarti.
What we can learn from how the 1918 Pandemic ended. Overconfidence, indifference and weariness are the biggest dangers.
A bizarre Wisconsin hospital lawsuit shows how Covid-19 changed the balance of power for medical workers. The pandemic has been hell for health care workers. It’s also given them new leverage with their employers.
No way out: How the poor get stranded in California nursing homes.
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