Pandemic changing age profiles

Burden and characteristics of COVID-19 in the United States during 2020Uploaded 09-09-21Columbia University and NIH, Director Francis S. Collins, Naturehttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34438440/#affiliation-3United States, 2020, highest numbers of reported cases and deathsIn the light of later antibody studiesMarch 11.3%December, 24.5%Population susceptibility at year's end was 69.0%So, 31% of population had been exposed(100 million people)Prevalence rates rose above 0.8% by end of 2020As high as 2.4% in some major metropolitan areasInfection fatality rate fell to 0.3% by end of 2020 https://www.aap.org/en/pages/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-infections/children-and-covid-19-state-level-data-report/As of September 25,049,465 children have tested positive252,000 cases were added the past weekLargest number of child cases in a week everSince the pandemic began, children, 15.1% of total cumulated casesWeek ending September 2nd, 26.8% of reported weekly COVID-19 cases2,400 children were hospitalized nationwide (highest in pandemic)Hospitalizations (24 states and NYC reported)Children ranged from 1.6%-4.1% of total cumulated hospitalizations0.1%-1.9% of all their child COVID-19 cases resulted in hospitalizationMortality (45 states)Children were 0.00%-0.27% of all COVID-19 deaths(7 states reported zero child deaths)0.00%-0.03% of all child COVID-19 cases resulted in deathVaccination in childrenHalf of children ages 12 to 15 have received at least one vaccine dose58 percent for 16- and 17-year-oldsAnthony Fauci, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesWe’ve got to get the school system masked, in addition to surrounding the children with vaccinated peopleThat’s the solutionLos Angeles mandates todaySoon mandate vaccination for school attendance600,000 would have to get their first shot by Oct. 3Second shot by the end of October(LA counts since last month) Direct link to vote, https://www.youtube.com/c/Campbellteaching/communityPascal Soriot, AstraZeneca chief executive on Booster doseshttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/09/07/covid-booster-jab-campaign-may-not-needed-says-astra-boss/UK is still "a few weeks away" from being able to decideMoving too quickly to boost across the entire adult population will deprive us of these insights,leaving this important decision to rest on limited dataNHS resource implicationsNadhim Zahawi NHS is ‘ready to go’ Philip Dormitzer, Pfizer’s chief scientific officerEncouraged booster shotsDismissed criticism that his company should have produced a more potent vaccineProfessor Sarah Gilberthttps://inews.co.uk/news/politics/creator-oxford-vaccine-sarah-gilbert-warns-vulnerable-will-have-shield-covid-19-cases-rise-1096315UK, 3.8 million people classed as clinically extremely vulnerableIn people who have been vaccinated and have had the two doses, they will be well protected against disease that is severe enough to put them in hospital and against deathAnd there are unfortunately some people with particular health conditions that mean they just don’t respond to a vaccineand they are going to have to make sure that they are protected, probably by shielding again, if there is a lot of spread of the virus https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-shielding-and-protecting-extremely-vulnerable-persons-from-covid-19/guidance-on-shielding-and-protecting-extremely-vulnerable-persons-from-covid-19we are advising clinically extremely vulnerable people, as a minimum, to follow the same guidance as everyone elseyou may wish to think particularly carefully about additional precautions you might wish to continue to takeSwedenRemoving all remaining restrictions by the end of this monthVietnamHealth Ministry, offering Pfizer-BioNTech as a second-dose Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices