The U.S. is not out of the COVID-19 woods, with cases rising in all 50 states
The U.S. is not out of the woods yet as COVID-19 cases are rising in all 50 states, driven by the highly transmissible delta variant, the head of the CDC warned Thursday, once again urging unvaccinated people — who now account for the vast majority of cases, hospitalizations and deaths — to get their shots.
A growing chorus of expert voices are pleading with unvaccinated people in the U.S. not to put themselves at risk of dying of COVID-19 when vaccines are free and available and urging them not to heed misinformation on social media. Among adults 18-years-and-older, 59.7% are fully inoculated and 68.6% have received at least one shot, frustratingly short of President Joe Biden’s target of having at least 70% of the adult population receive at least one shot by the recent July 4 holiday.
“Younger, relatively healthy and unvaccinated. If this describes you, please consider vaccination,” tweeted Erik Frederick, chief administrative officer of Mercy Hospital Springfield, Missouri, noting that half of the COVID-19 patients are ages 21 to 59 — and just 2% of that group is vaccinated. Indonesia suffered yet another one-day record death toll of 1,566 deaths, the Guardian reported, while Malaysia recorded its highest one-day new case tally at 15,573.
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