, seems to be what they are saying. Dr. Ashish K. Jha, White House, Covid-19 coordinator
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/04/27/world/covid-19-mandates-vaccine-cases
The new White House Covid czar says avoiding all virus infections isn’t the goal of U.S. pandemic policy.
Relatively low number of new deaths, but still too high
Hospitalizations, lowest point in the pandemic
Rising number of cases, a promising inflection
With such a contagious virus spreading, hard to ensure that no one gets Covid in America
That’s not even a policy goal
The goal of our policy should be: obviously minimize infections whenever possible, but to make sure people don’t get seriously ill
we are going to see cases go up and go down during this pandemic as we head into the weeks, months and years ahead
The more important reflections of progress, health care system strain,
whether people are hospitalized with and dying from Covid-19
Paxlovid, push to reach the vulnerable
Doctors are too hesitant to prescribe the drug
https://www.fda.gov/media/155051/download
There are some people in this country who sometimes think that we can take a domestic-only approach to a global pandemic
That’s not a thing. You can’t do that
Increased contagion
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions
BA.2 68.1%
BA.2.12.1 28.7%
Dr. Janet Woodcock, FDA
It’s hard to process what’s actually happening right now,
which is, most people are going to get Covid
What we need to do is make sure the hospitals can still function, transportation, other essential services are not disrupted while this happens
England, 10 January and 3 February 2022
New antibody saliva test
https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2022/nearly-all-secondary-school-pupils-estimated-have-antibodies-against-covid-19
97% of secondary school pupils tested positive
46% vaccinated and tested positive for antibodies
51% unvaccinated and tested positive for antibodies
China
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/30/beijing-bans-restaurant-dining-as-holiday-begins-in-zero-covid-clampdown
Beijing
Cases, + 54
ban dining-in
negative Covid tests to visit public spaces
Labour Day holiday.
Prepared 4,000 temporary hospital beds
Shanghai
Cases, + 10,700
New cases, among quarantined or restricted groups
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