Not Politics - Scientific Truth about Virus

L near L, Kalispell MT

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"Coronavirus: How it Ends It's the question that's been on everyone's minds since the coronavirus pandemic began more than a year ago. How does it all end? Are we turning a corner with vaccinations picking up speed... and with the warmer months coming? Or has life been permanently changed... and are we going to be battling this virus and its variants for years? Well, it's time we all took a step back and stopped over-analyzing this. Because I think the answer to how the coronavirus pandemic ends is incredibly simple... and you don't need a PhD from Harvard to figure it out. The only problem? Lots of folks will have a VERY hard time admitting it. The New Rules I told you months ago that the mainstream media will NEVER let go of round-the-clock coronavirus coverage. If we had one case of COVID-19 left in America, there'd probably be a news van parked outside the poor guy's hospital room. I mean, remember the hysteria the media caused back in 2014, when we only had a couple of cases of ebola in America? But as far as coronavirus is concerned, there's a simple concept we all need to get our minds around... even if the media will be slow to accept it. When large numbers of people are no longer dying or being hospitalized from COVID-19, we no longer have a public health emergency. People can still get sick... and the virus can still spread. But if people aren't getting sick enough to even end up in a hospital, the crisis is over. Over. That seems so incredibly simple. But, like I said, I believe the media is having a very hard time accepting it. I'm sure you've seen their stories about another coronavirus wave... or, at the time I'm writing this, how cases are ticking up in 15 states (they never mention the other 35, do they?). And we've always been told that case counts are how we predict surges in hospitalizations and deaths. But is that as true as it used to be? I mean, we're vaccinating 2.5 million Americans a day... primarily Americans who would have been most likely to end up hospitalized or die. If cases increase among younger, healthier people, it's not the same level of threat as cases spiking in a nursing home. All cases are not equal... that's what ALL of the science says. That's why I think case counts are becoming a MUCH less important number. We have to be laser-focused on hospitalizations and deaths... those are the numbers, in my opinion, that will tell us when the pandemic is over. And data from the New York Times shows that the 7-day average for deaths decreased more than 60% from late-January to mid- March. And according to Johns Hopkins University, the number of COVID ICU beds occupied dropped by about the same number. So what about these new variants? Well, even if you look at the Johnson & Johnson vaccine (which had the lowest reported efficacy of any of the vaccines currently available), it was still 100% effective at preventing hospitalizations and deaths. That's what should matter, right? And that vaccine was going through clinical trials in South Africa while a new variant was running wild. Is there still work to be done? Absolutely. We're not out of the woods. But let's all get on the same page here. I think hospitalizations and deaths are the numbers... really, the only numbers... to watch from this point forward. They'll tell us when this thing is over... well before the media admits it." To Your Health, Melissa Young Director Health Sciences Institute