US following UK

US, Cases falling swiftly, but BA.2 Uploaded 31-03-22 BA.2 54.9% US, cased down 9% in 14 days NYC, cases up 62% in 14 days NY, cases up 65% in 14 days https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#nowcasting US exit strategy https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/30/us/covid-vaccine-testing-states.html Social life returns to normal Packed sports events and concerts Illinois, closing free Covid-19 testing sites Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, Ohio, stopped releasing daily data on virus hospitalizations, infections and deaths. PB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lFklbJgmZA Second booster shot Australia https://www.health.gov.au/health-alerts/covid-19/case-numbers-and-statistics UK Covid symptom study https://covid.joinzoe.com/data ONS https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19latestinsights/infections 6.39% in England (1 in 16 people) 6.35% in Wales (1 in 16 people) 5.92% in Northern Ireland (1 in 17 people) 9.00% in Scotland (1 in 11 people) People were more likely to test positive for COVID-19 in the two weeks up to 12 March 2022 if they: had not previously been infected with COVID-19 travelled abroad in the last 28 days reported being of White ethnicity were employed and working had not been living in a multigenerational household were male were not impacted by a disability worked in a care home were children or aged around 30 years had not had contact with hospitals, or were living in a household where no one had contact Reinfections were around 10 times higher in the Omicron variant period than in the Delta variant period The risk of reinfection was around 10 times higher in the period when the Omicron variant was most common (20 December 2021 to 20 March 2022), compared with the period when the Delta variant was most common (17 May to 19 December 2021). Between 2 July 2020 and 20 March 2022, people were more likely to be reinfected if they: were unvaccinated had a "milder" primary infection with a lower viral load were younger lived in more deprived areas Sir Patrick https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/03/30/covid-jab-annual-vaccine-instead-four-monthly-booster/ We’ve got very high levels of infection at the moment, as indeed many other countries do I think the number of infections is beginning to turn, so we may be quite close or at the peak and it may start coming down shortly Need to look back at lockdown and dissect Clear that there were detrimental effects, should not be undertaken lightly in future Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices