i can't pretend this ad from Nashville public library isn't a lil dope. if you're gonna do curbside, this seems like an ok system. pic.twitter.com/QlGXVzgTq1
— ????????? ?? ???????? (@blackgirldating) June 7, 2020
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Just as twitter is not real life, real life is uh…also not real life. Those pictures you see of people out in the streets, either at protests or in Vegas casinos, hide a whole lot of national unease with returning to daily life mid-pandemic https://t.co/znTbgtU21b pic.twitter.com/SnNm4PoNW1
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) June 8, 2020
Shutdowns prevented 60 million coronavirus infections in the U.S. alone, according to a new study https://t.co/uPAu9JFbLQ
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) June 8, 2020
The World Health Organization said the pandemic is still worsening globally, with more than 136,000 new cases reported worldwide on Sunday, the most in a single day so far https://t.co/H4WI5MNMbx pic.twitter.com/5zSZQweOhF
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 9, 2020
With almost 7M #COVID19 cases & 400K deaths globally, this is not the time for any country to take its foot off the pedal. We urge active:
-surveillance to ensure the virus does not rebound
-finding, isolating, testing & caring for every case
-tracing & quarantining every contact https://t.co/B7po1dAN3F— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) June 8, 2020
Trending on twitter, as of 2:30am:
This letter comes on the day after the chief clinical officer of #Arizona's largest health system — Banner Health — said ICU bed occupancy was growing, and that if current trends continued would exceed capacity @stephanieinnes reports https://t.co/s224Yj6stf
— Andrew Oxford (@andrewboxford) June 8, 2020
*Now* they figure it out!
This past weekend, @AZDHS reported the highest number of #COVID19 inpatients in Arizona hospitals.
77% of ICU beds are in use and we need your help to keep our hospitals from being overwhelmed.
You can help flatten the curve with these prevention tips from the CDC: (1/2) pic.twitter.com/nbMCRMh6lk
— Gilbert, Arizona (@GilbertYourTown) June 8, 2020
BREAKING: Texas has never had more people hospitalized for COVID-19 than it is reporting today. We have 1,935 people hospitalized and over the last 7 days are averaging 1,836 patients per day. During the previous 7 days we we averaging 1,681 over 7-day period.
— Jeremy Wallace (@JeremySWallace) June 8, 2020
This comes less than a week after Gov. Greg Abbott announced bars, amusement parks and carnivals could open to 50 percent capacity.
— Jeremy Wallace (@JeremySWallace) June 8, 2020
New analysis.
Texas re-opened early, without requiring masks. Things are looking bad.
NB: chart shows hospitalizations, not cases, so this is not a side-effect of increased testing. pic.twitter.com/wKNMUL56BY
— Jeremy #Masks4All Howard (@jeremyphoward) June 8, 2020
Judge dismisses lawsuit against Michigan governor over coronavirus orders https://t.co/EF9iCCh4bz pic.twitter.com/QN8lL3NLdk
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 9, 2020
CDC wants states to count ‘probable’ #coronavirus cases & deaths, but most aren’t doing it, leading to a possible undercount. Although probable cases were traditionally counted in other infections, many CDC procedures have changed for the worst under Trump https://t.co/VRqLk2xubf
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) June 9, 2020
A U.S. Navy investigation has found that around 60% of sailors aboard the Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier had antibodies for the coronavirus, suggesting a far higher infection rate than previously known https://t.co/ew7lnyuM0X pic.twitter.com/soBoJLm2tl
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 9, 2020
Lockdowns have saved more than three million lives in Europe, study estimates https://t.co/EcMufgSUsf
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 9, 2020
Russia has declared victory over Covid, even though new cases in Moscow are still around 2,000 daily.
The final restrictions will be lifted just before voting begins on Putin's constitutional changes that could let him rule until 2036 – a politically expedient end to lockdown. https://t.co/zBPqbCYpIn
— max seddon (@maxseddon) June 8, 2020
As Moscow lifts its #coronavirus lockdown, one Russian paper today declares "Life returns". But other papers are warning that the lifting of lockdown is "for political, not medical reasons” & that the R number in Moscow (0.93) remains high. #ReadingRussia @BBCNews @BBCWorld pic.twitter.com/TavLRUeXkt
— Steve Rosenberg (@BBCSteveR) June 9, 2020
Over half of people tested in Italy's Bergamo have COVID-19 antibodies https://t.co/Px06rRqOvP pic.twitter.com/GPqCkHmx2c
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 9, 2020
Vietnam plans to resume flights to some virus-free countries https://t.co/ZsE9uc8AoS pic.twitter.com/3Sk9p0ex7q
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 9, 2020
South Africa's president says he is worried over the rapid rise of COVID-19 cases and says his country is racing to prepare for increased hospitalizations and deaths. https://t.co/eal7RX42ZU
— AP Africa (@AP_Africa) June 8, 2020
In an ominous sign, countries with millions of poor people and shaky health care systems are easing their coronavirus lockdowns even as their outbreaks are still raging. https://t.co/neLRSxORoX
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) June 9, 2020
Mexico reports nearly 3,000 new coronavirus cases, total infections at 120,000 https://t.co/hht0mDebVR pic.twitter.com/Wa3XUP11Vw
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 9, 2020
Coronavirus: New Zealand cuts research in Antarctica to keep it virus free https://t.co/RMiCKupttv
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 9, 2020
Test developed in the UK now confirms #COVID19-linked syndrome that triggers rare Kawasaki-like symptoms in children. Newly emerged condition is called pediatric inflammatory multi-system syndrome. A few months ago it didn't exist. Condition can be fatal https://t.co/oWTqzYbxTZ pic.twitter.com/Q07PjdJwaQ
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) June 8, 2020
The novel coronavirus might have been spreading in China as early as August 2019, according to Harvard research based on satellite images of hospital travel patterns and search engine data https://t.co/SXsxYVH3Ny pic.twitter.com/Ux08aHixMn
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 9, 2020
A new mother had to wait 55 days to meet her baby because she kept testing positive for #Covid19. Testing recovered patients by PCR isn't giving us the information we need about when people who've had covid stop being infectious. https://t.co/ECbbUCcZpa
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) June 8, 2020
MUST READ analysis of the U.S. "Warp-Speed" #COVID19 #vaccine effort, warns that rushing may be dangerous and: "An effective vaccine that is too complex to make in bulk, or is difficult to formulate, is highly unstable without
refrigeration or freezing, is challenging…"
MORE— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) June 7, 2020
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"…are best tackled by the melding of minds irrespective of wherever the bodies are geographically located. Will this happen? We hope so, but fear it may not."
From John Moore @WeillCornell @GaviSeth @sciencecohen @greg_folkers https://t.co/s8pkdinBMk— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) June 7, 2020
This is the kind of nightmare I’m talking about:https://t.co/H0JXYPR22H
— Dx Mx (@venivelovici) June 8, 2020
What an interesting rabbit hole to take a tumble into: When do epidemiologists expect to be able to resume activities we used to take for granted. #Covid19https://t.co/HpWlYCCwmn
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) June 8, 2020
“I don’t know if it’s ever going to be like it was." New York City gradually began reopening Monday in a turning point in the three-month-long pandemic crisis and an important test of the city’s discipline. https://t.co/4cV6J2xHnW
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 8, 2020
rikyrah
A lot of those pictures terrify me??
we were not ready to re-open.
opiejeanne
@rikyrah: Agreed, those pictures are scary.
We are definitely not ready to reopen in Washington, and yet even the worst-hit counties: King, Snohomish, and Pierce, all started a stage 1 opening: Restaurants’ indoor capacity only half allowed, barber shops and salons are open but capacity is restricted, etc. I’ve been keeping track of the daily numbers, both new cases and deaths, and the cases are still increasing.
mrmoshpotato
Show us on the doll where COVID-19 destroyed your lungs because you’re a moron who doesn’t believe in facts and science.
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s daily numbers, which are really good today. Seven new cases: one from local infection involving a foreign worker being screened ahead of commencing work, six imported infections in Malaysians returning from abroad. Total 8,336 cases.
A whopping 281 more patients recovered, total 6,975 recovered or 83.7% of all cases. Of 1,244 active and contagious cases in hospital, six are in ICU of whom one is on a ventilator. No new deaths, total still 117 deaths. Infection fatality rate 1.4%, case fatality rate 1.65%.
Sab
So nearly half of Americans do not love their children, apparently. Uneasy with flying, but okay withe sending the kids back to school.
danielx
Starting to think about labeling masks with the statement “I am an asymptomatic Covid-19 carrier”.
Mary G
@mrmoshpotato: In the words of our last good president,
“Please proceed, MAGAts.”
Amir Khalid
@rikyrah:
It worries me that a lot of countries are rushing to reopen when their numbers are nowhere near good enough. It seems to be driven by lockdown fatigue.
NotMax
Covid trumps covfefe.
Amir Khalid
Re The NYT opinion piece: it seems like the USA’s big obstacle in fighting Covid-19 is that President Trump regularly says/does something self-serving that soon turns out to be stupid and dangerous. Not many other countries have such a leader to deal with.
NotMax
@Amir Khalid
American deceptionalism.
mrmoshpotato
@Mary G: Dying from COVID-19 to own the libs!
ETA – Owned The Libs Hill Cemetery making Sad Hill* look quaint.
*See The Good The Bad and The Ugly.
mrmoshpotato
How soon? The picosecond after Dump is finished bellowing the stupid shit?
JPL
@mrmoshpotato: Unfortunately they are going to infect the good guys also.
Amir Khalid
Boris Johnson’s plan to reopen schools in England this month is going awry. Oh dear.
mrmoshpotato
@JPL: Yup. Selfish, idiotic assholes. (Sigh.)
mrmoshpotato
NPL at the Grammys: We would like to thank “Books! Check ’em out!”, Vanilla Ice and Freddie Mercury.
Sloane Ranger
It’s probably testament to my lack of taste but I love that Nashville Public Library advert. It made me smile and I love teddy bears! I blame it on too much Andy Pandy and Sooty and Sweep as a child.
As for Boris Johnson, the best that can be said for him is that he’s not as bad as Trump. Unfortunately, that’s an extremely low bar.
NotMax
@Amir Khalid
Dare one call it … harrowing?
;)
mrmoshpotato
@Sloane Ranger:
So slightly less dirt burying the bar that Boris can’t clear?
Sab
@Sloane Ranger: I also love that ad, but I thought they were mice.
Sloane Ranger
@Sab: OK, looking at them again more closely I think you’re right. The ears and pointed noses don’t seem quite right for teddies.
terben
From the Australian Dept of Health:
‘As at 3:00pm on 9 June 2020, a total of 7,267 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Australia, including 102 deaths and 6,720 have been reported as recovered from COVID-19.
2 new cases today in NSW. 19 cases in hospital, 2 in ICU.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
Like Russia, Mexico and Brazil.
zzyzx
That Italy article is the result I was hoping for. I was so terrified that tests would be closer to 5% than 50%. If that can be confirmed by other studies, then we can change a lot of our beliefs about the fatality rate and likelihood for new waves in heavily hit places.
Eural Joiner
Interesting story from my son that may indicate some of what is going on: he is (now distant!) friends with a boy he went to high school with. His friend walked with his family from Hondorus around the age of 7 and is – as far as I can tell – a completely undocumented worker in Atlanta, living in a very large undocumented worker community for construction sites. He’s been sick for the past 2 weeks with a variety of symptoms and went to a doc-in-the-box where he tested negative for the flu.
According to him EVERYONE in that community has it but can’t afford to stop working in Atlanta’s underground undocumented labor market. So wider spread than acknowledged in a large number of people who aren’t being counted or tracked.
(Side note – they also hold crazy, conspiracy views on just about everything and seem to have a large anti-semitic streak)
J R in WV
@Amir Khalid:
Brazil, Hungary, Poland, Russia, India… I’m sure there are others, but that’s what comes to mind instantly.
ETA: Great Britain, actually….!!!!