Delta pandemic

UK https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19/latestinsights W/e 6th August 1 in 75 people in England 1 in 220 people in Wales 1 in 55 people in Northern Ireland 1 in 190 people in Scotland 13 August 2021 64% of adults met up indoors with someone not in their household in the past seven days United States https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailytrendscases https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccination-trends https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#hospitalizations 90% of counties with high or substantial transmission notes 93 million not vaccinated who are eligible Therefore, mutation more likely Measles, smallpox, polio (universal vaccination) Hospitalizations up 34.6% over past week Florida and Texas, 40% of hospitalizations RSV surge in a heat wave Parainfluenza viruses MIS-C, 2 to 6 weeks after a covid infection Children in hospital with covid https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/08/13/children-hospitalizations-covid-delta/ 1,785 Florida worst 247 children admitted last week Nearly all parents unvaccinated Either under age 12 or teens who put off the vaccine Long covid in children https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7927578/ After even mild or asymptomatic infections in children Michael Smit, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Vaccines for 5- to 11-year-olds delayed until later this year We have months more to go We’re in a real danger period between now and then Australia, NSW Cases, + 390 = 12,440 140 linked to a known case or cluster 118 are household contacts 22 are close contacts Source of infection for 250 cases is under investigation 58 cases were infectious in the community Isolation status of 191 remains under investigation 6,874 locally acquired cases reported since 16 June 2021 Deaths, + 2 man in his 90s woman in her 40s Deaths in current outbreak = 38 = 95 In hospital = 391 (63, 30) Regional sewage systems in Tamworth, Bomaderry, Bathurst, Parkes and Bourke No known cases of COVID-19 living in these areas 420 COVID-19 testing locations across NSW your nearest clinic visit: https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/how-to-protect-yourself-and-others/clinics Myanmar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGm5F94xOIk Yellow flags Many deaths at home Serious oxygen shortage UN, 40% of health care facilities functional Oxygen production channelled through military hospitals DIY home care Local doctors working locally HCWs arrested Resistance often led by doctors Backlog at crematoriums Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices