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Dutch Josh
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Posted: September 01 2023 at 2:37am |
[url]https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2023/08/no-news-is-now-commonplace.html[/url] or https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2023/08/no-news-is-now-commonplace.html ; As we approach the fall respiratory season in the Northern Hemisphere, more than 90% of the world's countries no longer regularly report COVID hospitalizations, ICU admissions, or deaths to the World Health Organization.
While presenting the available data, the WHO warns: As countries discontinue COVID-19-specific reporting and integrate respiratory disease surveillance, WHO will use all available sources to continue monitoring the COVID-19 epidemiological situation, especially data on impact. COVID-19 remains a major threat and WHO urges Member States to maintain, not dismantle, their established COVID-19 infrastructure. It is crucial to sustain early warning, surveillance and reporting, variant tracking, early clinical care provision, administration of vaccine boosters to high-risk groups, improvements in ventilation, and regular communication. Currently, reported cases do not accurately represent infection rates due to the reduction in testing and reporting globally. During this 28-day period, 44% (103 of 234) of countries reported at least one case to WHO – a proportion that has been declining since mid-2022. It is important to note that this statistic does not reflect the actual number of countries where cases exist. Data is so sparse that the WHO now reports (see table below) data based on the combined past two 28-day monitoring periods, instead of the standard past 28 days alone. - Among the roughly 8% of countries that are consistently reporting to the WHO, a significant portion (35%) are seeing an increase in ICU admissions.
But based on the increasingly inconsistent, and flimsy global reporting, it is impossible to say whether that represents a genuine trend, or simply a blip in the data.
The political decision to declare victory, and dismantle COVID surveillance and reporting (primarily to improve the global economy), only works as long as COVID cooperates. On the plus side, with surveillance like this, we will have far less time to worry about the next wave. DJ...it is almost a miracle so far the over 30 BA.2.86 cases have been detected...Or is BA.2.86 already such a big problem it can not be ignored.... |
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Dutch Josh
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US, NYS: Highest Covid-19 positivity rate since January 2022 Another brutal side effect of "Don't ask, don't tell" Covid-19 policies. https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/positive-tests-over-time-region-and-county - Scotland: Covid wastewater reading has gone "through the roof" The wastewater reading has gone through the roof in Scotland. This seems alarming. And it’s from three weeks ago. The most recent comparison we have is July 7th. Explosive growth. #covidisnotover #maskup DJ...information is ESSENTIAL !!!! If governments fail to inform citizens on growing health risks [url]https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2023/08/eurosurveillance-asymptomatic-infection.html[/url] or https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2023/08/eurosurveillance-asymptomatic-infection.html they increase those risks.... |
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KiwiMum
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For the overwhelming majority of people, Covid is no more than a seasonal cold and so I can't see any point in wasting money reporting the numbers. We don't report on the number of people with a cold, or even flu, so why bother with Covid? |
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Those who got it wrong, for whatever reason, may feel defensive and retrench into a position that doesn’t accord with the facts.
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