Although I could be accused of picking at the details, the media hype has made COVID-19 seem all the more loveable from the beginning. First, here’s the reality — and I’ll use The Wall Street Journal’s own words: “The Delta wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is past its peak, with new cases, hospitalizations and deaths declining in most states. … all of [the] metrics are improving significantly at the national level.”
It’s great news right?
Here’s the WSJ’s headline on its report of the good news:
Delta Surge Of Covid-19 Recedes, The Leaving Winter Challenge Is Ahead
What does it mean? This? “Hey, great news on the Delta variant! Here’s why that’s bad news!”
There is a decrease in the number of Covid-19-related cases across the United States. Officials from Health America say that increasing vaccination rates will be key to maintaining this momentum. https://t.co/EnSLiN7oAu
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) October 31, 2021
Despite the wording of the WSJ headline, the news in the article and elsewhere was the best COVID news we’ve heard in recent months. That is, minus the warning.
Excerpts (emphasis, mine):
Case Mid-September saw a decline in the number of Delta surge victims.Johns Hopkins data reveal that it reached a peak of over 160,000 people per day.
The Seven-day average new case was 16% lower than the previous week’s TuesdayAccording to CDC data, Rochelle Walensky, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director, stated that.
Covid-19 The number of hospitalizations has fallen by about 54% since a peak in late August.
Although the Delta-fueled tsunami continues to cause serious damage, From daily highs of 2,000, the average reported death per day for seven days has fallen to approximately 1,400/day., Johns Hopkins data show.
“We may be at a turning point,” said Marcus Plescia, chief medical officer at the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. “We have a lot more tools now to fight it.”
Jason Salemi was also mentioned in The WSJ. He is an associate professor of epidemiology from the University of South Florida.
“It’s a lot tougher for Delta to hop from person to person because so many people were infected.”
But, as the WSJ warned, a dark cloud remains in front of that silver-lining news — beginning with the winter holiday season This was last year.
Health authorities warn that there are some reasons to be cautious. Shortly after the holidays in last year’s winter, where colder weather and larger family gatherings made it easier for more people to gather indoors, the U.S. reported its highest pandemic levels, with nearly a quarter-million cases each day.
OK, but the WSJ just quoted two experts, one of whom said we have a lot more tools to fight the virus, now, and the other one said it’s a lot harder to spread the Delta variant now, because so many people have already been infected with it. Yeah, I’m confused.
The WSJ then cited American citizens who had been killed in an attack. haven’t been vaccinatedIt will also make its dire predictions about the upcoming holiday season.
A little over a third of Americans have not received a vaccine. In a few states, including Idaho and West Virginia, roughly half the population hasn’t gotten a shot.
Although the Delta-driven surge seems to have subsided in Idaho, hospitals remain in crisis mode. Local health officials also confirmed that they had seen one case of influenza.
Did you catch that? First, the WSJ points out that half of the people of Idaho haven’t been vaccinated is a bad thing, then says the Delta-driven surge in the state is cooling. But — but — but… hospitals are still in Crisis modeOne Idahoan Getting the flu [rolling-eyes emoji]
The dark cloud is right in front of our silver lining. “There are reasons for caution,” according to the WSJ. Aren’t there AlwaysThere are many reasons to talk about COVID. To the end of humankind?
Health authorities warn that there are some reasons to caution. Just after last winter’s holidays, the United States posted the worst pandemic numbers, with a quarter million new cases per day. [last year]When it was colder and families gathered more, the virus spreads easily indoors.
The U.K. is where The vaccination rate is much higherCompared to the U.S. cases remain high after the country bet on immunity from vaccines and prior infections while dropping other measures like indoor crowd limits and mandatory mask-wearing.
You must stop the taping. While the U.K. vaccination rate is higher than in other countries, the U.K. has a greater number of vaccine-infected cases. Here, the WSJ does not support its argument. And speaking of crowd limits and mandatory mask-wearing, why aren’t NFL stadiums that are packed with maskless fans turning into so-called superspreader events, liberals? I’ll wait.
Nonetheless, Christine Hahn, a state epidemiologist at the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, worried at a press briefing, last week “[w]hether we’re going to see another spike this fall and winter, I think we’re worried that we can.”
We have to do something. We can make a difference in whether the shadow grows or disappears, while the silver lining continues to shine as Wall Street Journal believes. Of course, it is important to vaccinate more children. I’m assuming that little children are germ-spreaders. What’s the harm in that?
The U.S. could further bolster its defenses as younger children begin to get vaccinated in the weeks ahead. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized the Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE vaccine for some 28 million children Ages 5 through 11.. Following a review by CDC, children could have shots this week.
Speaking of vaccinating young kids, as we reported earlier this month, the People’s Republic of California [sarc, of course]It was the first country to require vaccines for children five years and older. In what CA Democrats are calling a “loophole” they vow to eliminate, the executive order allows students and staff to opt out for religious or ideological reasons.
The article’s headline is removed by the WSJ, and the article closes with a quote from a Missouri Epidemiologist.
“Even if future waves happen, they very likely are not going to be of the magnitude that we saw last November and December.”
Then again, liberals can — and will — cling to that dark cloud. All of their political expedient might.
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