Agenda:
(1) COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations, And Deaths In The United States, Broken Down By State. COVID-19 Hospitalizations And Deaths, Globally. (0:00 – 16:18)
(2) Updates On BA.4 And BA.5 Omicron Subvariants. Transmission And Likelihood Of Becoming Dominant. (16:19 – 20:15)
(3) Update On Monkeypox Spread Globally (20:16 – 26:41)
COVID-19 cases remain high particularly in United States, China, Australia, Japan, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Portugal, South Korea, France, Spain, New Zealand.
https://ourworldindata.org/covid-hospitalizations
Hospitalizations down across the board with the one exception of the United States where they continue to increase.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/covid-cases.html
United States cases increasing in the Southwest and West, remain high Northeast and Midwest. Highest hospitalization increase in Wyoming, Louisiana, New Mexico, South Carolina, Montana, Washington D.C., Nevada, West Virginia, Hawaii, and Florida.
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions
BA.2.12.1 has become the dominant variant in the United States after outpacing BA.2.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/05/ecdc-ups-ba4-ba5-variants-concern-warns-case-rises
BA.4 and BA.5 have spread across the globe as well most recently with cases popping up in India, Hawaii, and increasing in California. Although not to the degree other Omicron subvariants have spread.
https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/epidemiological-update-monkeypox-multi-country-outbreak
Monkeypox is spreading across Europe with highest case counts in Portugal and Spain, but reaching the majority of western Europe.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/26/health/monkeypox-cdc-update/index.html
Massachuessets, Florida, Utah, Washington, California, Virginia, New York all reporting cases now. Also, figure courtesy of this article!
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/monkeypox-cases-around-world-2022-05-23/
Cases also identified in Australia, Middle East, and South America
Other interesting videos:
Monkeypox Explained
Omicron Subvariant BA.2.12.1 Mutations, Spread, Contagiousness, Symptoms, Severity, Immune Escape
COVID-19 Omicron Cases/Hospitalization, Common Long COVID Symptoms, North Korea Surge, BA.4 And BA.5
I Had Omicron – 2.5 Month Update On Recovery From A Doctor’s Perspective. Musings On Long COVID.
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