{"id":1112098,"date":"2021-12-12T16:14:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T21:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1112098"},"modified":"2021-12-12T16:14:59","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T21:14:59","slug":"u-s-reaches-800k-covid-19-related-deaths-as-nation-confronts-new-omicron-variant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-reaches-800k-covid-19-related-deaths-as-nation-confronts-new-omicron-variant\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Reaches 800K COVID-19 Related Deaths As Nation Confronts New Omicron Variant"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-reaches-800k-covid-19-related-deaths-as-nation-confronts-new-omicron-variant%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1112098&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S. surpassed 800,000 deaths related to COVID-19 on Sunday, as the nation confronts the new Omicron variant across the nation.<\/p>\n<p>The milestone was first announced by Reuters on Sunday based on information from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/nvss\/vsrr\/covid19\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a> (CDC).<\/p>\n<p>The nation has passed 450,000 COVID-19 related deaths since the beginning of 2021. The total from 2020 was 385,343, with the number of coronavirus-related deaths since President Joe Biden took office now higher than the number in 2020 under former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt took 111 days for U.S. deaths to jump from 600,000 to 700,000, according to Reuters analysis. The next 100,000 deaths took just 73 days, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/healthcare-pharmaceuticals\/us-covid-19-deaths-approach-800000-delta-ravaged-2021-2021-12-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a> report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe milestone means the U.S. death toll from this one virus now exceeds the entire population of North Dakota,\u201d the report also noted.<\/p>\n<p>The report also revealed that despite the widespread availability of vaccines and medical treatments, the U.S. \u201chas the highest number of reported total COVID-19 deaths in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among the states with the highest death rates per capita from COVID-19 in the U.S. since January 1 of this year. Alabama ranked number one, followed by Oklahoma, and West Virginia. The two states with the lowest numbers were Vermont, followed by Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent development regarding the spread of COVID-19 is the Omicron variant. First identified in South Africa, the variant quickly led to travel bans with South Africa and neighboring countries.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/debate\/article-10256373\/Dr-ANGELIQUE-COETZEE-discovered-Omicron-says-reacting-threat.html\">recent op-ed<\/a>, Dr. Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South African Medical Association who reported the new variant early on, noted that many Omicron cases appear to be mild, adding:<\/p>\n<p><em>If, as some evidence suggests, Omicron turns out to be a fast-spreading virus with mostly mild symptoms for the majority of the people who catch it, that would be a useful step on the road to herd immunity. \u2026 We\u2019ll learn in the next two weeks if that\u2019s the case. The worst situation \u2014 of course \u2014 would be a fast-spreading virus with severe infections. But that\u2019s not where we are at the moment\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">So far, the patients who\u2019ve tested positive for Omicron here have been mainly young men \u2014 a mixture of vaccinated and unvaccinated (though, in our statistics, \u201cunvaccinated\u201d can also mean \u201csingle-vaccinated\u201d.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Only yesterday, I saw five more patients who had tested positive for the new variant. They all had a very mild illness.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pfizer-two-shots-plus-booster-neutralizes-omicron-variant-in-lab-studies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously reported<\/a> on a new study regarding the effectiveness of vaccines against the new variant:<\/p>\n<p>Pfizer-BioNTech on Wednesday reported that initial results from studies examining how well their vaccine protects against a new coronavirus variant found that a booster shot \u2014 on top of a two-dose vaccine regimen \u2014 neutralizes Omicron in lab studies.<\/p>\n<p>The pharmaceutical company said that just two shots showed decreased protection in studies, but a booster dose significantly raises protection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to the companies\u2019 preliminary data, a third dose provides a similar level of neutralizing antibodies to Omicron as is observed after two doses against wild-type and other variants that emerged before Omicron,\u201d they said in a press&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/investors.biontech.de\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/pfizer-and-biontech-provide-update-omicron-variant\">release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese antibody levels are associated with high efficacy against both the wild-type virus and these variants. A third dose also strongly increases CD8+&nbsp;T cell levels against multiple spike protein epitopes, which are considered to correlate with the protection against severe disease. Compared to the wild-type virus, the vast majority of these epitopes remain unchanged in the Omicron spike variant,\u201d the release said.<\/p>\n<p>Pfizer\u2019s CEO Albert Bourla revealed during an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pfizer-ceo-i-think-we-will-need-the-fourth-dose\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview on Thursday<\/a>&nbsp;that he believes Americans will eventually need a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as concerns grow regarding the Omicron variant.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bourla shared the comments during an interview on CNBC\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/video\/2021\/12\/08\/pfizer-ceo-three-covid-shots-against-omicron-variant-equivalent-to-two-targeting-original-strains.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawk Box<\/a>\u201d with Meg Tirrell and Becky Quick on Wednesday.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAlbert, Israel\u2019s already working on fourth vaccination shots. What, what has it gotten them to that point where they think that that\u2019s necessary and what are the results, the real world results, you\u2019ve seen as, as a result of that?