Rampant BA 5

Rant warning. There is a significant rant in this video starting at 15 minutes 20 seconds. Viewer discretion is advised as some may find this objectionable. CDC variant nowcast https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions BA.5 77.9% BA.4 12.8% BA.2.12.1 8.6% BA.2 0.6% BA.1 0% Delta 0% Others 0% https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/covid-cases.html?campaign_id=185&emc=edit_yct_20220722&instance_id=67312&nl=coronavirus-tracker&regi_id=110300449&segment_id=99240&te=1&user_id=0b87b8c1eea981ec0514047bbfa553ca Risk of death in vaccinated and unvaccinated Hospital admission risk goes up with age Mr. Biden, (79) isolating at home Fully vaccinated, had second booster, end of March Tested positive, Thursday. very mild symptoms Taking Paxlovid White House has stringent measures to prevent infection https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19/latestinsights 5.77% in England (1 in 17 people) 6.03% in Wales (1 in 17 people) 4.82% in Northern Ireland (1 in 20 people) 6.48% in Scotland (1 in 15 people) Long covid, data to 27 May 2022 Coronavirus Infection Survey, 12 to 16 weeks laboratory-confirmed infection BA.1 4.5% BA.2 4.2% Delta 5.0% of triple-vaccinated adults, Zoe data https://health-study.joinzoe.com/data Japan, highest level of vigilance https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/22/japan-urges-highest-level-of-vigilance-as-omicron-subvariant-drives-record-covid-surge New wave of infections Omicron BA.5 subvariant Cases, + 186,000, disproportionately affected children and young people Recent rise in cases, 60 + Lowest per capita rate of 38 OECD countries 246 per million people Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices