Not only that, but as I noted elsewhere here at PJ Media on Wednesday,
you’re more likely to get murdered in Chicago (18 murders per 100,000 people) than a senior citizen is to be hospitalized for the Wuhan Flu (2.9 per 100,000), Delta variant or no Delta variant.
While Zinberg adds that most of the increase “is concentrated in areas with low vaccination rates,” the actual COVID death rate is “lower than it was three weeks ago.” Mostly that’s because “the most vulnerable people are largely protected” by having received at least one vaccination, and 80% of those 65 and older have gotten both shots.
What that means is that “nearly all the new cases are in younger, unvaccinated people whose risk of severe COVID-19 illness is much lower.”
People seem to be figuring out that maybe they should have gotten vaccinated sooner, as “states with the highest infection rates have already seen new vaccinations increase above the national average.”