COVID-19: How can the US contain the current rate of infection | COVID-19 Special

COVID-19: How can the US contain the current rate of infection | COVID-19 Special

The number of daily COVID-19 cases across the United States has doubled in the last two weeks, reaching a six-month peak. Hospitals in at least 5 states say they’re strechted to capacity due to the highly transmissible Delta variant. The strain is rapidly spreading, mostly among the unvaccinated.

The University of Mississippi has even set up a field hospital in its parking garage. It’s reminiscent of earlier in the pandemic, when field hospitals were set up in New York. How can the US contain the current rate of infection?

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41 Comments

  1. Alejandro Machín on August 25, 2021 at 9:07 pm

    Extinction of the less adaptable, nothing new under the sun.



  2. bdplmr9559 on August 25, 2021 at 9:10 pm

    I encourage all dRumpf supporters to refuse the vaccine and to gather in large groups sans masks and no social distancing. This is important for the future of our country.



  3. Dave Andrews on August 25, 2021 at 9:11 pm

    Do you not understand that the vaccine does not stop the spread of the virus? Let’s start looking at the immunity of those that had the infection and didn’t get vaccinated. Data indicates that they are more protected than the vaccinated. Unfortunately these studies are being suppressed to help force people to get vaccinated, but are finally starting to surface. Another variant is going to further affect the vaccinated. More than now. You can’t nail down the effects of vaccination because you don’t understand that the vaccine is dampening the body’s natural immune systems and eventually the vaccinated won’t be able to fight the disease without another vaccination. Stop forcing these vaccines that are going to disable our immune systems, especially for healthy individuals that have strong immune systems to start with. Vaccinations should be for those most susceptible to COVID-19. It remains even with the delta variant that those with underlying conditions are the large majority of those sick and dying. We should be focusing on the cause of our underlying conditions for lasting control of this pandemic along with helping those with the underlying conditions to get vaccinated to protect themselves in the interim.

    Here’s what we should be doing: Produce a highly accurate listing of underlying conditions associated with the population of COVID-19 sick and dead individuals. Provide that list of underlying conditions to the public to help them decide if the vaccination is right for them. Stop the push for everyone to get vaccinated. It’s not helping anyone other than the vulnerable person that gets the vaccine. The truth is a large majority of Americans are overweight, insulin resistant, and generally unhealthy and those people are the ones vulnerable to the adverse effects of the coronavirus.



  4. AVATAR KHARNA on August 25, 2021 at 9:12 pm

    The United States has ended since the greed of the American government sold its country to China.



  5. Clau Leonel on August 25, 2021 at 9:14 pm

    The vaccines are creating different types of virus mutations



  6. Re Mommaty on August 25, 2021 at 9:14 pm

    I wish masks were at least mandated for schools. Children do not cover coughs. It makes zero sense that we are sending kids back completely unprotected.



  7. rani p on August 25, 2021 at 9:15 pm

    Vaccine,mask, distancing saves lives, it have been proven here in fiji ,i had contracted covid once for one week.



  8. Maya V on August 25, 2021 at 9:16 pm

    In Botswana where I live we are having a peak now and everyone I know is desperate for a jab! Can’t imagine turning down something lifesaving



  9. J T on August 25, 2021 at 9:16 pm

    Why not in a hurry to find a cure



  10. Duckling on August 25, 2021 at 9:19 pm

    I think I saw Jesus in that church. He was not wearing a mask too. America oh…….. America.



  11. Jesus Loveyou on August 25, 2021 at 9:20 pm

    Pray:

    Dear God, I am a sinner and need your forgiveness. I believe that Jesus Christ shed His precious blood and died for my sin. I am willing to change and turn from my sin. I now invite Jesus Christ to come into my heart and life as my personal Savior.

    Through prayer, invite Jesus into your heart to become your personal Lord and Savior.

