.@OHdeptofhealth says “It’s clear that the delta variant is on the rise in Ohio” and that it's "on a trajectory to become the dominant strain in Ohio". Says this strain of COVID is highly contagious and is a real threat to the unvaccinated, especially for those under 50.
Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff with ODH says acknowledges risks of COVID vaccines, but says "those risks are small indeed compared with the risks of COVID-19 for people of any age". Notes cases, hospitalizations are up over the last few weeks, and says delta variant "is rapidly increasing"
Dr. Andy Thomas from @OSUWexMed says since April, about 90% of hospital admissions have been people who are partially vaccinated or unvaccinated. The other 10% had other health issues. Seeing a slight rise in hospitalizations in the last few days, likely due to July 4 holiday.
Thomas says Ohio is close to 60% vaccination rate among all those who are eligible (state's website says 45.15% are fully vaxxed, but that's total population). The rate is about 70% for those over 60, and is about 85% for those over 70.
Message in this @OHdeptofhealth call is clearly to those who haven't been vaccinated to get their shot(s). This comes on the day that @GovMikeDeWine must decide what to do with a bill that has a provision to ban public schools and hospitals from mandating COVID vaccines.
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