On the front burner is the Covid Endemic—no longer an epidemic or pandemic but an ongoing fact of life. Given its many animal reservoirs, it will continue on a regular basis through the newly born and as repeat infections on the fully immunized. That’s right, even though vaccines provide a huge reduction in infection, serious illness, and death, neither they nor actual infection prevent recurrent infection (of a markedly lessened percentage and intensity). Can we reach “herd immunity”? As of today’s (August 11 2021) data from vcrecovers.org, we have a county population >12 years of age of 722,171 with 479,673 fully vaccinated individuals, and also 83,781 people who have recovered with natural immunity. This means 563,454 people or 78% of our population > 12 years old are immunized, and the severity and death rates are falling. Why discuss only those > 12 years old? Children almost exclusively have asymptomatic disease or minimal illness and have not been documented to pass it o…
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