The California Department of Public Health has extended the statewide indoor masking requirement one month, through Feb. 15, in response to dramatic increases in the numbers of new COVID-19 cases across the state because of the omicron variant.
Masks must be worn in all indoor public places regardless of vaccine status, the department said in a Wednesday evening post on Twitter.
“To ensure that we collectively protect the health and well-being of all Californians; keep schools open for in-person instruction; and allow California's economy to remain open and thrive, the California Department of Public Health is requiring masks to be worn in all indoor public settings, irrespective of vaccine status, until Feb. 15.”
The requirement will be updated as health officials continue to assess conditions, the department said later.
“Over the last two weeks, the statewide seven-day average case rate has increased by more than sixfold and hospitalizations have doubled,” state health officials said in an evening statement Jan. 5. “While the percentage of Californians fully vaccinated and boosted continues to increase, we continue to have areas of the state where vaccine coverage is low, putting individuals and communities at greater risk for COVID-19.”
The statement said that because hospitals are over capacity, “the surge in cases and hospitalizations has materially impacted California's health care delivery system within many regions of the state.”
“The COVID-19 vaccines remain effective in preventing serious disease, hospitalization, and death from the SARS-CoV-2 virus,” the department reported. “Unvaccinated persons are more likely to get infected and spread the virus which is transmitted through the air and concentrates indoors.”
“This measure brings an added layer of mitigation as the Omicron variant, a Variant of Concern as labeled by the World Health Organization, continues to increase in prevalence across California, the United States, and the world and spreads much more easily than the original SARS-CoV-2 virus and the Delta variant,” said state health officials.
The state noted that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in December said atleast 10 studies have confirmed the benefit of universal masking in community level analyses: in a unified hospital system, a German city,two U.S. states, a panel of 15 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., as well as both Canada and the U.S.
“Each analysis demonstrated that, following directives for universal masking, new infections fell significantly,” the state reported.
“The masking requirement in California schools has allowed us to keep schools open when compared to other parts of the country. California accounts for roughly 12% of all U.S. students, but only 1% of COVID-19 related school closures,” state officials said.
Masks are required for all individuals in all indoor public settings, regardless of vaccination status. Surgical masks or higher-level respirators (e.g., N95s, KN95s, KF94s) with good fit are recommended.
See State Health Officer Order for a full list of high-risk congregate and other healthcare settings where surgical masks are required for unvaccinated workers, and recommendations for respirator use for unvaccinated workers in healthcare and long-term care facilities in situations or settings not covered by Cal OSHA ETS or ATD.
For additional information on types of masks, the most effective masks, and ensuring a well-fitted mask, individuals should refer to CDPH Get the Most out of Masking and see CDPH Masking Guidance Frequently Asked Questions for more information.
No person can be prevented from wearing a mask as a condition of participation in an activity or entry into a business.
The following individuals are exempt from wearing masks at all times:
- Persons younger than two years old. Very young children must not wear a mask because of the risk of suffocation.
- Persons with a medical condition, mental health condition, or disability that prevents wearing a mask. This includes persons with a medical condition for whom wearing a mask could obstruct breathing or who are unconscious, incapacitated, or otherwise unable to remove a mask without assistance.
- Persons who are hearing impaired, or communicating with a person who is hearing impaired, where the ability to see the mouth is essential for communication.
- Persons for whom wearing a mask would create a risk to the person related to their work, as determined by local, state, or federal regulators or workplace safety guidelines.
CA?, NY? = Permanent Pandemic Panic Pushers…
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Common sense comes slowly to some Dems… but it does exist.
Many like CA (D) Rep Eric Swalwell are happy to lock-down their constituents
and go to a “Free State” to enjoy Freedom.
CO Gov J. Polis (D) says:
No More Mask Mandates – Emergencies do Not Last Forever. (13Dec2021)
“The Emergency is Over.
You know, public health [officials] don’t get to Tell People What To Wear;
that’s just not their job,”
“You don’t tell people to wear a jacket when they go out in winter and force them to [wear it].
If they get frostbite, it’s their own darn fault.”
“At this point, if you haven’t been vaccinated, it’s really your own darn fault,”
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MI Gov Gretchen Whitmer (D) says:
NO Mask mandate in sight,
despite new variant and peaking COVID-19 numbers (29Nov2021)
“Sweeping mandates are less likely to influence and
encourage that population to get vaccinated,” (21Dec2021)
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NJ Gov P. Murphy (D) says: ….
Vaccines, Mask wearing by Choice going to work for us … (19Dec2021)
“In New Jersey, Face Masks have not been required in
many outdoor & indoor settings since late May…”
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“Masks are required for all individuals in all indoor public settings, regardless of vaccination status. Surgical masks or higher-level respirators (e.g., N95s, KN95s, KF94s) with good fit are recommended.”
I thought the Ministry of Truth, the Committee for Public Safety and Freedom, and all 17 Agencies from the Intelligence Community said only N95s masks do anything.
So why only mandate cloth masks, why not mandate N95s.
IF masking worked, infections would not be soaring.
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States ranked by COVID-19 death rates: Jan. 6, 2022
Avg Daily COVID-19 deaths & COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 over the last 7 days as:
Florida: Deaths per 100,000: 0.10 / Daily average deaths: 21.6
California: Deaths per 100,000: 0.13 / Daily average deaths: 52.6
—– “Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-D) the latest blue-state Dem spotted Maskless in Mandate-Free Florida (YahooNews Jan2022) ———-
“….Swalwell, who claimed last week that Reps had “prolonged” the COVID-19 pandemic, was photographed Maskless as he vacationed with his family in mandate-free Florida.”
“CA is one of the most locked-down states in the nation.”
” FL Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis joked Monday about how DEMs from states with “draconian” coronavirus policies keep popping up in his state for vacation…”
Democrat = Hypocrite. That’s all they have shown us this year.
as of 1/6/2022
rent is late
CA, NY = Permanent Pandemic Panic Pushers…
Driving some Folks to persistent Fear-mongering.
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Another blue-state Dem spotted Maskless in Mandate-Free Florida.
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States ranked by COVID-19 death rates:
Jan. 7, 2022
Avg Daily COVID-19 Deaths & COVID-19 Deaths per 100,000 over the last 7 days:
Florida: Deaths per 100,000: 0.09 / Daily avg deaths: 20.3
California: Deaths per 100,000: 0.14 / Daily avg deaths: 56.9
NY State: Deaths per 100,000: 0.52 / Daily avg deaths: 102
CA & NY are the most locked-down Mandate states in the nation.
—– “Rep. OcasioCortez’s Florida Trip Shows Something Even Worse Than Hypocrisy –
‘It Is HIERARCHY’ (IJR Jan2022) ——
AOC’s shameless inconsistencies – makes the grating liberal’s hypocrisy look good by comparison.
“…arrogance of reveling in the kind of immunity to convention enjoyed by the rulers of communist states who are free to ignore the rules their regimes impose on those unfortunate enough to live under them.”
In NYC “… 2 yr olds in her district are force-masked for hours at daycare and NYC schoolchildren are eating lunch outside in freezing temperatures.”
“Rules for thee, not for me”
“AOC’s behavior is not hypocrisy — it is HIERARCHY.
By openly flouting the same rules that she pushes on her constituents,
she is signaling that she is Powerful and Does NOT have to Abide by the same restrictions as the peasants.”
— Christina Pushaw (@ChristinaPushaw) January 3, 2022
“For all their talk of “Equity” & “Inclusion” and whatever progressive buzzwords are being used at the moment, the modern DEM Party is aiming at establishing a two-tiered system of power…”
—- “Welcome to Florida, AOC!
Team DeSantis reminds visiting lawmaker who to thank for ‘Taste of Freedom’ in Miami” —-
#AOCLovesDeSantis
Follow the science. Not the political science. People who are fully vaccinated get and easily spread covid. According to a recent study in the Lancet, “fully vaccinated individuals with breakthrough infections have peak viral load similar to unvaccinated cases and can transmit infection…” Likewise, “People who get vaccine breakthrough infections can be contagious,” says the CDC. Therefore, vaccinated people Even more compelling, …“vaccinated individuals still have the potential to infect others. Worse, one CDC report shows that vaccinated people can still be superspreaders. If vaccinated people still get and spread covid with the same viral load as unvaccinated people then vaccinated people should be tested for covid in the same manner as unvaccinated people, correct? Correct. CDC also states, “vaccination is NOT sufficient to prevent transmission of covid virus.” If vaccination is not sufficient to prevent transmission of covid virus, then why are employees being fired for not being vaccinated? An irrational fear of covid doesn’t entitle a workplace to discriminate against persons based on vaccine status. Simply put, there are no compelling or extraordinary reasons to selectively discriminate against unvaccinated people when vaccinated people can still infect others, have similar viral load and be contagious. Therefore, given the absence of logical grounds to continue such discrimination employers should immediately cease and desist such discrimination. An unvaccinated person carries the same level of safety as a vaccinated person, given both can get and spread covid. A more rational, fair and least restrictive solution would be to provide rapid covid testing for all employees, both vaccinated and unvaccinated, provide free testing at stores, schools and hospitals and require all people to wear masks indoors until there’s ample evidence of herd immunity. The highly transmissible Omicron variant could help countries reach herd immunity as cases continue to rise, health experts say. More compelling, experts say Omnicrom is, “less severe than other variants” and “delta variant is the most common worldwide variant.” Thus, the Biden admins argument that Omicrom is a threat is a falsehood. Nobody wants to get covid. But it’s going to happen. Thus, it’s more important to take rational, reasonable steps and to put more effort into treating covid, not firing nurses, doctors, teachers, who don’t want to get a vaccine that the sciense itself says, “Is not sufficient to prevent transmission of covid.”
Therefore, someone’s irrational, idiotic, absurd fear of covid does not rise to the level of allowing discrimination. People who are fully vaccinated that claim to be “afraid” of unvaccinated are not following the science. Science says fully vaccinated people can, do and are spreading covid. Finally,
Sources: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/cdc-report-shows-vaccinated-people-can-spread-covid-19/ar-AAML2bE https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(21)00648-4/fulltext
https://www.ibtimes.com/covid-19-herd-immunity-possible-omicron-cases-surge-experts-say-3369737d.
Doing the exact opposite of what the “science” says we should do. Congratulations California! We should probably needlessly close restaurants and bars too.
No, Goldy, get out of your house sometime and you’ll see people in Florida and people in California live exactly the same. They go to school, supermarkets, church and so on. You know, all the super spreader places that never super spread anything. Truth is that people in Florida just aren’t weak like people in California. Or, maybe your hoax is up.
Am I the only one in the world that questions the comical but potentially dangerous “double mask” idea? This is completely wrong on so many levels it is difficult to believe that anyone would suggest such an absurdly dangerous idea. First, masks are tested to standards and I know of no testing standard that calls out a test for using one certified mask with a second random uncertified mask. Second, we already have certified masks that are readily available depending upon what you are trying to accomplish. Using a second uncertified mask with a certified mask could potentially interfere with the seal of the certified mask or impair proper airflow of the certified mask. For a government agency to publish such dangerous recommendations is quite astonishing. Scary world we live in today where people who would make such recommendations are allowed to keep their jobs.
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Driving some Folks to compulsive Fear-Mongering.
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Supreme Court Justice Spreads COVID Dis-Information or is just COVID clueless?
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States ranked by COVID-19 death rates:
Jan. 7, 2022
Avg Daily COVID-19 Deaths & COVID-19 Deaths per 100,000 over the last 7 days:
FLORIDA: Deaths per 100,000: 0.09 / Daily avg deaths: 20.3
California: Deaths per 100,000: 0.14 / Daily avg deaths: 56.9
NY State: Deaths per 100,000: 0.52 / Daily avg deaths: 102
Wash DC: Deaths per 100,000: 0.28 / Daily avg deaths: 2
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CA & NY are the most locked-down Mandate states in the nation.
Add Washington DC as a “Most Locked-Down” region.