    "For with the heart (core being) man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." (Romans 10:10

    "But as many as received him, to them He gave power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name:" (John 1:12)

    "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new" [new life begins]. (2 Corinthians 5:17)

    JESUS IS THE PRINCE OF PEACE



  12. Katniss The cat on August 25, 2021 at 9:21 pm

    I guess in Florida there will be no vaccine mandates ? Destupid said no mandates ? LOL



  13. Steve Cleary on August 25, 2021 at 9:22 pm

    If you are unvaccinated by your own anti-vax beliefs and catch Covid, you should not be entitled to any healthcare whatsoever. The unvaccinated are a waste of space in the US health system.



  14. Joe Me on August 25, 2021 at 9:22 pm

    They don’t comprehend that out of the 7.8 billion of us on this little rock we all share only about 213 million are KNONWN to have had it?
    That 80% of those that have needed no special medical attention?
    That 97% recover?

    They will most likely delete this comment as misinformation but they are the facts that all scream the immune system has been on the job since before SARS-CoV-2 which causes covid-19 was discovered in the wastewater in Barcelona Spain back in March 2019.

    You can find the Reuters article with a Google search for Reuters, Barcelona Spain, Covid, 2019 . . .



  15. Mark Bantz on August 25, 2021 at 9:23 pm

    Religion is like a disease in the US!!



  16. Sabrina Nova on August 25, 2021 at 9:27 pm

    What is vaccine booster for?



  17. melleetheka on August 25, 2021 at 9:30 pm

    So what
    . 99.999999% will live



  18. Wu Lung on August 25, 2021 at 9:32 pm

    Meanwhile US is still operating 200+ military biolabs and developing bioweapons



  19. Zeezee SD on August 25, 2021 at 9:33 pm

    Go US Go!!! Freedom!!! Cases are just numbers… ITS NOTHING! U can do it… U are 1st in everything…



  20. Central Intelligence Agency on August 25, 2021 at 9:34 pm

    I have been diagnosed with COVID-19, just escaped from the hospital, where people are crowded, where I deliberately go, and I don’t wear a mask and breathe heavily! The more infections the better! The more deaths, the better! Die with me



  21. aelnoa avecre on August 25, 2021 at 9:35 pm

    As long there is money to be made by this issue then it will not end soon.Try using a drug or ivermiten where money cannot be made then this covid -19 will stop soon.If not it will keep following the Greek alphabet.



  22. Antonio De la cruz on August 25, 2021 at 9:36 pm

    Fate lies



  23. A H on August 25, 2021 at 9:39 pm

    Data on hospitalization from CDC USA UK and Isreal showing overall close to 50% or more were fully vaccinated … there are many immunocompromised and also for the many that need to address their modifiable risk factors to prevent severe outcomes. Nutrition, exercise, rest, stress, risk factors (pre-diabetic /diabetic glucose control, etc ) affects your proper functioning immune system. Vaccines have a challenge with variants and the additional responsibility to fortify the immune system is lost on many. Masks and vaccines alone are lines of defenses but the medical experts speak little to nothing about your own health, nutrition and,
    immune system foundation you can fortify.



  24. Raulito Madrid on August 25, 2021 at 9:39 pm

    Even if herd immunity percentage goal is reached, the frequent popping of Covid-19 variants would not truly make EUA vaccines effective against all types of Covid-19 viruses. Just note how Israel which is the first country to have reached high numbers of vaccinated people and still is getting very high rate of Covid-19 cases per day relative to its population.

    Perhaps a good analogy of the Covid-19 pandemic is like a fire burning several houses in the middle of a city that is nearby a river; and firetrucks have not yet been invented. As many people were getting water from the river at a distance the fire spread to many other houses, and the fire became hard to contain. Now, the mayor and other people of authority in the city agreed to instead let all the people splash buckets of water to the houses not yet on fire. What happens then is that the houses being burned were being neglected.

    The houses burning may be like people who contracted Covid-19 who need cure while those houses not burning but being splashed with buckets of water may be like people who have not contracted Covid-19 and are being inoculated with vaccines.



