As I am hearing more and more about breakthrough cases (people fully vaccinated testing positive), the Delta variant, increasing hospitalizations and new mask guidelines, I went back to some of key data sources for reference. Unlike in the early days of the pandemic, today you can easily find not just statistics, but data visualizations (okay, let’s just say charts and maps) that compare data across different variables with just one click.
I am sharing links to these tools below so you have them handy, but here are some of my key takeaways:
Cases are increasing again, but vaccines are effectively preventing serious illness. The CDC said yesterday 97% of COVID-19 hospitalizations are among those unvaccinated.
As expected, a small percentage of people fully vaccinated are contracting COVID-19.
The more COVID spreads, the more likely new variants could emerge, such as the Delta variant, which is the most contagious strain so far.
So, even if we don’t need to be worried about getting seriously ill from COVID, we should still do everything we can to reduce the spread.
