Healdplace
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well I guess we're reaching the same conclusion, if Delta is happy as it is (not that it has a conscious say but you get the point) and doesn't mutate then it's a lot better for us than if it did, or another variant was able to take hold and cause us even more trouble.It doesn’t need to mutate though as, although the vaccines don’t completely stop it transmitting, they are undoubtedly assisting with not ‘killing the host’, which is a win-win for the virus and us.
I admire your tendency to put a positive slant on the daily figures but surely in this case whilst there is some very good news there is also some very bad news- the deaths and the upward trend?SCOTLAND DATA
THIS IS A BIT GOOD AND BAD BUT SOME IS VERY GOOD
32 deaths - was 16 last week - obviously a big jump here not good
2762 cases - was 2627 last week - up but not by a lot
8.2% positivity - was 7.9% last week - as above
851 patients - down 57 on yesterday - was 957 last week
45 ventilated icu - down 5 on yesterday - was 64 last week
So at least the hospital numbers are much better - though 32 deaths may have
Japan doesn't have anything like the number if Covidiots and anti vaxers that we do.Interesting to see how things will pan out down under now Aus is starting to open up and presumably NZ next.
Both countries have already administered more vaccine doses per capita than the US, and have about the same number of people with at least one dose as we do. Impressive stuff once they got going.
Their death tolls are a tiny fraction of ours, and lest anyone claims an overcrowded island like ours could never achieve this, Japan isn't far behind.