WATCH: Mask revelers celebrate a muted Venice Carnival pic.twitter.com/2NSFtz3Adl
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 13, 2021
The US administered 1.8 million vaccine shots today, bringing the total to 53.8 million, or 16.4 doses per 100 people. The 7-day moving average rose to 1.69 million shots per day. 11.8% of Americans have received at least one shot; 4.4% are fully vaccinated. pic.twitter.com/Q2tVyQ0sv5
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) February 15, 2021
In the just over 6 weeks since 2021 began, more than 140,000 people in the United States have died from #Covid19.
Numbers like these are hard to fathom, so think of it this way. It's as if the population of Pasadena, Calif., or of Dayton, Ohio, had been killed by Covid. pic.twitter.com/jdGhTszWAZ— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) February 15, 2021
The US had +64,297 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the total to over 28.2 million, the lowest figure since October 20. The 7-day moving average fell to below 93,000 new cases per day, its lowest level since November 3 (Election Day). pic.twitter.com/BU6AhiEgqX
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) February 15, 2021
It’s 150 million now https://t.co/nfduQzLgZs
— Dustin Moskovitz (@moskov) February 14, 2021
Average daily new coronavirus cases in the U.S. have dipped below 100,000 for the first time since early November. The seven-day rolling average was well above 200,000 for much of December and January, according to Johns Hopkins University. https://t.co/y1iSE0SxCJ
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 14, 2021
Ironically, we haven't got down to the peak of the first 2 surges in the United States, yet so many states are relaxing their mitigation measures or never implemented any
(While we've watched the impact of B.1.1.7 in UK, Israel, Ireland, Portugal, thinking it can't happen here) pic.twitter.com/VT41W18zAE
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) February 15, 2021
it’s pretty clear that covid cases spiked after thanksgiving and christmas and then had a huge drop. it’s crazy how the thing that was going to happen did end up happening. just mind boggling.
— Peloton InfoSec Analyst (Incident Response) (@CalmSporting) February 14, 2021
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Coronavirus: Is the pandemic finally coming to an end in India? https://t.co/HmPmsxIllV
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 15, 2021
South Korea eases coronavirus curbs, to announce vaccine plan https://t.co/h671iXY71U pic.twitter.com/H6KUzJLZOH
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 15, 2021
Japan has formally approved its first COVID-19 vaccine and says it will start nationwide inoculations within days, but months behind the U.S. and many other countries. https://t.co/zIAREYJDrZ
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 14, 2021
Japan's economy shrinks 4.8% in 2020 due to Covid https://t.co/OyDIPsmp8z
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 15, 2021
Russia confirmed 14,207 new coronavirus cases Monday, bringing the total caseload to 4,086,090https://t.co/vu0sVMtJVo
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) February 15, 2021
As new variants spread in France, some health officials want a 3rd lockdown. Tougher masking rules have been ordered now that the B117 variant, in particular, is causing a large majority of coronavirus cases around the French port city of Dunkirk https://t.co/rV478c4HJV pic.twitter.com/sK3XqZy8KS
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 14, 2021
Britain hits a key goal: Offering at least 1 COVID-19 shot to 15 million people, about 22% of its population. Now the government has a battle on its hands over when to lift a national lockdown. https://t.co/0nOhVS9Cuy
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) February 14, 2021
New Zealand health officials say they’ve found no evidence the coronavirus has spread further in Auckland, raising hopes the restrictions of a new three-day lockdown might be short-lived. https://t.co/OZJWWVKF1R
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 15, 2021
Zimbabwe receives 200,000 doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines https://t.co/6gkyiYCf2B pic.twitter.com/MZdM5zgDT9
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 15, 2021
UN Security Council is going to debate global vaccine access: https://t.co/6C11H2w7DJ They're reporting it was Britain's request. Don't know about that, but the Vatican called for it in early February https://t.co/UiKMtWDiMq
— Hilda Bastian, PhD (@hildabast) February 14, 2021
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SARSCoV2 may never go away but while it won't be a pandemic virus in the future, it could change into mild annoyance https://t.co/vBRzOeBMyu via @medical_xpress
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 14, 2021
Pfizer and Moderna are testing their coronavirus vaccines on children 12 and older. They hope to have results by late summer. https://t.co/QzwmcR2mFC
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 15, 2021
Scientists still debate whether millions of cheap, fast COVID-19 diagnostic kits will help control the pandemic. Here’s why. https://t.co/WT8PlRK3sY
— Nature (@nature) February 14, 2021
A new artificial intelligence algorithm uses chest x-ray severity scores & other variables during emergency department visits to predict which COVID19 patients will be intubated or will die. This proof-of-concept model eventually might be used for triage https://t.co/HryTOgJ6FS
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 14, 2021
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U.S. governors are easing restrictions, but the virus-variant news keeps getting worse. The variant, also known as B.1.1.7, is spreading rapidly in the United States, doubling roughly every 10 days, a recent study found https://t.co/VjfsC1zGdT
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 14, 2021
Cold weather and the U.S.’s homeless crisis have long been a fatal mix that community advocates and public officials have struggled to address.
