The White House will host 1,000 people at its (outdoor) July 4th celebration, which is its de facto Covid independence day, per Biden's Covid coordinator, Jeff Zients.
— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) June 22, 2021
The White House says more than 70% of Americans age 30 or older have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. That's even though President Biden will fall short of his goal of giving a shot to the same percentage of all U.S. adults by July 4th. https://t.co/56rM87IWeV
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 22, 2021
The US had +9,306 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total further above 34.4 million. The 7-day moving average declined to 11,502 new cases per day, its lowest level since March 26, 2020. pic.twitter.com/MYn2KgufmA
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) June 22, 2021
As many as 16.8 million Americans had undiagnosed #SARSCoV2 infections—5x the rate of diagnosed infections—by July 2020, estimates a new @ScienceTM analysis of antibodies from more than 8,000 undiagnosed adults. https://t.co/eluBlK2n3n #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/2vtbU914lN
— Science Magazine (@ScienceMagazine) June 22, 2021
NEW: Nearly 900 secret service employees caught Covid, most of them responsible for protecting government officials and buildings https://t.co/Aj7YcU2AsL
— Brody Ford (@BrodyFord_) June 22, 2021
Roughly 13% of the Secret Service's workforce.https://t.co/gi8Sw1jvcU
— Alex Wayne (@aawayne) June 22, 2021
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India reports 50,848 new COVID-19 cases https://t.co/SGscRLYkQj pic.twitter.com/a1RlJ99OqK
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 23, 2021
India administers 8 million coronavirus jabs in a single dayhttps://t.co/EMuIebN298
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 22, 2021
'Harder than Everest': record-breaking female climber stranded in Nepal amid COVID crisis https://t.co/epqkjw7Svx pic.twitter.com/KCfgqI4ACq
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 22, 2021
China's COVID-hit Shenzhen suspends direct flights to Beijing https://t.co/jm4zL3RmF2 pic.twitter.com/ceqLmnM3v0
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 23, 2021
Does Japan have coronavirus under control?#BBCRealityCheck look at the country's progress, ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympicshttps://t.co/qHbtW17MUk
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 22, 2021
Sydney faces new restrictions as Covid cluster grows https://t.co/exkziaG17U
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 23, 2021
New Zealand raised the COVID-19 alert level in Wellington amid concerns that the city may have been exposed to the highly infectious Delta variant that has triggered a fresh outbreak in neighboring Australia https://t.co/Nbyg8IMqil pic.twitter.com/TFdDCGjes1
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 23, 2021
Russia has confirmed 17,594 new coronavirus cases and 548 deaths, with both Moscow and St. Petersburg setting new record single-day death tolls https://t.co/CytrK05H1L
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) June 23, 2021
And then the Russian team… did not win:
Russian Football Fans Rally Amid New Virus Spike pic.twitter.com/ku6K2GcDpc
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) June 22, 2021
Moscow authorities have eased online registration rules to allow vaccinated or negative-tested foreigners to obtain QR codes needed to dine at “Covid-free” restaurantshttps://t.co/fPvmvFJfd6
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) June 23, 2021
Several Russian volunteers who say they were given a less effective coronavirus vaccine instead of the Sputnik V jab they had signed up for are considering pursuing legal action.https://t.co/lghHYRWuz2
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) June 22, 2021
Rollout of Covid vaccines in European Union countries is picking up speed, with more than 300 million jabs administeredhttps://t.co/bZAFlL4nkI
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 22, 2021
German Chancellor Angela Merkel receives Moderna as second Covid jab after AstraZeneca shot https://t.co/3yBS0fSUmC
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 22, 2021
Why has the Delta Covid variant spread so quickly in UK? https://t.co/9CvK0uGcqW
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 23, 2021
Covid surge in Africa raises fears of a calamity like India’s. The pandemic is worsening in Africa as more contagious variants spread, vaccinations lag and hospitals in some places are pushed beyond their limits https://t.co/yfK1UJlnZn
