Club Updates – May 4
Unvaccinated people no longer account for the overwhelming majority of U.S. coronavirus deaths, reports The Washington Post. Forty-two percent of COVID-19 deaths in January and February were from vaccinated individuals, compared to just 23% of the dead in September during the delta surge. This is in part due to waning vaccine protection and COVID-19 rates among the elderly and immunocompromised. Despite the news, unvaccinated individuals are far more vulnerable to severe coronavirus cases.
Featured
- How COVID-19 Transformed the US Economy, Bloomberg
- The US Should Prepare for a Predictable Southern Summer Surge of COVID-19, Birx Says, CNN
- Dr. Fauci on Why the US is ‘Out of the Pandemic Phase’, PBS
New Resources
Masks
- Masks Went Away. Then Anxiety Spiked for High-risk Travelers, Washington Post
- Officials Are Nervous About Mask Mandates—Even in COVID Hot Spots, Politico
Vaccine Updates
- Time for a Fourth COVID Vaccine Dose? Here’s Why Medical Professionals Are Skeptical, CNBC
- Nose Spray Vaccines Could Quash COVID Virus Variants, Scientific American
- Pressure Builds for COVID Vaccines Approval for Littlest Kids, Axios
CDC
- You’ve Tested Positive for COVID. Now What? Here’s What CDC’s Quarantine, Isolation Guidelines Say, NBC Chicago
- CDC: New Omicron Subvariant Responsible for a Third of New Coronavirus Cases, U.S. News
- Transcript for CDC Media Telebriefing: Update on COVID-19, CDC Newsroom
The Bulk of Vaccinated Deaths are Among People Who Did Not Get a Booster Shot: “A key explanation for the rise in deaths among the vaccinated is that COVID-19 fatalities are again concentrated among the elderly.” See full article here.
News Updates
- Newer, Fitter Descendants of Omicron Variant Begin to Drive Their Own Coronavirus Waves, CNN
- Amazon Ends COVID Paid Leave for US Workers, Reuters
- University of Denver Researchers Study COVID Long-haulers, Axios
- The Children Left Behind by Long COVID, Bloomberg
- Iowa Top Court Latest to Reject Insurance Coverage for COVID Biz Losses, Reuters
- Virus Mutations Aren’t Slowing Down. New Omicron Subvariant Proves It, Washington Post
- Here Are the Many Ways the Wine World Was Changed by COVID-19, GoSanAngelo
- Sen. Kaine Pushes to Help Restaurants with Post-COVID Relief, WSET
- 2022 Regions Tradition Golf Back to Pre-COVID Format, Hoover Sun
- Bill Gates on COVID: ‘I Don’t Want to be a Voice of Doom and Gloom,’ But ‘the Worst’ Could Still be Ahead, CNBC
- The Next COVID Surge May Hit San Francisco’s Wealthy Neighborhoods the Hardest. Here’s Why, San Francisco Chronicle
- CDC: New York Now Considered a Hot Spot for Rising COVID-19 Infections, CBS News
- Most Americans Have Now Had COVID-19—But Experts are Predicting the Next Surge, CNN
- COVID is Spreading in Deer. What Does That Mean for the Pandemic?, Nature
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