Thread by @ITGuy1959

1- “Coronavirus cases are rising once again, disrupting classrooms, overwhelming hospitals and alarming public health officials — even in areas with high vaccination rates..”

Funny that (cont).

politico.com/news/2021/11/2…

2- “States across the country are also seeing a growing number of people with breakthrough cases end up in hospitals.”

Too bad nobody predicted this.

3- “The latest Covid surge is particularly concerning to health officials because holiday travel is expected to exacerbate the problem as it did last year..”

If only we had developed a vaccine.

4- “There was hope that this year would be different…Yet, as of Sunday evening, the country is averaging more than 1,100 deaths a day — almost the same tally as last year at this time before the vaccines had been authorized.”

I wonder why there was such hope last year..🤔👇

5- “The risk to health systems across the country is further heightened because influenza and RSV, two other seasonal respiratory viruses that can land people in the hospital, are also on the rise..”

Siri - What happens when you lock people down & wack their immune systems?

6- “The increasing Covid-related hospitalizations and deaths are still primarily among the unvaccinated but even places with the highest immunization rates are seeing spikes in cases.”

So it’s not just Bubba the Trump voter in Georgia?

7- “Montgomery County, Maryland, where nearly 80 percent of residents are vaccinated, reimposed its indoor mask mandate on Saturday because of the substantial increase in cases.”

Lol, masks. Yeah, good luck.

8- “Vermont, which has nearly three-quarters of its population vaccinated, has seen new infections jump 50 percent and hospitalizations are near all-time highs.”

Ron DeSantis must explain this.

9- “The Department of Defense is sending medical staff to relieve overwhelmed hospitals in Minnesota where only a handful of ICU beds remain available, even though 70 percent of eligible residents are vaccinated.”

Perhaps we should not have fired unvax’d medical workers. 🤦‍♂️

10- “Ryan Westergaard, Wisconsin’s chief medical officer, said during a press conference Wednesday. “The trend we are seeing is very concerning. The slope of the curve looks similar to what we saw last fall.”

Siri- What is seasonality?

11- “(pediatrician David) Rubin has been watching Covid patterns since the beginning of the pandemic and he suspects that the spikes in cities like Chicago, Detroit, Green Bay and Minneapolis are a harbinger for Boston, New York and Philadelphia.”

No shit, Sherlock..🤦‍♂️

12- “We can’t afford, literally because lives depend on it, to let this pandemic recede in people’s minds when it hasn’t receded in our hospital beds, in our morgues,” Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot told POLITICO.”

Oh great, Mayor Wokefoot weighs in. How’s gun violence, Lori?

13- “Several governors from both parties — citing the increased spread in their states — didn’t bother to wait for the federal government, urging every resident to get a booster.”

So much for following the science.

14- “But uptake (of boosters) has been slow, even among seniors who are particularly vulnerable to Covid-19.”

That will happen when nobody trusts you anymore.

15- “That’s particularly concerning to public health officials ahead of Thanksgiving, when college students are apt to visit their grandparents and people with underlying conditions see friends and family.”

If only we had a vaccine.

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