Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Trump virus/Trump legacy ("The testing bungle" episode)

 



New York Times, 12/14/2021
Unfortunately, America bungled testing from the beginning. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention distributed faulty test kits, while supply shortages and regulatory delays created an epic mismatch between supply and demand. In the summer and fall of 2020, waits at testing sites could stretch for hours; the wait for results could take a week or more. There was no coordinated national testing plan. 
These missteps allowed the virus to spread, unseen and unchecked, increasing the burden on hospitals and making other mitigation measures more difficult. Without accessible testing, the strategy that helped other countries break the chain of transmission — swiftly identifying people with the virus, isolating them and tracing their contacts — stood little chance.

 

12/8/2021 update starts here

Carroll County, Ohio.  (Michigan has a vaccination rate of 54%.)

New York Times (topbottom)

NPR looked at deaths per 100,000 people in roughly 3,000 counties across the U.S. from May 2021, the point at which vaccinations widely became available. People living in counties that went 60% or higher for Trump in November 2020 had 2.7 times the death rates of those that went for Biden. Counties with an even higher share of the vote for Trump saw higher COVID-19 mortality rates. [emphasis added]

 

Barry County, Michigan.  (Michigan has a vaccination rate of 55% )

New York Times (topbottom)

Ashtabula County, Ohio.  (Ohio has a vaccination rate of 53%.)

New York Times (top, bottom)


Related posts:
Greetings from Trump's America: Ashtabula County, Ohio, which currently has the highest number of new Covid cases per 100,000 in the state.  (11/29/2021)
Greetings from Trump's America: Barry County, Michigan, where a crackpot county sheriff's harebrained scheme to seize Dominion voting machines comes to naught.  (7/5/2021)
Greetings from Trump's America: Carroll County, Ohio, 96.2% white with too many unvaccinated COVIDIOTS sick with the virus.  (12/6/2021)

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