#COVID19 INVESTIGATION: The @WHO team in #China investigating the origins of the #Covid19 outbreak is having “constructive” conversations with Chinese representatives @mvankerkhove tells @margbrennan. pic.twitter.com/1KaoutdAX7
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) February 7, 2021
The US administered 1.5 million vaccine shots today, bringing the total to 42 million, or 12.8 doses per 100 people. The 7-day moving average rose to 1.46 million shots per day.
9.8% of Americans have received at least one shot; 2.9% are fully vaccinated. pic.twitter.com/ErhLB0B1Fd
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) February 8, 2021
Biden tells CBS on covid: "The idea that this can be done and we can get to herd immunity much before the end of this summer is very difficult." On Goodell's offer to use NFL stadiums for mass vaccinations: "Absolutely. I tell my team they're available, I believe we'll use them."
— Jenny Leonard (@jendeben) February 7, 2021
The US had +89,691 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the total to over 27.6 million. This was the lowest figure since November 1, and brought the 7-day moving average down to below 117,000 new cases per day. pic.twitter.com/aEHqDbc262
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) February 8, 2021
Yay! A reason to celebrate, but not to be complacent. https://t.co/yQdEI70zyR
— Florian Krammer (@florian_krammer) February 8, 2021
Based on Covid-19 tests and genomes, scientists estimate that B.1.1.7 is doubling in the U.S. every 10 days. It could dominate by March. Public health measures and mass vaccination are crucial right now. Here’s my story for @nytimes https://t.co/xbi6rlDfns
— Carl Zimmer (@carlzimmer) February 7, 2021
Year ago today. https://t.co/SGrH9q7QS7
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) February 6, 2021
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Scientists probing the origins of the coronavirus are wrapping up a lengthy investigation in China and have found “important clues” about a Wuhan seafood market’s role in the outbreak https://t.co/cbtQvxc16E
— Bloomberg (@business) February 8, 2021
Globally, the current coronavirus wave continues to recede. 3.1 million cases were reported this week, which is the lowest figure since October – WHO pic.twitter.com/OgKuBsk4zf
— BNO Newsroom (@BNODesk) February 7, 2021
Covid world map: which countries have the most coronavirus vaccinations, cases and deaths? https://t.co/f52CYeKXUf
— The Guardian (@guardian) February 8, 2021
Russia confirmed 15,916 new coronavirus cases Monday, bringing the total caseload to 3,983,197https://t.co/jM9nwLWcFT
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) February 8, 2021
More than 12 million people in the UK have had their first Covid jab https://t.co/5QvkY6tDso
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 7, 2021
Coronavirus: NI residents face fines for crossing border https://t.co/vra10I1A2K
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 8, 2021
South Africa halts use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. Health officials say it's not effective at stopping the variant https://t.co/p7PSDglYes
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 7, 2021
Brazil plans to buy 30mln vaccine doses from Russia & India. Russia's Sputnik V vaccine—named after the Soviet-era satellite—is reported to be 91.6% effective. India's Covaxin is 2-doses. Until now Brazil had relied on AstraZeneca's vax & one from China https://t.co/ZzgSytNBhn pic.twitter.com/Bz6hI39j1e
— delthia ricks ?? (@DelthiaRicks) February 5, 2021
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Where do vaccine doses go & who gets them? The algorithms decide. Health agencies and hospitals are using different formulas to allocate coronavirus shots, exacerbating disparities in vaccine access https://t.co/gNpyGeHKOn
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 7, 2021
There are large swaths of the US population either unwilling to be vaccinated or unable to be vaccinated (children under 17). And, there's the question of the impact of variants and duration of immunity after infection and recovery.
Link: https://t.co/8XTfQCZWy8— COVID19 (@V2019N) February 7, 2021
Fauci says 'no red flags' seen in 10,000 pregnant women who've received Covid shots so far https://t.co/Oc3kISP8A7
— Dr. Nina L. Shapiro (@drninashapiro) February 7, 2021
Are COVID-sniffing dogs the new way to detect SARSCoV2 infection? Dogs have sensitive noses that detect many odors in concentrations ~1k times lower than humans. What exactly are they smelling? No one's sure. Possibly subtle odors emitted by the infected https://t.co/EJ0VaTkOyj
— delthia ricks ?? (@DelthiaRicks) February 7, 2021
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A California university tries to shield an entire city from coronavirus exposure. The University of California, Davis is providing free testing, masks & quarantine housing to tens of thousands of people who live nearby. https://t.co/94wa4fDDbD
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 8, 2021
How is Alaska leading the nation in vaccinating residents? With boats, ferries, planes and snowmobiles. – The Washington Post https://t.co/EizEc4dc88
— LenaSun (@bylenasun) February 8, 2021
S A F E T Y D A N C E
"We can fly where you want to, we can leave your house behind, but if your friends won't mask and why won't they mask, well they won't fly this airline." ? – @AlaskaAir #MaskUp https://t.co/ILDWNRfYes
— COVID19 (@V2019N) February 8, 2021
The @NFL has told @POTUS that it is making all of its 30 stadiums available as mass coronavirus vaccination sites for the general public.#SuperBowlLVhttps://t.co/bhHjg9PMWN
— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) February 8, 2021
Feels like the two types of COVID posts these days are “Spent Day 373 inside my hermetically-sealed bubble. All supplies are delivered via C-130 airdrop and brought into the bubble via sterilized robot” and “Just got back from another combination orgy/doorknob licking contest.”