But this winter, the coronavirus has added a dangerous new complication. https://t.co/sqdzU1jJMQ
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 14, 2021
Lack of health services and transportation impede access to vaccine in communities of color https://t.co/VEw8Aqq4vo
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 14, 2021
"Chinatown kind of became a ghost town."
San Francisco’s Chinatown neighborhood has been struggling through the pandemic. This year’s Lunar New Year marks a full year of the coronavirus’ impact on the neighborhood. #LunarNewYear
??: @CaronCreighton pic.twitter.com/6sesioV9Y1
— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) February 14, 2021
'This strain is in blue states': Ron DeSantis blows off coronavirus mutations in Florida https://t.co/jKz9bpvxpT
— Kim Carroll (@Kimquilts2) February 15, 2021
Rep. Lesko: Hispanic people are 'very good workers' — but shouldn't get vaccines https://t.co/LnVyJUvsD4
— Latino Political Ave (@LatPoliticalAve) February 13, 2021
The extent to which Kristi Noem is trying to harm her state’s residents by exposing them to Covid is truly remarkable https://t.co/xr47cLFjif
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) February 14, 2021
rikyrah
I really appreciate your threads.
So many today make me????
The phucking morons from Florida and South Dakota top the list
rikyrah
Hispanic people are very good workers
What in the racist phuck is that???
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY yesterday:
New cases = 177. Deaths at 1069
Positivity at 2.2%
323 in the hospital, 74 in the ICU
40% hospital beds available, 35% ICU beds available
rikyrah
I have been trying to get a vaccination appointment for weeks. Reading stories, following every link, signing up for notifications.
I went to order some groceries.
Get to the website, and they have, click on here for the pharmacy and vaccine information. I do it, thinking that I am going to get the same
” just sign up and you will be notified ” that I got at CVS, Walgreens and Wal-Mart.
I just got an appointment for THIS THURSDAY!!??
Nelle
Thank you, again and again, for pulling these together.
Gvg
Lasko is Arizona. Glad she isn’t Florida, although we are bad in different ways, I can’t imagine a GOP rep saying that here…I am hoping deSantos loses in 2022. I can’t judge because I haven’t seen the appeal for any republican in 15 years. They are all so toxic.
I have seen Covid vaccination people at my local grocery store. They didn’t seem busy yet.
Sebastian
@rikyrah:
uhm, which website pretty please?
YY_Sima Qian
On 2/14 China reported 1 new domestic confirmed & 0 new domestic asymptomatic cases.
Hebei Province
Hebei Provincial Health Commission reported 1 new domestic confirmed case. 1 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 153 domestic confirmed cases (134 moderate and 19 mild) & 9 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province:
Heilongjiang Province
Heilongjiang Provincial Health Commission reported that 33 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 27 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There are currently 92 domestic confirmed (62 moderate and 30 mild) & 93 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.:
Jilin Province
Jilin Provincial Heath Commission reported that 12 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 108 domestic confirmed (2 critical, 6 serious, 73 moderate and 27 mild) & 5 domestic asymptomatic cases:
Imported Cases
On 2/14 China reported 8 new imported confirmed cases, 10 imported asymptomatic cases:
Overall in China, 61 confirmed cases recovered, 39 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation and 3 were reclassified as confirmed cases, and 1,615 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 637 active confirmed cases in the country (236 imported), 11 are in critical/serious condition (3 imported), 396 asymptomatic cases (283 imported), 1 suspect case (imported). 10,129 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
On 2/15 Hong Kong reported 9 new cases, 5 imported (from Indonesia, the Philippines, India & Poland) & 4 domestic (3 of whom do not yet have source of infection identified).
Chyron HR
“I know last time we said the virus would only kill Democrats and ni**ers, but this time the virus will DEFINITELY only kill Democrats and ni**ers!”
rikyrah
@Sebastian:
Jewel-Osco
Part of a larger company.
