Is there any good news in the fight against COVID-19?

[AsherO]

So, what's going on in MI?

A strain they haven't identified yet?

[Lurker]

So, what's going on in MI?

I don't know. They're on par with the rest of the country for vaccinations, but they account for over 10% of all US cases over the last week. Truthfully, I expected the whole country to look like MI right now. It doesn't, which is why I'm posting in this thread.

[PlatinumGuy]

So, what's going on in MI?

https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1380983985011048450

(I didn't scrutinize but the replies indicate this is a mistake and Ohio actually has similar testing rates)

[AsherO]

I don't know. They're on par with the rest of the country for vaccinations

Close, but they're about 5-10% lower than the national metrics you posted.

Sources:
https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98178_103214-547150--,00.html (coverage metrics tab)
http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/osr/Population/npPopBYSeniors.asp

[Lurker]

Close, but they're about 5-10% lower than the national metrics you posted.

Sources:
https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98178_103214-547150--,00.html (coverage metrics tab)
http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/osr/Population/npPopBYSeniors.asp

Here's where the top 10 most populous states are holding (vaccines administered per 100k residents):

CA - 57.6k
FL - 55.4k
TX - 51.6k
NY - 62k
PA - 59k
IL - 58.1k
OH - 55.3k
GA - 44k
NC - 53.8k
MI - 55k

NY is way ahead, GA is way behind. Other than that, MI is average. It definitely shouldn't be a factor in their current case count anomaly.

(Source: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations)

[Euclid]

Here's where the top 10 most populous states are holding (vaccines administered per 100k residents):

CA - 57.6k
FL - 55.4k
TX - 51.6k
NY - 62k
PA - 59k
IL - 58.1k
OH - 55.3k
GA - 44k
NC - 53.8k
MI - 55k

NY is way ahead, GA is way behind. Other than that, MI is average. It definitely shouldn't be a factor in their current case count anomaly.

(Source: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations)

Is it perhaps affecting the black community disproportionally - apparently the community is very vaccine hesitant because of their distrust of the medical establishment?


ETA: Wayne County (Detroit) has a higher rate of vaccination than the rest of the state, so looks like my guess is wrong.

[Moshe123]

It's totally normal for it to surge in the different states at different times, based on the unseen super spreader event etc. trigger.
States that luck out and don't have a surge now, might not get them altogether, because the vaccines might outrun them by when they would've started.

[PlatinumGuy]

Is it perhaps affecting the black community disproportionally - apparently the community is very vaccine hesitant because of their distrust of the medical establishment?

Republicans are more vaccine hesitant than blacks

[PlatinumGuy]

https://twitter.com/petemuntean/status/1381685310812196872

Couldn’t come soon enough

[AsherO]

https://twitter.com/petemuntean/status/1381685310812196872

Couldn’t come soon enough

You see domestic travel recovering to pre-pandemic levels before 2023?

[Dan]

You see domestic travel recovering to pre-pandemic levels before 2023?

Sure, will likely surpass it this year. But more focused on leisure rather than business.

[AsherO]

Sure, will likely surpass it this year. But more focused on leisure rather than business.

This year?!  Just from people itching to travel once they’re able to?

[Dan]

This year?!  Just from people itching to travel once they’re able to?

Yup

[Ergel]

Yup

BH our basement rental is filling up quickly with pent up demand. Need to raise my prices

[yesitsme]

ChaimMoskowitz Is back, Covid is behind us

[Lurker]

So, what's going on in MI?

Decent analysis (no answers) before he gets political at the end:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/14/opinions/michigan-covid-surge-and-vaccines-sepkowitz/index.html

[ExGingi]

Could new treatment massively reduce dangers of the coronavirus?
New research at Hebrew University and Mount Sinai suggests that common drug could make coronavirus no more dangerous than the common cold.

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/283530

This is making headlines again a year later.

https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/fenofibrate-could-reduce-covid-19-infection-by-70/116973/

[AsherO]

This is making headlines again a year later.

https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/fenofibrate-could-reduce-covid-19-infection-by-70/116973/

70% effective against the original strain of COVID-19... What about D614G, Alpha, Delta variants?

[ExGingi]

70% effective against the original strain of COVID-19... What about D614G, Alpha, Delta variants?

Is it effective against the virus, or against the infection brought about by the disease? If the latter, does the strain matter? @biobook

[Moshe123]

https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1428733232200052739?s=19