US hits the million cases

Massive increase in cases as we expected US cases and deaths data https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailycases Colorado https://covid19.colorado.gov/data California https://covid19.ca.gov/state-dashboard/#todays-update Florida http://ww11.doh.state.fl.us/comm/_partners/covid19_report_archive/covid19-data/covid19_data_latest.pdf New York https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/covid-19-data-new-york Illinois https://dph.illinois.gov/covid19/data.html https://health.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/docs/2021-12-24_health_advisory.pdf UK data https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-omicron-daily-overview https://covid.joinzoe.com/data#levels-over-time https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59862568 Zoe https://covid.joinzoe.com/post/cases-set-to-break-200k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH7ISb-ReAo&t=139s https://covid.joinzoe.com SA hospital data https://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index/disease-index-covid-19/surveillance-reports/daily-hospital-surveillance-datcov-report/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/south-africa/ Schools go back https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/jan/04/uk-covid-coronavirus-live-news-omicron-may-have-plateaued-amongst-under-50s-in-london-top-scientist-says Omicron did not establish in schools pre-holiday Pathogenicity of omicron No infection, no vaccine One third drop in risk of hospital admission Two thirds drop in the risk of dying from Omicron Australia https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-04/nsw-records-highest-hospitalisation-and-covid-cases/100736056 NSW, cases, + 23,131 Positivity, 27.24% Hospitalised + 140 = 1,344 ICU, + 10 = 105 Ventilated = 27 COVID positive patients admitted to ICU since December 16, delta = 72% Of those patients, 62% not vaccinated or only one dose Regional Victoria It is like our government has thrown its arms in the air But now it is ridiculous how far the polar opposite we have gone, it is night and day!!! Now we have a wildfire of COVID here in the Alpine Shire. Very limited testing, delays on PCR results Rapid Antigen tests, SOLD OUT !!! can't get them A close contact definition, same house, more than 4 hours I could go on for several paragraphs with further details on how crazy it seems to have become down here in Australia in the coming weeks I would think we will see an explosion in cases here Victoria & especially Melbourne Darcy in Victoria SA, J and J works Vaccine effectiveness against hospital admission in South African health care workers who received a homologous booster of Ad26.COV2 during an Omicron COVID19 wave https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.28.21268436v1.full.pdf Ad26.COV.2 vaccine N = 477, 234 HCWs 6-9 months after first dose N = 69,092 HCW (evaluated) VE for hospitalisation (post boost) Compared to unvaccinated individuals 0-13 days, 63% 14-27 days, 84% 1-2 months, 85% JCVI, Sir Andrew Pollard, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/01/03/fourth-covid-jab-cant-vaccinate-planet-every-six-months-says/ Fourth jabs should not be offered until there is more evidence Giving boosters to people every six months not sustainable At some point, society has to open up. When we do open, there will be a period with a bump in infections, which is why winter is probably not the best time. But that’s a decision for the policy makers, not the scientists. Our approach has to switch, to rely on the vaccines and the boosters. The greatest risk is still the unvaccinated. The worst is absolutely behind us. We just need to get through the winter. Misinformation (AZ) One year ago Some European leaders (France and Germany, efficacy on the over-65s, risk of blood clots) highly likely to have cost lives in Africa Misinformation risks people’s lives. It’s highly likely that people became seriously ill and died becau