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Apparently Sotomayor Spreads COVID Disinfo at OSHA Mandate Oral Arguments.
Is this is the type of Justices/ Judges deciding Covid Mandate Constitutionality?
did they not do their homework?
Or just watching too much mis-info MSNBC gas-lighters?
—– “Justice Sotomayor Falsely Claims 100,000 Children in ‘Serious Condition’ from Covid
(YahooNews Jan7th, 2022) ——
“We have hospitals that are almost at full capacity with people severely ill on ventilators. We have over 100,000 children, which we’ve never had before, in serious condition, and many on ventilators,” Sotomayor claimed.
Sotomayor also said that Omicron is as deadly as Delta.
The current number of confirmed pediatric hospitalizations of children who also tested pos for Covid in the U.S. is 3,342….
Additionally, the total number of children hospitalized who also tested pos for Covid from Aug2020 thru Jan2022 is 81,923, the CDC states.
CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky told reporters that CDC data on pediatric Covid hospitalizations includes patients who were admitted to the hospital for a separate issue.
Even A. Fauci warned last week that the hospitalization spike in pediatric admissions was relatively mild and almost entirely correlative,
or in simpler terms, admissions With COVID-19 rather than admissions Because of COVID-19.
Case Counts and a large part of hospitalizations have less meaning with the Cold-Like Omicron…. as more people who have to get admitted to the hospital for other reasons have also been exposed to Omicron…especially since Omicron is 95% of all detected cases now.
…in many cases (almost 50%) correlated COVID diagnoses for hospitalizations are treating unrelated conditions requiring hospitalization.
C’mon, man. Medical doctors like Anthony Fauci say wearing two masks “just makes common sense”:
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210126/double-masking-makes-common-sense-fauci-says
Believe in common sense! Don’t be a common sense denier. Anthony Fauci is The Common Sense. This blog needs robust content modification now.
People Die.
Get over it.
I warned everybody back in 2020 that this nonsense would never end. Everyone or so it seemed laughed at me in 2020.
CA, NY = Permanent Pandemic Panic Pushers…
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Driving some Folks to obsessive Fear-Mongering.
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Covid Cases mostly meaningless for the winter Cold-Like Omicron… Omicron is 95% of all detected cases now… And
in NewYorkCity over Half of Covid Hospitalizations were Not Due to Covid.
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States ranked by COVID-19 death rates:
Jan. 10, 2022
Avg Daily COVID-19 Deaths & COVID-19 Deaths per 100,000 over the last 7 days:
FLORIDA: Deaths per 100,000: 0.12 / Daily avg deaths: 26.3
California: Deaths per 100,000: 0.20 / Daily avg deaths: 78.3
NY State: Deaths per 100,000: 0.68 / Daily avg deaths: 133
Wash DC: Deaths per 100,000: 0.28 / Daily avg deaths: 2
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CA & NY are the most locked-down Mandate states in the nation.
Add Washington DC as a “Most Locked-Down” region.
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—– “Almost 50% of reported NY COVID Hospitalizations are Not Due to COVID (YahooNews Jan7th, 2022) ——
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul released data breaking down COVID-19 hospitalizations by those who were admitted due to the virus and those who were admitted for other reasons but were found to also have the Covid when tested at admittance.
According to the provided statistics, in approximately 43% of hospital admissions
“COVID was not included as one of the reasons for admission.”
“…the same data (showed) a Staggering 51% of COVID Hospitalizations in NYC were Not Due to COVID or related symptoms.
The numbers show that 3,060 patients were hospitalized for reasons other than COVID, while only 2,992 were admitted due to the illness.”
Data sets reported publicly are not fully clear on reporting admissions With COVID-19 rather than admissions Because of COVID-19.
CA, NY = Permanent Pandemic Panic Pushers…
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Driving some Folks to Fanatical Fear-Mongering.
