The Martha’s Vineyard boards of health reported 12 new cases of COVID-19 last week, a decrease from the previous week’s 20 cases.
Of the 12 new cases:
- Six were reported from the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, four were reported at TestMV, and two from other providers
- 10 cases are being monitored by public health officials and two that are not.
- Six of those who tested positive were fully vaccinated, four were not vaccinated, one was partially vaccinated, and three have an unknown vaccination status.
- Eight were symptomatic, one had no symptoms, and symptoms of three people were unknown.
New cases have remained low since the Island saw a peak of 97 cases in August. The Island has averaged just over three cases per day for the month of October, while in August the Vineyard averaged closer to eight cases per day.
Meanwhile, the hospital is now rolling out booster shots for those that received Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines, in addition to Pfizer booster shots which have been available for the past month.
To qualify for Pfizer or Moderna booster doses individuals must have received their second dose of Pfizer or Moderna at least six months ago and meet one of these criteria:
- At least 65 years old
- 18-64 years old with a qualifying medical condition (click here for a list of qualifying conditions)
- 18-64 years old and live or work in a high-risk setting (click here for a list of high-risk settings)
To qualify for the Johnson & Johnson booster dose individuals must have received their first dose of the shot at least two months ago and be at least 18 years of age.
To those who think the pandemic is over, consider this;
The world wide death toll topped 5 million REPORTED deaths a few days ago. It is the third leading cause of death world wide. In January of 2021 it was the leading cause of death in the U.S . It is currently in second place.
. In September of 2021 it killed about the same number of people as diabetes,(#8) Alzheimer’s (#7) chronic respiratory disease (#6) stroke(#5) and accidents (#4) combined.
In September of 2021 it killed more Americans than cancer.
https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/covid19-and-other-leading-causes-of-death-in-the-us/
We spend billions of dollars every year trying to figure out how to reduce those death rates, but we apparently cannot fix stupid and convince a significant percentage of the population to get a vaccine.
The United States is currently losing well over 1,000 people a day to this disease. Increasingly, these deaths are happening among younger and healthier people.
Think about that when someone gets on this forum or in person and claims the pandemic is over.
Don’t be fooled by a fool– don’t accept the lies of a liar.
Well said. Truth. People need to get their vaccines. Keep wearing masks. Express care and respect for those who surround us.
Alright then. Time to end the mask mandate. Enough already. Follow the science and not the politics.
Time to get rid of masks!
Time to get rid of something that is greatly responsible for lessening the number of positive Covid cases????? When someone is successful at losing weight by eating a healthy diet, would you recommend that they can now return to the diet that made them overweight???
Get rid of one of the reasons that greatly helped to lower the Covid positive rate???? If someone lost excess weight by eating a healthy diet, would you recommend that they should return to an unhealthy diet????