Category: epidemiology
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Together, these findings, especially the Italian observation, suggest that the virus was already across China and even around the globe before the Wuhan outbreak was recognized.
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British public health officials just warned that the virus variant is just not more contagious, it also is 30-40% more lethal.
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CDC estimates that 92,000 people will die in the next three weeks. That is almost 31,000 deaths a week, more than double the death rate in early December.
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…countries across Europe and beyond are banning travel from the UK in order to stem a more-infectious strain of Covid-19 that has been found in the London area.
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…states that have the most lax restrictions, or most resistance to common-sense safe practices are bearing the brunt of the pandemic.
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One third of all hospitals have 90-100% occupancy of ICU beds and coronavirus patients now take up almost 50% of all staffed ICU beds in the US– up from 37% in the first week of November.
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That makes COVID-19 the leading cause of death for Americans by a considerable margin…
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