#TodaysRussianProverb
"Beat your own to scare the enemy"
(Yes, an actual Russian proverb) https://t.co/MKpSJLkmA6— Slava Malamud (@SlavaMalamud) March 20, 2021
The US administered 3.1 million vaccine shots today, bringing the total to 121 million, or 36.6 doses per 100 people, enough to cover 18.6% of the population. The 7-day moving average dropped to 2.25 million shots per day, due to uneven reporting issues at the end of last week. pic.twitter.com/ZSynnpcTXo
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) March 21, 2021
The 1918 flu can teach us lessons about ‘returning to normal.’ If Covid is anything like 1918, the arc of brutal consequences will stretch far into the future https://t.co/GI2XilS4iO
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) March 20, 2021
The US had +55,908 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total closer to 30.5 million. The 7-day moving average rose back above 56,000 new cases per day. pic.twitter.com/gVtVodF1lP
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) March 21, 2021
Given the potential for rapid behavioral change, as seen in the ? rise in mobility two weeks ago, states should exercise extreme caution in opening up and lifting social distancing mandates.
Details in our #COVID briefings ⤵️ https://t.co/rxnSezeViU
— Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (@IHME_UW) March 20, 2021
“We” always thought we could buy or bully our way out of a global pandemic:
The United States has just 4% of the world population.
For the pandemic, it has performed disproportionately poor for confirmed cases and fatalities. And just the opposite for vaccinations. Summary in 3 pie graphs vs ROWhttps://t.co/yqjV2xEQK4 pic.twitter.com/EtNlwUYvmt— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) March 20, 2021
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BREAKING: Spectators from abroad will be barred from the Tokyo Olympics when they open in four months. Officials said the risk was too great to admit fans from overseas during a pandemic. https://t.co/jYWkWqp4qA
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 20, 2021
India's new daily coronavirus cases hit four-month high https://t.co/s5MC5Sx6mG pic.twitter.com/bKZ3h0ETJA
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 21, 2021
Mumbai to roll out random Covid testing in crowded places https://t.co/tbFBaz4n8Y
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 20, 2021
India's Serum to delay further vaccine shipments to Brazil, Morocco, Saudi: source https://t.co/7nLHqwqFho pic.twitter.com/ZkdsrbyHv8
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 21, 2021
AstraZeneca counters Indonesian Muslim concerns over COVID-19 vaccine https://t.co/tGph27U4mb pic.twitter.com/KhbYI7Lrid
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 21, 2021
Protesters opposed to coronavirus lockdown marching from Hyde Park to Westminster as part of demonstrations in central London
https://t.co/16lt0dZBgh pic.twitter.com/WHeL18w3CW— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) March 20, 2021
We can get most Germans vaccinated by summer's end – BioNTech founder https://t.co/VRHyTRY3yG pic.twitter.com/rP7URdpMt3
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 21, 2021
Protesters and German police clashed over coronavirus measures, with officers using water cannons and pepper spray against people trying to break through police barriers, a German news agency reported. Protests were reported in other countries in Europe. https://t.co/qs6olZKKBf
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 20, 2021
UAE expands COVID-19 vaccination drive https://t.co/bD7omiZxuY pic.twitter.com/idcaKvYDaw
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 21, 2021
#Coronavirus Effect: Australia sees first population drop since World War I https://t.co/tq0zq25o1m via @medical_xpress
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) March 20, 2021
"I am fighting death." The leading opposition presidential candidate in Republic of Congo was receiving oxygen at a private hospital after being diagnosed with COVID-19, a family member said, casting Sunday's election into doubt on the eve of the vote. https://t.co/DSOWIkgMUh
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 20, 2021
So many people are now dying of Covid in Brazil that one of the country’s top newspapers has dubbed this month março vermelho: Red March. Nearly 60,000 expected to die in one month alone. pic.twitter.com/vkGIJbVUDq
— Tom Phillips (@tomphillipsin) March 20, 2021
ICYMI: A look at @reuterspictures of social restrictions from various parts of the world pic.twitter.com/G0yN2kdUKq
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 21, 2021
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Absolutely what Nate said
None of us expected vaccines this good
In an August conversation with Tony Fauci — we both said we'd be thrilled with a 60-70% effective vaccine
Their arrival by December, our ability to make so many so quickly is the unexpected pandemic life saver https://t.co/Zi5l2HHeRu
— Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@ashishkjha) March 21, 2021
Excellent news, assuming it pans out:
Researchers show how the #AstraZeneca #coronavirus vaccine causes rare #thrombosis in the brain in a small number of patients.
