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YOUR CONSPIRACY BS is Ridiculous
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More Conspiracy theories what a Surprise
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Officials blame Delta variant for Covid-19 surge in Missouri
Officials blame Delta variant for Covid-19 surge in Missouri | Live Well | omaha.com
Missouri is seeing a concerning uptick in hospitalizations due to Covid-19’s Delta variant, which originated in India. In Springfield alone, there has been a 225% increase in hospital admissions since June 1, according to the Springfield-Greene County Health Department
The Delta variant — which has been found to be more transmissible than others — now accounts for about 29% of cases in Missouri, more than any other state, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
And vaccination rates in Missouri remain below average, CDC data shows. About 38% of the state’s population is fully vaccinated, compared to nearly 46% of the US population overall.
Vaccine outreach
With Springfield having less than 38% of people fully vaccinated, health officials are resorting to creative approaches to gain the trust of the community.
Health clinics along with the Springfield-Greene County Health Department have hosted vaccination clinics at fire stations, LGBTQ+ community centers and a local Juneteenth celebration. Local breweries have also hosted recurring events in which attendees can get a shot and a beer for free, motivation for some.
“I don’t really have any other answer other than I was scared of a new thing,” said Will Branch.
An arborist by trade, Branch, 37, said his family had been careful about quarantining throughout the pandemic. Branch and his wife, Gina, in part, wanted to keep safe since one of their two young children is a heart patient.
“I barely had time to come get a vaccination. I’m definitely not going to have time to be laid up in a hospital,” said Branch.
Those hospitalized now are younger in age than those affected during the winter surge.
“People in their late teens and even early 20s are being hospitalized and needing the use of ventilators,” said Katie Towns, acting director of Springfield-Greene County Health Department.
The inversion in the spread of the variants is clearly reflected in the data, according to county health officials, as explained earlier in the week during a news conference.
“If you go back to mid-May, what we were seeing was 70% Delta variant, and about 24% Alpha variant. In June, the last three weeks, that has shifted greatly to 93% Delta variant and only 7% Alpha variant. That shift has likely been the cause of surge within our hospital systems,” said Kendra Findley, administrator of community health and epidemiology at Springfield-Greene County Health Department.
More than half of those admitted to the two major hospitals in the Springfield area are from surrounding counties with limited health clinics. Those counties each have fully vaccinated rates below 20%. The national average is more than twice that figure, at 46%.
Dr. Robin Trotman, an infectious diseases expert at CoxHealth, is witnessing that hospital surge firsthand.
“It’s nearly 100% of the people hospitalized with Covid pneumonia are unvaccinated. Now we do have vaccinated people who test positive, but they don’t get severely ill,” Trotman said.
For nurses, doctors and respiratory therapists on the front lines of the pandemic, it’s an unnerving picture.
“When the staff’s putting themselves at risk in these situations, and they feel like other people aren’t willing to take the vaccine, despite their risk, that’s, that’s a hard one for some people to swallow,” said Trotman.Comment
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49. North Carolina
Doses distributed to state: 11,607,900
Doses administered: 8,565,156
Percentage of distributed vaccines that have been administered: 73.79
50. Mississippi
Doses distributed to state: 2,644,985
Doses administered: 1,879,230
Percentage of distributed vaccines that have been administered: 71.05Comment
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1. New Mexico
Doses distributed to state: 2,351,115
Doses administered: 2,310,853
Percentage of distributed vaccines that have been administered: 98.29
2. Wisconsin
Doses distributed to state: 6,076,435
Doses administered: 5,808,243
Percentage of distributed vaccines that have been administered: 95.59
3. Connecticut
Doses distributed to state: 4,687,585
Doses administered: 4,339,850
Percentage of distributed vaccines that have been administered: 92.58
4. Vermont
Doses distributed to state: 912,910
Doses administered: 842,306
Percentage of distributed vaccines that have been administered: 92.27
5. Massachusetts
Doses distributed to state: 9,663,570
Doses administered: 8,721,461
Percentage of distributed vaccines that have been administered: 90.25
6. Washington
Doses distributed to state: 9,332,975
Doses administered: 8,408,738
Percentage of distributed vaccines that have been administered: 90.1
7. New York State
Doses distributed to state: 23,769,795
Doses administered: 21,412,026
Percentage of distributed vaccines that have been administered: 90.08
8. North Dakota
Doses distributed to state: 710,060
Doses administered: 637,216
Percentage of distributed vaccines that have been administered: 89.74
9. Nevada
Doses distributed to state: 3,032,630
Doses administered: 2,707,121
Percentage of distributed vaccines that have been administered: 89.27
10. Minnesota
Doses distributed to state: 6,488,930
Doses administered: 5,775,732
Percentage of distributed vaccines that have been administered: 89.01Comment
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Heavily Republican areas of the U.S. have a growing Covid problem.Comment
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Democrat controlled areas of the U.S. were devastated by the Chinese Coronavirus, some areas being affected at 3 times the level of Republican led states.
Divided by COVID-19: Democratic U.S. areas hit three times as hard as Republican ones | Reuters
Most US COVID-19 deaths have been in Democratic congressional districts | Pew Research Center
Blue states suffer worst pandemic unemployment | Washington ExaminerOmertÃComment
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Canada, huh? Anything but that.
DeSantis advised that had Florida not pushed back against lockdowns, and other states followed suit, the United States would look more like Canada right now, which he said would still be locked down.
Adversity temporarily visits a strong man but stays with the weak for a lifetime.Comment
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