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July 30th COVID Pamphlet Citations| Decatur, IL

Covid cases are spiking. Delta is here. 60,000 people are NOT vaccinated.

Written on August 5th, 2021 by Reed Sutman. The previous version of the page had a lot of extra information that was not found in the pamphlet. This page is added to the site have clear citations.

Notice: Get current information on our main covid page. You may also vview the original pamphlet page, which has more information and is not quite as well structured.

Correction: The pamphlet says there were 73 new cases on July 30th. This was preliminary data from IDPH. The actual number is 91, as reported by the Macon County Health Department. Ninety-one new cases in a single week.

Addition: MCHD reported five new delta cases from Tues July 27th through Friday July 30th.

These minor additions above were added on August 3, 2021 by Reed Sutman

You can download the pamphlet-v2.pdf if you want. The format is weird in order to satisfy the printer to "flip on long edge".

Front Page

Trend in Cases

"For 5 weeks in a row ... then 73 new cases as of July 30th".
See our page about the trend, which links to our outside sources, which are the Macon County Health Department press releases and the IDPH preliminary for July 30th.

Vaccination Rate in Macon County

From IDPH on July 30, 2021

  • Population of 104,712
  • 40,773 vaccinated people
  • 63,939 NOT vaccinated. Not safe.
  • 15,000 children under age 12 who cannot be vaccinated.

Delta Variant in Macon County

"On July 9th, the MC Health Dept ... Brazil P.1.1 variant."

July 27th, Covid Variants

The county health department report details the strains of COVID here locally:

  • 143 cases of B.1.1.7 (UK variant) (2 new)
  • 84 cases of P.1 (Brazil/Gamma variant)
  • 6 cases of B.1.429 (California variant)
  • 5 cases of B.1.617.2 (Delta variant) (4 new)
  • 4 cases of B.1.351 (South Africa variant)
  • 3 cases of P.1.1 (Brazil/Gamma variant) (3 new)
  • 1 case of B.1.427 (California variant)

July 19th, Covid Variants

The county health department report details the strains of COVID here locally:

  • 141 cases of B.1.1.7 (UK variant)
  • 84 cases of P.1 (Brazil variant)
  • 6 cases of B.1.429 (California variant)
  • 4 cases of B.1.351 (South Africa variant)
  • 1 case of B.1.427 (California variant)
  • 1 case of B.1.617.2 (Delta variant)

If Vaccinated

CNN reported on an internal CDC document, which states that if you are vaccinated: (I'm paraphrasing)

  • You're 3 times less likely to contract COVID
  • You're 10 times less likely to get severely ill or die
  • You may still shed the virus at the same rate, posing a huge risk to our community and your loved ones
  • If you are infected, you may not have symptoms, or may have very mild symptoms

109,888 vaccine doses unused in IL

I got this from the IDPH vaccine data page for Macon County. I think I got it on July 31st. It might have been July 30th.

Page 2, Getting Vaccinated

Where

Also, see The County's covid-19 page, which lists several locations

  • Kroger: I went to a couple stores and checked around July 23rd
  • Crossing Healthcare: That's where I got vaccinated
  • Macon County Health Department: I've seen loads of posts on Facebook & their website about vaccination clinics.
  • CVS & Walgreens: Both of their websites. And I've seen signs about getting the vaccine when I've visited CVS.
  • Walmart during pharmacy hours by appointment: I went in Walmart South & found the sign in their pharmacy area, around July 23rd

How

This isn't worth explaining my sourcing.

The Process

This is basically what it was like when I was vaccinated at Crossing Healthcare. It was 4 weeks between shots for me, since I had Moderna. I think Pfizer is 3 weeks.

Page 2 - 4, Quotes & tidbits

'"I'm scared to get the vaccine" ... be safe '

The IDPH line is shared on MCHD's website

"I can't afford it" / its free

All the signs I've seen at stores & on the official web pages from various vaccination clinics.

