COVID – week 90 – November 29 – December 5 This time last year – massive cases in Washington, the US and around the globe. More transmissible, large R0 in unvaccinated. Monday – Omicron all the time in the news. Still hope that current vaccines (and boosters) are effective. May just be some process iteration and tweaking to improve that. Tuesday – “ stealth omicron variant difficult to sequence as omicron by PCR tests” is a concern, I think this means PCR tests show positive, but not which variant. UK cases are still climbing, and 50k cases per day 300k+ per week. Wednesday – “Three Pfizer jabs neutralise Omicron Moderna or Novavax after AstraZenaca provides high immunity” – boosters look to provide protection against the Omicron variant. Thursday – Booster jabs approved in US for 16+. In Washington State, the case numbers have flattened. Hospitalisation remains lower than last winter. An additional 75k deaths in England alone forecast by end of Spring 2022.įriday – UK daily cases still climbing there is no sharp climb and spike like Winter 2020 – this is 30-60k cases per day, since June.
In the UK the apparent duplicity of the Government around Christmas parties last year, when everything was fully locked down, has knocked Omicron off the top of the headlines.
Infographic from the Seattle Times again. :\ On the positive side – Western Washington is >70% fully vaccinated. Weekend – a quick look at the Washington State details – and that flattening of cases looks like an uptick. COVID – week 91 – December 6 – December 12 This time last year – seems familiar: UK in the grip of a more transmissible mutation, runaway cases, first vaccines in the US. Monday – “1 of every 100 older Americans has died of COVID”. COVID – week 92 – December 13 – December 19
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