\u201d Quick asked the Pfizer CEO.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think we will need the fourth dose. I\u2019ve said that multiple times. With the previous, I was projecting that that will be on 12 months after the third dose,\u201d Bourla&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/12\/08\/cnbc-transcript-pfizer-chairman-and-ceo-albert-bourla-speaks-with-cnbcs-squawk-box-today.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">answered<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWith Omicron, we need to wait and see because we have very little information. We may need it faster,\u201d he added.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The discussion continues as many of the Biden administration\u2019s vaccine mandates have been paused following multiple lawsuits, including one led by The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is fighting Joe Biden\u2019s vaccine mandate in federal court. Join us in this fight by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lp.dailywire.com\/osha-petition\/\">signing our petition<\/a>&nbsp;to OSHA, telling them that you will not comply with this mandate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. surpassed 800,000 deaths related to COVID-19 on Sunday, as the nation confronts the new Omicron variant across the nation.The milestone was first announced by Reuters on Sunday based on information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).The nation has passed 450,000 COVID-19 related deaths since the beginning of 2021. The total from 2020 was 385,343, with the number of coronavirus-related deaths since President Joe Biden took office now higher than the number in 2020 under former President Donald Trump.\u201cIt took 111 days for U.S. deaths to jump from 600,000 to 700,000, according to Reuters analysis. The next 100,000 deaths took just 73 days, according to the Reuters report.\u201cThe milestone means the U.S. death toll from this one virus now exceeds the entire population of North Dakota,\u201d the report also noted.The report also revealed that despite the widespread availability of vaccines and medical treatments, the U.S. \u201chas the highest number of reported total COVID-19 deaths in the world.\u201dAmong the states with the highest death rates per capita from COVID-19 in the U.S. since January 1 of this year. Alabama ranked number one, followed by Oklahoma, and West Virginia. The two states with the lowest numbers were Vermont, followed by Hawaii.The most recent development regarding the spread of COVID-19 is the Omicron variant. First identified in South Africa, the variant quickly led to travel bans with South Africa and neighboring countries.In a recent op-ed, Dr. Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South African Medical Association who reported the new variant early on, noted that many Omicron cases appear to be mild, adding:If, as some evidence suggests, Omicron turns out to be a fast-spreading virus with mostly mild symptoms for the majority of the people who catch it, that would be a useful step on the road to herd immunity. \u2026 We\u2019ll learn in the next two weeks if that\u2019s the case. The worst situation \u2014 of course \u2014 would be a fast-spreading virus with severe infections. But that\u2019s not where we are at the moment\u2026So far, the patients who\u2019ve tested positive for Omicron here have been mainly young men \u2014 a mixture of vaccinated and unvaccinated (though, in our statistics, \u201cunvaccinated\u201d can also mean \u201csingle-vaccinated\u201d.)Only yesterday, I saw five more patients who had tested positive for the new variant. They all had a very mild illness.The Daily Wire previously reported on a new study regarding the effectiveness of vaccines against the new variant:Pfizer-BioNTech on Wednesday reported that initial results from studies examining how well their vaccine protects against a new coronavirus variant found that a booster shot \u2014 on top of a two-dose vaccine regimen \u2014 neutralizes Omicron in lab studies.The pharmaceutical company said that just two shots showed decreased protection in studies, but a booster dose significantly raises protection.\u201cAccording to the companies\u2019 preliminary data, a third dose provides a similar level of neutralizing antibodies to Omicron as is observed after two doses against wild-type and other variants that emerged before Omicron,\u201d they said in a press\u00a0release.\u201cThese antibody levels are associated with high efficacy against both the wild-type virus and these variants. A third dose also strongly increases CD8+\u00a0T cell levels against multiple spike protein epitopes, which are considered to correlate with the protection against severe disease. Compared to the wild-type virus, the vast majority of these epitopes remain unchanged in the Omicron spike variant,\u201d the release said.Pfizer\u2019s CEO Albert Bourla revealed during an interview on Thursday\u00a0that he believes Americans will eventually need a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as concerns grow regarding the Omicron variant.Bourla shared the comments during an interview on CNBC\u2019s \u201cSquawk Box\u201d with Meg Tirrell and Becky Quick on Wednesday.\u201cAlbert, Israel\u2019s already working on fourth vaccination shots. What, what has it gotten them to that point where they think that that\u2019s necessary and what are the results, the real world results, you\u2019ve seen as, as a result of that?\u201d Quick asked the Pfizer CEO.\u201cI think we will need the fourth dose. I\u2019ve said that multiple times. With the previous, I was projecting that that will be on 12 months after the third dose,\u201d Bourla\u00a0answered.\u201cWith Omicron, we need to wait and see because we have very little information. We may need it faster,\u201d he added.The discussion continues as many of the Biden administration\u2019s vaccine mandates have been paused following multiple lawsuits, including one led by The Daily Wire.The Daily Wire is fighting Joe Biden\u2019s vaccine mandate in federal court. Join us in this fight by\u00a0signing our petition\u00a0to OSHA, telling them that you will not comply with this mandate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1112098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1112098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1112098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1112098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1112098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}