According to US media reports, three days ago, the Associated Press published an article titled "The Death Frenzy of the New Coronavirus is Coming", which caused great controversy. In this article, the authors boldly predict that it is normal for the number of new deaths to rise or fall every day, but that the "average death number" rising by a quarter in half a month is definitely a dangerous sign; so now Americans are not noticing that the death tide associated with Omikeron is coming, even according to the most conservative data models, if it subsides in mid-March, it will take 50,000 to 300,000 American lives.
But at that time, the whole United States was still immersed in the mainstream view that "Omi Kerong is a mild disease", and even the White House released a "scientific report" that "the risk of Hospitalization of Omikejong patients due to respiratory symptoms was reduced by 53%, the risk of admission to the ICU was reduced by 74%, and the risk of death was reduced by 91%." Katriona Shay, a biology professor at the University of Pennsylvania who came up with the previous model of death data, and the author of the article have been reprimanded by many people for helping the Biden administration "sell vaccine anxiety." "In the impression of most people, even if the number of new infections exceeds one million in a few days, the number of deaths is still around 1600, and the seriousness is not at all obvious."
Unexpectedly, the epidemic situation in the United States took a sharp turn for the worse yesterday, and the statistics just released this morning show that in the past 24 hours, there were 886563 new confirmed cases in the United States, and the number of new deaths was as high as 4303! That number more than doubled from the average the day before yesterday, and many American netizens said it was "unimaginable." You should know that in the period of policy chaos before Biden took office last year, the death toll in the United States was only about 3,000, which has been criticized by the media as "one 9/11 incident a day"; now after a year, it has risen to another new stage, which is very different from Biden's previous promise of "controlling the epidemic before Christmas".
The surge in confirmed deaths appears to have slowly confirmed The Associated Press's prediction that Omilon is not a so-called "almost harmless" strain at all, that it can cause serious consequences through wider transmission, and that the peak coincides with the "more than a million new" time node at the beginning of this month, that is, about half a month after the new crown infection. The number of deaths due to COVID-19 in the United States in the past year is about 400,000, and if the data models and expert predictions are accurate, the Olmikron strain in the first quarter of this year could bring more than 300,000 deaths to the United States, which is very frightening.
It is also worth mentioning that after this surge in death cases, it has been proved that the "new crown virus is not terrible" theory of some people in the United States is untenable, but now some people still regard the Omiljung strain as a "natural vaccine", and even obtain immunity through active infection, which accelerates the spread of the epidemic. Someone commented under the news: "In short, everything has now reached an 'extremely bad' stage, no matter what the mortality rate or other data is, it must be accepted, or there is no longer any 'unacceptable' way." ”