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Covid Cases mostly meaningless with winter Cold-Like Omicron…being 95% of all detected cases now… And
Now the CDC admits,
Over 75% Of COVID Deaths In vaccinated Had ‘At Least 4 Co-morbidities’…
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States ranked by COVID-19 death rates:
Jan. 10, 2022
Avg Daily COVID-19 Deaths & COVID-19 Deaths per 100,000 over the last 7 days:
FLORIDA: Deaths per 100,000: 0.12 / Daily avg deaths: 26.3
California: Deaths per 100,000: 0.20 / Daily avg deaths: 78.3
NY State: Deaths per 100,000: 0.68 / Daily avg deaths: 133
Wash DC: Deaths per 100,000: 0.28 / Daily avg deaths: 2
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CA & NY are the most locked-down Mandate states in the nation.
Washington DC as a “Most Locked-Down” region.
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—– “CDC director says 75% of COVID-19 deaths ‘had 4 or More Co-Morbidities’ (RCP Jan10th, 2022) ——
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“Dr. Rochelle Walensky, CDC director, said 75% of People who Died of COVID-19 had at least 4 Co-Morbidities… So really these are people who were unwell to begin with.”
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“Walensky said that, Up To 40% Of Hospitalizations “With” Covid Are Not “Because Of” Covid.”
Earlier. in the week..
“…Dr. Anthony Fauci said on TV that statistics on child hospitalizations are being overblown.
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—-“Walensky Dodges on How Many U.S. Covid Deaths Are Actually Caused by Covid (YahooNews Jan9th,2022) —-
“CDC director Rochelle Walensky failed to clarify how many of the 836,000 U.S. patients whose deaths were attributed to Covid in the last 2 yrs had underlying medical conditions.”
“Walensky’s lack of awareness of the specifics of the Covid death breakdown is consequential because DEM Governors and politicians have used the argument of the virus’s lethality to Justify Sweeping Social Restrictions
and with them the erosion of civil liberties.”
“A higher count of people who died with Covid rather than as a result of it could suggest that blanket Policies Were & Are Improper for Addressing the Pandemic…”
CA, NY = Permanent Pandemic Panic Pushers…
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Driving some Folks to Fantastical Fear-Mongering.
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Covid Cases mostly meaningless with winter Cold-Like Omicron…being 95% of all detected cases now… And
UCSF COVID Response Director,
“….doesn’t Expect Deaths & Hospitalizations to Spike as they have in the past.”
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States ranked by COVID-19 death rates:
Jan. 11, 2022
Avg Daily COVID-19 Deaths & COVID-19 Deaths per 100,000 over the last 7 days:
FLORIDA: Deaths per 100,000: 0.14 / Daily avg deaths: 30.6
California: Deaths per 100,000: 0.24 / Daily avg deaths: 95.3
NY State: Deaths per 100,000: 0.68 / Daily avg deaths: 131.7
Wash DC: Deaths per 100,000: 0.3 / Daily avg deaths: 2.1
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CA & NY are the most locked-down Mandate states in the nation.
Washington DC as a “Most Locked-Down” region.
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—– “UCSF doctor sees Omicron Peak in 7 to 10 days, says we should prepare to live with COVID” (ABC7 KGOnews Jan5th, 2022) ——
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“The director of COVID Response at UCSF’s emergency department expects the number of cases brought on by the omicron variant to peak in the next seven to 10 days, but she doesn’t expect deaths and hospitalizations to spike as they have in the past.”
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Dr. Jeanne Noble said “…steady volume of patients testing positive for COVID but Few Hospitalizations.”
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“We’ve seen “skyrocketing case numbers,
the number of people testing positive,
but Low Levels of Significant Disease from COVID,”
said Dr. Noble.
“In fact, our death rate from COVID has actually been declining.”
There’s a reason for that, says Noble,
“the virus replicates better in the upper airways, causing More of a COMMON COLD, less replication in the lower airways causing less of pneumonia and serious disease.”.”
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“There are currently 44 patients with COVID at UCSF hospitals in SF & Oakland.
Of those patients,
31 were Admitted for OTHER Ailments but tested positive,
while 13 were Admitted Because of COVID. “
CA, NY = Permanent Pandemic Panic Pushers…
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Driving some Folks to Neurotic Fear-Mongering.
