https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/02/will-covid-vaccine-work-uk-strain-south-africa-herd-immunity.html

A lot of positivity in this article.

Per Bloomberg, we had our second consecutive day of approximately 2 million doses given -- 1.9 yesterday and 2 million today.

Anonymous wrote:FDA says Moderna can put more doses per vial, which should increase supply quicker:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/us/moderna-coronavirus-vaccine-supply.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

Great! Let's keep things rolling!

FDA says Moderna can put more doses per vial, which should increase supply quicker:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/us/moderna-coronavirus-vaccine-supply.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/briefing/gamestop-stock-tesla-biden-climate.html

A Fall in Virus Cases

Virus cases are falling more sharply in the U.S. than at any previous point.

The United States has never experienced a sharp and sustained decline in new coronavirus cases — until, perhaps, now.

Last year, new cases in the U.S. went through cycles of rising rapidly and then leveling off or falling only modestly. That was different from the situation in many other countries, where sharp drops sometimes occurred. Look at how much bigger the declines were in Western Europe last spring and last fall than in the U.S.: (sorry, the chart wouldn't load)

But now the situation may be changing.

New cases in the U.S. have fallen 35 percent over the past three weeks. Hospitalizations have dropped, as well. Deaths have not, but they have stabilized — and the death trend typically lags the cases trend by a few weeks.
“I like the trends we are seeing, and I am personally hopeful that things are going to get better,” Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University, told me. “But there are a number of things that could also go wrong.”

Monica Gandhi (our beacon of hope) said on Twitter that the sharpness and persistence of the decline invokes evolving immunity from the vaccine roll-out.

What is "evolving immunity?" The sharp decline is a result of us starting at such an inflated base point that was due to holiday travel and gathering stupidity.

Sorry if that's not an uplifting opinion, but at least the decline is encouraging, though it would have been shocking if it didn't occur.

In response to a question to Dr. Gandhi’s original tweet, she said:

“I mean that in all previous surges, the decline has been slow, tapering. This a fast decline in cases, suggesting immunity in population from vaccines likely taking an effect.”

This should resolve PP'S concern that the decline is simply a rebound from the holiday surges which would be "shocking if it didn't occur"

Dr. Gandhi seems to say that this decline is happening faster which indicates that the vaccines are having an actual real effect. Tbh, this makes the most sense... and is uplifting to hear as well.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/briefing/gamestop-stock-tesla-biden-climate.html

A Fall in Virus Cases

Virus cases are falling more sharply in the U.S. than at any previous point.

The United States has never experienced a sharp and sustained decline in new coronavirus cases — until, perhaps, now.

Last year, new cases in the U.S. went through cycles of rising rapidly and then leveling off or falling only modestly. That was different from the situation in many other countries, where sharp drops sometimes occurred. Look at how much bigger the declines were in Western Europe last spring and last fall than in the U.S.: (sorry, the chart wouldn't load)

But now the situation may be changing.

New cases in the U.S. have fallen 35 percent over the past three weeks. Hospitalizations have dropped, as well. Deaths have not, but they have stabilized — and the death trend typically lags the cases trend by a few weeks.
“I like the trends we are seeing, and I am personally hopeful that things are going to get better,” Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University, told me. “But there are a number of things that could also go wrong.”

Monica Gandhi (our beacon of hope) said on Twitter that the sharpness and persistence of the decline invokes evolving immunity from the vaccine roll-out.

What is "evolving immunity?" The sharp decline is a result of us starting at such an inflated base point that was due to holiday travel and gathering stupidity.

Sorry if that's not an uplifting opinion, but at least the decline is encouraging, though it would have been shocking if it didn't occur.

In response to a question to Dr. Gandhi’s original tweet, she said:

“I mean that in all previous surges, the decline has been slow, tapering. This a fast decline in cases, suggesting immunity in population from vaccines likely taking an effect.”

Covid hospitalizations are lowest in nearly 3 months

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/538577-coronavirus-hospitalizations-hit-lowest-level-in-nearly-three-months

^^ there doesn’t seem to be any plausible explanation for the huge drop besides herd immunity taking effect. How could it not? Some estimates show up to 100million Americans have had covid. Then add in those who have had the vaccine but never had a covid test. After a certain point, the spread of the virus has to slow. They are likely not telling us this because they want people to continue receiving the vaccine.

Some people are saying cases are dropping because the holidays are over. I don’t buy this. A 50% drop?? Everywhere I go is busy these days. More kids are in school, more and more people dining out indoors, parking lots are packed etc. it’s likely a combination of herd immunity and seasonality.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/briefing/gamestop-stock-tesla-biden-climate.html

A Fall in Virus Cases

Virus cases are falling more sharply in the U.S. than at any previous point.

The United States has never experienced a sharp and sustained decline in new coronavirus cases — until, perhaps, now.

Last year, new cases in the U.S. went through cycles of rising rapidly and then leveling off or falling only modestly. That was different from the situation in many other countries, where sharp drops sometimes occurred. Look at how much bigger the declines were in Western Europe last spring and last fall than in the U.S.: (sorry, the chart wouldn't load)

But now the situation may be changing.

New cases in the U.S. have fallen 35 percent over the past three weeks. Hospitalizations have dropped, as well. Deaths have not, but they have stabilized — and the death trend typically lags the cases trend by a few weeks.
“I like the trends we are seeing, and I am personally hopeful that things are going to get better,” Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University, told me. “But there are a number of things that could also go wrong.”

Monica Gandhi (our beacon of hope) said on Twitter that the sharpness and persistence of the decline invokes evolving immunity from the vaccine roll-out.

What is "evolving immunity?" The sharp decline is a result of us starting at such an inflated base point that was due to holiday travel and gathering stupidity.

Sorry if that's not an uplifting opinion, but at least the decline is encouraging, though it would have been shocking if it didn't occur.

Huh?
as of 2/11 (yesterday) we have less cases than on 11/3, which was BEFORE the holiday surge.
So my starting point is not inflated due to holiday travel, and yet there is still a decline in cases.

I'm not trying to provide false positivity... But please see the numbers for yourself

https://covidtracking.com/data/charts/us-daily-positive

Anonymous wrote:https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/briefing/gamestop-stock-tesla-biden-climate.html

A Fall in Virus Cases

Virus cases are falling more sharply in the U.S. than at any previous point.

The United States has never experienced a sharp and sustained decline in new coronavirus cases — until, perhaps, now.

Last year, new cases in the U.S. went through cycles of rising rapidly and then leveling off or falling only modestly. That was different from the situation in many other countries, where sharp drops sometimes occurred. Look at how much bigger the declines were in Western Europe last spring and last fall than in the U.S.: (sorry, the chart wouldn't load)

But now the situation may be changing.

New cases in the U.S. have fallen 35 percent over the past three weeks. Hospitalizations have dropped, as well. Deaths have not, but they have stabilized — and the death trend typically lags the cases trend by a few weeks.
“I like the trends we are seeing, and I am personally hopeful that things are going to get better,” Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University, told me. “But there are a number of things that could also go wrong.”

Monica Gandhi (our beacon of hope) said on Twitter that the sharpness and persistence of the decline invokes evolving immunity from the vaccine roll-out.

What is "evolving immunity?" The sharp decline is a result of us starting at such an inflated base point that was due to holiday travel and gathering stupidity.

Sorry if that's not an uplifting opinion, but at least the decline is encouraging, though it would have been shocking if it didn't occur.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/briefing/gamestop-stock-tesla-biden-climate.html

A Fall in Virus Cases

Virus cases are falling more sharply in the U.S. than at any previous point.

The United States has never experienced a sharp and sustained decline in new coronavirus cases — until, perhaps, now.

Last year, new cases in the U.S. went through cycles of rising rapidly and then leveling off or falling only modestly. That was different from the situation in many other countries, where sharp drops sometimes occurred. Look at how much bigger the declines were in Western Europe last spring and last fall than in the U.S.: (sorry, the chart wouldn't load)

But now the situation may be changing.

New cases in the U.S. have fallen 35 percent over the past three weeks. Hospitalizations have dropped, as well. Deaths have not, but they have stabilized — and the death trend typically lags the cases trend by a few weeks.
“I like the trends we are seeing, and I am personally hopeful that things are going to get better,” Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University, told me. “But there are a number of things that could also go wrong.”

Monica Gandhi (our beacon of hope) said on Twitter that the sharpness and persistence of the decline invokes evolving immunity from the vaccine roll-out.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here are today's Bloomberg numbers: 159 million shots given around the world, with 48 million given in the United States at a rate of 1.62 million people being vaccinated per day.

When will it go up to 2 million + ?

Yesterday we got to 2 million so I’d expect the average rate to go up quickly.

Anonymous wrote:Here are today's Bloomberg numbers: 159 million shots given around the world, with 48 million given in the United States at a rate of 1.62 million people being vaccinated per day.

When will it go up to 2 million + ?

Here are today's Bloomberg numbers: 159 million shots given around the world, with 48 million given in the United States at a rate of 1.62 million people being vaccinated per day.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/09/widespread-covid-vaccines-will-be-available-in-the-spring-says-walgreens-exec.html?__twitter_impression=true&recirc=taboolainternal

We just have to make it to April...just a few more weeks.

I feel so incredibly fatigued. This whole covid business has be burnt out!
Glad April will be a glimmer of small hope

It may be small. But it sure is a glimmer!