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) June 22, 2021
Supply shortages in many African countries are holding back the continuing rollout of their vaccination programmes, experts warn#BBCRealityCheck looks at the datahttps://t.co/htP3M2pi0B
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 22, 2021
Colombia registers 100,000 confirmed deaths from COVID-19 this week, becoming just the 10th country in the world to hit the grim milestone. https://t.co/uoyTZRTsSR
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 23, 2021
Brazil reports 87,822 new coronavirus cases, 2,131 deaths https://t.co/avu9OLFKxj pic.twitter.com/n8EbLUbqQ2
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 23, 2021
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Key paragraph from the piece and outstanding thread by @suilee reinforcing concerns that these vaccines will not help our quest for global containment https://t.co/mioJxHZs9a pic.twitter.com/c9ChKclOBu
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) June 23, 2021
Analysis: From game-changer to back-up: J&J's COVID vaccine struggles in Europe https://t.co/FpMyzdxygK pic.twitter.com/SBLjTCht2A
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 23, 2021
Delta Plus: Should the world be worried about the new Covid-19 variant? https://t.co/PE5pikDm8H
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 23, 2021
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A watchdog says deaths of Medicare patients in nursing homes soared 32% last year amid COVID-19. The Department of Health and Human Services inspector general found about 4 in 10 had or likely had the virus and deaths jumped 169,291 over the year before. https://t.co/4lfC6wYrhX
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) June 22, 2021
One of those workers, a nurse named Jennifer Bridges, said she’s already found work at a firm and is planning a protest at Houston Methodist this weekend.
She excused herself from an interview with The Post to take a protest-planning call from InfoWars founder Alex Jones. pic.twitter.com/9qL0f3MPqD
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) June 22, 2021
The latest on NY State & #Covid19
– 58,372 tested yesterday: 0.43% were positive
– 7-day average was 0.37% +
– 114 patients in ICU yesterday, 62 intubated
– 10 deaths yesterday
– 71.0% of adults have completed at least one #vaccine dose.
Keep it up, New York! ? pic.twitter.com/Vzsu8felWR— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) June 22, 2021
“You have three choices: You get fully vaccinated, you had prior COVID infection and maybe a reduced risk, or three, you get delta COVID”https://t.co/GdpqGmMiQs by @erinallday @sfchronicle
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) June 22, 2021
Despite considerable pushback, I stand by my controversial opinion that dying is bad. It’s a hill I’m willing to live on.
That's why I applaud the University of Illinois COVID-19 vaccine mandate. All state and private universities do the same.https://t.co/lnW5fAYUQh
— Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) June 22, 2021
YY_Sima Qian
On 6/22 China reported 0 new domestic confirmed & 0 new domestic asymptomatic cases.
Guangdong Province did not report any new domestic confirmed cases.
Imported Cases
On 6/22, China reported 24 new imported confirmed cases, 21 imported asymptomatic cases:
Overall in China, 22 confirmed cases recovered, 6 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation & 12 were reclassified as confirmed cases, and 1,015 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 514 active confirmed cases in the country (388 imported), 16 in serious condition (8 imported), 468 asymptomatic cases (447 imported), 1 suspect case (imported). 18,126 traced contacts are currently under quarantine.
As of 6/22, 1,071.783M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 22.039M doses in the past 24 hrs.
On 6/23, Hong Kong report led 2 new positive cases, both imported (1 from Indonesia).
NeenerNeener
The Monroe County NY dashboard wasn’t updated yesterday, and I see they stopped updating the one for Syracuse, NY (Onondaga County) on 6/8. Let’s hope that means something good.
NotMax
As if the onus is his. The AP is due a trip to the woodshed for such sloppy writing.
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s Director-General of Heath Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 5,244 new Covid-19 cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 711,006 cases. He also reports 83 new deaths today, for a cumulative total of 4,637 deaths — 0.65% of the cumulative reported total, 0.71% of resolved cases.