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Covid Cases mostly meaningless with winter Cold-Like Omicron…being 95% of all detected cases now… And
UCSF COVID Response Director,
“….doesn’t Expect Deaths & Hospitalizations to Spike as they have in the past.”
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States ranked by COVID-19 death rates:
Jan. 12, 2022
Avg Daily COVID-19 Deaths & COVID-19 Deaths per 100,000 over the last 7 days:
FLORIDA: Deaths per 100,000: 0.18 / Daily avg deaths: 38.9
California: Deaths per 100,000: 0.23 / Daily avg deaths: 89.4
NY State: Deaths per 100,000: 0.80 / Daily avg deaths: 155.6
Wash DC: Deaths per 100,000: 0.34 / Daily avg deaths: 2.4
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CA & NY are the most locked-down Mandate states in the nation.
Washington DC as a “Most Locked-Down” region.
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—– “Health experts say Omicron is headed for a Sharp Drop, most Americans will get infected,” (Jan11th, 2022) ——
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“…scientists are seeing signals that …Omicron wave may have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the U.S., at which point cases may start dropping off dramatically.”
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“…”It’s going to come down as fast as it went up,”
University of Washington health model predicts that daily cases will peak at 1.2 million by Jan19th then start plummeting,
“simply because everybody who could be infected will be infected.””
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“Where we are now…is record-high averages of COVID infections and hospitalizations,
but significantly below-peak ICU occupancy and deaths.”
“At the end of this wave, far more people will have been infected by some variant of COVID,” … (Imparting a Natural Immunity…)
“Omicron may be that point where we transition from what is a catastrophic global threat to something that’s a much more manageable disease.”
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CA, NY = Permanent Pandemic Panic Pushers…
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Driving some Folks to Hysterical Fear-Mongering.
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Covid Cases mostly meaningless with winter Cold-Like Omicron..being 95% of all detected cases now… And
UCSF COVID Response Director,
“….doesn’t Expect Deaths & ICU Hospitalizations to Spike as they have in the past.”
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States ranked by COVID-19 death rates:
Jan. 13, 2022
Avg Daily COVID-19 Deaths & COVID-19 Deaths per 100,000 over the last 7 days:
FLORIDA: Deaths per 100K: 0.18 / Daily avg deaths: 39.6
CAlifornia: Deaths per 100K: 0.23 / Daily avg deaths: 89.7
NY State: Deaths per 100K: 0.85 / Daily avg deaths: 164.7
Wash DC: Deaths per 100K: 0.36 / Daily avg deaths: 2.6
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CA & NY are the most locked-down Mandate states in the nation.
Washington DC as a “Most Locked-Down” region.
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—– “Is Omicron Peaking? In …Northeast, it seems to be,” (Jan13th, 2022 NYT) ——
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“…The number of new Covid cases in NYC rose more than 20x in Dec2021.
In the past few days, it has flattened.
In both New Jersey & Maryland, the number of new cases has Fallen slightly this week.
In several major cities, the number is also showing signs of Leveling Off.”
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“In Boston, the amount of the Covid virus detected in wastewater,
…a leading indicator of case trends…plunged by about 40% since its peak Jan. 1.”
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“A huge Surge in Cases that lasts for about 1 month, followed by a Rapid Decline,
would be consistent…where Omicron arrived earlier than in the U.S.
In South Africa, new daily cases have fallen by about 70% from the Dec. peak.”
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“In Britain, where Covid trends have frequently been a few weeks ahead of those in the U.S., Cases Peaked just after New Year’s and have since fallen…”
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“Omicron is so contagious that it spreads more quickly…
Omicron’s brief boom-and-bust cycle is now “a familiar pattern,”
Joseph Allen of Harvard’s School of Public Health says.
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“….the Beginning Of The End of the Omicron Wave…
..would mean that
-a milder variant had become the dominant form of Covid
-no longer causing a surge in cases and overwhelming hospitals.
-tens of millions of Americans had Built Up Additional Immunity,
– a big step toward a future in which Covid is an Endemic Disease
like the Flu..
a Much More Manageable Disease…
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