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This is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine and Delta variant information for August 4th, 2021.

08/04/21 • 5 min

Vaccine 4 1 1 - Daily News on the Covid-19 and Coronavirus Vaccines

This is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for August 4th, 2021.

In New York City, you’ll soon have to show proof of vaccination if you want to dine indoors at a restaurant, see a show, or go to the gym. It’s the first big city in the U.S. to put restrictions like that back in place. And they’ll be rolled out over the course of weeks. The Mayor said “What we want to nail is bluntly, showing life is much better when you’re vaccinated. You have more freedom.”

The American Academy of Pediatrics said almost 72,000 children and teens caught Covid-19 last week, a "substantial" increase from a week earlier. The definition of a child varies by state but generally includes up to 17 or 18. Children and teens represented 19% of reported cases in the latest weekly data. Kids under 12 are still not eligible for any of the three vaccines currently used in the US.

The World Health Organization says that in Africa, coronavirus fatalities surged by 80% within the last four weeks. The WHO Director-General said it’s being driven by the Delta variant, which has spiked infections globally 80% in the past four weeks. At that rate, the group says the 4 million cases reported last week can be expected to pass 200 million in the next two weeks.

China suspended flights and trains, canceled pro basketball games, and announced mass testing in Wuhan yesterday as outbreaks persist. Cases are far more widespread than anything China’s dealt with since the initial outbreak. China has among the world’s most authoritarian and compliant lockdown and testing measures, but cases continue to pop up in more than 35 cities in 17 of China’s 33 provinces and regions.

So if the unvaccinated don’t blame themselves for the recent surge in cases, who do they blame? An Axios poll found most, 37%, blame people traveling to the U.S. from other countries. 27% blame mainstream media, 23% blame Americans traveling to other countries, and 21% blame Joe Biden. Only 10% of the unvaccinated blame the unvaccinated. Among the vaccinated, they, of course, blame the unvaccinated for the Delta variant surge at 79%, followed by 36% who blame Donald Trump, who left office seven months ago. Almost no one blames the power and nature of the virus itself.

In the United States cases were up 142%, deaths are up 27%, and hospitalizations are up 83% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5.

There are now 5,661,932 active cases in the United States.

Keeping in mind that several states have stopped reporting their daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: Florida 17,001. Texas 14,873. California 10,010. Georgia 9,197. And Louisiana 4,753.

The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Sabine, TX. Tangipahoa, LA. Ascension, LA. Stone, MS. Lafourche, LA. St. Charles, LA. Livingston, LA. St. James, LA. Gulf, FL. And Terrebonne, LA.

There have been at least 614,249 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related.

Despite media reports of increased vaccinations, our numbers sourced from NPR are not bearing that out. The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that’s been fully vaccinated: Vermont unchanged at 67.6%, Massachusetts at 64.1%, and Maine unchanged at 63.5%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama unchanged at 34.4%, Mississippi unchanged at 34.5%, and Arkansas at 36.6%. The percentage of the U.S. that’s been fully vaccinated is 49.7%.

The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Nepal up 10%. Vietnam 7%. Sri Lanka 5%. And Taiwan and Malaysia 4%.

Globally, cases were up 16% and deaths were up 16% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21.

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This is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for August 4th, 2021.

In the United States cases were up 142%, deaths are up 27%, and hospitalizations are up 83% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5.

There are now 5,661,932 active cases in the United States.

There have been at least 614,249 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related.

The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Nepal up 10%. Vietnam 7%. Sri Lanka 5%. And Taiwan and Malaysia 4%.

Globally, cases were up 16% and deaths were up 16% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21.

There are 15,472,129 active cases around the...

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Coronavirus vaccine and Delta variant updates for 8-03-2021

This is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for August 3rd, 2021.

It’s a month late from the US administration’s goal but 70% of U.S. adults have had at least one shot of a vaccine, according to the CDC. Some health officials say it’s a big step toward reaching so-called herd immunity, while others say herd immunity is misleading and the best we can do is reduce the impact of and learn to live with COVID -19.

The seven-day average of daily cases in the U.S. has now surpassed the peak seen this time last summer when there were no vaccines at all. Data from the CDC is at odds with Johns Hopkins in terms of if new cases are trending up or down. The seven-day average of daily deaths of 300 per day though is far below last summer’s peak of more than 1,100 daily.

In a big change from last month, a Gallup poll shows more Americans now say the pandemic in the U.S. is getting worse rather than better. As recently as June, 89% said things were getting better. Americans now expect societal disruptions to persist at least through the end of the year, or longer, and concern about getting COVID-19 has grown. However, there’s little evidence people are altering their behavior to avoid exposure.

