US, Cases falling swiftly, but BA.2
BA.2 54.9%
US, cased down 9% in 14 days
NYC, cases up 62% in 14 days
NY, cases up 65% in 14 days
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#nowcasting
US exit strategy
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/30/us/covid-vaccine-testing-states.html
Social life returns to normal
Packed sports events and concerts
Illinois, closing free Covid-19 testing sites
Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, Ohio, stopped releasing daily data on virus hospitalizations, infections and deaths.
PB
Second booster shot
Australia
https://www.health.gov.au/health-alerts/covid-19/case-numbers-and-statistics
UK
Covid symptom study
https://covid.joinzoe.com/data
ONS
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19latestinsights/infections
6.39% in England (1 in 16 people)
6.35% in Wales (1 in 16 people)
5.92% in Northern Ireland
(1 in 17 people)
9.00% in Scotland (1 in 11 people)
People were more likely to test positive for COVID-19 in the two weeks up to 12 March 2022 if they:
had not previously been infected with COVID-19
travelled abroad in the last 28 days
reported being of White ethnicity
were employed and working
had not been living in a multigenerational household
were male
were not impacted by a disability
worked in a care home
were children or aged around 30 years
had not had contact with hospitals, or were living in a household where no one had contact
Reinfections were around 10 times higher in the Omicron variant period than in the Delta variant period
The risk of reinfection was around 10 times higher in the period when the Omicron variant was most common (20 December 2021 to 20 March 2022),
compared with the period when the Delta variant was most common (17 May to 19 December 2021).
Between 2 July 2020 and 20 March 2022, people were more likely to be reinfected if they:
were unvaccinated
had a “milder” primary infection with a lower viral load
were younger
lived in more deprived areas
Sir Patrick
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/03/30/covid-jab-annual-vaccine-instead-four-monthly-booster/
We’ve got very high levels of infection at the moment, as indeed many other countries do
I think the number of infections is beginning to turn, so we may be quite close or at the peak and it may start coming down shortly
Need to look back at lockdown and dissect
Clear that there were detrimental effects,
should not be undertaken lightly in future
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