Well, would you look at that.... in awe!
200 new cases in Ontario today. 284 cases Yesterday.
179 in hospital!!
252 in ICU
160 on a ventilator
There are now fewer people hospitalized than those in intensive care which shows that the third wave in our hospitals is on its way out too!
In GWD 39 % fully vaccinated. Again, watch what happens when we reach 50 %. It will be a Delta variant shut out!
Click on this graph and scroll down to ON, and the look at the 'New Cases By Analysis Date'. The red line is the 7 day rolling average. Look at the plummeting decline in the third wave. The seven-day rolling average for number of cases reported stands at 258. Last week, that number was 292. But, it looks to me like we may be levelling off.
https://covid-19canada.com/graphs
The more folks that get both vaccines the lower this average will go; we will continue to see declines in the number of new daily cases. Even with a high number of fully vaccinated people, COVID-19 circulation in small numbers will continue for some time, maybe months or years. But, the double vaccinated will be safe and the non-vaccinated will be somewhat protected by herd immunity. The number of new daily cases must continue to stabilize at low levels indicating a low level of community transmission.
Avoid a fourth wave. Maintain this low level of circulating virus. Get double vaccinated.
Ontario is doing a marvellous job with our vaccines and Canada over all is exceeding the vaccine rate seen in many other countries.
Canada- 68.5 % first dose (25.7 M doses)
- 31 % second dose ( 11.6 M doses)
Ontario- Over 15 M vaccinated, 67% one dose and 35 % two doses
Canada is now 14th in the world in terms of the number of people vaccinated/100 population, ahead of the US and just behind the UK who sits at number nine. What surprises me is that we are ahead of most European Union countries and Scandinavian countries. That's an incredible feat of collaboration, coordination and organization. Don't stop now.
Check out this graph:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/world/covid-vaccinations-tracker.html
We need to quickly pivot to become one of the most engaged countries in the world by focusing on mass vaccinations in resource poor countries. To whom much is given, much is expected.
All adults are now eligible for their second shot and please, take whatever mRNA vaccine is offered to you at the mass vaccination clinics. Moderna is interchangeable with Pfizer.
We should see results from the Pfizer study in children under 12 this month. I will do my best to keep you informed about these study results. The unpublished results are very, very promising. Once approved by Health Canada, we can start immunizing children which may be as early as the end of August in time for a return to school. We are all feeling hesitant about immunizing our children. Let's keep up to date with the science and make informed decisions. It will be very important for parents with children in this age group to avoid mis-information as much as possible. This decision needs to be made rationally and not out of fear or panic.
Stay tuned.
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Excuse me for asking a really dumb question, but how can we have higher ICU numbers than are in the hospital. I mean, the ICU is just one unit of the hospital. So, I always understood it as the hospital number was an overarching number, and of those, this many are in ICU. Now, I look at the numbers and my brain sizzles. Help me un-sizzle. Either way, numbers are looking better.
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