COVID – 19 After two years later

Unfortunately, the latest news is not good. Deaths have not receded as we had hoped with the increases in those that are fully vaccinated. One issue is that the vaccination rate has stagnated at 68.2% for almost a month. Yes, there are people receiving vaccinations but almost all of these are booster shots. Almost 32%  of the population is at high risk of getting and spreading the virus. Further facilitating the issue is the large and essentially unprotected masses at sporting events and family gatherings.

To further exacerbate our situation Obese persons are at a much higher risk of COVID-related mortality. 40% of the adult population in the USA are obese. Recently I have noticed that most people shopping are not wearing masks and have little concern for social distancing.

Over 1,200 people are dying every day and it seems that very few people are paying attention.

Daily Trends in COVID-19 Cases in the United States Reported to CDC

7-Day moving average

Our ability to effectively manage this crisis has not been good, even though we were among the first countries to have unlimited access to the vaccine. The following shows the countries that have done the worst and the best. The key statistic is the Deaths/1M pop.

	20 Worst	Death	Rates	Est. 675,000 died from the Spanish flu in 1918
#	Country,	Total	Total	Tot Cases/	Deaths/	Mortality	Population
Other	Cases	Deaths	1M pop	1M pop	Rate
1	Peru	2,263,739	202,154		6,009	8.9%	33,642,68
2	Bulgaria	724,337	30,047	105,405	4,372	4.1%	6,871,948
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	284,272	13,121	87,442	4,036	4.6%	3,250,975
4	Hungary	1,218,295	37,530	126,583	3,899	3.1%	9,624,483
5	North Macedonia	221,095	7,801	106,130	3,745	3.5%	2,083,249
6	Georgia	909,160	13,071	228,549	3,286	1.4%	3,977,971
7	Czechia	2,403,248	35,223	223,807	3,280	1.5%	10,738,025
8	Romania	1,797,706	58,143	94,368	3,052	3.2%	19,050,013
9	Croatia	675,363	11,981	166,008	2,945	1.8%	4,068,244
10	Slovakia	806,115	16,014	147,545	2,931	2.0%	5,463,508
11	Brazil	22,212,343	617,784	103,425	2,877	2.8%	214,767,569
12	Lithuania	502,345	7,119	188,375	2,670	1.4%	2,666,728
13	Armenia	343,636	7,899	115,650	2,658	2.3%	2,971,340
14	Slovenia	448,561	5,496	215,721	2,643	1.2%	2,079,356
15	Argentina	5,386,453	116,899	117,604	2,552	2.2%	45,801,766
16	Colombia	5,105,285	129,399	98,796	2,504	2.5%	51,675,252
17	USA	51,696,205	827,206	154,853	2,478	1.6%	333,839,503
18	Poland	3,958,840	91,485	104,770	2,421	2.3%	37,786,004
19	Latvia	267,139	4,444	143,956	2,395	1.7%	1,855,697
20	Belgium	1,999,764	27,895	171,457	2,392	1.4%	11,663,349
	Countries	that were best
#	Country,	Total	Total	Tot Cases/	Deaths/	Mortality	Population
Other	Cases	Deaths	1M pop	1M pop	Rate
1	China	100,284	4,636	70	3	4.6%	1,439,323,776
2	Burundi	21,422	38	1,727	3	0.2%	12,407,144
3	New Zealand	13,425	49	2,684	10	0.4%	5,002,100
4	Niger	7,199	272	282	11	3.8%	25,483,389
5	Chad	5,701	181	333	11	3.2%	17,113,185
6	DRC	64,448	1,126	689	12	1.7%	93,531,207
7	Tanzania	26,483	734	426	12	2.8%	62,215,364
8	South Sudan	13,309	133	1,169	12	1.0%	11,385,443
9	Benin	24,907	161	1,979	13	0.6%	12,586,372
10	Tajikistan	17,095	124	1,735	13	0.7%	9,850,244
11	Nigeria	223,483	2,984	1,046	14	1.3%	213,593,168
	A few others
40	Taiwan	16,805	6	704	36	0.04%	23,879,794
57	Australia	250,616	3,819	9,664	83	1.5%	25,932,108
59	S. Korea	565,098	6,234	11,008	92	1.1%	51,333,692
72	Japan	1,729,777	195	13,738	146	0.01%	125,910,309