COVID DELTA SUBSTANTIAL IN MOHAWK VALLEY

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MOHAWK VALLEY SHOWING 'SUBSTANTIAL' LEVEL OF COVID TRANSMISSION; CDC RECOMMENDS MASKS INDOORS


As of Thursday, Herkimer County is considered an area with “substantial” community transmission of COVID-19, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).



Posted: Aug 5, 2021 1:00 PM

Updated: Aug 5, 2021 4:07 PM

Posted By: WKTV

COVID-19 is spreading through the Mohawk Valley at a “substantial” rate, according to new data from the CDC Thursday.



Herkimer, Oneida and Otsego counties now have substantial levels of COVID transmission, with cases more than double in many areas from just a few weeks ago.



Here’s how the CDC determines the level of community transmission:



Low: More than 10 cases per 100,000 people, or a test positivity rate of less than 5%.

Moderate: 10 to 50 cases per 100,000 people, or a positivity rate between 5% and 8%.

Substantial: 50 to 100 cases per 100,000 people, or a positivity rate between 8% and 10%.

High: 100 or more cases per 100,000 people or a positivity rate of 10% or higher.

When a county reaches substantial or high levels, the CDC recommends everyone wear masks in public indoor spaces, even people who are vaccinated. However, it is up to local governments to impose any mask mandates.




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Although mask mandates are decided locally by community leaders, CDC recommends everyone in areas with substantial or high #COVID19 spread wear a mask in public indoor settings.



Visit CDC’s COVID Data Tracker to see the COVID-19 spread in your area: bit.ly/2Hw1EZZ.


Here are the levels for local counties as of Thursday afternoon:



Moderate



Hamilton County

Jefferson County

Madison County

Oswego County

Substantial



Chenango County

Delaware County

Fulton County

Herkimer County

Montgomery County

Oneida County

Onondaga County

Otsego County

High



Lewis County

More than 67% of the country has a high level of transmission, with the CDC giving more than 2,100 counties that designation. Just 4.5%, or 146 counties, are in the "low" category.

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GET READY FOR NEXT COVID VARIANT IF YOU ARE STILL ALIVE



Lambda COVID Variant 'a Potential Threat to Human Society,' Researchers Say



BY BRENDAN COLE ON 8/05/21 AT 12:51 PM EDT


There is concern over the threat posed by the Lambda variant of COVID-19 which may be more resistant to vaccines than the original version of the virus.


Research by a team from the University of Tokyo, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, found that three mutations in Lambda's spike protein help it resist neutralization by vaccine-induced antibodies.



Meanwhile, two mutations in the Lambda variant—T76I and L452Q—make it more infectious than the COVID variant that swept through the world in 2020.



The conclusions of the study posted on BiorXiv on July 28 matched findings—also not yet peer-reviewed—by a team in Chile that found the variant might also evade vaccine antibodies, Infection Control reported.


In June, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Lambda variant, which emerged in Peru in August 2020 and has been recorded in cases in Texas and South Carolina, as a "variant of interest."



It said Lambda, also known as the C.37 variant, has been the COVID-19 carrier in about 81 percent of infections in Peru since April. Cases have been found in 29 countries, territories or areas within five WHO regions.


However, the Japanese researchers said that the threat of the variant might be underestimated given that it was only named as a "variant of concern."



"Lambda can be a potential threat to the human society," senior researcher Kei Sato of the University of Tokyo said, according to Reuters.



Dr. Georg-Christian Zinn, who is director of the Bioscientia Hygiene Center, in Ingelheim, Germany, said that the statement by the Japanese team should be taken seriously even if their findings still need to be verified.



"The new Japanese preprint study on the Lambda variant is very, very credible," he told RTL.de, according to a translation of his comments. He referred to the expertise of the researchers, adding, "the data are valid."



Pablo Tsukayama, a doctor in molecular microbiology at Cayetano Heredia University in Lima who documented Lambda's emergence said that when it was discovered, "it did not attract much attention."



By March 2021, it was in 50 percent of the samples in Lima but only a month later, it was in 80 percent of the samples in Peru. "That jump from one to 50 percent is an early indicator of a more transmissible variant," Tsukayama told Al Jazeera in July.



Meanwhile, Dr. Stuart Ray professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, told NPR in July that Lambda is "sort of a cousin of the alpha variant" but evidence so far is not clear that it has any advantage over the highly contagious delta variant.



"Delta is clearly dominating right now. And so I think our focus can remain on Delta as a hallmark of a highly infectious variant," he said.



"We have to be vigilant for these new variants and track them," he said. "I think right now lambda is a variant of interest, and we'll see whether it becomes a variant of concern."


www.newsweek.com/lambda-covid-variant-potential-threat-society-researchers-1616556?amp=1

Should thin out the population effectively.

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Let's give a round of applause to Fox News monsters such as Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity, Brian Kilmeade, Mark Levin & other bloodsuckers like Ron Desantis, Greg Abbott, Kristi Noem & others who have planted the seed in people's minds that the vaccines are unsafe & masking up is infringing on their rights except for themselves & THEIR families who all rolled up their sleeves & wore a mask. Then we have Trump who refuses to encourage his followers to get the shot & follow CDC guidelines. He refused to partake in the PSA last winter along with the other former Presidents. There was no money in it for him.

A few tens of thousands more dead people is the price they're willing to pay with the lives of others so they can own the libs & not give Biden credit for getting a handle on the pandemic.

These animals are responsible for this & when things go south again they'll blame Biden, Fauci & the libs in the hope that they can regain conrol of the House next year. Nice people in the "Right To Life" party.

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New Upstate NY counties meet guidelines for indoor masks: See full list of 38 statewide



www.syracuse.com/coronavirus/2021/08/new-upstate-ny-counties-meet-guidelines-for-indoor-masks-see-full-list-of-38-statewide.html?e=143dd57e5e6b51fde7800bdaecb36465&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Breaking&utm_term=Newsletter_coronavirus

The new guidelines on indoor masking cover areas with 50 or more Covid cases per 100,000 people over a seven-day period or where 8% or more of Covid tests are coming back positive.



A total of 38 New York counties now meet those criteria.



High:



Bronx County

Kings County (Brooklyn)

Lewis County

Nassau County

New York County (Manhattan)

Queens County

Richmond County (Staten Island)

Suffolk County


Substantial:



Albany County

Broome County

Cattaraugus County

Chenango County

Columbia County

Delaware County

Dutchess County

Erie County

Fulton County

Herkimer County

Monroe County

Montgomery County

Niagara County

Oneida County

Onondaga County

Orange County

Otsego County

Putnam County

Rensselaer County

Rockland County

Saratoga County

Schenectady County

Schoharie County

Seneca County

Sullivan County

Tompkins County

Ulster County

Warren County

Washington County

Westchester County

DON'T BLINK THINGS CHANGE QUICKLEY. REMEMBER EVEN VACCINATED PEOPLE ARE COMING DOWN WITH THIS NEW COVID BUT AT LEAST YOU WILL NOT BE HOSPITALIZED OR DIE!!!! NOW ISN'T THST A HAPPY BIT OF NEWS