The start of 2022 has seen a new surge of Covid-19 cases in the United States, and presently it is at 98% of its peak, with 1,592 positive cases per 100,000 people being reported in the last seven days.
The United States now tops the list of countries in daily average reported cases of new Covid-19 infections, with 746,725 new cases every day. So far there have been 62,356,810 infections and 844,937 coronavirus related deaths in the United States.
While managing the Covid-19 patients, all the front-line health workers across the country have one message for everyone. Timely vaccinations and booster shots are making a big difference in the symptoms and are leaving a positive effect in all age groups.
The general pattern that is seen in most patients is that if one gets infected, the symptoms are more or less of a bad cold. However, there are exceptions to this, if the person has a weak immune system or has an underlying chronic medical condition.
On the other hand, the common thing among all the hospitalized Covid-19 cases these days is that they never got vaccinated. They show up to hospitals with high fever, shortness of breath, cough, difficulty in breathing, generalized body aches and usually show lungs with big pneumonic patches.
A general comparison between the vaccinated and non-vaccinated positive cases of Covid-19 shows that the vaccinated group has a speedy recovery after showing very mild, or even at times, no symptoms, while the unvaccinated group has severe symptoms and takes a very long time, sometimes weeks, to get back to normal.
Similarly, those with a booster shot may show symptoms of a sore throat, fatigue, and body aches whereas those without a booster have comparatively much worse symptoms of Covid-19 but definitely do not need hospitalization.
All physicians across the country agree that they have not seen a single case of someone showing up as a Covid-19 positive case at the hospital after getting two doses and a booster shot of vaccine.
Vaccination does give you adequate protection and gets your immune system ready to fight off the Coronavirus. Post-vax exposure results in very mild symptoms and avoids all possible complications that lead to hospitalization and intensive care management.
Admission to the hospital with Covid-19 always confirms an unvaccinated status of the patient.
Be smart, get fully vaccinated!
Agree with most of what the article states. The clumping of all cases to the initial Covid 19 strain, where the majority of deaths happened, is misleading. Omicron deaths according to CDC did effect people who were not vaccinated.
Indeed there have been multiple strains of Covid mutating over time and the development of vaccines has helped stem the tide of hospitalization and deaths. In the case of Omicron, first line health workers have reported not seeing a single case of a VACCINATED individual getting hospitalized because of Covid.
Thats true the symtoms are less after vaccination but sometimes after being vaccinated the booster dose induces Covid. Pfizer vaccine booster induced covid noted in 3-4 colleagues…but true the symtoms does not stay long
This is true some people have been seen to get Covid like symptoms after getting vaccinated. These are the cases that have been labelled as ‘Breakthrough Covid-19’ cases that seem to happen frequently with the delta variant which is mostly circulating these days and is more contagious than the other Corona virus variants. All the available coronavirus vaccines are excellent at protecting against severe forms of Covid-19 but they are not 100% effective in preventing infection, resulting in some ‘Breakthrough’ Covid-19 cases.
I definitely agree! It’s about taking the necessary steps to manage your own symptoms as well as to protect those around you. A lot of people believe that the vaccine prevents you from getting the virus, but in reality it makes it less severe. We want to reduce the stress on hospitals and front-line workers. Thank you for this article!
Yes due diligence can keep us all protected and reduce the work load on front line workers. Let us all do our part.