CORONAVIRUS INFO PROVIDED BY DR. JIM HARRIS – 3/23/2022
England’s health service starts offering a second booster to vulnerable adults.
Anyone in England over 75 years old, anyone over 12 who has a suppressed immune system, and anyone residing in a nursing home, can now receive a second booster dose, preferably about six months after their first one, the health service said, referring to the new dose as a “spring booster…The move coincides with a sharp rise in new coronavirus cases in Britain, connected to the BA. 2 version of the Omicron virus variant. New case reports rose by 79 percent in the two weeks ended March 20.
From Reuters:
Mexico sticking to plan to package Russian COVID-19 vaccine
Mexico is sticking to its plan to package domestically the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V because health matters are separate from political conflicts, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday.
COVID-19 Community Levels: WHY IS HARRISON COUNTY AT MEDIUM LEVEL OF DANGER
Overview:
More tools than ever before are available to prevent COVID-19 from placing strain on communities and healthcare systems.
With current high levels of vaccination and high levels of population immunity from both vaccination and infections, the risk of medically significant disease, hospitalization, and death from COVID-19 is greatly reduced for most people. At the same time, we know that some people and communities, such as our oldest citizens, people who are immunocompromised, and people with disabilities, are at higher risk for serious illness and face challenging decisions navigating a world with COVID-19.
In addition to protecting those at highest risk of severe outcomes, focusing on reducing medically significant illness and minimizing strain on the healthcare system reflects our current understanding of SARS-CoV-2 infection, immunity from vaccination and infection, and the tools we have available. Vaccines are highly protective against severe disease, and continuing to expand vaccine coverage and ensuring people are up to date with vaccination is essential to protecting individuals against hospitalizations and deaths.
Health officials and individuals should consider current information about COVID-19 hospitalizations in the community, as well as the potential for strain on the local health system and COVID-19 cases in the community when making decisions about community prevention strategies and individual behaviors. Communities and individuals should also make decisions based on whether they are at high risk for severe disease and take into account inequities in access to prevention strategies.
COVID-19 Community Levels can help communities and individuals make decisions based on their local context and their unique needs. Community vaccination coverage and other local information, like early alerts from surveillance, such as through wastewater or the number of emergency department visits for COVID-19, when available, can also inform decision making for health officials and individuals.”
J. HARRIS: This “COVID DANGER LEVEL” seems to be calculated on the county population as well as :
1. COVID-19 Community Level – COVID Inpatient Bed Utilization
2. COVID-19 Community Level – COVID Hospital Admissions per 100k
3. COVID-19 Community Level – Cases per 100k
VALUES FOR GREGG, HARRISON, AND SMITH COUNTIES:
Harris cont: I assume our “Medium” designation is related to recent high Covid case levels in a county with no inpatient beds and no good way to count “hospital admissions.” We also have a very low vaccination rate. Since our most recent acute Covid counts are low, our danger level should decrease?
AND LASTLY: I PLAN TO DECREASE THE FREQUENCY OF MAILOUTS UNTIL OR UNLESS COVID CAUSES MORE TROUBLE. I WILL HAVE NO REGULAR SCHEDULE.
AFTER TWO YEARS, I’M ALSO RUNNING OUT OF GOOD PICTURE JOKES, BUT I’VE STILL GOT LEWIS GRIZZARD:
It’s difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.
It’s better to have died a small child than to be a politician who gets caught in a scandal during a slow news month.
God bless Merle Haggard. He did all the things that Johnny Cash was supposed to have done.
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