  25. Eyeofthetiger on August 25, 2021 at 9:39 pm

    They are all Trump supporters, what do you expect?



  26. karimi lucah270 on August 25, 2021 at 9:41 pm

    Lucifer variant.The West worship vaccines.



  27. Gerardo Piedras on August 25, 2021 at 9:44 pm

    "Do not wear masks, do not get vaccinated" That’s just pure insanity



  28. Kartik Shetty on August 25, 2021 at 9:45 pm

    Why didn’t these media aren’t showing funeral and coffin boxes like they did to India ?



  29. David Hamtaro on August 25, 2021 at 9:46 pm

    Stop world wide vaccination now!!! There are already monster mutants, example those in Vietnam that is airborne. Back to drawing board, Masking Stop world travel and wait for new, effective vaccine



  30. David S on August 25, 2021 at 9:48 pm

    What a load of BS!
    The reason the south is having is surge is because it’s the summer and they always have a big surge during this time of year because everyone goes inside because it’s hot and humid.

    Hawaii for example is also having a surge right now despite having a huge democrat base, strict Covid rules and lots of vaccinated population. Why? Because it’s hot!
    If you look at Red States that are in the northwest you don’t see the massive surges like in Louisiana and Mississippi. Some have almost no Covid protection laws so it should be going nuts but it’s not.
    During the fall and winter you’re going to see a big surge in the Northwest despite all the Covid protocols and high vac rates. Why? Because that’s Covid season for the northwest!



  31. ResidualSelfImage on August 25, 2021 at 9:48 pm

    heart wrenching …sigh



  32. Nobody Knows on August 25, 2021 at 9:51 pm

    Is there a test specifically for the Delta variant?



  33. TXVETJEB on August 25, 2021 at 9:54 pm

    Wait till December when it’s cold up north and that’s where teh center of the surge manifests. Will you blame the Democrats? It’s sick how you politicize the virus.



  34. Paul Roberts on August 25, 2021 at 9:54 pm

    They should know since it originated in America.



  35. George Garbage on August 25, 2021 at 10:00 pm

    Blah blah blah who cares. Maybe you weasels. Not me. Spare me about the people who died I don’t care. My life, my body, and my freedom isn’t yours, the govts, or the collectives. Leave me alone .



  36. Jonna M on August 25, 2021 at 10:00 pm

    Why this happen only on USA churches??



  37. Meow Meow on August 25, 2021 at 10:00 pm

    Thanks china…this is all your fault



  38. Jeanette L on August 25, 2021 at 10:02 pm

    The delta variant is absolutely not nonsense…!



  39. Jerry Olson on August 25, 2021 at 10:03 pm

    The infection rate isn’t unimportant. It’s the hospitalization and death rates that is important. People who get Covid-19 develop an immunity. People who get shots develop an immunity.

    AS of Aug: 22

    US Population 333,172,543 US census data
    0 – 14 years old 61,203,796
    Total to be vaccinated 271,986,746 333,172,543 – 61,203,798
    Anti vaxxers 33,172,543 US newspapers
    Covid Cases 38,000,000 CDC data 4/17

    1 Jab 201,425,787
    2 Jabs 170,821,621

    shots @ Day 853,656
    Between the covid cases and shots we should be close to herd immunity, but were not. Herd immunity is a myth. What we are finding out is how misinformed, out right lying, ignorant public officials around the world are in any kind of a problem.



  40. by peacewillow on August 25, 2021 at 10:04 pm

    i find it truly offensive to hear this shaming of unvaccinated patients.
    twice as many people died before vaccines were available, but i don’t recall shaming the maskless to this degree.
    do we blame people for dying of the flu if they didn’t get that year’s vaccine?
    we seem to think that death is avoidable, which it is not.
    everyone will die of something….
    for a certain percentage of people, vaccinated or not, it will be covid.
    try to have some compassion.



  41. Indonesian Hero on August 25, 2021 at 10:05 pm

    America…used to be the world greatest country ever