The discovery means that targeted treatment can be offered to those who suffer similar clotting, using a very common medicationhttps://t.co/aDBZCTnqEB
— MicrobesInfect (@MicrobesInfect) March 20, 2021
Old school Covid therapy: Leprosy drug holds promise as an at-home treatment. Clofazimine, which is FDA approved & on the WHO's List of Essential Medicines, exhibits potent antiviral activities against SARSCoV2 & prevents exaggerated inflammatory responses https://t.co/3bogiRtCyz pic.twitter.com/3dcGlu7q91
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) March 20, 2021
The developer of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine has signed a partnership with an India-based drugmaker for the production of 200 million doses of the jabhttps://t.co/V09gISnRhB
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) March 20, 2021
Two reports released this week have found that dogs & cats can become infected by #B117, a recent variant of the #coronavirus that transmits more readily between people & also appears more lethal in them.https://t.co/yM0pV4ftLD
— MicrobesInfect (@MicrobesInfect) March 20, 2021
One reason I chose to live in New England, Cynic that I am (Faulkner is in Boston):
Faulkner Hospital's expansion plans now include a floor that could be quickly turned into a pandemic ward https://t.co/gOwiM8oWyB
— Adam Gaffin (@universalhub) March 19, 2021
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BREAKING: Miami Beach is setting an 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew, officials announced, after hard partying spring breakers trashed restaurants, brawled in the streets and gathered by the thousands without masks or social distancing. https://t.co/CdiojrFxIU
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 20, 2021
I’m getting a real “Last Man to Die in the War” vibe from the way the public is letting down its guard.
Some people are going to die yards from the finish line. https://t.co/ABpgACEOw0
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) March 20, 2021
A COVID-19 outbreak in the Idaho Legislature has sidelined lawmakers for two weeks as they try to get infections under control.
House lawmakers recessed Friday until April 6, with the Senate following suit shortly after. https://t.co/E9HlBgmNIZ
— NPR (@NPR) March 19, 2021
You mean to tell me that the #COVIDIOTS who supported the mask burning rally at the Idaho State Legislature now have a COVID outbreak??
Who would've fucking guessed.
— Jake Lobin (@JakeLobin) March 20, 2021
Steeplejack
All righty, then.
Steeplejack
For raven.
Steeplejack
Mission accomplished.
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY stats:
New cases = 202
Deaths at 1194 now
1.7% positivity
28.7% vaccinated with at least 1 shot
104,633 people fully vaccinated
213,080 people with at least 1 jab
My sister and her husband get their 2nd shots this coming week (Moderna for him, Pfizer for her) and their son gets his first shot this week too. He’s been working the entire year and we’ve all been terrified that if he got covid he wouldn’t survive it.
YY_Sima Qian
On 3/20 China reported 0 new domestic confirmed & 0 new domestic asymptomatic cases.
Imported Cases
On 3/20 China reported 12 new imported confirmed cases, 8 imported asymptomatic cases, 2 imported suspect cases:
Overall in China, 9 confirmed cases recovered, 16 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation & 4 were reclassified as confirmed cases, and 370 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 165 active confirmed cases in the country (163 imported), none in critical/serious condition, 238 asymptomatic cases (all imported), 4 suspect cases (all imported). 3,321 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
On 3/21 Hong Kong reported 8 new cases, 3 imported & 5 domestic (1 of whom does not yet have source of infection identified).
mrmoshpotato
@Steeplejack:
Channeling George War Criminal Bush?
Mary G
Only 118 new cases in the OC today and hospitalizations are way, way down. California as a whole is way down as well. Cases down 36% from 14 days ago and deaths down 40%. So far, so good.
mrmoshpotato
Feed the crocs.
Baud
@Steeplejack:
You’re a good man.
Baud
@mrmoshpotato:
“Hard partying”?
Must be mostly young white people.
mrmoshpotato
@Baud: Not sure what you’re trying to say there.
