From: admin@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Fri, 03 Dec 2021 09:44:35 GMT   
   HVS  wrote:   
      
   > On 03 Dec 2021, Snidely wrote   
   >   
   > > Sadly, that is not a reference to an airline with a strong   
   > > presence in Atlanta, GA.   
   > >   
   > > I'm surprised to see that New England, and even down through   
   > > Delaware, is part of the early winter surge.  I'd have expected   
   > > that area to be well into the vaccinations.   
   >   
   > Do the winter surge figures include mild cases?  (I'd have guessed   
   > they do.)   
   >   
   > I'm double-jabbed-and-booster-shotted (UK), but AIUI while I'm not   
   > guaranteed to avoid catching it, there's a stronog probability (not   
   > 100%) that it won't be bad enough to put me in hospital.  If it is,   
   > the chance of dying from it is way down.  Everything I've read has   
   > been that the hospitalised cases and deaths are overwhelmingly   
   > unvaccinated people.   
   >   
   > Non-life-threatening cases could account for high-vaccinated   
   > populations still recording a surge at this time of year,   
   > particularly given the decline in mask-wearing and social distancing.   
   >   
      
   Maybe; there's still a substantial pool of unvaccinated for the bug to   
   spread to. Certainly the UK has seen an upsurge in cases but not a huge   
   increase in death rate.   
      
   > > I'm less surprised to see the Mid-West also in the surge, although   
   > > it is concentrated farther north than it used to be.   
   > >   
   > > /dps   
   >   
   > --   
   > Cheers, Harvey   
      
      
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