— Starfish Who Just Wants To Grill (@IRHotTakes) February 7, 2021
I wear a mask all day, I've got a HEPA filter, and sanitize my hands and work station several times a day, so there isn't anything I can do on my own end besides just… not come in to work
— sean hannity's bottomless pasta pass (@MenshevikM) February 7, 2021
YY_Sima Qian
On 2/7 China reported 0 new domestic confirmed, 1 new domestic asymptomatic case.
Hebei Province:
Hebei Provincial Health Commission did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered & 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There are currently 192 domestic confirmed cases (156 moderate and 36 mild) & 11 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province:
Heilongjiang Province
Heilongjiang Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 37 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 51 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There are currently 350 domestic confirmed (248 moderate and 102 mild) & 320 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.:
Jilin Province
Jilin Province did not report any new domestic positive. 13 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 234 domestic confirmed (5 critical, 8 serious, 166 moderate and 55 mild) & 5 domestic asymptomatic cases:
Shanghai Municipality did not report any domestic positive cases. Currently there are 22 confirmed cases (18 moderate, 4 mild) in the city. 2 residential compounds were re-designated as Low Risk. 1 residential compound remains at Medium Risk.
Dongyang in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, a person who had driven from Xinyang in Henan Province on 1/27, and had previously tested negative at Xinyang on 1/25. He was tested again on 2/6 for work, when he tested “weakly positive”, and diagnosed as asymptomatic. Jihua Municipal Health Commission claimed that they have ruled out infection within Zhejiang Province, no idea how they came to that conclusion. Hopefully there hasn’t been cryptic community transmission at either Jinhua or Xinyang.
Imported Cases:
On 2/7 China reported 14 new imported confirmed cases, 15 imported asymptomatic cases:
Overall in China, 72 confirmed cases recovered, 59 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation and none were reclassified as confirmed cases, and 3,372 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 1,118 active confirmed cases in the country (277 imported), 20 are in critical/serious condition (6 imported), 639 asymptomatic cases (291 imported), 3 suspect cases (all imported). 27,636 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
On 2/8 Hong Kong reported 32 new cases, 4 imported (from Pakistan & the Philippines) and 28 domestic (6 of whom do not have sources of infection identified). There are another 20+ cases preliminarily positive, awaiting retesting for confirmation.
Darkrose
Really pleased at how UC Davis has stepped up. In addition to what they’re doing in the community, I’ve been so impressed with how the university in general, and the library in particular, is constantly communicating with students, staff, and faculty. I have to attribute some of this to the current administration.
David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch
I see Margaret Brennan is pregnant.
She’s an interesting person, irish catholic who studied in Jordan, speaks arabic and married a former marine officer who’s muslim.
It’s everything a republican would hate.
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY yesterday:
188 new cases, 2.6% positivity
428 people in the hospital, 101 people in the ICU
37% available regular beds, 29% available ICU beds
1024 reported deaths.
Two weeks from now we’re going to spike back upwards again, of course.
lowtechcyclist
Given that all but a few of the NFL stadiums were paid for by tax dollars, letting them be used as mass vaccination sites during the off-season when they don’t need them anyway is the absolute least they can do.
Baud
Does anyone know now well the Moderns vaccine works against the SA or UK variants?
WereBear
@lowtechcyclist: My thoughts exactly.
What do you want, a cookie?
Anya
I wouldn’t trust the Russian vaccine. Not because I don’t think Russian scientists are incapable but because I don’t trust Putin. He would do anything, and I mean anything to present himself as a hero or PR. He’s worse than Trump.
@lowtechcyclist: exactly. You’ve built it with our tax money, the least you can do it is make the stadiums available as mass coronavirus vaccination sites.
Robert Sneddon
The Russian vaccine is actually a two-shot combination of existing vaccines, that’s why it was effectively the first vaccine to get put into people’s arms since the treatment had already passed safety tests. How effective it is against COVID-19 is more debatable.
I’m not happy with the one-number efficacy figure (91%! Yay! Only 62%! boo! etc.) bruited about to rate the vaccines being tested and used at the moment. Those numbers come from what the computer trade call “rigged demos”, an artificial test regime involving supposedly-random groups of volunteers who have self-selected as believing in this disease, believing in SCIENCE!!! and probably taking more precautions than the average punter to avoid catching COVID-19 because they are the sort who would volunteer for such a test.
The only real efficacy test comes from putting candidate vaccines into the arms of a lot of people, tens of millions of them and looking at what happens three or six months down the line. We’re only a short way along that discovery path for any vaccine candidate though.
Platonicspoof
@Baud:
Feb. 7th Guardian article:
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Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 numbers. Director-General of Health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 3,100 new cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 245,552 cases. He also reports 24 new deaths today, a grim new record, for a cumulative total of 896 deaths — 0.36% of the cumulative reported total, 0.46% of resolved cases.
There are currently 51,977 active and contagious cases; 282 are in ICU, 134 of them intubated. Meanwhile, 2,340 patients recovered and were discharged, for a cumulative total of 192,679 patients recovered — 78.5% of the cumulative reported total.
Meanwhile, Malaysia’s nationwide R0 as of ysterday is now around 0.92. Of the states and federal territories, Melaka has the highest R0 at 1.17 while Perlis has the lowest at 0.7.
13 new clusters were reported today: Jalan Teknologi, Jalan Sungai Rasa, Persiaran Mokhtar building site, and Persiaran Hulu in Selangor; Sri Menanti, Jalan Harmonium, Jalan Cyber Lima, and Laman Desaru in Johor; Lengkok Pantai in KL; Batu 38 in Sabah; Kampung Tandak in Terengganu; Sebangkoi in Sarawak; and Taman Bukit Petaling in Negeri Sembilan.
Taman Bukit Petaling is a high-risk group cluster. Sebangkoi is a community cluster. The rest are all workplace clusters.
3,099 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 1,196 cases: 509 in older clusters; 80 in Jalan Teknologi, Jalan Sungai Rasa, Persiaran Mokhtar building site, and Persiaran Hulu clusters; 397 close-contact screenings; and 210 other screenings. Johor reports 490 cases: 147 in older clusters; 119 in Sri Menanti, Jalan Harmonium, Jalan Cyber Lima, and Laman Desaru clusters; 94 close-contact screenings; and 130 other screenings. Melaka reports 344 cases: 333 in existing clusters, eight close-contact screenings, and three other screenings. KL reports 294 local cases: 36 in older clusters, 20 in Lengkok Pantai cluster, 130 close-contact screenings, and 108 other screenings. Penang reports 209 cases: 142 in existing clusters, 23 close-contact screenings, and 44 other screenings.
Sabah reports 169 cases: 18 in older clusters, 17 in Batu 38 cluster, 100 close-contact screenings, and 34 other screenings. Negeri Sembilan reports 104 cases: eight in older clusters, four in Taman Bukit Petaling cluster, 57 close-contact screenings, and 35 other screenings.
Sarawak reports 84 cases: six in older clusters, two in Sebangkoi cluster, 44 close-contact screenings, and 32 other screenings. Perak reports 72 cases: 13 in existing clusters, 14 close-contact screenings, and 45 other screenings. Kedah reports 37 cases: seven in existing clusters, 14 close-contact screenings, and 16 other screenings. Kelantan reports 30 cases: one in an existing cluster, 21 close-contact screenings, and eight other screenings. Terengganu reports 30 cases: 10 in older clusters, one in Kampung Tandak cluster, 10 close-contact screenings, and nine other screenings.
Pahang reports 28 cases: 23 in existing clusters, two close-contact screenings, and three other screenings. Putrajaya reports eight cases: two close-contact screenings, and six other screenings. And Perlis reports four cases, all close-contact screenings.
Labuan reports no new cases today.
One new case is imported, in KL.
