Sunday was an SIX Green Arrow Day.

More New Cases

Good Morning,

We have now administered over 363 million doses as of August 22, 2021, 7 million more from the previous week. Of which 171 million have completed their entire regimen, an increase of 3 million compared to the prior week. It looks as if there is an increase in those that have completed their vaccination regimen, as last week was just under 2 million. 51% of our citizens have completed their respective dose regimens. We are trending to nearly a 1% uptick per week of those fully vaccinated.

There are 31 million citizens that require a second shot to complete their regimen. Once theirs are complete, that would increase those vaccinated to 61%. The combination of the 171 million, plus the recorded (17.8 million net, less the duplicates) and unrecorded (37.9 million minus the duplicates) recovers make our Herd Immunity Factor (HIF) 226 million or 68% of our population.

The trend for new cases has surged over the past several weeks. Notice in the graph below (green arrow) that the case rate dropped by more than 80%, which coincides with a jump in vaccinations. In the next several weeks (orange arrow), the new case and vaccination rates flattened. In the last several weeks (red arrow), we see a surge of new patients. We now have many more cases than in April when the first swell of vaccinations showed efficacy.

Get healthy is probably the best advice anyone can give, as we stated in a previous newsletter. It would be wonderful if the “powers that be” encouraged this. A healthy body, along with vaccinations, is more than a reasonable approach.