Baud
@mrmoshpotato:
They didn’t call them rioters or thugs.
Jager
A friend’s grandson is on his “Senior Trip” with his classmates…a school-sponsored week at the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach during Spring Break. He said, “It will be okay, a bunch of teachers and parents are with them.”
I said, “Gar, we went to high school together, you think we couldn’t get around a bunch of fucking teachers and parents?” BTW, His daughter and her husband have way the hell too much money, the kid’s room is $550 a night split three ways.
mrmoshpotato
@Baud: Ah. Yes.
ETA – But I will call them selfish assclowns.
OzarkHillbilly
Thru my wife’s company, we now have appts to be vaccinated on Tuesday in Herman. Thank dawg, now I can lose the splitting headache I’ve had from over a month of running into walls.
Mary G
@OzarkHillbilly: Yay!
mrmoshpotato
OT – Iceland volcano still going strong.
Central Planning
One of my coworkers is in the hospital with COVID. Got steroids, antibiotics, and convalescent plasma. They were put on oxygen which changes your severity classification from moderate to severe. Critical is the next/last step on the severity list. To get out of the hospital, they need a 24-hour period of no fever when off of meds, otherwise there’s a mandatory week stay in the COVID ward and some sort of anti-viral therapy.
One of my other coworkers had it too, but never had to go to the hospital. Sounds like they will be a long-hauler… a couple weeks after “recovering”, they were put on blood thinners because of clots in lungs.
Everyone be careful out there. This shit is serious (not saying anything anyone here already knows)
mrmoshpotato
@OzarkHillbilly:
EXCELLENT!
mrmoshpotato
@Central Planning:
Where are you located? (Good to know on these posts.)
Geo Wilcox
@Jager: We got around the parents and teachers when we went to Disneyland as grade schoolers.
Baud
@OzarkHillbilly: ?
Central Planning
@mrmoshpotato: I’m in Rochester, NY, but coworkers are in central and eastern upstate NY, not anywhere near NYC.
lowtechcyclist
Modest Mouse, “Lampshade’s On Fire”:
Well, the air’s on fire so we’re moving on
Better find another one cause this one’s done
Waiting for the magic of the scientist’s glove
To push, push, push, push, pull us up
Spend some time, floating in outer space
Find another planet, make the same mistakes
Our mind’s all shattered when we climb aboard
Hoping for the scientists to find another door
The scientists look like they’ll manage to save ourselves from ourselves, thank goodness. Because while we as a nation could have brought this thing under control by being fucking grownups, wearing masks, maintaining social distancing and supporting the workers of the businesses most dependent on its absence, the conservatives’ response to the pandemic has been basically an abandonment of adulthood and responsibility.
The magic of the scientists’ gloves will bail us all out this time (after half a million deaths domestically, and counting), but if the conservative movement as currently constituted (or worse) continues to thrive, we may not be so lucky the next time.
mrmoshpotato
Let not leave out the selfish, shithead children who decided that Hillary could go fuck herself. Would’ve been nice to have had an actual President…
p.a.
Wonder how much of the Euro freedumb protests can be put down to Putin’s instigation/support? In the Anglo-world he can just sit back and let Murdoch do the work. I guess Rupert doesn’t think New Zealand is enough of a money source to try and ‘stupidify’ their Anglo population.
Chris Johnson
@p.a.:
I’m gonna say ‘lots’ ever since I learned the extent of the anti-lockdown protests and the spread of QAnon there. A lot of that stuff is being generated to drive QAnon here: signs in English and such.
My sense is that it’s a huge, huge effort to drive this stuff, internationally. One day it will come to light how stage-managed all this was.
It’s interesting how different the approach is. It’s all about driving mass behavior through propaganda and manipulation, but the only feedback is like Google Analytics and Facebook data (like Cambridge Analytica). They’re spending a lot of money and resources directing people who are not reporting back in any traditional sense. This might be a weakness as there’s a lack of granular control. The lack of control is built in to the process.
Mousebumples
Wisconsin vaccine update –
Group 1C (adult with certain preexisting chronic conditions, including BMI >25) is eligible for vaccine starting tomorrow.
UW Oshkosh, in my neck of the woods, opens up appointments every Friday at about 3pm for the next week. As of yesterday, they had a bunch of appointments available. Appears to be one of the mRNA vaccines, from the warnings indicated on the questions, as i was getting my MIL signed up.
For those in Wisconsin, it might be a bit of a drive, but if you’re striking out locally,may be worth it?
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 numbers. Director-General of Health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 1,327 new cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 333,040 cases. He also reports four new deaths today, for a cumulative total of 1,233 deaths — 0.37% of the cumulative reported total, 0.39% of resolved cases.
There are currently 14,518 active and contagious cases; 154 are in ICU, 65 of them intubated. Meanwhile, 1,247 patients recovered and were discharged, for a cumulative total of 317,289 patients recovered – 95.27% of the cumulative reported total.
Five new clusters were reported today: Jalan Permas Baru and Jalan Gemilang Tiga in Johor; Jalan You City building site in Selangor; Bukit Tambun in Penang; and D Gana in Sabah.
D Gana is a community cluster. The rest are workplace clusters.
1,316 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 354 local cases: 123 in older clusters, 10 in Jalan You City building site cluster, 141 close-contact screenings, and 80 other screenings. Sarawak reports 274 local cases: 42 in existing clusters, 175 close-contact screenings, and 57 other screenings. Penang reports 205 cases: 73 in older clusters, two in Bukit Tambun cluster, 29 close-contact screenings, and 101 other screenings.
Johor reports 138 local cases: 19 in older clusters, 57 in Jalan Permas Baru and Jalan Gemilang Tiga clusters, 44 close-contact screenings, and 18 other screenings. Kuala Lumpur reports 111 local cases: 64 in existing clusters, 21 close-contact screenings, and 26 other screenings.
Perak reports 55 cases: 39 in existing clusters, 14 close-contact screenings, and two other screenings. Sabah reports 50 cases: six in older clusters, 197 in D Gana cluster, 17 close-contact screenings, and eight other screenings. Kedah reports 30 cases: eight in existing clusters, 14 close-contact screenings, and eight other screenings. Kelantan also reports 30 cases: six in existing clusters, 15 close-contact screenings, and nine other screenings. Negeri Sembilan reports 22 cases: 18 in existing clusters, one close-contact screening, and three other screenings.
Terengganu reports 18 cases: 17 in existing clusters, and one close-contact screening. Pahang reports 11 cases: four in existing clusters, six close-contact screenings, and one other screening. Melaka reports 10 cases: six in existing clusters, three close-contact screenings, and one other screening. Perlis reports five cases, all found in other screening. And Putrajaya reports three cases: one close-contact screening, and two other screenings.
Labuan reports no new cases today.
11 new cases today are imported: four in Kuala Lumpur, three in Johor from an existing cluster, two in Sarawak, and two in Selangor.
The deaths reported today are a 69-year-old man in Perak with hypertension, dyslipidaemia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, adrenal insufficiency, and hypothyroidism; an 82-year-old woman in Kuala Lumpur with heart disease and a blood disease; a 66-year-old man in Sarawak with diabetes, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease; and a 73-year-old man in Selangor with hypertension, heat disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
NeenerNeener
@OzarkHillbilly: Yay!!!
Platonicspoof
The anti-maskers and other problems could drag out the pandemic according to this study released March 18. Modelling includes various scenarios, but the one with vaccination alone isn’t sufficient without NPIs:
More on the many variables and the unknowns at the Lancet article.
rikyrah
@NeenerNeener:
??????
rikyrah
@OzarkHillbilly: . YEAH ????????
rikyrah
@Central Planning:
I blame the MSM.
They never really showed what a
Non-hospital case looked like
They never showed what long-term COVID effects look like.
Amir Khalid
Odd about the Indonesian Ulama Council’s allegation. There has not been a similar allegation from the religious authorities in Malaysia. I would imagine Big Pharma is sensitive to such issue which discourage people from accepting needed drugs and cuts into profits, and works to avoid them.
rikyrah
I don’t blame the Japanese one bit.
Outside of the athletes, don’t let anyone else in for the Olympics
Amir Khalid
@Amir Khalid:
It’s been a month since Malaysia last reported more new cases than recoveries.
Tony Jay
@mrmoshpotato:
“Hard partying”?
The drug-fueled thug rioters were white then?