There are currently 60,816 active and contagious cases; 879 are in ICU, 433 of them intubated. Meanwhile, 6,372 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 645,553 patients recovered – 90.80% of the cumulative reported total.
24 new clusters were reported today. Of the cumulative total of 2,690 clusters, 851 clusters are still active; 1,839 clusters are now inactive.
5,237 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 1,995 local cases: 200 in clusters, 1,092 close-contact screenings, and 703 other screenings. Negeri Sembilan reports 677 cases: 144 in clusters, 319 close-contact screenings, and 214 other screenings.
Sarawak reports 577 cases: 190 in clusters, 297 close-contact screenings, and 90 other screenings. Kuala Lumpur reports 531 cases: 110 in clusters, 222 close-contact screenings, and 199 other screenings.
Johor reports 281 local cases: 77 in clusters, 150 close-contact screenings, and 54 other screenings. Pahang reports 245 cases: 149 in clusters, 82 close-contact screenings, and 14 other screenings.
Kedah reports 189 cases: 72 in clusters, 74 close-contact screenings, and 43 other screenings. Melaka reports 180 cases: 83 in clusters, 62 close-contact screenings, and 35 other screenings. Penang reports 159 cases: 98 in clusters, 47 close-contact screenings, and 14 other screenings. Sabah reports 129 cases: 30 in clusters, 64 close-contact screenings, and 35 other screenings.
Kelantan reports 81 cases: 22 in clusters, 46 close-contact screenings, and 13 other screenings. Labuan reports 77 cases: 15 in clusters, 40 close-contact screenings, and 22 other screenings. Perak reports 75 cases: 54 in clusters, 12 close-contact screenings, and nine other screenings.
Terengganu reports 27 cases: 12 in clusters, 12 close-contact screenings, and three other screenings. Putrajaya reports 13 cases: 10 close-contact screenings and three other screenings. Perlis reports one case, a close-contact screening.
Seven new cases today are imported: six in Selangor, one in Johor.
Nelle
@YY_Sima Qian: i hope you are doing well, despite your isolation.
Suzanne
I really do not want my little ones to get Delta COVID!!! Can we get some kid vaccines up in here?!
germy
Spanky
@NotMax: They said exactly what they wanted to say.
@Suzanne: I’m curious about why so little is being said about vaccinations for the under-12 crowd. Maybe there’s reporting out there I just haven’t seen.
NotMax
@Suzanne
Fully cognizant of your concerns, however it’s not as if pre-approval testing and clinical trials are not underway. Last thing anyone wants is a vaccine that stays the virus but may be an inimical agent regarding childhood development.
Matt McIrvin
@Spanky: Under-12 vaccinations are in field trials. It seems to me the biggest question is what dosage to use. The cases of (fortunately mild) myocarditis make me think that even teenagers could be using a lower dose of the mRNA vaccines than they’re getting–their immune responses to the vaccine are extremely strong.
rikyrah
@YY_Sima Qian:
??????
rikyrah
The folks in Texas forgot that they live in a right to work state.
Bye bye.
All employers should be requiring proof of vaccination.
rikyrah
@Suzanne:
I feel you ???
rikyrah
Jon Cooper ?? (@joncoopertweets) tweeted at 6:43 AM on Wed, Jun 23, 2021:
“Starting July 12 all employees, contingent workforce, clients and visitors will be required to attest to being fully vaccinated to access Morgan Stanley buildings in New York City and Westchester,” their chief human resources officer said. https://t.co/WzrPAwAQfW
(https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1407665671459291142?s=03)
NotMax
@NotMax
Will add (and by no means meaning to sound alarmist) that the entire universe of mRNA treatment is in its infancy, essentially untrodden ground, so the learning curve is by necessity steeper and tailored manufacture thus also ought be more deliberate and cautious.
