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Buried in the news of the week is this pretty amazing thing from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A new study shows that most children have become inflamed with the coronavirus and 43% of the U. S. population has become inflamed. UU. se has become inflamed at some point during the pandemic.
You can see the demographics of estimated infections in this CDC chart:
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The data used in the study cover January at most. Because the omicron variant became so widespread in January and February, the percentage of Americans and children inflamed would be even higher if we had today’s data.
The Washington Post explains how the CDC arrived at those estimates. For example, how did they know that the presence of antibodies in the samples came from a vaccine?Swiss Post explains:
Every two weeks, the CDC collects tens of thousands of blood tests tested through national advertising labs for reasons unrelated to the coronavirus, such as checkups or other medical treatments. These samples are also tested for antibodies to the coronavirus. The percentage of other people with antibodies is called seroprevalence.
The blood test includes pandemic infections, but counts each user only once. Daily rates of coronavirus cases adjust to all known infections, so many other people who have had reinfections are counted again and again. The estimated 140 million is more than double the number of other people included in the Washington Post or government enterprise counts at the end of January.
Blood tests only count antibodies from an herbal infection, adding asymptomatic cases and vaccination. The test measures the presence of antibodies. It implies whether there is strong coverage against the next infection.
Let’s start by noting that the data in this article has not been peer-reviewed, but Pfizer takes it seriously. Data from New York state show that Pfizer’s vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 is 68 percent effective in December. A month later, the power was reduced to 12%. Pfizer says a third dose could help.
Researchers have found that vaccines offer coverage against infections severe enough to lead to hospitalizations. But even coverage against serious illness was partially reduced within a month, from 100% coverage to about 48% coverage.
The researchers say initial coverage still makes the vaccine interesting, but “these findings highlight the potential desire to investigate preferred vaccine dosage for children and the continued importance of layered coverages, adding mask wear, to prevent infection and transmission. “
This is a factor for several reasons. First, the discovery will further undermine parents’ trust in vaccines. And keep in mind that there are more than 7 million children in this age organization. Only a quarter of them are now fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. About one-third of this age organization gained one dose of the vaccine.
Vaccination rates for youth and teens have fallen in recent weeks. Here is the latest knowledge from the CDC:
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A new ballot from the Washington Post-ABC News shows that Americans are unwilling to say we are beyond the pandemic just yet. at least. Some of you have been in my categories where I urge news hounds to read the methods pages and knowledge tables. I’m going to percentages below what I discovered inside the knowledge pages of the survey.
The ballot shows that of the 3 most sensitive issues on people’s minds right now, Biden has negatives about all of them, but the handling of the pandemic is the least worst. That’s not exactly a compliment, but even worse for Biden, his approval score. for the management of the pandemic has been decreasing.
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Shortly after Biden took office, two-thirds of the American public had an opinion about his handling of the pandemic. Last month, the number of disapprovals increased by 20%.
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The following query is attractive because it links the main challenge of inflation with the pandemic. The public blames the pandemic for inflation more than it blames corporate greed or even the president. In fact, one in 4 Americans surveyed don’t blame Biden “at all. “”Because of inflation.
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The ballot directly asked how “under control” the coronavirus outbreak is in the U. S. U. S. at this time. This is a domain you might find encouraging. While only 6% say they master it completely, only 15% say they don’t master it at all. In the summer of 2020, this figure rose to 46%.
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This last query and this last answer are puzzles for me. While a growing number of other people say the virus is more under control, only 56% of the public say it’s getting back to normal, down 10% from last summer. that this is when the country was most commonly between the Delta and Omicron variant, and abandonment masks, holidays and think tanks would reopen after Labor Day. In that number, I see a safe sense of caution like, “We’ve already been deluded and we’re not going to assume that there may not be additional setbacks. “
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If that were their only problem, it would be a big problem. Ukraine recently recorded its largest increase in new COVID-19 cases. We have information from last week because, as you can imagine, the government is busy with other files. NBC News Reports:
Ukraine just experienced its biggest spike in covid cases to date: Its seven-day average hit a record 37,408 on Feb. 10, according to an NBC News tally. Less than 40% of the population had been vaccinated as of February 15.
In addition, Ukraine has been expecting a polio outbreak since October. Two children with paralytic polio and 19 others were known to be infected with the virus but did not develop paralysis.
“The confirmation of the momentary paralytic case in January 2022 is evidence that the virus is still circulating in the country,” World Health Organization spokesman Tarik Jašarević said in a statement. “The existing crisis in Ukraine increases the threat of the virus to nationals and foreigners. “
By 2020, about 87 percent of the population had received the first dose of polio vaccine, Jašarević said. Ukraine launched a vaccination crusade on 1 February targeting children under 6 who had been vaccinated against polio.
Dee Snider plays on Fox
You’ve no doubt noticed some of the inspirational videos of Ukrainians making a song their national anthem in an underground shelter and cleaning up damaged glass in their mother’s bombed-out apartment.
But there’s one song they sing: Twisted Sister’s 1984 anthem “We’re Not Going to Take It. “Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider praises Ukrainians for turning one of his band’s hits into a rallying cry.
“I certainly approve of the Ukrainians’ ‘we will not accept it’ as their rallying cry,” Snider tweeted.
It should be noted that he approves of this use of the song as he has opposed anti-maskers employing it in their demonstrations. He explained, in a tweet, “Well, one use is for a just war against oppression; The other is childish trampling behind a disadvantage.
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