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[OnlinePoker]

1. Looking at Worldometers graph, no increase in deaths despite being in 4th wave since mid-October

I don't know if that means the people most susceptible to dying due to underlying conditions have succumbed, or if the number of people vaccinated who are getting the disease aren't getting as sick and dying.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

On edit: This is for the whole world, not just the U.S.

[yaesu]

3. I'm not seeing evidence reported either and because this is from the NY post take it

with a grain of salt.

[left-of-center2012]

9. It's a report from the CDC

"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned ..."

Also see #5 post below.

[Doodley]

2. It seems unlikely we aren't going to pass a million deaths.

[IronLionZion]

4. US is currently number one for daily deaths

with Russia a close number two. So we're in good company.

And CDC is forecasting that to double in the next few weeks. I'm not looking forward to another grim COVID winter but it looks inevitable. Anti-vax maskholes are dying to own the libs.

Mask up and stay healthy. Vaccinated folks should hopefully recover quickly.

[yaesu]

5. I just checked the CDC forecast & it follows this report

This week’s national ensemble predicts that the number of newly reported COVID-19 deaths will likely increase over the next 4 weeks, with 8,900 to 15,600 new deaths likely reported in the week ending January 8, 2022. The national ensemble predicts that a total of 837,000 to 845,000 COVID-19 deaths will be reported by this date.

[getagrip_already]

6. post holidays will be fugly......

As people come back from gatherings and parties, into workplaces and schools.

We will spike again.

Though one positive is that my employer has told everyone that for the first 2 weeks of the new year, everyone must be masked. They said they expect people to get sick and don't want disease to spread. They already have a vax policy.

So some employers get it. If for no other reason than they know what a person out with covid costs them in productivity.

[bottomofthehill]

8. Kids are coming home from College with Covid, the spread will be big.

last year many schools closed down after thanksgiving and came back after the start of the new year, this year not so much.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. That is how Delta took over

I think of the snapshots from CDC of the variant proportions including one I did from back in August -

Update 8/1/21
(data going back to 5/8/21)



and now to compare with the latest today -


Update 12/11/21
(data going back to 9/11/21 with Omicron now showing at the bottom of the last bar depicted in purple)