“We are in for a very long January”

https://twitter.com/bdilchMD/status/1343266259106992129

February is not going to get better because regardless of how many times you tell them it doesn’t sink in until they are intubated and even then some still deny that it is real.
— Matthew Moody 🇺🇸 💉💉💉😷 (@mgmoody42) December 27, 2020

One out of every 1500 Americans over the age of 25 is hospitalized for Covid. Astonishing. No way to spend a holiday season. Together, we can turn the pandemic around in 2021.
— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) December 27, 2020

One per thousand Americans have now died from covid-19.
How does that compare with 12 other select countries with >20 million population? pic.twitter.com/lMXLSbOlN1
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) December 27, 2020

December is now the deadliest month in the pandemic

Jan 0
Feb 1
Mar 5,277
April 60,738
May 41,703
June 20,112
July 26,446
Aug 29,532
Sept 23,418
Oct 23,974
Nov 36,964
Dec 63,575
— David P Gelles (@gelles) December 27, 2020

The vaccines are coming. But not in time to prevent this mass death event we are going to have in January and February. It’s so frustrating.

The Happy Hollandaise fundraiser goes through the end of the year so if you’re of a mind to kick in a little something below or at the snail mail address on the sidebar, I would be most grateful.

cheers,
digby