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CDC variant nowcast

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-da....ta-tracker/#variant-

BA.5 77.9%
BA.4 12.8%
BA.2.12.1 8.6%
BA.2 0.6%

BA.1 0%
Delta 0%
Others 0%

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/covid-cases.html?campaign_id=185&emc=edit_yct_20220722&instance_id=67312&nl=coronavirus-tracker®i_id=110300449&segment_id=99240&te=1&user_id=0b87b8c1eea981ec0514047bbfa553ca

Risk of death in vaccinated and unvaccinated

Hospital admission risk goes up with age

Mr. Biden, (79) isolating at home

Fully vaccinated, had second booster, end of March

Tested positive, Thursday.

very mild symptoms

Taking Paxlovid

White House has stringent measures to prevent infection

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplep....opulationandcommunit

5.77% in England (1 in 17 people)

6.03% in Wales (1 in 17 people)

4.82% in Northern Ireland
(1 in 20 people)

6.48% in Scotland (1 in 15 people)

Long covid, data to 27 May 2022

Coronavirus Infection Survey,

12 to 16 weeks laboratory-confirmed infection

BA.1 4.5%

BA.2 4.2%

Delta 5.0%

of triple-vaccinated adults,

Zoe data

https://health-study.joinzoe.com/data

Japan, highest level of vigilance

https://www.theguardian.com/wo....rld/2022/jul/22/japa

New wave of infections

Omicron BA.5 subvariant

Cases, + 186,000, disproportionately affected children and young people

Recent rise in cases, 60 +

Lowest per capita rate of 38 OECD countries

246 per million people