33k in the air
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- Jan 31, 2021
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Month | 2020 | 2021 |
January | 6 | 104,964 |
February | 19 | 47,728 |
March | 7,158 | 22,774 |
April | 65,476 | 18,432 |
May | 38,298 | 14,543 |
June | 18,004 | 7,624 |
July | 31,111 | 7,941 |
I didn't know those over 50 were taking such high fatality rates.Those under 50 years of age are 64.36% of the U.S. population but are only 4.87% of COVID deaths.
I didn't know those over 50 were taking such high fatality rates.
I didn't know those over 50 were taking such high fatality rates.
In Minnesota the median age of a COVID fatality is 82 years old.I didn't know those over 50 were taking such high fatality rates.
Have they prioritized vaccination for people in these age range? I'd want to cover the people who are most likely to die from the illness.In Minnesota the median age of a COVID fatality is 82 years old.
Less than 1% of deaths have occurred in people under the age of 40.
92.5% of all COVID deaths have been over the age of 60.
Have they prioritized vaccination for people in these age range? I'd want to cover the people who are most likely to die from the illness.
More kids have died of gunshot wounds than COVID here.
The idea behind the push on getting the kids vaccinated is primarily the following:
1. Slow down the spread of COVID (including its new variants - Delta for example) amongst kids and anyone they associate with, and by extension anyone that associates with them then associate with, etc, etc. Widespread vaccination has been proven to slow the rate of spread of every other disease that there is a vaccine for.
2. Reduce/prevent the more serious effects in the kids that become infected (ie hospitalization, death, and long term health aftereffects). Vaccination has been proven to do accomplish this goal.
3. Reduce/prevent the spawning of new, possibly more deadly variants - by reducing the number of people that the current COVID strains infect. If this action is successful, there will fortunately be little or no evidence of success - other than the lack/reduction-in-number of new variants.
Worldwide, children (defined in this case as 14 yo or less) account for approximately 1/3 of the population, and only ~2%(?) have been vaccinated. That means there are currently about 2.2 billion unvaccinated incubators being carried or crawling/walking around, plus the adults that have not been vaccinated.
The reason we no longer experience recurring smallpox and polio epidemics/pandemics, and constant endemic tuberculosis (possibly the world's numerically greatest killer among communicable diseases), is due to the mass vaccination programs of the second half of the 1900s.
Although it is still not know for certain how this will all play out, a look at the past influenza timeline is considered a pretty good indicator. A good basic timeline is available here:
"Timeline of influenza - Wikipedia"