Went through the website on my tablet, not the app that I have on my phone
prostratedragon
@rikyrah:
Was going to say, don’t forget the morons from Arizona.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@rikyrah: Best I can tell, I won’t be eligible for the jab until maybe summer.
rikyrah
@rikyrah:
They are part of ALBERTSONS
So, if you have an ALBERTSONS affiliated store chain, check it out
rikyrah
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
You don’t have any underlying conditions?
that’s how I got on the list. The Governor opened it up to folks with underlying issues this week
Central Planning
I just got my in-laws (in their 80s) registered. Appointment is about 5 weeks out, but at least they are in. Monroe County, NY has the shittiest registration website. Ugh.
Mary G
@rikyrah: Hurray! ?
It is a shock when you’ve been clicking and clicking and suddenly there it is.
The OC continues to improve rapidly; finally we have 15% ICU beds available. CA vaccination counts are a mess. We now have a second super site in the parking lot of a university so things are progressing.
raven
@Mary G: My sis went to Dodger stadium and my 62 year old brother walked in a pharmacy in Sherman Oaks and they had an extra!
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 numbers. Director-General of Health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 2,176 new cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 266,445 cases. He also reports 10 new deaths today for a cumulative total of 975 deaths — 0.37% of the cumulative reported total, 0.44% of resolved cases.
There are currently 47,135 active and contagious cases; 260 are in ICU, 112 of them intubated. Meanwhile, 4,521 patients recovered and were discharged, over twice as many as tested positive today, for a cumulative total of 218,335 patients recovered – 81.9% of the cumulative reported total.
13 new clusters were reported today: Jalan Kepong, Jalan Tropicana, Jalan Bursa, Jalan Tiga Belas, and Jalan Cheras in Selangor; Jalan Baru and Persiaran Mutiara building site in Penang; Jalan Jinjang in Kuala Lumpur; Jalan Senai Utama in Johor; Teknologi Lot 6 in Melaka; Guntong Dalam and Pengkalan Teras in Terengganu; and Tembok Tapah in Perak.
Pengkalan Teras is a community cluster. Tembok Tapah is a prison cluster. Jalan Cheras is a high-risk group cluster. The rest are all workplace clusters.
2,175 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 910 cases: 107 in older clusters; 42 in Jalan Kepong, Jalan Tropicana, Jalan Bursa, Jalan Tiga Belas, and Jalan Cheras clusters, 575 close-contact screenings; and 186 other screenings. Johor reports 269 cases: 33 in older clusters, 131 in Jalan Senai Utama cluster, 61 close-contact screenings; and 44 other screenings. Sarawak reports 246 cases: 36 in existing clusters, 41 close-contact screenings; and 169 other screenings.
Kula Lumpur reports 181 local cases: 40 in older clusters, 12 in Jalan Jinjang cluster, 56 close-contact screenings; and 73 other screenings. Negeri Sembilan reports 145 cases: 26 in existing clusters, 58 close-contact screenings, and 55 other screenings.
Sabah reports 97 cases: 26 in existing clusters, 52 close-contact screenings, and 19 other screenings. Penang reports 91 cases: 18 in older clusters; 25 in Jalan Baru and Persiaran Mutiara building site clusters, 20 close-contact screenings; and 28 other screenings. Perak reports 83 cases: 60 in older clusters, four in Tembok Tapah cluster, 14 close-contact screenings, and five other screenings. Terengganu reports 53 cases: four in older clusters; 19 in Guntong Dalam and Pengkalan Teras clusters, nine close-contact screenings; and 21 other screenings. Kedah reports 33 cases: 11 in existing clusters, 10 close-contact screenings, and 112 other screenings. Kelantan reports 31 cases: eight in existing clusters, 17 close-contact screenings, and six other screenings.
Pahang reports 15 cases: one in an existing cluster, 11 close-contact screenings, and three other screenings. Melaka reports 14 cases: six in existing clusters, six close-contact screenings, and two other screenings. And Putrajaya reports seven cases: four close-contact screenings, and three other screenings.
Labuan and Perlis report no new cases today.
One new case is imported, in Kuala Lumpur.
The deaths reported today are a 57-year-old woman in Sabah with hypertension, dyslipidaemia, and asthma; a 65-year-old woman in Selangor with diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, and stroke; a 71-year-old man in Selangor with diabetes, hypertension, and stroke; a 71-year-old man in Kuala Lumpur with diabetes, hypertension,chronic kidney disease, heart disease, and chronic obstructive airway disease; a 96-year-old woman in Selangor with hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and breast cancer; a 69-year-old woman in Selangor with diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, and chronic kidney disease; an 88-year-old man in Selangor with diabetes and hypertension; an 85-year-old woman in Kuala Lumpur with hypertension, heart disease, and Henoch-Schönlein purpura; a 66-year-old man in Johor with hypertension and chronic kidney disease; and a 91-year-old woman in Perak with diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and dyslipidaemia.
NeenerNeener
@Central Planning: There’s registration web site for Monroe County? The last thing I saw said stay close to your landlines, because they were just calling people.
satby
@rikyrah: ????
Platonicspoof
Not the biggest millstone around her neck, but the Raw Story page with the DeSantis story also happens to have a different story about Noem possibly mixing personal and official use of state aircraft:
?BillinGlendaleCA
@rikyrah: Nope, and even under 64 with underlying conditions are after teachers which are next up.
Mousebumples
@rikyrah: congrats!
In related news, Wisconsin has just started having Walgreens (and probably other community pharmacies) help with COVID vaccination.
It was great to see positive stories from my former coworkers on Facebook. Everyone getting the shots seemed to be so excited to finally get their first Fauci ouchie. ?
grandmaBear
Excellent!@rikyrah:
DanielsBob
After nearly a month of waiting for my county health department to tell me I could get vaccinated there I decided to explore other options. Last Friday I went to the CVS website, answered all the eligibility questions, chose the location closest to me (six miles), was given option of Saturday or Monday for an appointment, chose time…”vaccine not available at this location”. Profanity ensued. Tried five more times with different choices of day and time with same result. More profanity. Deep breath and tried again. Success! Got my first dose of the Pfizer vaccine at 2pm Saturday. Minor pain at the injection site yesterday, no pain this morning. Be persistent.
Matt McIrvin
I’m going to get a COVID test today in preparation for knee surgery, but it’ll be a very long time before I’m eligible for vaccination. My in-laws only got theirs because they do volunteer work with people over 75.
At least the rate of vaccination has spun up a bit in MA and I have some faith that I’ll be able to get mine before the fall.
NeenerNeener
Thanks to Central Planning for the alert that Monroe County has a sign up website. I found it and got signed up for April 2nd, now that they’re accepting appointments from folks taking immunosuppressants. I’m hoping the snow will be over by then.
Sloane Ranger
Yesterday in the UK we had 10,972 new cases. This is a decrease of approx. 2300 from the day before and a reduction of 28.1% in the rolling 7-day average. Caution should, as always, be exercised with weekend figures. New cases by nation,
England – 9499 (down @2200)
Northern Ireland – 176 (down @120)
Scotland – 903 (down 5)
Wales – 394 (down 6).
Deaths – There were 258 deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday. This is a decrease of 25.5% in the rolling 7-day average. New deaths by nation, England – 228, Northern Ireland – 11, Scotland – 4 and Wales – 15.
Testing – Not updated at weekends.
Hospitalisations – Not updated.
Vaccinations – As of 13 February, 15,062,189 people had received the 1st dose of a vaccine and 537,715 their 2nd dose.
Amir Khalid
I don’t want to jinx it, but MCO 2.0 (as the media here are calling the current movement control order status) appears to be working; the daily new-cases number is trending down from the peak of 5,725 on 29th January. And the state of Selangor is below 1,000 new cases for the first time in weeks.
PaulB
As always, thank you for these posts, Ms. Laurie. Your efforts have been incredible and are very much appreciated. Another couple of stories today:
“The Associated Press collaborated with the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab on a nine-month investigation to identify the people and organizations behind some of the most viral misinformation about the origins of the coronavirus. Their claims were explosive. Their evidence was weak. These are the superspreaders.”
And perhaps the biggest superspreader of all: “But it was China — not Russia – that took the lead in spreading foreign disinformation about COVID-19’s origins, as it came under attack for its early handling of the outbreak.”
WaterGirl
@rikyrah: So happy for you!!
Jean
Here in VA, Chesterfield County, it’s nearly impossible to find an opening at Bon Secours Hospital (Richmond or Hampton), CVS, or Walgreens. Tomorrow, the new state-wide registration begins where all the local health department registrations will be migrated. We will be able to verify that we’re registered there. One friend drove 5 hours to a CVS to get vaccinated when that location was the only one that had ONE opening. It’s beyond frustrating and I am in 1B. Compared to others’ stories, the rollout and appointment process seems bad to me. I get that it’s a supply/demand problem, but it seems less complicated in other places. I especially feel bad for people who do not have computer access or, if they do, do not understand how to register, search, etc.
Mary G
@raven: It does seem that if you have the time and ability and keep at it, you can get the shot, but not everyone can sit at their computer and click and click and click, especially the essential workers, who should be close to first up.
Spinoza Is My Co-pilot
@prostratedragon:
We’re working hard to overcome the morons (i.e., Republicans, like Lesko) here in AZ. We’ve got 5 of 9 US House Reps as Dem (been that way for several election cycles), and now both US Senators. And of course, we went for Biden (if just barely).
