Hospital sees 21 COVID patients in September
(CNS): Although September was the deadliest month in the Cayman Islands since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said that hospital admissions in relation to the coronavirus declined last month. According to the first edition of the health ministry’s new monthly Public Health Spotlight, patients testing positive for COVID have been gradually declining since July, though there was a slight increase in late September. A total of 21 COVID-19 people who were admitted last month with COVID-19 morbidity or those screened when admitted for other reasons were positive, a drop of 30% from August.
Officials also said that the COVID-19 autumn booster will officially begin on Monday, 10 October, using the Moderna (bivalent) vaccine for adults ages 18 and over. The first groups to be offered the additional vaccine will be elderly residents in care homes, those over 70 in the community and frontline heathcare workers. Once the priority groups have received their autumn boosters, the programme will be opened up to include all eligible residents.
The Health Services Authority is also encouraging people to get the flu vaccine as the annual flu has returned after a decline in numbers during the COVID pandemic. Those under the age of two and over the age of 65 are the most vulnerable to flu-related complications but everyone is encouraged to get the free vaccine, given the dangers of contracting COVID and the flu together.
International surveillance shows that H3N2 (a subtype of influenza type A) is currently the most commonly detected flu virus worldwide. Study results from early in the pandemic show individuals who catch both flu and COVID-19 at the same time, known as co-infection, are around twice as likely to suffer death compared to those who only have COVID-19.
“Flu and COVID-19 are unpredictable but there are strong indications we could be facing the threat of widely circulating flu, lower levels of natural immunity due to less exposure over the last three winters and an increase in COVID-19 circulating with lots of variants that can evade the immune response. This combination poses a serious risk to our health, particularly those in high-risk groups,” Dr Susan Hopkins, Chief Medical Advisor at UKHS, has warned.
See the full edition of Spotlight here.
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Who cares?
said it before and have been proved right… no-one who is relatively healthy, under 70, who is vaxxed, will die from covid.
get vaxxed if at risk.
Thank Christ we have so many epidemiologists in Cayman willing to comment and share their knowledge on CNS.
Karma looks at us all. I hope you remember this time when you are at the end of your days, and wonder if anyone will miss you.
now lets see pneumonia numbers, please
Get a 4th or 5th jab and another booster if you’re worried. Covid really isn’t newsworthy anymore
The hubris of youth. Be well, Sir.
foolishness of the gullible. be vaxxed 10 times and keep hoping the next one works.
By the way, USA just renewed Level 3 travel caution for Cayman due to COVID restrictions that no longer exist. Great work Kenny.
pure shi!..Im in Florida (tampa)…living normally…..stop watching or listening to poop.
CNS: Where and how you are living is irrelevant. The commenter was referring to the US State Department’s travel advisory.
Florida man says…. Good grief
The numbers are wrong. 21 patients but 6 deaths. Does that make sense to you? Gross incompetience??
21 patients with Covid in Sep 22. Humorous at best.
Listen, people who get sick now will not do LFT test. They won’t. Because they do not want to be off work because they won’t get paid.
CIG are no longer doing test. They only give you 1 PCR test now and no clearance test.
Simply put. No test. No cases. This is the strategy.
Only time they care is when you coming in on a stretcher and going out in a bodybag.
Why 6 new deaths? Policy without direction.
Why US warning about Cayman? Trumps government would love it but Bidens care more. They know Cayman’s numbers do not make sense.
Here is what I mean. 21 cases in September but 6 deaths. That’s a 28 6% deaths rate. Typical Covid death rate based on hospitalizations is around 3%-4%.
This means ACTUAL cases in Hospitalizations based on deaths should be about 9 times that number.
Extrapolating hispitalizations out to people walking around with Covid. About 2% of people who catch Covid end up in Hospital.
That said if deaths = 3.5% of hospitaized then 172 patients probably was actually Hospitalized and if that represents 2% of actual infections then we have about probably 8,600 infections out there during the month.
Now this is NOT an exact science. All rates vary but the comfort of 21 hospitalizations for the month is comical at best. The numbers do not work out.
When a family member of mine was in the hospital during September there were 8 or 9 others. And they came and went with new ones replacing them.
I can sat CATEGORICALLY those numbers are not accurate.
But hey if you do believe those numbers I have a beautiful nice condo I want to sell you in the Sahara.
So…to add to that.
Either we are absolutely attrosious at care that many more of our hospitalized die than global averages OR somethibg wrong with numbers.
Commonsense also says its not just possible but plausible we have higher infections.
Things we did before like masking and 6ft rules are gone. So protections are down. So many people walking around unprotected. Covid is still out there. It would and is spreading easily.
Vaccines are wearing off an no new push for more vaccine shots.
Old vaccine shots not as effective against new variants so even if you did have some immunity left it might be useless against new variants.
All the while Covid is being given chances to mutate to something even worse right when our immunity fades.
Yes, the sky is falling….. the sky is falling!
Have you ever read the word “atrocious”?
How is it that you decided to butcher it while trying to sound intellectual?
Just look it up on one of the many online resources before you offend the rest of us who actually paid attention in school.
This is laziness. Do you have a job yet?
Reading and actually understanding are rare. There were not 21 total cases. This number refers to patients of the HSA.
OML. Do you read? I fully grasped that.
No where on this planet is the death rate of covid 6 out of 21. None.
They claim to have 21 cases during a full month. However, during the same time 6 of then died.
Does anyone care by now?
H3N2v (derived from “Hong Kong” 1968-69 Flu, 1-4mln dead) has been a component of the quadrivalent annual flu shots for the last three years. It was developed the old way, taking many lab workers and nearly 50 years to develop that vaccine, versus <6mos for mRNA EUA doses for this pandemic. Worth getting for anyone who hasn’t yet. One lifetime dose is all you need.
A fantastic booster FAQ from Yale University Medical.
https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/omicron-booster-covid-19
One of my favorite questions in the FAQ:
How will we know if the boosters are effective?
“We won’t have definitive answers on how well the new bivalent boosters prevent infection or provide long-term immune protection until the human trial data is completed and the vaccine is used widely in eligible people.” Sweeeeet!!!
Oh and it was tested on 8 mice (later euthanized) So we know its safe now and long term.
Did Dr. Gent, recruited full-time CMO replacement for Dr Lee, take up the mantle on October 4th as scheduled?
Which of the two Moderna bivalent formulations did Cayman receive? mRNA-1273.214 (WT/OMI BA1), or mRNA-1273.222 (WT/OMI BA4/BA5)? How many doses received? Expiry?
At dose #5 for some of us, we have earned the right to be a little more informed and selective. EMA and FDA are going ahead with mRNA-1273.222 and Pfizer Bnt16262 (WT/OMI BA4/BA5) as they are the best protection to hopefully snuff what is left circulating of the dominant sub-lineages.
You are loving this.
Madness…
Science.
Nope, some of us have other $#!% to do. Give me the latest mRNA vaccine with millions served. Others can struggle with science class and delay figuring out why they keep getting sick. 12.7 Billion doses have been administered so far.
Gonna get my pfizer Omicron shot in a few weeks since they are free at Walgreen’s. What’s one more? Let the unvaxxed freaks do what they want. No need to fuss and fume either way.
21 patients with Covid.