For about six weeks, the Covid 7-day infection rate (per 100k residents) has been creeping along locally at a upward 'tick'....standing around 121 back on the 10th of November. Last night? The rate went to 330 (a hefty jump from the night before at 213).
Why the jump? Unknown. Maybe you could blame the Christmas Market....maybe Christmas shoppers....maybe even people hanging out with friends and drinking alcoholic drinks.
The odds that the Christmas Market will be shut down shortly? It wouldn't surprise me.
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Keeping in mind that 'cases' neither mean sickness nor hospitalizations.
Is there anyway to cross-check their data?
Thought not.
German data is pretty 'pure' (you can't accuse them of making up data...like in the US).
I can say for last night (at least in my city of Wiesbaden, 283k residents)...the 7-day infection rate (per 100k residents) was 330. There were 3,492 people in quarantine (home or hospital). I can say 79 ICU beds were occupied (although no one says ages or prior conditions). Of that group, 8 were ventilated. Plus I can say that 20 of the 79 folks were in intensive care...the rest, I assume, were in standard care situations.
I will say for the record, across Germany....we've yet to peak at hospital rates of Dec 2020/Jan 2021. The infection rate is sky-high (especially in Bavaria/eastern regions).
Locally, they will note deaths and say occasionally 'contributing causes)...meaning the person had COPD, heart ailments, diabetes, etc. They also cite the age. So with almost two years of watching this....I'd say that 60-percent did have contributing causes. I can also say it's awful rare to find any deaths for people under age 50.
I had Covid (with wife) back around Easter. I use a German local doctor and he simply noted that we were around number 11/12 from his 'customers' since early 2020 to have Covid. None of his previous people had to be admitted to hospitals. I didn't bring up ivermectin (he probably wouldn't have discussed it). But neither the wife or I had any real problems. I admit....we both max on vitamin D (summer sunshine and winter supplements).
The wife did have a co-worker who had to be carried off (she was on her day four of Covid). Got picked by the ambulance crew (hazmat suits). Hospital took her, spent 5 minutes examining her...was plain dehydration. They put her on a ICU bed...gave her 10 hours of liquids, then at 7 AM...did the hydration check and dismissed her (she still had Covid). Ambulance crew took her home. Doc ordered her to just drink plenty of liquids.
I have no doubt...some folks are having absolute serious Covid, and there ought to be PhD people looking at DNA, vitamin levels, blood group, etc. But 99-percent of folks are plain regular Covid, and over it in 10 to 14 days.
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