It Took 58 Days To Go From 33 to 34 Million U.S. COVID-19 Cases But Too Many Are Unvaccinated

The United States today surpassed 34 million COVID-19 cases. According to Johns Hopkins University, there have been 34,048,317 COVID-19 cases in this country resulting in 608,787 deaths representing a mortality rate of 1.8%.

The good news is that took almost two months - 58 days - to add another million COVID-19 cases. By comparison it took 25 days to get from 32 to 33 million cases. To put that number into further perspective, this country added 12 million cases of COVID-19 over a 58 day span from November 21, 2020 to January 18, 2021 effectively doubling the national case load at the time. This country was adding 1 million new COVID cases every 4-6 days. In many respects, things are so much better than they were.

Although things have gotten better it looks things are beginning to get worse again. Unfortunately, there is a very good chance that we will reach 35 million cases in less than 58 days. Over the past several weeks including a 70% increase last week alone along with hospitalizations and deaths due to the Delta variant and a third of the U.S. population which has not been vaccinated and many who refuse to do so. 

Today CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky characterized the recent surge as "a pandemic of the unvaccinated." Unfortunately, what the Biden Administration hasn't been able to reach this population. There is also the challenge of how the administration can reach a population which doesn't accept the fact he is President of the United States. Further complicating matters are the likes of Republican Congresswomen characterizing Biden's efforts to go door to door to do community outreach as "Needle Nazis" while her colleague Marjorie Taylor-Greene tells Americans to "just say no" to vaccines as if they were crack cocaine. A Newsmax host named Rob Schmitt said vaccines "go against nature." So much for being pro-life. Yet millions take their word as gospel.Sadly some will only learn the hard way if they learn at all. 

Nevertheless, the Biden Administration must find a way to get people in Alabama vaccinated. Unlike President Trump, President Biden is the President of all Americans whether they supported him or not.