"I don't want to get sick from the vaccine"

"Covid19 can cause long term lung, heart, and brain damage, ... memory problems & more"

According to Mayo Clinic:

  • 'some people — even those who had mild versions of the disease — continue to experience symptoms after their initial recovery.'
  • Common symptoms that linger over time:
    • Loss of taste and smell
    • Fatigue, shortness of breath, cough, joint pain, chest pain, muscle pain, headache
    • memory problems, concentration, & sleep problems
    • Depression or Anxiety, dizziness when standing, and more
  • 'Heart. Imaging tests taken months after recovery from COVID-19 have shown lasting damage to the heart muscle, even in people who experienced only mild COVID-19 symptoms. This may increase the risk of heart failure or other heart complications in the future.'
  • 'Lungs. The type of pneumonia often associated with COVID-19 can cause long-standing damage to the tiny air sacs (alveoli) in the lungs. The resulting scar tissue can lead to long-term breathing problems.'
  • 'Brain. Even in young people, COVID-19 can cause strokes, seizures and Guillain-Barre syndrome — a condition that causes temporary paralysis. COVID-19 may also increase the risk of developing Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.'
  • 'Many long-term COVID-19 effects still unknown'

According to the CDC

  • 'Even people who did not have COVID-19 symptoms in the days or weeks after they were infected can have post-COVID conditions.'
  • Basically what the Mayo clinic says

"The majority of deaths are those age 60+ ... Its on your hands"

Definitely a bit of interpretation & personal opinion about where responsibility lies in a communal setting (society).

The majority of deaths are those age 60+, though a lot of other people have died. The majority of cases are under age 60. So young people are likely getting sick indescriminately, spreading it to older people, and killing them.

  • IDHP reports statewide deaths being 23,440 people, with these age demographics: (I believe this was July 30th. Maybe July 31)
    • Age 20 or less: 21 deaths
    • Age 20-29: 83 deaths
    • Age 30-39: 283 deaths
    • Age 40-49: 709 deaths
    • Age 50-59: 1,749 deaths
    • Age 60-69: 3,863 deaths
    • Age 70-79: 5,818 deaths
    • Age 80+: 10,914 deaths

You may also see:

"During 2000-2018, measles vaccination prevented an estimated 23.2 million deaths"

From the World Health Organization:

  • in 2018, there were more than 140 000 measles deaths globally, mostly among children under the age of five.
  • Measles vaccination resulted in a 73% drop in measles deaths between 2000 and 2018 worldwide
  • In 2018, about 86% of the world's children received one dose of measles vaccine by their first birthday through routine health services – up from 72% in 2000.
  • During 2000-2018, measles vaccination prevented an estimated 23.2 million deaths making measles vaccine one of the best buys in public health.

"Some children [might require] ..." / "Babies under 1 year"

I originally found the reports at the url https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/children/symptoms.html#children-teens, but the CDC has since re-organized a little bit. Updated links below.

"Some children can get severely ill from COVID-19. They might require hospitalization, intensive care, or a ventilator to help them breathe. In rare cases, they might die."

"Babies under 1 year old and children with certain underlying conditions may be more likely to have severe illness from COVID-19.". "underlying condtions" like asthma, diabetes, sickle cell, heart disease, obesity, and more.

Dying from Covid

Reporting from a Vox Article:

  • '“If your mom or dad or spouse was in the hospital and was very sick, you would be at their bedside holding their hand,” Remy says. With fatal Covid-19, your last meaningful contact with family, before your final hours, might be as you get admitted into the ER, days or weeks before.'
  • Most Covid deaths are in the hospital, isolated from your loved ones. Only about 6% of people die from COVID at home. 10% in long term care facilities.
  • 'Imagine trying to breathe through a very narrow straw, says Jess Mandel, chief of pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine at UC San Diego Health. “You can do that for 15 to 20 seconds, but try doing it for two hours.” Or for days or weeks. '
  • 'Or like a thousand bees stinging them inside their chest. Others might have thick secretions in their lungs that make it feel like they are trying to breathe through muck. Many people say it feels like they’re being smothered. '
  • '“You hear the patients say, ‘I just want to die because this is so excruciating,’” Remy says. “That’s what this virus does.” '
  • '“A lot of patients have told me how isolating and how lonely it is,” Thi says. And many get depressed.'
  • 'All of these challenges have a cumulative effect. “If you can understand being in the hospital for two, three weeks, continuously breathing that fast, not having good interactions with your family because they can’t come and visit you — it’s extremely anxiety-provoking. It’s scary,” Remy says.'
  • 'One reason for this extra risk [of delirium] is that the only people patients see are covered in head-to-toe PPE, often with only their eye area visible behind a shield or goggles, rendering them even more anonymous and unfamiliar.'

Page 4, Take Action

City phone number came from https://www.decaturil.gov/departments/city-administration/.

Talk to your friends & Family, etc etc: Personal advice from me.

Additional Links

These are some articles I found / read while putting the pamphlet together.