Watch the new #FamilyGuy Short! Stewie and Brian travel inside Peter’s body to explain how vaccines work.
Have questions about the COVID-19 vaccines? Visit https://t.co/Yz9vi7AYYD for the most accurate and timely facts so we can all get back to the moments we love and miss most. pic.twitter.com/d08P2VjlcU
— Family Guy (@FamilyGuyonFOX) September 21, 2021
Johnson & Johnson announced Tuesday that a large clinical study showed its COVID-19 vaccine is more effective when given as a two-dose regimen https://t.co/Z3YkjM34t3
— New York Magazine (@NYMag) September 21, 2021
COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have climbed to an average of more than 1,900 a day for the first time since early March. The lethal turn has filled hospitals, complicated the start of school, delayed the return to offices and demoralized health care workers. https://t.co/vr3KDPh2Eo
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 21, 2021
Update: no longer true https://t.co/IXZlPcJELo
— Katie Mack (@AstroKatie) September 22, 2021
If you’re so smart, how come you aren’t rich, like us?…
Throw your stereotypes out the window. Poll shows folks most likely to believe #COVID19 lies are also the richest.
"Overall, 20% of survey respondents believed at least 1 #vaccine misinfo statement [&] 51% unsure whether to believe at least 1 false claim."https://t.co/pLIzygweP5 pic.twitter.com/Ot8oJ8jQ4x— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) September 21, 2021
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Where are we on global vaccinations?
Today, we'll hit 6 Billion doses into people's arms
44% of the world with at least 1 shot
59% of South America
56% of N America
56% of Europe
49% of AsiaBut only 6% of Africa
We must redouble efforts to get shots to the African people pic.twitter.com/oKv5wmsIXY
— Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@ashishkjha) September 21, 2021
One Covid case prompts closures across an entire city of 10 million. Harbin in far northern China, ordered gyms, movie theaters, mahjong parlors and other leisure venues to close after a single resident was confirmed to have Covid https://t.co/Cki0kmLCPS
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) September 22, 2021
India Covid workers' families fight for compensation https://t.co/vK1WsdIz10
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 22, 2021
All Indian children aged 12 or older will become eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations from next month when drug maker Cadila Healthcare launches its ZyCoV-D product, sources told Reuters https://t.co/zFFiNMrfqe pic.twitter.com/TQ7c626Jxr
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 22, 2021
Japan has now fully vaccinated more of its population than the U.S.
Japan is now at 54.4% vs 53.9% for the U.S.
66.5% of people have had one dose. First shots for over-65s finally passes 90%.
Total shots given rises to 153 million. 3.2m doses added since the last update. https://t.co/Cff1GXB1CV pic.twitter.com/VSGCaTXYds
— Gearoid Reidy (@GearoidReidy) September 21, 2021
Thailand to accelerate vaccinations, stimulus measures – PM https://t.co/sC67NIbncJ pic.twitter.com/YTFg8nweK5
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 22, 2021
Far-right activists blamed for fueling anti-vaccine mobs in Melbourne https://t.co/8FUYrOvmmH
— Rachel Pannett (@RachelPannett) September 21, 2021
New Zealand may not get back to having zero coronavirus cases in the community, the director general of health said, as the country continues efforts to stamp out the infectious Delta variant of the virus https://t.co/mukIcBxnDR pic.twitter.com/5NUaQ2YcnR
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 22, 2021
Coronavirus cases are surging to the worst levels of the pandemic in a rebel stronghold in Syria. That's particularly devastating for a region where scores of hospitals have been bombed and which doctors and nurses have fled in droves. By @bmroue https://t.co/pbCxQWhU7t
— AP Middle East (@APMiddleEast) September 22, 2021
Germans shocked by killing of cashier after COVID mask row https://t.co/mQoIjwUWAI pic.twitter.com/FqGKY8aADU
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 21, 2021
German politicians expressed shock on Tuesday over the killing of a 20-year old petrol station worker after an argument about a face mask and said that coronavirus deniers who are willing to use violence will not be tolerated.
The killing on Saturday evening in the western town of Idar-Oberstein has hit the national headlines as it is one of the only such cases linked to COVID-19 restrictions…
The suspect later gave himself up at a police station, saying the coronavirus measures were causing him stress, said Furhmann. He is being detained.
The killing took place a week before a federal election in which the far-right AfD has tried to woo voters with an anti-lockdown and anti-vaccine campaign. The party, on around 11% in polls, harbours many coronavirus deniers.
On Tuesday, politicians responded to messages circulating on social media from far-right groups and so-called ‘Querdenker’ (lateral thinkers) who deny the coronavirus which showed sympathy towards the killer…
Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht said it was disgusting how the killing had been misused to fuel hatred.
