United States situation

and the strange case of Chine continues Uploaded 12-04-22 US Omicron BA.2 Nationally, 3% over last two weeks Cases, + 31,000 Higher in New York City (cases up 39% in past 2 weeks) Washington, D.C. https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#new-hospital-admissions Hospital patients down 8.2% past week Covid-19 Wastewater Monitoring in the U.S. SARS-CoV-2 virus concentration (copies / mL of sewage) https://biobot.io/data/ The level of virus in wastewater is a leading indicator, meaning it precedes the change in clinical case counts or hospitalizations. Philadelphia https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/11/us/philadelphia-indoor-mask-mandate.html Monday, reinstate indoor mask mandate First major U.S. city to do so Cheryl Bettigole, health commissioner This is our chance to get ahead of the pandemic Cases, + 142 (Omicron wave, + 4,000) knowing that every previous wave of infections has been followed by a wave of hospitalizations, and then a wave of deaths, then it will be too late for many of our residents White House, Dr. Ashish K. Jha We’ve got to watch this very carefully, But I don’t think this is a moment where we have to be excessively concerned Right now that is showing an uptick, but not showing substantial changes in what we should be doing Mayor Eric Adams, New York City Tested positive on Sunday Diabetic I feel fine, no fever, no running nose, no aches and pains I would probably have had different outcomes if I was not vaccinated and boosted Shanghai China has reported more than 200,000 locally transmitted cases Most mild or asymptomatic One case, currently categorized as “severe” No deaths reported in the current outbreak US State department Nonemergency U.S. consulate, ordered out Americans should avoid traveling to China, arbitrary enforcement of local laws and Covid-19 related restrictions 25 million locked down since 1st April Some family separations Liang Wannian, senior official, China’s National Health Commission We cannot let our guard down people first, lives first lying flat is not an option for China Over 60s in China 264 million 40 million of them unvaccinated Infections among this group inevitable Guangzhou 30 cases PCR testing 18 million Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices