The way Americans have unified around coronavirus response over the past few months has truly been kind of remarkable.https://t.co/L4nh64Esli pic.twitter.com/gwCLCbTQ70
— Ariel Edwards-Levy (@aedwardslevy) May 11, 2020
Guidance from the CDC outlined ways for communities to decide when to shut down during future flareups of COVID-19. The AP has obtained additional details about the guidance, which was shelved by the Trump administration. https://t.co/YHSesvJz09
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 13, 2020
Follow @Reuters liveblog for the latest developments around the coronavirus outbreak https://t.co/cEBwkonfeh pic.twitter.com/TGHr079PsT
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 13, 2020
Thankfully, daily deaths seem to be significantly falling over the past few days. This is heavily influenced by the progress in NJ and NY, which together represent about a quarter of daily deaths most days, and fell to just 268 together yesterday, out of a total of 1,008. pic.twitter.com/lFrB0kY8iN
— The face toucher (@JonIsAwesomest) May 12, 2020
Researchers revise U.S. COVID-19 death forecast upward again https://t.co/GOIMF4BQyv pic.twitter.com/qWuv1lbutg
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 13, 2020
Far too many people, including @WhiteHouse , imagine #COVID19 swept across America from Wuhan, to Seattle, all the way to NYC. No. There were multiple introductions of virus, from many places, causing separate outbreaks.
Crucial to seeing what 2nd wave(s) will be. https://t.co/gqDpECfYKG— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) May 13, 2020
For the whole (fascinating! thread, click the tweet below:
@BennettHolSmith @PurgeGlobalists Here’s your unroll: https://t.co/Sv1Mb3hcZZ
— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) May 12, 2020
Now that’s three CDC studies—from a Chinese restaurant, a Korean call center, and an American choir practice—all finding that talking, laughing, singing in close quarters, in unventilated interiors, for many hours, is the perfect storm for a COVID super-spreader event. pic.twitter.com/PdpAmXlBY8
— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) May 12, 2020
Months ago, my Russian colleagues were saying the Putin govt was telling the public the coronavirus was all fake news. Fake no more. “?? now has more confirmed cases — 232,000 — than anywhere in the world outside of the United States” #COVID19 https://t.co/Sh4DJMn65b
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) May 12, 2020
Putin, like Trump, is really having trouble getting the hang of this social distancing thing. Here he is today with Rosneft CEO Sechin on the very same day his spokesman ended up in the hospital with #coronavirus. https://t.co/EiCv20wGbn pic.twitter.com/imugy6hhHI
— Andrew S. Weiss (@andrewsweiss) May 12, 2020
A major database leak from China may give us better insight into the accuracy of their public coronavirus statistics, @isaacstonefish writes in @ForeignPolicy https://t.co/pcz7LbzSKO
— James "Stay In. Make Masks. Test People" Palmer (@BeijingPalmer) May 13, 2020
Each of those updates contains the information about a particular location – from hospitals to hotels – at a particular moment, each involving normally a number of cases. But there are multiple time sequences for each one, and some cases probably cross over between locations.
— James "Stay In. Make Masks. Test People" Palmer (@BeijingPalmer) May 13, 2020
the NE is very much the new risk zone in China right now https://t.co/eHA0DGB4h6
— James "Stay In. Make Masks. Test People" Palmer (@BeijingPalmer) May 13, 2020
Reuters: Vice Mayor Gai Dongping told reporters during a briefing that Jilin authorities will step up measures to curb and contain the virus. The city has already said it will temporarily suspend departing or transiting passenger rail services at a key train station.
— Vincent Lee (@Rover829) May 13, 2020
South Korea sticks with virus lockdown rollback despite nightclub outbreak https://t.co/bUKDMM4kGe pic.twitter.com/r5mdZPc5yE
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 13, 2020
Emerging cluster in Hong Kong could derail plans to reopen schools. Part of that cluster: A 66-year-old grandmother & her school-age granddaughter https://t.co/LXh4cxvU7o via @scmpnews
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 13, 2020
Gaming firm Razer to roll out mask vending machines in Singapore https://t.co/LTkwQ7H1Re pic.twitter.com/PgMBdhlUq2
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 13, 2020
Nomikai, or drinking gatherings, are seen by many Japanese as central to building strong relationships among friends and workmates to bond. With bars and pubs still shut, a Japanese video chat website is taking nomikai online https://t.co/BR7VCMgLul pic.twitter.com/AuexcfqpeQ
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 13, 2020
India's PM Narendra Modi announces $260bn economic package to help country cope with lockdown https://t.co/z3RmuvhAy6
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 12, 2020
Europe is reopening but some key protections needed to do that safely — contact tracing, antibody tests and widely available masks — are lacking. https://t.co/RpcQp9AE5f
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) May 13, 2020
"It never finishes." Debilitating symptoms can last long after a person’s body has gotten rid of the coronavirus, a reality Italians are now confronting. https://t.co/k54wCeZhGs
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 11, 2020
Germany's coronavirus reproduction rate dips below critical threshold https://t.co/GcMiobBwTK pic.twitter.com/3joUYXAAhd
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 13, 2020
For the first time, COVID-19 has been confirmed in a crowded civilian protection camp in South Sudan’s capital, a worrying development in a country that’s one of the world’s least prepared for the virus’s spread. https://t.co/Q4U9esD0Y6
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 12, 2020
Brazil's coronavirus cases pass Germany's as Bolsonaro fights to open gyms https://t.co/miVAgeFsUk pic.twitter.com/f1MM2XxNb1
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 13, 2020
First Brazil coronavirus death happened almost two months earlier than previously thought, say researchershttps://t.co/1dQRnYKhNe
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 12, 2020
More comprehensive drug roundup than the title portrays:
A tale of two Japanese drugs in tests to fight COVID-19 https://t.co/XbEowkmEY4 pic.twitter.com/KySi0WV78c
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 13, 2020
UK researchers try to crack genetic riddle of COVID-19 https://t.co/8L5Y7rmVW1 pic.twitter.com/TqsCG1nrEl
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 13, 2020
Los Angeles County warning to keep 'stay home' order through July leaves Californians stunned @nickwattcnn reports pic.twitter.com/vYvqh2e2tf
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) May 12, 2020
California’s state university system, the largest in the United States, cancels fall classes as Fauci warns of reopening too soon https://t.co/VYOFJYqD8V via @DanWhitcomb @SharonBernstein pic.twitter.com/WGWjKp7mMb
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 13, 2020
Governor Andrew Cuomo called on New Yorkers to wear masks as a sign of respect to essential workers and people around them. For live updates: https://t.co/NmbjpgZwgT pic.twitter.com/Fe0LM3aqqb
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 13, 2020
this is the same dude who threw a fit after like three days of a toddler-weak US lockdown because real men want to catch covid for Christ
— James "Stay In. Make Masks. Test People" Palmer (@BeijingPalmer) May 13, 2020
"It'll disappear by May" <– NOPE
"It's just the flu" <– NOPE
"You've probably already had it" <– NOPE
"HCQ cures it" <– NOPE
"Injecting disinfectants might cure it" <– NOPE
"Everywhere is safe to reopen now" <– Hmm maybe this one will be true? Can't know till we try
— Go to www.testandtrace.com ? (@Noahpinion) May 12, 2020
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s daily numbers: 37 new cases, 33 from local infection and four from Malaysians returned from abroad; total 6,779. 58 more patients recovered, total 5,281 or 77.9% of all cases reported. Of 1,387 active cases, 16 are in ICU of whom four are on ventilators. Two deaths, total 111; case fatality rate 2.06%.
Per Director-General of Health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, one of the deaths was a 30-year-old man found dead at home in Rompin, Negeri Sembilan. It is not yet known how he got infected; police and the local health department are investigating.
Dr Noor Hisham also noted that Malaysia’s R0 number has come down from 3.55 at the start of the pandemic to 0.35. He credited this achievement both to the government’s efforts and to the good social discipline shown by Malaysians. He also reminded everyone that both must continue until Covid-19 is finally beaten.
in other news, Senior Minister for National Security Ismail Sabry announced that Government offices and service counters are reopened effective today, subject to SOPs to ensure social distancing.
terben
From the Australian Dept of Health:
‘As at 3:00pm on 13 May 2020, a total of 6,975 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Australia, including 98 deaths and 6,271 have been reported as recovered from COVID-19.
Over the past week, there has been an average of 15 new cases reported each day. Of the newly reported cases, the majority have been from Victoria.
To date, over 909,000 tests have been conducted nationally. Of those tests conducted 0.8% have been positive.’
These data represent an increase of 13 new cases and one death since yesterday. The latest death was that of another passenger from the Ruby Princess. There have now been 28 cruise ship related deaths out of the 98 deaths in Australia.
OzarkHillbilly
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services:
You are soooo fucked.
Aleta
(Impressive document) NYC United Against Coronavirus – Resources and Information
Puerto Rico’s DIY Disaster Relief, by Molly Crabapple
https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2017/11/17/puerto-ricos-diy-disaster-relief/
low-tech cyclist
Infection rates were climbing at Nebraska meatpacking plants. Then health officials stopped reporting the numbers.
More than a thousand have been infected at meatpacking plants, but state officials won’t say which ones.
Throw Ricketts into Gitmo and leave him there until he rots.
ETA: There ought to be a goddamned Federal policy about protecting people against the virus in places like meat-packing plants and nursing homes. Just one more reason why the blood is ultimately on Trump’s hands, as well as Ricketts’ and the people who run the meat-packing plants, who also are “protecting the workers’ privacy” by refusing to release their own numbers.
YY_Sima Qian
Jilin City in Jilin Province reported 6 new domestic confirmed cases and 1 new domestic asymptomatic case. All but 1 of the cases are in the same Fengman district that has previously reported cases, and 1 case is in Shulan, which is an outlying township within Jilin City. The center of the outbreak is still Shulan, with Patient 1 a custodian at a police precinct. One of the confirmed cases lived in the officer dormitory (possibly a police officer), who spread COVID-19 to the Fengman district in urban Jilin City. To date, 367 close contacts have been traced and placed under quarantine. One of the confirmed cases is a cleaning staff at a local hotel, and another confirmed case went to an indoor wedding at Jiaohe city in Jilin Province. So, more close contacts will be identified and expect more cases to be reported from Jilin Province in the coming days. Jiaohe has required all wedding quests to self-quarantine for 21 days. Shulan is requiring anyone who plans to travel outside of the township to produce a negative PCR test within 2 days of the date of travel.
So far, no additional cases have been reported among the close contacts of the confirmed case exported from Shulan to Shenyang in Liaoning Province. Hopefully, the authorities have identified and isolated close contacts early enough, before the infected cases become very infectious. This is why rigorous and efficient contact tracing, at a high capacity, is prerequisite to “re-opening”,
Wuhan did not add any new domestic confirmed cases yesterday, but the city appears to be serious about screening every resident in short order. There is still some confusion and uncertainty, but each district government has been requested to draw up plans to conduct PCR and antibody tests for each resident within the district in 10 days. The start dates for each district might be staggered to reduce loading on lab capacity, but just sample collection will be a huge undertaking. Wuchang District is supposed to have started today. Not sure if the authorities plan to draw blood samples from the veins for the antibody tests, or use the finger prick rapid tests (that generally have poor specificity). For PCR tests, the authorities could also run group samples to reduce the need for lab capacity, but there is no reporting yet that this is indeed planned. Wuhan has already PCR tested 1.58M people since the end of the lock down on Apr. 8. However, it appears those have been tested in the past 7 days will be exempted from the mass screening, which is only 400K – 450K people.