“The state must counter the radicalisation of coronavirus deniers who are willing to use violence with all possible means,” she said.
Brazil is turning the tide w/ Covid vaccines. Thru its massive vax program, deaths have dropped from 2000 daily in June to fewer than 600 p/day now. Brazil has the world's 2nd-highest Covid death toll—588k so far. But it doesn't have an anti-vaxxer problem https://t.co/TRU0tf8dHj
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) September 21, 2021
(apart from President Bolsonaro, of course)
Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga tested positive for COVID-19 hours after accompanying President Jair Bolsonaro to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the government said https://t.co/LlnYhEkUyO pic.twitter.com/KLwJPdYmHA
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 22, 2021
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Medicare says families have a new online tool to compare COVID-19 vaccination rates among nursing homes. Consumer groups and lawmakers have complained that the data for patients and staff has been too hard to find. https://t.co/JkcXpD78qb
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 22, 2021
– https://t.co/m2fZkWO1z7 Vaccines are saving lives and preventing serious illness. But they don’t prevent all transmission. Rapid tests give the best fast answers but false negatives will send far too many “test-to-stay” students back to school. Thoroughly exposed? Quarantine
— Jay Gordon, MD, FAAP (@JayGordonMDFAAP) September 20, 2021
The UK recommends everyone do a rapid test twice a week and makes them available for free in 7 test packs that they will mail to your home. https://t.co/6qFOjBpa4q pic.twitter.com/rqmUVIKNLM
— ? damned sinker ? (@dansinker) September 21, 2021
just to be clear, these are essentially the same tests that cost $25 for two here and are out of stock pretty much everywhere.
— ? damned sinker ? (@dansinker) September 21, 2021
sigh…
I get the idea but I think people really underestimate conspiracy theorists. They've already decided the testing swabs used at clinics can give you Covid/are toxic/are really a secret plot to collect DNA. They decided that masks are making people sick & the vaccine sterilizes https://t.co/hsdJwthk98
— Mikki Kendall (@Karnythia) September 7, 2021
And perhaps most damning, people wouldn't use them. There's no mask shortage now, people aren't wearing them. Testing facilities abound…people have decided the tests lie or they won't take them. People in the hospital with Covid are denying it is what's killing them
— Mikki Kendall (@Karnythia) September 7, 2021
I hope Yglesias is wrong, but I wouldn’t bet on it:
I think when the vaccine is approved for kids 5-11 there’s going to be a huge outpouring of relief on Twitter and then something like 70% of parents won’t get their kids vaccinated.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) September 20, 2021
In general, I would say there’s a large swing demographic in America that sees vaccination as costly and therefore appropriate for those who “need” it but not for young people or those with natural immunity who don’t “need” it.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) September 20, 2021
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"Delta has been brutal": Black communities, especially rural communities with limited health care resources, continue to be hit disproportionately hard by #Covid19, @OliviaGoldhill reports. https://t.co/h9jbgBM5VA via @statnews
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) September 21, 2021
A North Carolina-based health care provider announced it has suspended hundreds of employees for not meeting the company's Covid-19 vaccine requirements https://t.co/UPPdqAPPAZ
— CNN (@CNN) September 21, 2021
The anti-vaccine-mandate *cult* keeps putting lives at risk. Pictured is Mississippi's clueless meathead governor. But Abbott in Texas & DeSantis in Florida are just as bad, if not worse. Texas & Florida account for >30% of Covid deaths nationwide https://t.co/xQ6JA1fEUm
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) September 21, 2021
this is the right choice from an ethical standpoint, but allowing it to get to this point should have earthquake political consequences, but won’t, because the republican party is a nihilistic death cult who simply reject the idea that anyone should act responsibly. https://t.co/LyU2gxdwLs
— BESTCOASTMACHINE (@golikehellmachi) September 21, 2021
this is the most wildly successful disinformation campaign in modern times. the 2016 election is nothing compared to this. just flat out killing a ton of people. grim shit. https://t.co/FoWLkTJaxo
— World Famous Art Thief (@CalmSporting) September 22, 2021
Blame it on those wily ChiComs!
Yeah – imagine what it would be like to live in a country whose government denied that a pandemic was even happening. I bet that would be fucking wild. https://t.co/uQSljuWjjj
— The Artist Formerly Known As God Emperor (@buhhhhlieevmeee) September 21, 2021
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY:
Monroe County web site: 200 new cases, 4.4% test positivity.
Things aren’t looking any better yet.
sab
I have a niece who is a pediatric ICU nurse. She also has two kids in private school. She says the worst mask and vaxxine denying people she knows are the richest parents in her kids’ private school. They really don’t believe that nad thimgs can happen to them.
Baud
A lot of the January 6 seditionists were well off too.
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
I was watching Australian news last night and they had on a Torie against the mandate and the anchor blew her up demonstrating construction workers working in close quarters without wearing masks and data showing the outbreak of Delta within the occupation and how it was being then re-transmitted to the overall community and all the Torie could muster was that the media was being mean to mask-deniers.
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modern conservatism = pandering to the worst elements to recruit shock troops to pass tax cuts
mrmoshpotato
Slapdicks
OzarkHillbilly
on that “German politicians expressed shock on Tuesday over the killing of a 20-year old petrol station worker” story, yesterday’s Guardian story had this little factoid:
He just couldn’t take anymore I guess.
raven
Sidney Powell, the former Donald Trump attorney who was dropped after her conspiracy theories even embarrassed Rudy Giuliani, has come up with what could be her most reckless nonsense to date. Speaking to the pro-Trump pastor Andrew Wommack, Powell came right out and accused Democrats of murdering someone in some ill-conceived attempt to prevent Georgia from carrying out an audit of Joe Biden’s victory in the state. “I think what we’re dealing with here is pervasive and very, very dark,” Powell said. “They are willing to kill people à la Kelly Loeffler’s aide in Georgia, who was suddenly blown up in his car on the way to a rally for her. He happened to be dating Gov. Kemp’s daughter. Gov. Kemp was considering, I think, at that point, a signature audit.” Powell’s claim is, as has come to be expected, a fabrication. Harrison Deal, a campaign staffer for Loeffler, died in a three-vehicle accident last December. An Atlanta man was later charged with second-degree homicide by vehicle.
NotMax
Shazzbot. Minor coding fix.
From Tuesday,
topclimber
The good news/bad news in the North Carolina story is that barely 1% of the company’s health care workers are vaccine holdouts, but that with our health care system under such strain, every lost body counts.
Baud
@raven:
MJ is talking about it.
gkoutnik
Does this post actually include a picture of a guy with a sign reading “Freedom Of Choice Should be Mandatory”?
Really?
YY_Sima Qian
On 9/21 China reported 16 new domestic confirmed cases & 0 new domestic asymptomatic cases.
Fujian Province reporter 13 new domestic confirmed cases. There currently are 418 active domestic confirmed cases & 3 active domestic asymptomatic cases.
Harbin in Heilongjiang Province reported 3 new domestic confirmed cases, all at Bayan County. The 1st case was found during voluntary testing at a hospital & the other 2 are traced close contacts. The latter 2 cases are persons who had returned from the Philippines, but they hand entered China on 8/3, passed through 14 days of centralized quarantine at Guangzhou in Guangdong Province, traveled back to Harbin on 8/18 & entered 14 days of home quarantine, which ended on 9/1. It is virtually impossible for these 2 cases to be the index cases who brought in infection from the Philippines. The 1st case had traveled form Ji’an in Jiangxi Province to Harbin on 9/7 (via Nanchang in Jiangxi Province), who has no reported COVID-19 outbreak. The 3 cases had traveled extensively across all of Harbin over the past 14 days. On 9/22, 5 additional confirmed cases have been identified, 4 at Bayan County & 1 at Nangang District. All schools in the city have shifted to remote instruction, all persons leaving Harbin need to have negative RT-PCR test report within 48 hrs. All public & entertainment venues have been shut. The city has commenced mass screening of all residents. 2 residential compounds have been elevated to Medium Risk.
Yunnan Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 9 active domestic confirmed & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases remaining in the province, all at Ruili in Dehong Prefecture.
At Hunan Province 2 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 13 active domestic confirmed cases remaining in the province, all at Zhangjiajie
At Henan Province 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 8 active domestic confirmed cases.
At Hubei Province there currently are 2 active domestic confirmed (both mild) & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases, all at Jingmen.
At Shanghai Municipality there currently are 2 active domestic confirmed cases.
Imported Cases
On 9/21, China reported 25 new imported confirmed cases (2 previously asymptomatic), 9 imported asymptomatic cases, 2 imported suspect cases:
Overall in China, 37 confirmed cases recovered (34 imported), 14 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (all imported) & 2 were reclassified as confirmed cases (both imported), & 797 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 984 active confirmed cases in the country (532 imported), 14 in serious condition (5 imported), 342 active asymptomatic cases (333 imported), 4 suspect case (all imported). 16,770 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 9/21, 2,182.604M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 1.618M doses in the past 24 hrs.
On 9/22, Hong Kong did not issue any reports, due to Mid-Autumn Festival.
debbie
@raven:
Why hasn’t she been disbarred yet?