Lesko the bigot Republican (but I repeat myself) represents some suburbs and rural areas west of Phoenix, including the retirement towns of Sun City and Youngtown (hah!) and others that are the sorts of places people outside the state often imagine when they think of AZ. After spending some years mucking around in our legislature, she replaced long-time GOP congressman Trent Franks in ’18 when that asshole had to resign over sexual harassment charges by some on his staff. That was a big shock to everyone (not).
Fortunately, in regards to her wholly unsurprising statement referenced here about Hispanics and vaccines, she hasn’t a damn thing to do with our vaccination program here.
gvg
Found a story about new mutations appearing in the US. Pre print paper so not reviewed yet but what I found interesting is that they are naming the variants with bird names to I think avoid blame shifting. Robin 1 and 2, Bluebird, Mockingbird etc. Considering the China blame and UK and South Africa, I think this is a good move.
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.12.21251658v1.full.pdf
StringOnAStick
Oregon is still at 80+ and have teachers priority first so kids can get back in school. I have a suspicion that blue states plus how pissed tRump was about Portland is how we’ve had less vaccine in the pipeline to here in the earliest period, just as we can all suspect that had he won another term, blue states and areas would have gotten none and red states would be rolling in extra doses.
Platonicspoof
@PaulB:
I don’t know much about international conspiracy theories for the origins of COVID-19, but more importantly, the most influential, and the most deadly, source of misinformation here in the U.S. was obviously t***p.
Warning – includes long string of video clips of someone that most here will not want to ever see or hear again.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
As I predicted, the fucking mico-second the Upper Classes start to feel safe they will look for excuses not to vaccinate everyone else.
Spinoza Is My Co-pilot
@Enhanced Voting Techniques: “they will look for excuses not to vaccinate everyone else”
Which, of course, is not how this works, like, at all.
Plus, as a side note, Rep Lesko is not any kind of Upper Class, she’s a bootlicking servant of that group. She’s essentially a low-rent version of Trump: fucked up personal life and operating shady businesses (her first husband went to jail for fraud, they were later both sued and filed bankruptcies involving their business in construction). She’s a member of the Freedumb Caucus, which represented the lowest fascist level in Congress till the Q psychos showed up. Likely to continue getting re-elected in her district for the foreseeable — the reactionary authoritarian ethno-nationalism (aka, American-style fascism) is strong with the wypipo on the west side here, particularly with the geriatric assholes in Sun City. She pretty accurately represents them, actually.
mrmoshpotato
@Enhanced Voting Techniques: From the Fuck You I Got Mine party. What a walking pile of garbage…
Malovich
Of course DeSantis thinks it’s a Blue state problem, he sure as fuck won’t admit it’s in his state or a problem there. Alternate Reality! I Win! You Lose!
So, Florida, what’s it like being governed by a five-year-old that didn’t pass the marshmellow test?
glc
One might want to keep an eye on the current spread of Ebola as well.
Suzanne
@rikyrah: Debbie Lesko is from Arizona, where a lot of undocumented workers live, and I will note that the level of professionalism I experienced from every tradesman and -woman I worked with there was ten times as high as I am experiencing here, which is full of unionized white dudes who will not even return your phone calls and act like working for you is a favor they do for you, rather than a paying job.
I hope it isn’t racist to say that immigrants, documented or otherwise, get the job done.
Suzanne
@Spinoza Is My Co-pilot: I moved from TEMPE/Chandler to Pittsburgh last year, and FUCK I will say that the work culture in the construction trades is totally different here compared to AZ/NV/SoCal. People here are lazy in comparison.
buggrit
@Suzanne: @Suzanne:
Not at all, you’re just quoting a line from Hamilton.
Spinoza Is My Co-pilot
@Suzanne:
I live in Chandler now, whaddya know about that!?
I grew up WWC in Cleveland (most of the working adults — mostly dads, some moms even 50-60 years ago — were factory workers or in a trade craft). I moved to AZ 40 years ago as a young, newly-married man just starting a family, working in building construction and engineering, where I spent the rest of my career till retiring recently.
The pipefitters here would joke specifically about fitters from Cleveland being lazy (particularly when work here would be in a boom cycle and travelers would come in from all over to work out of a hiring hall). Generally true or not (I hate to think this accurately reflected the work ethic of several of my childhood friends’ dads who worked in that trade) I have to say the one fitter I know personally still working in Cleveland (son of a family friend) fits this caricature all too well.
And Debbie Lesko wouldn’t last one day doing the typical work the Hispanic people she’d deny vaccinations do all their lives. She’s an especially despicable fucking fascist, and that’s saying something.