Japanese researchers say the Lambda variant is not being taken nearly seriously enough. Their studies show it to be highly infectious and more resistant to vaccines than the original version. They found three mutations in Lambda's spike protein help it resist neutralization by vaccine-induced antibodies. It is not clear if the variant is more dangerous than the Delta variant.

More than 385,000. That’s how many attended the 4-day Lollapalooza festival in Chicago this weekend. The head of Chicago’s health department said she expects to see cases associated with the event rise. But Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot defended the festival, saying, “We’ve been able to do it because of the vaccinations,” but only about 52% of all Chicagoans are fully vaccinated.

In the United States cases were up 149%, deaths are up 14%, and hospitalizations are up 86% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5.

There are now 5,548,581 active cases in the United States.

Keeping in mind that several states have stopped reporting their daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: California 8,639. Texas 5,687. Louisiana 3,704. New York 2,427. And South Carolina 2,399.

The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Sabine, TX. Tangipahoa, LA. Stone, MS. East Feliciana, LA. Ascension, LA. Gulf, FL. Livingston, LA. Lafourche, LA. Nassau, FL. And St. Charles, LA.

There have been at least 613,670 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related.

The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that’s been fully vaccinated: Vermont at 67.6%, Massachusetts at 64%, and Maine at 63.5%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama at 34.4%, Mississippi at 34.5%, and Arkansas at 36.5%. The percentage of the U.S. that’s been fully vaccinated is 49.6%.

The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Vietnam up 6%. Nepal and Zambia 4%. And Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Georgia 3%.

Globally, cases were up 14% and deaths were up 13% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21.

There are 15,265,233 active cases around the world.

The five countries with the most new cases: The United States 56,369. Iran 37,189. India 30,031. Russia 23,508. And Turkey 22,898.

There have now been at least 4,234,771 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide.

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Coronavirus vaccine and Delta variant updates for 8-05-2021

This is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for August 5th, 2021.

Yesterday we had an Axios poll that shows unvaccinated Americans mostly blame foreigners visiting the United States for the surge in the Delta variant. And apparently the White House agrees with them. The administration is taking the first steps toward requiring nearly all foreign visitors to the U.S. to be vaccinated. Travel restrictions curtailing international travel to the U.S. have long been in place, with no apparent effect on the prevalence or spread of the Delta variant.

The U.K. plans to offer vaccines to 16 and 17-year-olds in the next few weeks. An independent body of scientists that makes recommendations to the government changed its advice. Healthy 16 to 17-year-olds can be offered a first dose of the Pfizer vaccine without parental consent.

A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine says children and adolescents transmit the coronavirus efficiently to household contacts and some of those contacts require hospitalization. The good news, no one in the study younger than 18 required hospitalization, however the study was done last year before the more dangerous Delta variant took hold.

The director general of the World Health Organization has a message for countries giving COVID booster shots. Stop it. He’s calling for a moratorium of at least two months on boosters because, "We should not accept countries that have already used most of the global supply of vaccines, using even more of it while the world's most vulnerable people remain unprotected."

The U.K.’s “Freedom Day” when restrictions were completely lifted brought screams of irresponsibility and predictions of doom and 100,000 cases daily from pandemic experts and the World Health Organization. Instead, the British are astounding the world with a drop in cases for the fifth day in a row. Why it’s happening is still guesswork, but most speculation has to do with the U.K. being more than 72% fully vaccinated. And if you factor in COVID survivors with antibodies that number could be as high as 92%.

In the United States cases were up 139%, deaths are up 49%, and hospitalizations are up 92% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5.

There are now 5,757,856 active cases in the United States.

Keeping in mind that several states have stopped reporting their daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: Florida 16,935. Texas 12,334. California 10,909. Georgia 4,860. And Louisiana 4,779.

The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Sabine, TX. Lafourche, LA. St. James, LA. Iberia, LA. Gulf, FL. St. Charles, LA. Nassau, FL. St. Mary, LA. Dimmit, TX. And Terrebonne, LA.

There have been at least 614,797 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related.

The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that’s been fully vaccinated: Vermont at 67.7%, Massachusetts unchanged at 64.1%, and Maine at 64%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama and Mississippi at 34.5%, and Arkansas unchanged at 36.6%. The percentage of the U.S. that’s been fully vaccinated is unchanged at 49.7%.

The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Eswatini up 18%. Kyrgyzstan 10%. Sri Lanka 9%. And the Philippines and South Africa 8%.

Globally, cases were up 16% and deaths were down 4% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21.

There are 15,730,573 active cases around the world.

The five countries with the most new cases: The United States 112,279. India 42,817. Brazil 40,460. Iran 39,357. And Indonesia 35,867.

There have now been at least 4,255,443 deaths reported...

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