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Carlson Undermined Vax in 99% of COVID Segments
As the Biden administration kicked its COVID-19 vaccination campaign into full-gear early this year, Fox News' Tucker Carlson Tonight ramped-up its own countercampaign to undermine efforts to get people vaccinated.
In the first 10 months of the Biden presidency, host Tucker Carlson and his guests pushed a claim that undermined vaccines in 113 of 114 episodes with vaccine segments on his show—99%—despite mounting evidence repeatedly supporting the efficacy of the vaccine.
According to analysis, Tucker Carlson Tonight discussed vaccines in roughly 50% of all original episodes since Biden was inaugurated—and all but one of those episodes featured a claim that undermined vaccines or vaccination efforts.
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New York Breaks Daily Record for New Cases
The state reported a new single-day high of 67,090 cases on Wednesday, a 64.5% increase in just the last day, Governor Kathy Hochul said. The unprecedented total came amid a recent high in the number of daily tests—362,594—for a positivity rate of 18.5%.
Hospitalizations are escalating exponentially too, rounding out at about 6,767 total statewide as of Wednesday, Hochul said. That is a 10% increase over Tuesday's admissions and perilously close to the 2021 highs around 8,700 from January.
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Florida Breaks All-Time Daily Record for New Cases
Florida reported 46,923 new COVID cases, the largest single-day increase of COVID cases since the pandemic began and nearly double the previous peak during the summer, when the deadly delta variant was surging, according to Wednesday's report to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
South Florida is leading the surge of COVID cases. Last week, the three most populous counties in the state saw the biggest case increases—with new infections rising by 354% in Miami-Dade, 400% in Broward, and 395% in Palm Beach for the week ended December 23rd.
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U.S. Shatters Daily Record with 488,000 New Cases
With a caseload nearly twice that of the worst single days of last winter, the United States shattered its record for new daily coronavirus cases, a milestone that may still fall short of describing the true toll of the Delta and Omicron variants because testing has slowed over the holidays.
As a second year of living with the pandemic was drawing to a close, the new daily case total topped 488,000 on Wednesday.
Wednesday's seven-day average of new daily cases, 301,000, was also a record, compared with 267,000 the day before. In the past week, more than two million cases have been reported nationally, and 15 states and territories reported more cases than in any other seven-day period.
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Virginia: Don't Go to ER If You Have Mild Symptoms
Virginia public health leaders urged residents with mild or asymptomatic COVID-19 cases to avoid making emergency hospital visits as the state sees a surge of coronavirus infections.
The Virginia Department of Health and Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association said that people who have asymptomatic or mild COVID-19 cases or other nonserious illnesses often can recover at home or seek primary treatment as needed, avoiding the need to go to the hospital.
According to the two agencies, "daily COVID-19 hospitalizations have risen from 922 on December 1st to 2,101 as of today (December 30th), a 128 percent increase in that time."
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CDC Reports Record Pediatric COVID Hospitalizations
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The omicron-fueled surge that is sending COVID-19 cases rocketing in the U.S. is putting children in the hospital in record numbers, and experts lament that most of the youngsters are not vaccinated.
"It's just so heartbreaking," said Dr. Paul Offit, an infectious-disease expert at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. "It was hard enough last year, but now you know that you have a way to prevent all this."
During the week of December 22–28, an average of 378 children 17 and under were admitted per day to hospitals with the coronavirus, a 66% increase from the week before, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.