re: Covid In Georgia - 2021 The Reckoning

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Thanks for the info S1C. Good read and makes this 66 year old feel better.

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Of course. I know a lot of what people hear is concerning, if not outright scary, sometimes and it's difficult to know what to make of the numbers you hear if you don't spend a lot of time analyzing data already. All of this already made sense to me, but given what I see posted all over social media, it seems not everyone understands how to interpret what they're seeing or the context in which these things are happening.

Another good read about the seemingly high percentage of vaccinated people in the hospital in the UK can be found here: LINK. What was quickly (and erroneously) reported as 40% of people in the hospital being "double vaxxed" is actually far from true. And of the ones who are, we don't know age, which vaccine they got, how long after dose two they became ill, whether they are immunocompromised, or whether they are non-seroconverters, all of which are highly important details when we're talking about evaluating the efficacy of the vaccines. All told, they are still holding up remarkably well and doing what they were designed to do.

Do you have a metric that shows what percentage of each age group is getting tested?

Have a feeling 0-18 are getting tested at a higher rate

The 0-18 group includes 0-11 who can't get vaccinated. If vaccination prevents a percentage of infections the youngest group might be expected to have more infections. School just compounds the problem.

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Broken down by age among the 0-17 demographic. The vax-eligible pop is leading the way, but the non-eligible pop isn't far behind.

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Probably low vax rates for 12+ in GA, not sure. Combine that with both of those age groups being heavier breathers shedding more virus and I think it makes sense. Putting them all together in cramped classrooms and cafeterias isn't helping. My daughter's school JUST decided to rotate the lunches in the cafeteria yesterday, three weeks into the year.

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My daughter's school JUST decided to rotate the lunches in the cafeteria yesterday, three weeks into the year.

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Even that won't make a difference, it is an airborne aerosolized viral load. Closing the schools is the only effective method of preventing the spread among children. But at this point what difference does it make, it's probably a good thing they are all petri-dishing together while the virus is still very benign in children. Was it you or Fib who had the neighbor with the buddy at the hospital that showed there was more RSV kids in hospital than Rona, I would like to see an updated graph from that fake person.

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And I'm not sure what difference it makes- if they are being tested at a higher rate it is because they have a reason to be tested at a higher rate. A parent doesn't take their kid to get a covid test on whimsy.

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Lets say you have a kid in a classroom of 20 kids gets COVID...10 of the parents are responsible parents and go get their kids tested. Of those 10, 5 others have COVID. However, none of the parents test, because they know their kid has it and are quarantining anyways.

You now have 6, 7 year olds that have tested positive and 0 30-39 year olds testing. Now multiply it out.

You also have a large group of parents that will never test themselves in general because they dont want to test positive themselves and their kids having to be out of school, or themselves being out of work.

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Only question i have:And by the way, full FDA approval is forthcoming in a matter of weeks

I have been hearing this for a couple of months. What is the hold up? What needs to happen for approval that we dont have yet?

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LINK

The gold standard of safety isn't FDA approval. Never has been. Widespread public use over time with efficacy and without significant adverse reactions will always be the standard. The FDA is almost as fraudulent as the CDC.

'preesh.

Good info. Thanks