It’s interesting to see how death rates differ in different parts of the country. Where I live, we seem to lag behind other areas of CA but our spikes last longer. While other rural counties, like Del Norte county, have long, tall, and sustained peaks.
Death rate in the country per 100k was second highest during omicron b1 surge. First was Jan 2021. Currently, at national level, we are at the same level as the beginning of the delta surge back in late July. I hope we stay that way, but b4 and b5 apparently are concerning.
I was happy to seen the testers at my only local county clinic (there’s another in truckee) finally wearing better ppe. The first time I went in mid 2020, most worker at the clinic were only wearing face shields and the attending nurse was only wearing her reading glasses.
Today, there was an old hippy man (70+ years) that tested positive today from the clinic’s AG test who was super confused and getting into everybody’s business as he was struggling to hear what staff at the testing center were telling him and they were struggling to hear him. They finally got him connected to the attending nurse at the clinic about 20 minutes later with a fair bit of anxiety for him and the staff. Felt pretty bad for the guy.
