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Covid is killing rural Americans at twice the rate of people in urban areas
Rural Americans are dying of Covid at more than twice the rate of their urban counterparts — a divide that health experts say is likely to widen as access to medical care shrinks for a population that tends to be older, sicker, heavier, poorer and less vaccinated.
While the initial surge of Covid-19 deaths skipped over much of rural America, where roughly 15 percent of Americans live, nonmetropolitan mortality rates quickly started to outpace those of metropolitan areas as the virus spread nationwide before vaccinations became available, according to data from the Rural Policy Research Institute.
Since the pandemic began, about 1 in 434 rural Americans have died from Covid, compared with roughly 1 in 513 urban Americans, the institute’s data shows. And though vaccines have reduced overall Covid death rates since the winter peak, rural mortality rates are now more than double that of urban ones — and accelerating quickly.
Less wearing of the muzzle?
It looks like the Delta wave has largely passed by locally and rates are dropping. I wonder if we will be able to put away our muzzles away more in the coming weeks.
| County | Albany | Greene | Saratoga | Schoharie | Schenectady | Rensselaer | Washington |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test Date | |||||||
| Aug 27 | 4.8 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| Aug 28 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 |
| Aug 29 | 5.2 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 7.2 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| Aug 30 | 5.2 | 6.8 | 4.6 | 6.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| Aug 31 | 5.0 | 6.3 | 4.6 | 6.5 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| Sep 01 | 5.3 | 7.2 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| Sep 02 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 4.6 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| Sep 03 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 4.9 | 6.6 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.4 |
| Sep 04 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 7.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 |
| Sep 05 | 4.7 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| Sep 06 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 10.1 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| Sep 07 | 4.8 | 6.8 | 4.6 | 12.9 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.2 |
| Sep 08 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 13.6 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.9 |
| Sep 09 | 4.6 | 5.9 | 4.3 | 12.7 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.7 |
| Sep 10 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 4.3 | 12.2 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 5.8 |
| Sep 11 | 4.6 | 6.1 | 3.9 | 11.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 6.1 |
| Sep 12 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 4.0 | 11.1 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 6.3 |
| Sep 13 | 4.6 | 6.1 | 3.8 | 9.2 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 6.9 |
| Sep 14 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 6.6 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 7.0 |
| Sep 15 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 6.0 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 6.7 |
| Sep 16 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 6.0 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 6.4 |
| Sep 17 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 6.2 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 6.0 |
| Sep 18 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 3.2 | 6.3 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
| Sep 19 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 3.1 | 6.3 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| Sep 20 | 4.5 | 5.9 | 3.2 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| Sep 21 | 4.5 | 5.9 | 3.2 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| Sep 22 | 4.1 | 6.4 | 3.1 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
| Sep 23 | 4.2 | 6.9 | 3.2 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| Sep 24 | 4.0 | 6.9 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| Sep 25 | 3.9 | 6.5 | 3.1 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
Clinical trials underway on pill to treat COVID-19 – pennlive.com
Clinical trials that are part of an international effort to test an antiviral treatment aimed at halting COVID-19 early in its course, are currently underway.
According to a report by NBC News, researchers are testing a “short-term regimen of daily pills” that when begun shortly after diagnosis can fight the virus early and possibly prevent symptoms from developing after exposure.
Timothy Sheahan, a virologist at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill who has helped pioneer the therapies, explained that in addition to curtailing the duration of one’s COVID-19 syndrome “oral antivirals have the potential to limit transmission to people in your household if you are sick.”
The questions I have about the COVID vaccine booster 🔬
The questions I have about the COVID vaccine booster 🔬
I got vaccinated in April. Both shots of the Pzifer vaccine. The evidence is that it is quite effective, as while people are still getting sick from Delta varient, people aren’t ending up in the hospital or dying.
I’m not sure about the next round of boosters for they a proposing people get in 8 months. So far the vaccine has had an excellent safety record and I nor my friends have not had any ill effects from the vaccine except feeling a little ill after the second shot for a few years.
But I just wonder about the idea of injecting more of the same substance after the effects of the vaccine wear off. It really feels like to me the ideology of a heroin user – inject more to feel better. Substances used in moderation are often safe but things build up resistance and bioaccumulate. I am reminded of DDT and how harmless it was proven to mammals but how destructive it became to birds’ egg shells as they choice pesticide on farms and in the home.
Science is better now than fifty years ago. I am sure they have thoroughly tested the extra third dose on animals and humans. Messenger RNA has a short life both in the environment and in the human body – it’s quickly attacked by human bodies and natural forces, and broken down to harmless amino acids. But what if there is something that science is missing like with DDT?
There is a lot of good reasons why the drug manufacturers are more than happy to have a third round of vaccinations. For one, they have an extra stock of vaccines and it’s the same substance used for round 1 and 2. Pharmacies already have it in stock, factories continue to crank it out at a breakneck speed. Might as well use the supply by injecting it into people arms as a booster before its sent to the landfill, manufacturers say.
Lasting immunity might be hard with a Coronavirus as most are relatively harmless so our bodies T-cells might not prioritize memory of the virus and attack it immediately upon entry like it would with other deadly diseases. So maybe boosters are necessary. If the science continues to indicate that it is a good, safe preventive step come November or December when I’m eligible, I’ll give it a good hard look.
But I’m not celebrating or embracing a third shot but it is necessary I’ll give it a good hard look.