COVID-19 cases triple in US over 2 weeks amid vaccine misinformation
Across the US, the seven-day rolling average for daily new cases in the US rose over the past two weeks to more than 37,000 on Tuesday, up from less than 13,700 on July 6, according to data from Johns Hopkins University Health officials blame the delta variant and slowing vaccination rates (Source: AP) Associated Press
Updated Jul 22, 2021, 7:59 AM IST
COVID-19 cases tripled in the US over two weeks amid an onslaught of vaccine misinformation that is straining hospitals, exhausting doctors and pushing clergy into the fray. Our staff, they are frustrated, said Chad Neilsen, director of infection prevention at UF Health Jacksonville, which is cancelling elective surgeries and procedures after the number of mostly unvaccinated COVID-19 inpatients at its two campuses jumped to 134, up from a low of 16 in mid-May.
Across the U.S., the seven-day rolling average for daily new cases in the U.S. rose over the past two weeks to more than 37,000 on Tuesday, up from less than 13,700 on July 6, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Health officials blame the delta variant and slowing vaccination rates. Just 56.2% of Americans have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine, according to the the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“It is like seeing the car wreck before it happens,” said Dr. James Williams, a clinical associate professor of emergency medicine at Texas Tech, who has recently started treating more COVID-19 patients. “None of us want to go through this again.”
Vaccine Misinformation: Covid-19 Cases In US Triple Over 2 Weeks
Across the US, the seven-day rolling average for daily new cases rose over the past two weeks to more than 37,000 on Tuesday, up from less than 13,700 on July 6.
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Amid an onslaught of vaccine misinformation, Covid-19 cases in the US tripled over two weeks.
Across the US, the seven-day rolling average for daily new cases rose over the past two weeks to more than 37,000 on Tuesday, up from less than 13,700 on July 6, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Health officials blame the Delta variant and slowing vaccination rates. Just 56.2 per cent of Americans have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine, according to the Ce
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JACKSON, Miss. The Mississippi state health officer is imploring people to get vaccinated as a highly transmissible variant of the coronavirus is spreading in the state, which has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the U.S.
Dr. Thomas Dobbs said Tuesday: “Y’all, we’re going to have a rough few weeks.”
He says intensive care units are full in 13 Mississippi hospitals because of the recent increase in cases, and many other hospitals have under 10% of ICU beds available.
Dobbs says unvaccinated people should take “common sense steps” to reduce transmission, including having social activities outdoors rather than indoors. He adds that people can choose to wear masks to mitigate the spread of the virus, but he is not asking Gov. Tate Reeves to reinstate widespread mask mandates.
If you ll be traveling to the Big Easy in the near future, New Orleans Mayor Cantrell s office warns that the reinstatement of coronavirus mask and other mitigation efforts is not out of the question for New Orleans as recent COVID-19 data is startling.
COVID-19 cases in southeast Louisiana have over quadrupled in the last few weeks. New Orleans and surrounding areas are the state s coronavirus hotspot. And the fact that the coronavirus has mutated at least 5 times in the past year, the virus still has its hold on Louisianans in the southeast portion of the state.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now warning Americans that some coronavirus variants that are popping up, are more contagious and more severe than we ve seen since the start of the pandemic.