Days 169-171 - #COVID19 in Iran
Picking up from 3 days ago:
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[Current Outlook/1]
We have now passed the peak of the 2nd wave and all metrics "very gradually" are falling: daily deaths, patients in critical conditions, Qom's admitted or Tehran's daily admissions, even deaths among health professionals. All falling albeit slowly.
[Current Outlook/2]
In a few days I will have an analysis of the 2nd wave but generally, the 2nd wave was much worse due to no lockdown this time. It took ~3 months from the early start to the peak.
[Current Outlook/3]
Now we have started to get only "a couple" of news regarding resurgence of the numbers in areas where it had already gone down a month ago such as Bushehr. Whether this is a worrying trend or just a random event we need to see.
[Current Outlook/4]
#important Bear in mind, all provinces affected during the 1st wave in the end got heavily involved during the 2nd wave although with a noticeable delay. Whether this is due to waning immunity or simply affecting the rest of the population, we do not know.
[Current Outlook/end]
So all that remains is whether authorities will skip this year's Moharram/Ashura ceremonies. If they do, I expect numbers to gradually fall down and we reach the 2nd nadir in a month.
Ground reports from Tehran hospitals confirms the situation has indeed improved. My contacts in Khuzestan also confirm that the numbers are at pre-2nd wave levels.
Sadly we are still seeing medical staff falling prey to this virus, being at the forefront of care for the sick.
Foruzan Hakim Shafaei, a nurse in Bojnurd passed away due to COVID
Somayyeh Poorghaz, midwife in Aliabad, Golestan province
Asghar Isa Abadi, physiotherapist in Tehran
Dr. Naqme Javid Nikoo, GP in Tehran
Javad Jalalinia, Anesthetist technician in Mazandaran. He was meant to sit for the Master's admission exam.
Dr Ahad Javid, GP in Baharestan
Leaving you with this:
After flower oil, camel's urine, wasp's sting now is the time for unveiling Salt. This "specialist" says "I have this salt shaker in my pocket and when I see someone coughing, I just use it" [how?? sniffing it??]
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