A majority of Americans in highly vaccinated counties now live in covid hot spots

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2021/vaccinated-counties-delta-hotspots/

A majority of Americans in highly vaccinated counties now live in covid hot spots, Post analysis finds
By Fenit Nirappil, Dan Keating, Maria Aguilar, Naema Ahmed and Aaron Steckelberg
Updated Aug. 12 at 6:30 a.m.

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On the Fourth of July, just four percent of residents of highly vaccinated communities lived in hot spots, compared with 13 percent of people in low-vaccination areas. The outbreaks initially grew in the poorly vaccinated areas, where 28 percent of residents lived in hot spots as of July 14, compared with 13 percent of residents in highly vaccinated communities.

The gap narrowed in recent weeks as cases surged in major West Coast cities, South Florida urban centers and the New York-to-Boston corridor. By August, it closed. About two-thirds of residents living in both highly and poorly vaccinated counties are now in hot spots with high and rising caseloads.

Their experiences are not the same. It’s like the difference between being in a trailer and a house in a hurricane: Both might get hit, but one harder than the other.

Living in a hot spot while vaccinated today is much safer than living in a hot spot while unvaccinated last summer. High-vaccination states have one-third the number of new cases per capita as low-vaccination states.

Hospitalization rates in states with less than 40 percent of their population fully vaccinated are four times higher than states that are at least 54 percent vaccinated, The Post found.

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[ChazII]

1. Not hoarding but

I am now keeping 3 packages of toilet paper in both bathrooms. I have several packages of paper towels in the laundry room and several packages of napkins there as well. Clorex and Lysol wipes are both stored as well and one of each in each bathroom and four in the laundry room. When one package from above is used I purchase one more. Arizona's numbers are going up and while my household has received our shots we isolate as much as possible.