The Sons and DiL= are coming to the cabin today, and I’d like to get a walk in before they arrive, so it’s short and not-so-sweet today. Despite yesterday’s comment about the latest covid news keeping me awake at night, I am happy to report that I slept well last night. Tonight? Who knows.
The covid quote of the day comes from the co-director of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children’s Hospital: “As bad as things are right now in the South, they are about to get worse for lots of unvaccinated people.” Considering yesterday’s news from the CDC, “lots of unvaccinated people” may be the same as “many vaccinated people.” And maybe not. Virginia is sometimes considered to be in the South and other times not. Georgia, though, is definitely in the South, and the covid case rate there has more than tripled in the last two weeks.
On the good side, the seven-day average number of vaccinations is 418,000, the highest daily number since July 5. That contributes to the 49.5 percent of Americans of all ages who are fully vaccinated. Try as I might, I can never find the full vaccination rate over half. It’s got to be over half if we just correctly identify the “what” the half is of. Less good news is that 33 percent of eligible Americans ages 12 and up have yet to receive at least one dose of vaccine.
Finally, coming across the statement that aerosols containing covid-19 can travel as easily as smoke from a cigarette conjured up a couple of groaners. Second-hand smoke & second-hand covid followed by one The Professor came up with at the same time I did—contact high & contact low. The road really does go ever on and on and no, children, we aren’t there yet.
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