How OC’s public health system changed during the pandemic
"Post-COVID-19 symptoms such as shortness of breath, fatigue and headaches can persist for weeks, months or even years after infection" (Andrew Noymer)
Orange County COVID-19 Hospitalizations Rise Slightly
"We're very happy about it. But people should be aware there's a new disease out there called COVID and it's out there. That doesn't mean you can't book a dinner party, but it also doesn't mean COVID has disappeared. If you had told me 36 months ago there would permanently be 19 people in the ICU I think you would have called me overly pessimistic." (Andrew Noymer)
Wealthy? Educated? You’re primed to live through COVID-19
"The mortality we’re seeing in the older age group is being downplayed in the public consciousness, and by statisticians who should know better." (Andrew Noymer)
Orange County issues new guidelines on COVID-19 precautions
"We're in the new dark ages of COVID data because nobody's testing, etc. Or, if they are, it's being done privately at home and the results go unreported. That's why I'm looking at the ICU number right now. But it's moving in the right direction, but painfully slowly." (Andrew Noymer)
CDC Says Flu Shot Was Effective for Many Adults and Most Kids: What to Know
"The flu vaccine effectiveness estimates are pretty approximate because we don’t do clinical trials that are randomized like we did for the COVID vaccine. They do case-control studies after the fact." (Andrew Noymer)
COVID vaccines remain optional at K-12 schools. Will colleges keep requiring them?
"Mandates are harder to justify for vaccines that don’t stop spread of the virus, especially for young healthy college students at low risk from COVID-19, which mostly afflicts the elderly. We know people who are vaccinated can still spread it. Carrots are better than sticks. There are unintended consequences when people are too draconian, telling a student you can’t register for classes if you’re not vaccinated." (Andrew Noymer)
Deaths in California on the rise
"Absolutely, I’d say it’s quite directly related, these are deaths that are not being coded as COVID deaths, as the underlying cause of death, but COVID has impacted the mortality of Californians and people elsewhere, there are strokes and heart attacks that follow in the wake of COVID infection and in the coming years we are going to find out how long this effect lasts but in the meantime mortality is up." (Andrew Noymer)
Orange County’s COVID-19 metrics continue going down
"I'm really happy to see things are continuing to be quite manageable. The worst statistic is the test positivity, which is another reminder that we still have COVID." (Andrew Noymer)
Orange County COVID-19 metrics continue going down
"I’m really happy to see things are continuing to be quite manageable. The worst statistic is the test positivity, which is another reminder that we still have COVID." (Andrew Noymer)
Orange County sees decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations
"All in all this winter is shaping up to be better than last winter. I don't want to take any victory laps prematurely, but it is shaping up to be quite good." (Andrew Noymer)