rikyrah
I am in the whatever it takes to get shots in arms camp:
NBC Chicago (@nbcchicago) tweeted at 6:43 AM on Wed, Jun 23, 2021:
Illinois Coronavirus Updates: Chicago Opens In-Home Vaccinations to All, United Center Site to Close https://t.co/455wC6n7IC https://t.co/7EIPDLxfxB
(https://twitter.com/nbcchicago/status/1407665489942306823?s=03)
YY_Sima Qian
@Nelle:
@rikyrah:
Thanks! I am still doing well. With the quarantine hotel full, Wi-Fi is very slow starting from around noon, when people start to wake up. It gets steadily worse into the evening, when people start to watch Douyin (Chinese TikTok) or play games on their phones. After midnight is actually worse, since people stay up to watch Euro 2020 matches. :-O
I have excuse to beg off a lot of conference calls, though!
Soprano2
So yesterday’s numbers here are daily cases 7-day average 94.14 (was under 20 at the beginning of May), 153 people in the hospital (was as low as 22 in April), 7-day case rate per 100,000 is 225 (was around 60 in the middle of May), positive test rate around 9%, and 37.7% of the population fully vaccinated, 42.5% with at least one shot. One interesting statistic – here the percentage of African-Americans with Covid is 3% of the total, while the percentage of the AA population here is 3.27%, so it’s actually proportional. Since we are so white here, the vast majority of cases are white people. There are currently more people partially vaccinated than fully vaccinated, so that bodes well for our future numbers, but it’s still woefully inadequate. I’m in the center of the Missouri outbreak. I’m so glad I’m vaccinated!
Anne Laurie
What I’m seeing on the local (MA) news is that scientists are ‘hopeful’ vaccines for under-12s will be ready ‘before the school year in September’.
I personally suspect there’s not a lot appearing in the national / international news because those scientists are — not unreasonably — gun-shy about the anti-vaxxers. *Literally* gun-shy, in some cases, and not just in America. You saw the story just a few days ago about the Belgian sharpshooter who sent the country’s head virologist into hiding?
Suzanne
@Spanky: Supposedly Pfizer is going to petition for EUA for the littles in September-October-ish. I have already tried to get my munchies in a clinical trial.
lowtechcyclist
@Suzanne:
I know exactly how you must feel – we’re lucky in that our kiddo is thirteen, and I quite literally wept for joy the day he got his second shot.
I join you in hoping they approve vaccines for the younger kids soon!
eachother
Thanks Annie. Great diary work.
Frankly, scary. Fauci says Delta variant likely to be dominant in the US in a month’s time. Cautionary, vaxless tales cropping up and involving large death and hospitalization percentages. Some hospitals filling up again.
No vax hacks facing alarming facts.
The Pale Scot
It’s Evolution in Action
County Administrator Scott Hopes said the government’s downtown Bradenton headquarters has confirmed another case of the novel coronavirus. Last week, county leaders were forced to temporarily shut down the building after five staffers in the Information Technology Department caught the virus and two of them died.
The sixth case in the building is not an IT employee,
BamaLib
I hear a lot of stories anecdotally about how the vast majority of hospitalizations and deaths are among the unvaccinated. I don’t know if anyone publishes actual numbers on that. I suspect that the distribution is VERY lopsided.
If I’m right, I think broadcasting those numbers could make a huge difference in vaccine resistance. If day after day you see that 300 unvaccinated people died and 17 vaccinated people died, internet fables about magnetic particles and tracking chips might seem a lot less important.
dopey-o
@Soprano2:
Where are you? After slogging thru, i realized you were in Missouri.
Branson? Northwest Missouri? Cape Girardeau? City of St Louis?
God help you if you’re in Springfield, where hospitalizations have shot up six-fold!
J R in WV
@Spanky:
We saw Dr Fauci on TV last night, he seemed to feel that vaccinations for little kids will be approved by this fall… testing is underway via clinical trials with volunteer kids.
Betsy
That journal article is really good, about the seroprevalence being approx. 5 times greater than known cases uncovered through testing. Lots of implications.