CDC director warns of 'pandemic of the unvaccinated' as cases rise

[mystery-ak]

CDC director warns of 'pandemic of the unvaccinated' as cases rise
By Peter Sullivan - 07/16/21 12:20 PM EDT

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky warned of rising cases on Friday, stating that COVID-19 is "becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated" and that vaccinated people are protected against severe disease.

The highly transmissible delta variant is fueling expanding outbreaks, but they are centered in parts of the country with lower vaccination rates.

"This is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated," Walensky said during a White House press briefing. "We are seeing outbreaks of cases in parts of the country that have low vaccination coverage, because unvaccinated people are at risk."

The country is averaging about 26,000 cases per day, nearly a 70 percent increase from the previous seven-day average, Walensky said. Hospitalizations are also up, to about 2,790 per day, a 36 percent increase from the prior week and deaths are up 26 percent to 211 per day.

But almost all of the hospitalizations and deaths are among unvaccinated people. Walensky said 97 percent of people entering the hospital with COVID-19 are unvaccinated.

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https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/563391-cdc-director-warns-of-pandemic-of-the-unvaccinated-as-cases-rise

[Wingnut]

Rochelle Walensky.  Bugger off you bloody wanker.

[DefiantMassRINO]

That's their choice.  They have a right to be stupid, wrong, and to die alone in an ICU on a ventilator.  It's natural selection thinning the Maga herd.

[mountaineer]

What an uneducated and hyperbolic comment. The chance unvaccinated people will end up on a ventilator, even if they get the Covid-19, is slim.

[PeteS in CA]

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

The US is currently experiencing a small bump in new cases. The bump is dwarfed by the surge during the spring and almost invisible compared to the surge during the winter. The US is not currently experiencing a surge or bump in Covid deaths, either.

Bozoid Life Form Walensky is trying to Himalayanize an ant hill, but reality contradicts her. She should save her wolf-crying for a real wolf.

[Free Vulcan]

Sorry but I call BS on her claims.

[rustynail]

Sorry but I call BS on her claims.

Agreed and it is hard to take serious someone who wears purple lipstick.

[libertybele]

That's their choice.  They have a right to be stupid, wrong, and to die alone in an ICU on a ventilator.  It's natural selection thinning the Maga herd.

???Natural selection of the Maga herd??  So are you implying that no Trump supporters have been vaccinated??  On what are you basing that assumption on?

[DefiantMassRINO]

There is statistical correlation between counties Trump won, lower vaccinate rates, and increased hospitalizations:

https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/the-red-blue-divide-in-covid-19-vaccination-rates-is-growing/

[Wingnut]

There is statistical correlation between counties Trump won, lower vaccinate rates, and increased hospitalizations:

https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/the-red-blue-divide-in-covid-19-vaccination-rates-is-growing/

Strawman statistics pushed by those who wish to control free people.
There is a statistical correlation between rat run states and a loss of the freedom.   

[Hoodat]

CDC director warns of 'pandemic of the unvaccinated' as cases rise

Pandemic of the unvaccinated?  This latest DNC talking point is stupid on all levels.  By definition, "pan-" means all-inclusive.  Yet "unvaccinated" is exclusive.  It is an oxymoron dished out by a bunch of morons.

[Hoodat]

There is statistical correlation between counties Trump won, lower vaccinate rates, and increased hospitalizations:

https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/the-red-blue-divide-in-covid-19-vaccination-rates-is-growing/

Interesting link you have there, @DefiantMassRINO .  Do you frequent left-wing websites often?

KFF CEO - Drew Altman

He sure likes giving money to Democrats

https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=Drew+Altman

[libertybele]

Strawman statistics pushed by those who wish to control free people.
There is a statistical correlation between rat run states and a loss of the freedom.

      

[DefiantMassRINO]

You discredited the source of the information, but you did not rebut the information itself.

If you have information to contradict the data I linked to, I'd like to see it.

Do you always get your news for FoxNews, NewsMax, One America News, or Breibart?

[Cyber Liberty]

There is statistical correlation between counties Trump won, lower vaccinate rates, and increased hospitalizations:

https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/the-red-blue-divide-in-covid-19-vaccination-rates-is-growing/

[Cyber Liberty]

You discredited the source of the information, but you did not rebut the information itself.

If you have information to contradict the data I linked to, I'd like to see it.

Do you always get your news for FoxNews, NewsMax, One America News, or Breibart?

[Free Vulcan]

There is statistical correlation between counties Trump won, lower vaccinate rates, and increased hospitalizations:

https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/the-red-blue-divide-in-covid-19-vaccination-rates-is-growing/

The 'article' mentions nothing about hospitalizations.

[Hoodat]

You discredited the source of the information, but you did not rebut the information itself.

If you have information to contradict the data I linked to, I'd like to see it.

Just to be clear, do you want me to rebut the data at that site?  Or do you want me to rebut your claims about what that site said?  The two are not the same.

[Hoodat]

The 'article' mentions nothing about hospitalizations.

Ah, the pitfalls of copying and pasting links you found at DU without ever reading them for yourself.

[cato potatoe]

Who gives a shit?  COVID is in the same category as lung cancer now.  If people want to take precautions, they will.  None of my business or anyone else's.

[mountaineer]

The 'article' mentions nothing about hospitalizations.

Nor ventilators.

[Wingnut]

You discredited the source of the information, but you did not rebut the information itself.

If you have information to contradict the data I linked to, I'd like to see it.

Do you always get your news for FoxNews, NewsMax, One America News, or Breibart?

 Are you gonna bark all day, little doggy, or are you gonna bite?

[mountaineer]

Follow the science: ‘Deadly’ Delta variant registers a 99.9+% recovery rate   
Jordan Schachtel
Jun 28, 2021      

You wouldn’t know it by following the corporate press and the usual suspects who traffic in endless amounts of COVID Mania fear mongering, but the actual data on the much hyped Delta variant (sometimes referred to as the Indian variant) that you keep hearing about doesn’t fit the “deadly” virus narrative that is being advertised to the public.

Don’t take it from me. Here’s the data straight from the U.K. government, which is tracking this mutation as sporting a case fatality rate of 0.1%.


Now, a case fatality rate (CFR) is many times higher than the actual death rate (infection fatality rate, or IFR), because the vast majority of COVID-19 cases go undetected.  ... FULL STORY

[Kamaji]

What does one call hyperbolic rhetoric in service of a political agenda?  Propaganda.

[jmyrlefuller]

Now, a case fatality rate (CFR) is many times higher than the actual death rate (infection fatality rate, or IFR), because the vast majority of COVID-19 cases go undetected. Through my previous reporting, I’ve found that the World Health Organization runs its numbers based on the estimate that 1 in 20 cases are detected, while the CDC bases its estimates on a 1 in 10 ratio.

That may have been true in March 2020, but there's no way with as much testing as there has been available since last summer that that many cases are falling through the cracks. If we missed that many, there wouldn't be anybody left to infect!