COVID deaths rising as Omicron dies down

[struggle4progress]

Sam Baker, Kavya Beheraj

... New cases are plunging. The U.S. is now averaging just under 425,000 new cases per day, down from over 750,000 per day just two weeks ago ...

Deaths are still on the rise. The virus is killing roughly 2,600 Americans per day, on average ...

The risk of dying from COVID is 60 times higher for unvaccinated people than it is for people who are vaccinated and boosted, according to the CDC's most recent data.

A more recent study in the U.K. suggested that a booster cuts the risk of death by about 95%, compared to being unvaccinated ...

https://www.axios.com/omicron-cases-deaths-vaccines-us-d52d9142-599a-45c2-9b57-14e58b97d191.html

[LisaL]

1. Deaths usually lag cases.

It usually takes a while to die from covid. And the cases are still pretty high, even as they are "plunging" from the peak.

[live love laugh]

2. The result of carelessness during the holidays. I'm only sad for those who are vaxxed

and took precautions.

[SoonerPride]

3. The vaxxed and boosted aren't dying

Except in rare instances.