COVID-19 Update

Yesterday, July 23rd, 2021

8,652 people were killed by COVID-19

99.86 % of them were not vaccinated

World

New Cases:   574,321 (⬆︎ .30%)
New Deaths:      8,652 (⬆︎ .21%)

USA

New Cases:   67,485 (⬆︎ .19%)
New Deaths:       428 (⬆︎ .07%)

USA Vaccination Scorecard

At Least One Dose: 187.6 million (56.5%)
Fully Vaxxed:           162.4 million (48.9%) 

Updated Virginia Health Dept Numbers 07-23-2021

Overall, in Virginia to date

COVID-19 Cases Requiring Hospitalization:    3.6%

COVID-19 Hospitalizations Ending in Death: 35.9%

So let's work through the numbers:

• The vaccines are known to be effective at a minimum average rate of better than 96%.
• So the basic raw numbers indicate that even if you're exposed after about 6 weeks of getting the vaccination ("fully vaccinated"), your chances of getting sick are under about 4%.
• But the real-world data shows that your chance of getting sick after being fully vaccinated are less than ⅓ of 1%.
• Further, even if you develop the disease after being fully vaccinated, your chances of not requiring a stay in the hospital are 99.9974%.
• Which means that if you develop the disease after being fully vaccinated, your chances of not dying are 99.9992%.

If your chances of winning a poker hand were 99.9992%, why the fuck would you not bet the livin' shit outa that bitch?

And so:

If you're fully vaccinated, and you wear your mask, and you keep your distance, and you  wash your hands - then you've reduced your chances of getting sick, or requiring hospitalization, or dying to damned near zero.

Stop fuckin' around and go get the jab