Update: Delta’s Demand Curve

At the end of May when the UK — mostly England — began to experience increasing Delta-driven hospitalizations, both the USA and Israel still had a month more of declining covid-related hospital admissions.

After about eight weeks of sharply increased hospitalizations, England plateaued. Seven weeks into their own surge, the USA and Israel are seeing some softening. Will it continue? Will that plateau be replicated?

The chart below uses a logarithmic scale to better visualize the statistical ratios of three very differently sized populations.