[Steve_Seattle]

"How’s Vermont doing these days?"

Broke new records for (most) Covid cases in the state in recent weeks. Deaths, though low in raw numbers (6/day, max, so far), are beginning to resemble those of last winter. I think VT has the highest vax rate in the country; if not, one of the top three.

[metmom]

And they are scared spitless of Covid over there.

[frogjerk]

OOPS! Solution: more jab juice

[daniel1212]

"Broke new records for (most) Covid cases in the state in recent weeks. Deaths, though low in raw numbers (6/day, max, so far), are beginning to resemble those of last winter. I think VT has the highest vax rate in the country; if not, one of the top three."

Vermont, which leads the nation in vaccination with a rate at 164.79, yet Vermont’s Covid-19 case rate has spiked to record levels, increasing 42% over the past seven day, with no decline in sight And The Netherlands (70% vaxxed) recorded its third highest number of positive coronavirus tests in a single day on Wednesday, with 12,713 new cases. Yet the unvaxxed makes up a much higher proportion of rising in Covid case rates in many places including Vermont.

However, the poor fitness and heath of Americans is the real problem as regards death rates. But there is no proportionate response. For the elephant in the room is that the real reason we have a pandemic is due to the overall poor condition of Americans. For only approx. 5% of reported COVID-19 deaths that virus was the only cause mentioned on the death certificate. But “For deaths with conditions or causes in addition to COVID-19, on average, there were 4.0 additional conditions or causes per death. (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#Comorbidities) Mostly being related to obesity, a preventable condition.