Case numbers are falling in all age groups, including over-70s. This is good news as case rates in older people have been a key driver of the steep rise in hospitalisations and deaths in this wave.
priority. and then you know you mentioned 125, 129,000 new cases a day. that is an underestimate by factor of 7 to 10. we are talking probably 1 million new cases a day. most of them are getting diagnosed that home and not being sent to state labs and sent to essential facility at the cdc. so this is as high a wave as in terms of members of new cases, as much as the omicron wave back in january. and the deaths are significant, okay not a 2 to 3000 deaths per day like we saw in and the wave in 2021 or even the omicron wave. still the third or fourth leading cause of death in the united states of america right now. all of that needs to be put in front of the american people so that they can take appropriate measures. do you think the white house has given up on preventing spread because they re not asking your pushing for increased indoor masking. they re pushing for enough people to adopt greater
recovery because age isn t just an issue, it s health. as you said, he is in good health. but because of his age, he is going to take paxlovid. let s look at what this drug is. it s an antiviral. it s for those at high risk of severe covid-19 or at risk of severe covid-19, so being his age, being 79, that automatically makes him at risk of severe covid-19. it involves taking three pills a day for five days. studies show that it reduces the risk for hospitalization by nearly 90%. that was done during the delta wave. we know omicron is different. israeli data shows, not surprisingly because we ve seen this with vaccines, that it is 67% effective at reducing hospitalszations during the omicron wave in people 65 and over. still, that is quite good. jeremy mentioned dr. jha at the white house. let s listen to what he had to say on cnn earlier today. remember the goal of paxlovid is to keep people out of the hospital, to prevent serious illness. one of the reasons we have been so vocal tha
They’ve stopped short of mandates, but authorities and experts are strongly suggesting it’s time to cover our mouths and noses again to prevent COVID infection. This time, reach for a respirator.
SYDNEY (Reuters) — Australia will reinstate support payments for casual workers who have to quarantine due to Covid-19, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday, as a fresh wave of