We're losing the war on the coronavirushttps://www.axios.com/coronavirus-losing-war-b36632fb-33b0-4cb0-84b2-14000841d89c.html“It’s true — and it’s good — that the percentage of all coronavirus patients who die seems to be falling. And experts hope that will hold, as the pool of infected people is skewing younger.”
“'But ‘I don't know that I take much comfort in this, knowing that thousands of people are going to die in the coming days and weeks and it was all preventable,’ said Ashish Jha, the director of the Global Health Institute at Harvard.”
"The virus has already killed over 130,000 people in the U.S. — roughly the population of Charleston, S.C. And deaths are now beginning to rise in the places experiencing big outbreaks."
"Patients who don’t die can still experience lasting, painful symptoms, including damage to the lungs, heart, immune system and even the brain, after they leave the hospital."
“Some people in their 20s and 30s face serious health complications from COVID-19, and a surge in cases among young people gives the virus a bigger foothold, increasing the risk of infection for more vulnerable people.”
Coronavirus deaths take a long-expected turn for the worsehttps://apnews.com/b5dc967808fb7964b531afa59b5a6f82“A long-expected upturn in U.S. coronavirus deaths has begun, driven by fatalities in states in the South and West, according to data on the pandemic.”
“The number of deaths per day from the virus had been falling for months, and even remained down as states like Florida and Texas saw explosions in cases and hospitalizations — and reported daily U.S. infections broke records several times in recent days.”
“Scientists warned it wouldn’t last. A coronavirus death, when it occurs, typically comes several weeks after a person is first infected. And experts predicted states that saw increases in cases and hospitalizations would, at some point, see deaths rise too. Now that’s happening.”
“Researchers now expect deaths to rise for at least some weeks, but some think the count probably will not go up as dramatically as it did in the spring — for several reasons.”
“First, testing was extremely limited early in the pandemic, and it’s become clear that unrecognized infections were spreading on subways, in nursing homes and in other public places before anyone knew exactly what was going on. Now testing is more widespread, and the magnitude of outbreaks is becoming better understood.”
“Second, many people’s health behaviors have changed, with mask-wearing becoming more common in some places. Although there is no vaccine yet, hospitals are also getting better at treating patients.”
“Another factor, tragically, is that deadly new viruses often tear through vulnerable populations first, such as the elderly and people already weakened by other health conditions. That means that, in the Northeast at least, ‘many of the vulnerable people have already died,’ said Perry Halkitis, the dean of the Rutgers University School of Public Health in New Jersey.”
“Now, the U.S. is likely in for 'a much longer, slower burn,’ William Hanage, the Harvard infectious disease researcher, said. ‘We’re not going to see as many deaths (as in the spring). But we’re going to see a total number of deaths, which is going to be large.’”
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