Especially when it really does seem like there is any. And, especially when writing about the good news does not seem to be in fashion or in step with the main stream media. God love them. It is their job to report the bad news. Good news just does not sell. And, we need to know the facts.
But there is good news. Fear not. Above all, fear not.
Let's take a look at those 7 day rolling averages again.
Jan. 10 3945
Jan. 11 3555
Jan. 12 3523
Jan. 13 3480
Jan. 14 3452
Jan. 15 3273.....And Jan 18th 3035
The average continues to decline with 2578 cases today compared to 3422 cases yesterday. That decline in the 7 day rolling average is now a downward trend. We have also seen a decrease in the percent of positive COVID 19 test results.
Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams said the current test positivity rate shows improvement from previous weeks when it would spike following weekends.
"The numbers are dropping, I take that as a sign that Ontarians are doing what we're supposed to be doing," Williams said on Monday.
I will whisper this just in case screaming it out loud will jinx it somehow. The provincial reproductive value is now < 1.0 at 0.94. What does that mean? That means that 1 person with COVID-19 is now spreading it to less than one other person. That's because we have blocked the transmission of the virus by not allowing it to have access to as many humans. No gatherings, masks, physical distancing, staying home are all barriers to transmission.
Well done everyone. Your hard work and adherence to the guidelines is paying off. It is so very, very difficult but keep it up. There are 1571 COVID 19 patients in hospital in Ontario, 394 in ICU's and 303 on ventilators. Our health care system cannot sustain these numbers. Not to mention the level of human suffering these numbers represent.
Thank you for doing this, for listening, for following the restrictions. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Lives saved and a healthcare system that just might make it through without catastrophic consequences.
Here is some interesting news. Israel has vaccinated 27 % of their population and they are starting to see the number of new COVID cases decline from record high levels. Ninety-eight percent of the staff at an Israeli hospital who got the second shot have high levels of COVID antibodies.
I am whispering this, again, a little superstitiously but it would appear that mass vaccinations work!!!!
I met with a group of physicians who have been appointed as physician leads for the COVID-19 vaccine roll out in our public health region. It will be our job to become COVID-19 vaccine champions. We will do that with great pleasure and with the scientific evidence that these vaccines are safe and effective. We all agreed that the present delay in receiving the Pfizer vaccine will not prevent us from reaching our goal of everyone being offered a COVID vaccine by September.
There will be a Tsunami of vaccines arriving in March. The delay gives us time to continue to build on a mass vaccination plan that is up, ready and running when the vaccines arrive.
Have no fear. Have no fear.
In the next couple of posts, I will present a Question and Answer format. There are so many vaccine and COVID 19 questions and so many myths that need to be dispelled.
Anne-Marie
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