Covid News Around the World One Year Later

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The Johnson and Johnson vaccine has been put on hold for a week in the US as mass panic ensues over 6 women out of 7 million people who received the vaccine developed blood clots. One has died a second is in serious condition. I expect the vaccine will begin use after the week stoppage but the damage is done. People will refuse what is probably the least controversial vaccine out there. Two of my relatives got one of the two dose vaccines and are now both extremely sick from it. They are OK but to sick to go to work.

The morning news on CBS ratcheting up the fear factor by telling everyone the Brazil variant (not racist of course) is both more deadly to young people and more contagious by 2 1/2 times and it will be world wide in a couple of weeks. The UK variant (also not racist) is now the dominate variation in the US with the Brazil variant becoming more widespread.

Meanwhile, the numbers don't really seem to be changing much. Close to a quarter of the US population is fully vaccinated now with a third receiving at least one dose. Numbers of new cases are somewhat static.

Excess deaths however continue to be way below expected, 11,000 fewer per week holding steady.