31 thoughts on “C-19 Chat Post – October 14 2021”

  1. Hopkinton high was approved yesterday for mask removal for vaccinated individuals…..not for unvaccinated. Apparently, the approval process is not easy. I see that as a good thing. The request was submitted October 1 and it took into the day of October 12 to be approved. Last report I found was that the school has not made a final decision

    1. I’ll be honest after the violent reaction I had from the second shot I’m not exactly clamoring to get the booster when I qualify.

  2. Thanks TK!

    The CDC is now using the term “twindemic” with the flu and Covid-19 combo this fall and upcoming winter ahead.

  3. Thanks for all the posts, Vicki.

    Positive tests, test positivity, hospital admissions, and deaths are all rising across Britain. It’s not a surge. Rather, it’s a moderate increase across all indicators. The same is happening in the Netherlands. And we’ll see this play itself out across Europe. And yes, after a decline this month from the peak of the Delta wave, the U.S. will also enter a moderately resurgent phase. More pronounced than Europe, because of lower vaccination rates. I disagree with Gottlieb on this. He says that by Thanksgiving we’ll be in a much better place. I say that by early November we’ll be doing what Europe/UK is now: In resurgent mode, albeit mitigated. What people are forgetting is that currently up to 25% of new infections are reinfections or breakthroughs. That number will increase over time.

    1. Thanks Joshua. As I read I thought we’d see a rise just in time for the holidays. I agree with you.

      Unmasking vaccinated frustrates me to no end. Vaccinated are still susceptible and can spread. Plus with flu, why not just keep the mask on. An MD in one of links I posted said she planned to keep mask for years. I second that.

  4. Very latest data from September/early October hospital admissions in the Netherlands show that vaccines certainly work well, but are not foolproof:

    – 25% of hospital admissions during this period were fully vaccinated persons;

    – 20% of ICU admissions during this period were fully vaccinated persons.

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