Sunday was a SEVEN Green Arrow Day.

Holiday Hindered by Covid

Good Morning,

We have seen a spike in new cases over the last several weeks. What portion of these cases are Covid 19, Delta, or Omicron? We don’t know. The CDC recently mentioned that as much as 73% were Omicron and has lowered that to 58%. What percentage is the Delta?

Thus far, 204 million Americans have received their complete regimen of vaccinations, or 61%, with another 39 million in the queue to finish their requirement. We added 2.8 million to the fully vaccinated category; it was only 1.1 million this week. We understand that fully or partially vaccinated statistics are based on the initially required regimens, and boosters are excluded from this calculation.

We are still working on the question of Herd Immunity and how that can be defined given the multiple variants. What we do know is that humanity has survived them all. Our immune systems and evolution have ensured that we have. That combined with science, we have gained on defeated the historical viruses.

The “New Case” graph shows cases dropping almost to the point of disappearing this past June. Then the Delta variant was discovered, and in a matter of weeks, new cases spiked and then had a steep fall until the Omicron variant began its veracious spread.

Regarding new cases, we sure would like to have duplicate results eliminated. For example, through December 11, the NFL administered 180,000 tests to 8,500 people (21 / person), with 215 testing positive. Those testing positive continue to test daily, meaning those initial 215 new cases might count for over 2,500 in the statistical counts. They get tested until there is a negative test which is the first step to rejoining the game.