Uptick Observed in Summer COVID-19 Cases

Medical personnel check the temperature of a man getting a COVID-19 test in a file photo. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States spiked during this summer, compared to the previous months.

For the week ending July 15, there were 7,109 new COVID-19 hospital admissions, up 10.3 percent from 6,444 admissions a week back, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This is the highest number of admissions since the week ending June 3. Meanwhile, the percentage of emergency department visits that were diagnosed with COVID-19 was at 0.78 percent on July 24, up from 0.52 percent a month prior.

The latest figures follow months of largely declining trends in COVID-19 numbers across the United States after a wave of infections in winter.

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Some experts suggest that the ongoing heat waves may be a reason behind the recent jump in COVID numbers. The temperature could be forcing people to stay indoors in air-conditioned spaces, an environment where the virus is known to more easily transmit.

But despite the recent jump, COVID numbers remain well below historic levels. For instance, hospitalizations a year ago for the week ending July 23 was 44,728, which is more than six times the current admissions.

Similarly, the percentage of emergency department visits diagnosed with COVID-19 on July 28, 2022, was 4.72 percent, which is also over six times the current rate.

Meanwhile, CDC spokesperson Kathleen Conley has dismissed the need for any alarm over the recent surge.

“The U.S. has experienced increases in COVID-19 during the past three summers, so it’s not surprising to see an uptick … U.S. COVID-19 rates are still near historic lows after seven months of steady declines,” she said in a statement.

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COVID-19 hospital admission levels are “low” at virtually all counties, below the threshold where CDC recommends steps to curb the virus, the spokesperson added.

Only in one region did hospitalizations in the recent week not rise compared to the previous week—the Midwestern region that spans Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

Vaccine Recommendation Persists

Despite increasing evidence on the harms of COVID vaccination, the CDC continues to recommend them for every citizen aged 6 months or older.

Children aged 6 months to 4 years are being recommended to receive two or three doses of mRNA vaccines, with children aged five years recommended one or two doses. Individuals aged six and older are recommended one dose.

“There is currently no FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccine for children younger than age 6 months. CDC recommends that people stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccination,” the agency said in its most recent May 12 update.

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According to the CDC, all current mRNA COVID-19 vaccines available in the United States are “bivalent vaccines.”

Bivalent vaccines have two components, one which corresponds to the original strain of the virus and the second one to a later strain. The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in America use the original strain of the virus and the Omicron strain.

The CDC continues to recommend vaccinations in an environment of low COVID-19 cases even though several experts have warned about the potential negative effects of such vaccinations.

Vaccination Harms

A study published in August 2022 (pdf) found “irrefutable proof of causality” that mRNA vaccines cause vascular and organ damage. The two most widely used COVID-19 vaccines in the United States—Pfizer and Moderna—are mRNA vaccines.

Researchers also found that mRNA vaccines don’t just stay at the injection site. Instead, they travel throughout the body, accumulating in various organs.

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Such COVID-19 vaccines induce long-lasting expression of the virus’ spike protein in many organs, thus paving the way for autoimmune-like inflammation. This can result in serious organ damage that can sometimes even lead to death.

“This study, by the type of dyes they use, shows irrefutable proof that the spike protein goes everywhere—heart, ovary, liver, spleen—and to a lesser extent, testes,” Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, an expert in vaccine damage, told The Epoch Times at the time. “This is what leads to multi-organ system failure. This is what leads to infertility in women.”

“Those of us who warned of the dangers of these COVID shots were widely censored and ridiculed,” said Dr. Christiane Northrup, former fellow in the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. “I wish we had been wrong. We weren’t. And we finally have irrefutable proof.”

In February, Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo issued an alert about the adverse effects of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.

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“In Florida alone, there was a 1,700 percent increase in VAERS reports after the release of the COVID-19 vaccine, compared to an increase of 400 percent in overall vaccine administration for the same time period,” the alert said. “The reporting of life-threatening conditions increased over 4,400 percent.”

A report published by global macro investment firm Phinance Technologies in March estimated that COVID-19 vaccine damages led to 26 million Americans getting injured last year, costing the economy almost $150 billion.

In addition to the injuries, the report estimated that there were 310,000 excess deaths as well as 1.36 million disabilities arising from the vaccination.