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Turin_C3PO

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11. Vaccinated people

Reply to Shermann (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 15, 2021, 08:55 PM

Feb 2021

may be keeping the numbers somewhat down. But I’m not sure.

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"Why Some Covid 19 Numbers Are Improving". [View all] Stuart G Feb 2021 OP

We have become desensitized to high daily death rates. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #1

THANK YOU for your comment. Not good news to me..Less Deaths is that "Good News? Stuart G Feb 2021 #3

I don't think 35,000 deaths a year is good news. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #5

Compared to 128,000 deaths a year it is. Salviati Feb 2021 #17

It still is a lot of people per year killed on the road. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #19

It is. But we've made progress, and that progress is good news. Salviati Feb 2021 #21

There still is no plausible explanation for why cases are coming down so dramatically nt Shermann Feb 2021 #2

Of course there is a plausible explanation...people who are well, are not getting close to..ANYONE!! Stuart G Feb 2021 #4

Those of us who have stayed well, have done so by taking action. lagomorph777 Feb 2021 #41

Vaccinated people Turin_C3PO Feb 2021 #11

My explanation is a little bit brutal. Scruffy1 Feb 2021 #20

The peak was a couple weeks after Christmas. Holiday get togethers were a killer. Lucky Luciano Feb 2021 #26

Bingo! BigmanPigman Feb 2021 #27

Not really...exponential growth started in September and actually slowed during the holidays nt Shermann Feb 2021 #31

Really. The new cases declined from Nov 25th to Dec 1st muriel_volestrangler Feb 2021 #36

I didn't say there was no holiday effect Shermann Feb 2021 #37

...and the cold weather uptick starting in the fall was expected. Lucky Luciano Feb 2021 #39

In my area of Michigan, people are really being good about mask wearing and distancing. roamer65 Feb 2021 #43

CDC came on and gave this explanation of the declining corona cases.. Maxheader Feb 2021 #6

Just 4 words: "Masks" and " Social Distancing" ...Not complicated.? Is it? Stuart G Feb 2021 #7

If only we had had Joe around when this all started.. Maxheader Feb 2021 #8

K and R...post 8...Please read "POST 8" Stuart G Feb 2021 #9

So true. :''''( electric_blue68 Feb 2021 #30

Wondering if there is now a lower proportion of antimaskers. JudyM Feb 2021 #12

I'm not convinced there has been a big change in use of masks and social distances Steelrolled Feb 2021 #13

I agree 100% Shermann Feb 2021 #32

One thing to point out frazzled Feb 2021 #10

on MSNBC this afternoon a man named Peter Hotez KarenS Feb 2021 #14

A doctor I have seen a lot on MSNBC said the same thing. BigmanPigman Feb 2021 #28

A lot of people that were TheFarseer Feb 2021 #15

I think the "A lot of people have had it already" is a little discussed factor greenjar_01 Feb 2021 #16

I have heard that also TheFarseer Feb 2021 #22

It's common sense. LisaL Feb 2021 #23

NY death numbers in March-May 2020 alone suggest much, much higher infection rate greenjar_01 Feb 2021 #25

The uncounted cases don't get us to herd immunity Shermann Feb 2021 #33

No, but they probably get us to highly reduced spread, which was the claim greenjar_01 Feb 2021 #40

Sanjay Gupta of CNN thinks the same DeminPennswoods Feb 2021 #44

That's still nowhere near herd immunity Shermann Feb 2021 #46

Deaths are a lagging indicator DeminPennswoods Feb 2021 #18

We don't know what will happen when the variants hit. LisaL Feb 2021 #24

The deaths are still way to high, but in Los Angeles the numbers are finally improving. C Moon Feb 2021 #29

it's bloody awful but most people can't comprehend that much death LymphocyteLover Feb 2021 #34

The headline you object to says "some". And you've picked out just one of the figures. muriel_volestrangler Feb 2021 #35

It Also Says This ProfessorGAC Feb 2021 #38

Wonder how the upcoming choie Feb 2021 #42

According to the Worldometer we're not at 3K deaths / day anymore. Initech Feb 2021 #45