World https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/?utm_campaign=homeAdvegas1?
Cases, 180,081,090
Recovered, 164,823,479
Current prevalence, 11,356,618
Mild condition, 11,274,855 (99.3%)
Serious or critical, 81,736 (0.7%)
Deaths, 3,900,993
US
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailytrendscases
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/delta-variant-us-cases/2021/06/23/ca715f8c-d371-11eb-9f29-e9e6c9e843c6_story.html
CDC, Rochelle Walensky
Anticipates Delta will become dominant in next one to two months
Doubled every two weeks
May 8th, 1.2%
Now, 20.6 %
300 million doses in 150 days
4th July
VP and Jill Biden go south
38.3% of 18 -29s
Fewer than 50 % of eligible population has received at least one dose
Missouri, Arkansas, Nevada, Utah
Caseloads and hospitalizations are increasing
Missouri
Sewage surveillance
Delta spreading quickly
Infection of whole households
Prevention measures not working
Explaining UK problem
40 + 60 = 100% more transmissible
Lower inoculum combined with higher viral load
UK
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk
Cases, + 16,135 = 4,667,870
(surge testing in Scotland)
Deaths, + 19 = 128,027
Deaths, (certificated, 7 days), + 93 = 152,490
Vaccinations
All over 18s
200 days
First dose, 82.5%
Second dose, 60.3%
3 in 5 adults have had 2 doses
Interval for over 40s
Down to 8 weeks
Nadhim Zahawi
Vaccine Deployment minister
If 85% of all adults are double vaccinated,
and the vaccines are 85% effective,
then the protection level is 72%
(28% of the population at some risk)
Almost half of 25 to 29-year-olds in England, first dose
Saved more than 14,000 lives
Prevented 44,000 hospitalisations
Dr Nikki Kanani
Medical Director for Primary Care for NHS England
Dr. Mary Ramsey
Head of Immunisation for Public Health England
we have only seen 41 cases of the Delta Plus variant
Thinks we are on top of it
K417N, (as in Beta, SA)
The so-called “delta plus” coronavirus variant has already infected at least 41 people in the UK, according to Public Health England.
Indian authorities, of concern and sweeping across India
First found in Nepal, evolved from Delta
Wales and Scotland
Viral origins
Lancet letter,
Statement in support of the scientists, public health professionals, and medical professionals of China combatting COVID-19
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30418-9/fulltext
We stand together to strongly condemn conspiracy theories suggesting that COVID-19 does not have a natural origin.
Members of the China visit team
https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus/origins-of-the-virus
Addendum: competing interests and the origins of SARS-CoV-2
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01377-5/fulltext
In this letter, the authors declared no competing interests.
Some readers have questioned the validity of this disclosure, particularly as it relates to one of the authors, Peter Daszak.
The Lancet invited the 27 authors of the letter to re-evaluate their competing interests.
Peter Daszak has expanded on his disclosure statements for three pieces relating to COVID-19 that he co-authored or contributed to in The Lancet
https://covid19commission.org/commissioners
(recused from Commission work on the origins of the pandemic)
challenge (a judge, prosecutor, or juror) as unqualified to perform legal duties because of a potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.
(of a judge) excuse oneself from a case because of a potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.
Press links
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/uk-scientist-centre-pandemic-origins-debate-removed-inquiry/
https://www.foxnews.com/health/daszak-recused-from-lancets-covid-19-commission
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