The 24 deaths reported today are a 79-year-old man in Selangor with diabetes and hypertension; a 53-year-old man in Selsngor with hypertension, obesity, and obstructive sleep apnoea; a 60-year-old man in Sabah with diabetes and hypertension; an 89-year-old man in Sarawak with hypertension and dyslipidaemia; an 89-year-old man in Selangor with diabetes, hypertyension, dyslipidaemia, chronic kidney disease, heart disease, and stroke; a 74-year-old man in Sarawak with no co-morbidities listed; a 64-year-old man in KL with no co-morbidities listed; a 71-year-old woman in Kedah with diabetes; a 44-year-old woman in Kelantanwith hypertension and anaemia; an 88-year-old woman in KL, DOA with diabetes and asthma; an 80-year-old man in Perak with hypertension and dyslipidaemia; a 62-year-old woman in Selangor with diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, chronic kidney disease; an 83-year-old woman in Johor with heart disease; a 59-year-old woman in Johor with diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and heart disease; a 60-year-old woman in Sarawak with diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidaemia; an 84-year-old man in Selangor with hypertension and dyslipidaemia; a 67-year-old man in Selangor with diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease; a 92-year-old woman in Selangor with dementia; a 63-year-old man in Saba, DOA with nerve disease; a 98-year-old man in Penang with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and dementia; a 45-year-old msn in Perak, DOA with no co-morbidities listed; a 50-year-old non-Malaysian man in Melaka, DOA with no co-morbidities listed; a 52-year-old non-Malaysian man in KL, DOA with no co-morbidities listed; and a 48-year-old non-Malaysian woman in Sabah, DOA with diabetes and hypertension.
OzarkHillbilly
The people in the placebo group are the same kind of people.
Rob
The Alaska Air “Safety Dance” video made me grin ear to ear this morning.
Amir Khalid
This was posted in The Guardian’s liveblog a few hours ago:
Baud
@Platonicspoof: Thanks.
Baud
Platonicspoof
@Baud: and others:
Just to reinforce the point about unknowns, Feb. 6 IDSA podcast on variants and vaccines. Haven’t seen a transcript, but looks like you can skip ahead to 13 minute mark / let it run in background.
Basically sounds like too early, studies will be big and complicated, beware of popularized articles, and just get vaccinated and continue non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI).
WaterGirl
@Baud: What I have seen (sorry, no links) about Moderna says it is effective against the variants so far, but they have been coy about saying just how effective it is.
They don’t provide percentages for effectiveness against the variants, so my guess is that it’s not as effective as it is against the original form. Just a guess.
Platonicspoof
Another link (with a lot of comments) on vaccination against the new variants, much of it above my head, but:
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Mary G
The OC popped back up to 1,187 new cases today, regular hospitalizations way down to half of the peak last month, fewer people in ICU, but they are still saying 0.0% beds available, 46 deaths, 10.9% positive tests. A lot more deaths in regular people; I guess we’ve killed off or vaccinated enough of the people in assisted living or skilled nursing facilities to bring those numbers, which have been horrible, down.
@NeenerNeener: The neighbor who usually hosts a Superb Owl party every year held off this time, thank you Dog, but in general, like you, I expect to see another pop up because people are idiots. The younger healthier people who throw those parties won’t have been vaccinated yet.
Sloane Ranger
Late as usual! Yesterday in the UK we had 15,845 new cases. This is a decrease of about 2500 from the day before and a reduction of 24.3% in the rolling 7-day average. Usual weekend warning applies to these and subsequent figures. New cases by nation,
England – 14,466 (down @2000)
Northern Ireland – 334 (down 96)
Scotland – 584 (down @300)
Wales – 461 (down @200).
Deaths – There were 373 new deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday. This is a decrease of 23.3% in the rolling 7-day average. 329 deaths occurred in England, 9 in Northern Ireland, 7 in Scotland and 28 in Wales.
Testing – Not updated.
Hospitalisations – On Thursday, 4th February 29,326 people were in hospital and 3505 were on ventilators on Friday, 5th. The rolling 7-day average for hospital admissions was down by 19.7% on 3rd February.
Vaccinations – As of 6th February, 12,014,288 people had received the 1st shot of a vaccine and 511,447 had received their 2nd shot. Like everyone else, there are concerns about how good the vaccine is against the new variants.
randal m sexton
@Robert Sneddon: Your understanding of the testing regime sees a bit scant, and is leading you to making uniformed statements. The vacs were tested on 2 groups, including a placebo group,and the results speak for themselves. Sure, I did not much trust the initial reports of the Russian vac done by the Russians, but it now has had a large scale peer reviewed test that shows it to be quite good. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/02/02/sputnik-v-russia-lancet/
J R in WV
I suspect we will be wearing masks for the rest of our lives, actually. Which is OK by me, I would rather not have the flu, actually. Have been there, done that, it really sucked hard, even with Tamiflu medication early on.
Hope it catches a life of its own and becomes as common here as it is anywhere else! So pain free, yet saves so much suffering.