SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Hospitalizations Among Persons Aged ≥16 Years, by Vaccination Status — Los Angeles County, California, May 1–July 25, 2021
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7034e5.htm?s_cid=mm7034e5_w
A proportion of fully vaccinated persons will become infected
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
May 1 to July 25, 2021
Among 43,127 infections
10,895 (25.3%) fully vaccinated
1,431 (3.3%) partially vaccinated
30,801 (71.4%) unvaccinated
Hospitalized / ITU / Ventilated in those infected
Fully vaccinated
3.2%, 0.5% 0.2%
Partially vaccinated
6.2%, 1.0%, 0.3%
Unvaccinated
7.6%, 1.5%, 0.5%
p less than 0.001 for all comparisons
July 25, fully vaccinated versus unvaccinated
Infection rate among unvaccinated, x 4.9
Hospitalization rate in unvaccinated, x 29.2
May testing
Differences in median Ct values by vaccination status
July testing
No differences were detected among specimens from fully vaccinated
These infection and hospitalization rate data indicate that authorized vaccines were protective against SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe COVID-19 during a period when transmission of the Delta variant was increasing
US hospital pressures
https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2021/08/19/these-6-states-have-almost-no-icu-beds-left-as-covid-hospitalizations-soar/?sh=ad819756bb58
Nationally, ITU capacity at 78%
one-third with covid (or 22,345)
Alabama, more ICU patients than total beds
Dozens forced to wait for space
Georgia, 94% of statewide ICU beds are full
Florida and Mississippi, 93%
Texas, 92.7%
Kentucky, 90.7%
Louisiana, 89.3%
Missouri 88.9%
Followed by Oklahoma (87.9%), Arkansas (87.4%), Nevada (85.4%), North Carolina (84.8%),
South Carolina (83.8%), New Mexico (83.6%), Idaho (82.7%) Maine (80.4%)
UK, ONS
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19/latestinsights
W / E 14 August 2021
Antibodies, 94.2%
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronaviruscovid19infectionsurveyantibodyandvaccinationdatafortheuk/latest
Percentage of the community population that had COVID-19 was:
1.28% in England (1 in 80 people)
0.77% in Wales (1 in 130 people)
1.92% in Northern Ireland (1 in 50 people)
0.49% in Scotland (1 in 200 people)
An estimated 1.46% of the UK population were experiencing self-reported long COVID 4th in July 2021
945,000 people in private households (1.46%)
4 in 10 were experiencing these symptoms over a year
Symptoms adversely affected the day-to-day activities of around two-thirds
Fatigue, shortness of breath, muscle ache, loss of smell, GI
More common in
females
those aged 35 to 69 years
people living in the most deprived areas
those working in health or social care
those with another health condition or disability.
4th July to 14th August, percentage of people testing positive daily
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19latestinsights/infections
Deaths, W/E 13th August
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/latest
14.1% above the five-year average (1,203 more deaths)
England and Wales, 571 mentioned “novel coronavirus (COVID-19)”
(5.5% of all deaths)
North Korea
Population, 25 million
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/north-korea-vaccine-delay/2021/08/24/fdf1b054-031a-11ec-825d-01701f9ded64_story.html
Vaccinations so far, 0
UN now offering doses, Covax
3 million doses of Sinovac
Technical issues still need to be resolved
Sealed its borders to trade and visitors
Essentially no international staff on the ground
Floods, typhoons, heat wave
Lag in routine vaccination program since 2020
2007 measles vaccine campaign, 3.3 million people per day
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