I've been collecting some interesting articles about covid that I want to share.
My state is not doing well right now. We are fourth in the nation in per capita cases. The surge that started among young people a few weeks ago is making its way into the older groups and hospitalizations are going up. Utah went from having just 115 people hospitalized less than two weeks ago to 203 today. One in two hundred people in my state has an active case right now. We do have some good trends here. We are the youngest state in the nation. We have one of the lower obesity rankings among the states. We also have many people who live by a code of health that includes regular fasting and abstaining from drugs, smoking, and alcohol. Our death rate per case is one of the lowest in the nation.
But this is still a big deal. I have a friend in her 40s who had Covid in April and is still not better. We don't know what the long-term effects this might have.
While Utah overall is doing poorly right now, my county is doing worse. We have twice the rate of the state in cases, with 460 cases diagnosed in the past week per 100,000 people. To put that in perspective, Salt Lake County has 230 in the past week. The CDC guidelines say there is the "highest risk of transmission in schools" when cases in TWO weeks are over 200 per 100,000. We are more than twice that number in just the last week in Utah County.
One is on the effects of the virus shutdown on cherry-picking. Another on those left behind by remote schooling. Some on where we are headed, others on surface vs. air transmission, others about why herd immunity without a vaccine isn't going to work.
My state is not doing well right now. We are fourth in the nation in per capita cases. The surge that started among young people a few weeks ago is making its way into the older groups and hospitalizations are going up. Utah went from having just 115 people hospitalized less than two weeks ago to 203 today. One in two hundred people in my state has an active case right now. We do have some good trends here. We are the youngest state in the nation. We have one of the lower obesity rankings among the states. We also have many people who live by a code of health that includes regular fasting and abstaining from drugs, smoking, and alcohol. Our death rate per case is one of the lowest in the nation.
But this is still a big deal. I have a friend in her 40s who had Covid in April and is still not better. We don't know what the long-term effects this might have.
While Utah overall is doing poorly right now, my county is doing worse. We have twice the rate of the state in cases, with 460 cases diagnosed in the past week per 100,000 people. To put that in perspective, Salt Lake County has 230 in the past week. The CDC guidelines say there is the "highest risk of transmission in schools" when cases in TWO weeks are over 200 per 100,000. We are more than twice that number in just the last week in Utah County.
Two of my favorite people in the world tested positive last week despite being very careful. They are in a high-risk age group and I'm worried for them.
On herd immunity & the virus' effects:
99% survive, right? So what's the big deal? A twitter thread
On Schools:
While I'm not happy about the school outbreaks in my state, at least we are tracking them. Seems like other states aren't so lucky.
A really sad article that points out the problems with NOT opening schools. It's a hard balance to find!
A podcast that goes over why sanitizing isn't really as important as reducing air transmission. Just 15 minutes, it should be required listening for school boards who think shutting down for a day to clean is going to reduce the spread.
An article about hygiene theater that can be applied to schools and other settings.
An article about hygiene theater that can be applied to schools and other settings.
On the Pandemic's Economic Effects:
A look at cherry picking in the Northwest during covid
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