The US has surpassed 900k deaths, while the world has recorded 5.8M deaths. Even though Omicron is less severe, its transmissibility means so many more are infected at any one time that the daily number of hospitalisations and deaths is much higher than in any previous wave. The majority of those dying are over 75 years of age and the unvaccinated or medically vulnerable. Even mild cases are showing substantial CVD risk. There's a new link to Type I diabetes and other chronic conditions, so the long-term consequences of infection will continue to burden the HC system. I am back to double masking.
We have made reservations to travel to the US in April. I am not looking forward to it at all.
The Pew Research Center did a summary of 2021 in the US and it was not hopeful or joyful. It was bleak.