Platonicspoof
Going to be too easy to remember the phrase in Anne Laurie’s third blockquote, “the arc of brutal consequences”.
A while back I wondered what happened to the 1918 Spanish (Kansas?) Flu:
Long CDC article on the laboratory reconstruction of the 1918 virus beginning with fragments from graves in Alaskan permafrost.
(I have to leave for the store now.)
debbie
I wonder if those ID legislators will have an increased respect for science after they get past this? ??♀️
debbie
@Platonicspoof:
I am convinced this will be our undoing. Those fuckers never give up.
lowtechcyclist
@mrmoshpotato:
Oh, save it for a different thread.
WaterGirl
@OzarkHillbilly: oh, yay!
Central Planning
@rikyrah: I agree. Each of them are going to be dealing with the after affects for years. I know one of them got it from their spouse. I can’t even begin to imagine how I would feel if I infected ANYONE much less a loved one.
Suzanne
So here in Allegheny County, cases are pretty level, about 350 new cases per day, more or less. And it’s been that way for about eight weeks. Deaths are down a lot, though. Kids are supposed to return to school on April 6, and I would feel better about it if our new cases were declining.
Feeling much better today. Back and injection site still sore, but headache and fever and chills are gone.
Sloane Ranger
Saturday’s figures from the UK. We had 5587 new cases. This is an increase of about 780 from Friday but a decrease of 7.5% in the rolling 7-day average. As of 19 March, the R number was 0.6 to 0.9. New cases by nation,
England – 4732 (up @930)
Northern Ireland – 159 (up 22)
Scotland – 488 (down @170)
Wales – 208 (up 7).
Deaths – There were 96 deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday. This is a decrease of 36.9% in the rolling 7-day average. Deaths by nation, England – 82, Northern Ireland – 0, Scotland – 8 and Wales – 6.
Testing – Not updated at weekends.
Hospitalisations – On Thursday, 18 March there were 6162 people in hospital. On Friday, 19 March there were 830 people on ventilators. The rolling 7-day average for hospital admissions as of 15 March shows a reduction of 23%.
Vaccinations – As of 19 March a total of 26,853,407 people had received the 1st dose of a vaccine and 2,132,551 had received both doses. Percentage-wise (is that a word?), 51% of over 18’s have received the 1st dose of a vaccine and 4%, both doses.
General – The Government is warning people against booking foreign holidays this year and the EU in the person of Ursula Van Der Leyden, is complaining that the UK is hogging vaccines. An Irish politician has just been on the BBC saying that anger is growing because of the perception that the UK is importing vaccines from the EU but not exporting any. Given that several EU countries were talking down the AstraZeneca vaccine only a few months ago and then paused distribution for a short period only a few days ago, this position does not seem consistent.
Geoduck
@mrmoshpotato: Couldn’t we just use alligators? It would be a lot simpler..
The Moar You Know
They’re gonna kill far more people with Clofazimine than they save, if it indeed saves anyone. The side effects are substantial and very common
Hydroxychloroquine part 2, except that this drug is far more dangerous.
MoCaAce
@Mousebumples:
From personal experience and that of friends and coworkers, if you are eligible in WI you can call or go online and get a jab within three days! I think open to the general public will be coming early here.
At work we had an email go out Tuesday that our company health care partner had extra vaccines to use up by weeks end so anyone at the company who wanted one could get a shot regardless of eligibility. I had just gotten mine that morning.
Soprano2
@OzarkHillbilly: Glad to hear it. I’m excited that my employees can get shots starting on March 29th. It’s crazy that they weren’t included in the group I’m in. Also glad everyone in MO can get one starting April 9th. I bet if you could talk to Parson and promise no one would ever know what he said, he’d tell you that when it comes to COVID, it’s a godsend that Biden won. He’d never admit it in public, but these governors can tell the difference in how the vaccine effort is being run.
J R in WV
I find it almost unbelievable how quickly the incoming Biden administration has been able to get a nationwide vaccination effort underway~!!~
Put the experts in charge, leave them to accomplish what they know how to do.
A god-send indeed! So hard to believe that the state-level Republican administrations are still managing to fuck things up, even with examples of how to do it properly all around the nation, they still foment Covid break-outs. I guess not believing in science really harms everyone around the un-believer.