COVID Cases Fall in U.S.: NY Times

Fewer Omicron cases than last month, nationally.

QUICK FACTS:

• New coronavirus cases have started to fall nationally, The New York Times (NYT) reports.
• More states have passed a peak in new cases in recent days, the country averaging about 720,000 new cases a day through Friday.
• That’s down from about 807,000 last week.
• New coronavirus hospital admissions have leveled off, too.

New coronavirus cases have started to fall nationally, signaling that the Omicron-fueled spike may have peaked, but deaths are still rising with 2,100 Americans dying every day. ⁦@MitchKSmith⁩ ⁦@juliebosman⁩ ⁦@traceytully⁩ https://t.co/pQ32IHrHLj

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) January 23, 2022

VACCINE INEFFECTIVE TO STOP COVID DEATHS, THOUGH:

• Deaths continue to mount, NYT reports, with more than 2,100 announced most days.
• This, even though the U.S. population is 76% vaccinated, 63.6% fully, according to Google data, calling into question the vaccine’s efficacy.
• The inability of high vaccination rates in the U.S. to stave off deaths from coronavirus contradicts the CDC’s claim that “COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing infection, serious illness, and death.”

BACKGROUND:

• The Covid-19 vaccine is proving ineffective to curb coronavirus infection rates in Japan, too.
• American Faith reported yesterday that Tokyo recently recorded its fourth record number of daily COVID-19 infections on Saturday, breaking above 10,000, while Japan’s exceeded 50,000 for the first time as the Omicron variant continues to spread rapidly, Reuters reports.
• However, Japan’s population is 80.5% vaccinated (79.2% “fully”), according to Google data, also calling into question the vaccine’s efficacy.

Highly Vaxxed Japan Over 50,000 COVID Cases for First Time, Tokyo Hits Record 10,000