Muscogee County and Current COVID Data

There probably isn't much room left for doubt that everyone is battle-worn from hope that the news about COVID-19 and its variations will ever go away. 

Most folks are ready to just get back to 'normal' life before or BEYOND Covid-19, and unfortunately, with the record numbers of hospitalizations, combined with flu, pneumonia, colds, and COPD - another type of respiratory issue - it appears it's not going away any time soon - definitely not before this year is over.

Other variants, and there are several waiting in the shadows, are being tracked by medical authorities the world over, even as these variants are slowly making their way into communities across the nation and around the world.

We can all debate day and night about President Joseph Biden, Vice-President Kamala Harris, Governors, Mayors, their political differences, whether or not they care about their citizens, why they are or are NOT mandating mask-wearing and who should and should not be legally required to take a vaccine, but the only End Game on all of it is to do the best you can to protect yourself and those around you.

If you believe in prayer, now and every day may not be a bad time to handle that business with God.

It's hard to tell, between The WHO (World Health Organization), the CDC (Centers for Disease Control), and the many medical authorities in the state and nation, plus the 'armchair MD's' who referee the transmission rates from home, exactly what the future holds, but as of this moment, here is the 

CDC Data Tracker  -TOP 10-  Round-up for Muscogee County:

1. In Muscogee County, 65,000+ [33% of total population of those over the age of 12] have had at least one dose of the available vaccines out there.
2. Fifty-three thousand+ [27% of the total population over the age of 12] are fully vaccinated.
3. The two add up to a little better than half the total population who have had one or both vaccines. The "booster" vaccine is just being approved and recommended at this time.
4. Seniors over the age of 65 make up the majority of those who have had at least one dose of one of the chosen vaccines (around just under 70%, give or take a little].
5. Seniors over the age of 65 make up just under 60% of those who are fully vaccinated; but Seniors also make up just under 14% of the Muscogee County population.
6. In Troup County, a little better than 16% have had at least one dose. Other information is not currently available.
7. In Harris County, a little better than 18% have had at least one dose. Seniors over the age of 65 make up close to 29% of that 18-percent.
8. Just next door in Russell County, Alabama, nearly 92% of the small Alabama county population of nearly 58,000 is vaccinated, with 36.5% having had at least one dose. Regardless, Russell County is still showing high transmission rates.
9. In neighboring Lee County, Alabama, with a population of more than 164,000, they are showing a little more than 36% of the population with at least one dose; but 91.9% of the population has been vaccinated with one or more doses.
10. As of right now, with more than 37.3 Million cases of COVID-19 nationwide, the country has tallied more than 624,000 of them COVID-related deaths, 962 new as of today.

Notably, there are 331,449,281 Million people living in the United States. [The population increase in the USA stands at seven(7)-percent since Census 2010.]

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