Mass events up, COVID cases down

[WorthyBot]

In many countries, mass events are still banned; where they aren’t outright forbidden, they are still mostly frowned upon. However, recent data from the United States seem to suggest that so-called super-spreader events aren’t quite the super-spreaders many fear them to be.

“For weeks, crowds in the tens of thousands, mostly unmasked, have sat side-by-side now cheering on their teams at the halfway point of the season,” NBC reported. “All while doctors warned of games becoming potential super-spreader events. A frightening prospect at the time with hospitals already on the brink.”

And yet, “Covid cases, hospitalizations and deaths are now all down nationwide,” the report continued. “Cases are now in steep decline in every college football state across the south, including Florida, where hospitalizations fell 64 percent last month, even as some 90,000 fans packed the [University of Florida] Gators’ stadium.” — Arutz Sheva (Source)

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[teddyv]

Well that's good for those places.

It still running wild here and the hospital is full, just had a general outbreak including a death.

[just_abc]

49 minutes ago, teddyv said:

It still running wild here and the hospital is full, just had a general outbreak including a death.

Sorry to hear (read) that.. 

I hope situation improves soon.. and with no more deaths..

 

[missmuffet]

The Covid is dying but we are not seeing a lot on the internet confirming that. In my state they are still aggressively pushing for the vaccine. 

[one.opinion]

1 hour ago, missmuffet said:

The Covid is dying but we are not seeing a lot on the internet confirming that. In my state they are still aggressively pushing for the vaccine. 

What we can honestly say is that right now, cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are dropping when looking at national numbers. We have had 3 waves nationally now and it is reasonable to expect more. It is premature to assume that "Covid is dying".

Vaccination is still the best way to avoid serious illness and death from COVID. Why would "they" possibly want to stop pushing for the vaccine?

Related to the OP, it has been very good news that large outdoor gatherings have not seemed to have a considerable effect on cases.