There are differing opinions in China concerning the necessity of such a mass screen. Some health care experts (including those from the National Health Commission) do not believe such mass screening is necessary, and testing resources should instead by concentrated on communities with cases and close contacts. All residents of the compound with the new cluster are already being screened. Other epidemiologists and most economists believe the resource expenditure is worthwhile, to determine the actual state of the COVID-19 underneath the surface, and alleviate the residual concerns that the rest of the country still hold toward Wuhan, and required if the 1+ million university students are to return to the city any time soon. Apparently, such a 100% mass screen was considered prior to the end of the lock down on Apr. 8, but it was deemed too steep a challenge. Instead, Wuhan’s testing regime has been focused on those who are returning to work, who are traveling outside of Wuhan, medical staff, in-patient admission, school staff, prisons and retirement homes. I suppose the new cluster of confirmed cases, and unknown risk posed by the 10 – 20 asymptomatic cases that continue to be identified daily, drove the authorities to bite the bullet.
Politically, this massive undertaking is also likely an attempt by the relatively new Wuhan administration to showcase their abilities and determination. It is also a chance for the CCP regime to demonstrate domestically and internationally its governance capacity and competence, especially in light of the Trump administration’s boasting of the US’ testing numbers. For some reason, China has not published testing quantities at the national level. Some provincial and municipal health commissions do report the daily testing figures in their updates, but not the National Health Commission. Perhaps with the poor sensitivities of the early PCR tests, as well as the fact that multiple tests are needed to confirm both infection and recovery, it was deemed less relevant. I am quite sure China’s cumulative PCR tests far outstrip the US’. The province of Guangdong alone has PCR tested 6.79M people (some with multiple tests) from the start of the epidemic to May 13. Guangzhou and Wuhan have both been testing all students and school staff (graduating classes only for low and upper middle schools) in advance of resuming in-class instruction.
I am not sure if the US figure is PCR only, or includes antibodies.
Shalimar
I’m pretty sure WWI soldiers wore masks because of the extensive use of mustard gas and other nerve agents. Even using that statement’s profoundly fucked up internal logic, it’s still stupid.
Amir Khalid
@YY_Sima Qian:
Testing entire populations hasn’t been needed in Malaysia. It’s a brute-force approach to finding new cases, and seems an inefficient use of testing resources. My understanding is that the smart way to go is test, trace, isolate — TTI, as it’s been called. The Health Ministry here has been doing TTI all along.
YY_Sima Qian
@Amir Khalid: Test, trace and isolateThat is what the rest of China is doing, see the containment of clusters at Harbin, Mudanjiang, Qingdao, and Jilin City. However, Wuhan had widespread community spread during its outbreaks, I believe the authorities fear the COVID-19 embers could reignite at any time, and require economically damaging shutdown measures. It will be interesting to see how Italy, Spain, France and UK fare as they loosen restrictions.
YY_Sima Qian
I was just notified by management of my residential compound to sign up for the free mass screening on APP. Timing is not yet determined, but likely next Monday. Medical teams will come to the compound to collect the samples. So it is really happening.
Bill Arnold
@Amir Khalid:
What are the realities of mask wearing in Malaysia? I’ve read that they were distributed to each household, but that use is not encouraged? And how tight is the lockdown?
NY State’s new case numbers per day continue to drop and NY State has had a mandatory mask order since April 17. A lot of businesses are open – food, petrol, drugstores, convenience stores, etc. Compliance is 100 percent (observed) and it is unobtrusive; people just pull them out and put them on before entering a store, not much more effort than locking the car and less effort than finding a parking spot.
low-tech cyclist
And how cowardly those WWI soldiers were to hide in trenches! Because we’re brave, we 21st century folk refuse to dig trenches for protection against the coronavirus!
Enhanced Voting Techniques
I wonder if any of the Masters of the Universe, let the little people die types, realize the typical staff meeting the are so found of is the perfect conditions for spreading the virus; stale are, a lot of people close together for hours on end and someone talking loudly.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
@Shalimar: In WWII all armies tried to equip their soldiers with gas masks and those armies like the Chines Nationalist and the Soviets who couldn’t afford it, had poison gas used on them.