Minneapolis health department epidemiologist, Luisa Pessoa-Brand\u00e3o-Brand\u00e3o-Brand\u00e3o, provided a COVID 19 update to the September Hawthorne Huddle meeting. She said the city continues to see an increase in COVID cases. Most cases involve the unvaccinated, but there some fully vaccinated are testing positive, and some experience breakthrough infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From June 13th through August 18th over 2,000 cases were diagnosed, a huge increase from April and May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The median age for unvaccinated hospitalized cases is 30 compared to 58 for those fully vaccinated. 50% of those who are fully vaccinated and hospitalized had an underlying medical condition compared to 18% of those not fully vaccinated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pessoa-Brand\u00e3o-Brand\u00e3o said that means the vaccine is doing its job. It\u2019s protecting those that are mostly healthy and from severe disease. \u201cWe have made some progress in vaccination. It\u2019s slow, but steady. I just wish we were making more progress in terms of getting the most impacted communities vaccinated,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are continuing to work with the schools,\u201d Pessoa-Brand\u00e3o-Brand\u00e3o said. \u201cThere was a vaccination clinic held at Washburn High School at their \u2018Welcome Back School Night\u2019. We\u2019re making connections with North and South High School along with Patrick Henry in cooperation with the Minneapolis Public Schools. Not only do we want to set up additional vaccination clinics, but we also want to ensure that everyone exposed receives the right \u2018next step\u2019 information and is provided with resources for testing and for vaccinations.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pessoa-Brand\u00e3o-Brand\u00e3o said the Delta variant is the major concern to date. 99.5% of cases diagnosed in Minnesota are as a result of the variant. \u201cIt is much more transmissible, so we need to be even more vigilant. Perhaps we can encourage those that are unvaccinated to do a little more research and help protect themselves and those closest to them by considering being vaccinated,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHospitalizations are less than 0.1% of those fully vaccinated, and some of them weren\u2019t necessarily hospitalized for COVID. Additional county and state resources have been made available for vaccination events often with $50 and $100-dollar gift cards given out at the time of taking the shots. We were seeing maybe 5 new cases per day, and now we\u2019re seeing 90 cases a day,\u201d Pessoa-Brand\u00e3o-Brand\u00e3o said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The COVID vaccine is not among the required vaccines for going back to school right now; and it is approved only those 12 and older. It is not yet approved for ages five to 11. \u201cWe do encourage kids and families to catch up on the required vaccinations. Looking at the data for our zip codes and the 55411 and 55412 for children\u2019s vaccinations, including MMR and measles, only about 50% of the kids have what they should have by now at this age,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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