Platonicspoof
In case anyone else had this problem:
Clicked thru to Bloomberg article in 5th blockquote (“stereotypes”), then to the survey link. Much of the text has sort of a double image (Windows 10, MS Edge), so I clicked ‘Download Preprint’.
Download is a completely legible pdf file for me.
debbie
I’m looking forward to the freakout when insurers actually stop covering the unvaccinated COVID costs. I think money is the only way to get to these fools.
Wvng
I had to be at my bank in deep red WV yesterday for CD business. The door into the bank had a big sign saying masks required, also ” if you won’t wear a mask use the drive in window.” It initially seemed that customers were doing it, until it became obvious that most were not. Just not doing it. Coming into a place of business where every employee was masked, and just not masking, some for long periods as they met with staff. Simply breathtaking entitled assholery. The bank manager is an old friend; we asked why making wasn’t being enforced and he said out of concern for how people might react. So we had to sit there for 30 minutes waiting for our turn to do time sensitive in a county on fire with covid cases, and the mostly vaccinated staff deal with this every day. A couple are out, sick, now, with covid.
Platonicspoof
@Platonicspoof:
Failed to edit/remove bad pdf link, so please use ‘Download Preprint’ link.
NotMax
Speaking of Brazil, 99-year-old aunt there was visited at home (her city funds that program) to receive a booster shot of Sinovac. From what little I’ve heard anecdotally she had virtually no reaction to the first shot earlier this year but has experienced debiliating reaction to the booster.
NorthLeft12
That last tweet on the page……imagine living in a country where the government denies the existence of the pandemic.
Hmmmmmm, makes you think, eh?
NotMax
@NotMax
debiliating = debilitating
Gosh, is it Type Like A Cross-eyed Baboon Day again already?
;)
OzarkHillbilly
@NotMax: Every day is Type Like A Cross-eyed Baboon Day.
Chris T.
@OzarkHillbilly: Except the days that are worse…
NotMax
@OzarkHillbilly
Blceh.
:)
Platonicspoof
@NotMax:
And it’s contagious!
Betty
@raven: And Pennsylvania’s goofball Republicans think it isn’t a problem if they release voters’ private information to her. Incredible.
Cermet
What the Tenn state is recommending is so over the top and literally insanity I realize that only republicans could ever say such an outrageous and beyond immoral idea. Or another typical day for that death cult.
Jay
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s Ministry of Health reports 15,759 new Covid-19 cases today in its media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 2,127,934 cases. It also reports 334 new deaths as of midnight, for a cumulative total of 24,078 deaths – 1.12% of the cumulative reported total, 1.24% of resolved cases.
Based on cases reported yesterday, Malaysia’s nationwide Rt is at 0.95.
882 confirmed active and contagious cases are in ICU, 393 of them on ventilators. Meanwhile, 19,702 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 1,917,088 patients recovered – 89.5% of the cumulative reported total.
26 new clusters were reported today, for a cumulative total of 5,354 clusters. 1,306 clusters are currently active; 4,048 clusters are now inactive.
14,985 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 2,411 local cases: 87 in clusters, 1,165 close-contact screenings, and 1,159 other screenings.
Johor reports 1,880 cases: 119 in clusters, 947 close-contact screenings, and 814 other screenings. Sarawak reports 1,711 local cases: 42 in clusters, 922 close-contact screenings, and 747 other screenings. Kelantan reports 1,573 cases: 57 in clusters, 1,056 close-contact screenings, and 460 other screenings.
Perak reports 1,490 cases: 297 in clusters, 607 close-contact screenings, and 586 other screenings. Penang reports 1,224 cases: 36 in clusters, 358 close-contact screenings, and 830 other screenings. Sabah reports 1,199 cases: 720 close-contact screenings and 479 other screenings. Kedah reports 1,007 cases: 17 in clusters, 590 close-contact screenings, and 400 other screenings.
Terengganu reports 852 cases: nine in clusters, 691 close-contact screenings, and 152 other screenings.
Pahang reports 688 cases: 190 in clusters, 399 close-contact screenings, and 99 other screenings.
Kuala Lumpur reports 337 local cases: 15 in clusters, 139 close-contact screenings, and 183 other screenings. Melaka reports 313 cases: 45 in clusters, 101 close-contact screenings, and 167 other screenings.
Negeri Sembilan reports 170 cases: 85 close-contact screenings and 85 other screenings.
Perlis reports 97 cases: 51 close-contact screenings and 46 other screenings. Putrajaya reports 30 cases: 19 close-contact screenings and 11 other screenings. Labuan reports three cases: one close-contact screening and two other screenings.
Five new cases today are imported: three in Selangor, one in Sarawak, and one in Kuala Lumpur.
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 261,255 doses of vaccine on 20th September: 123,414 first doses and 137,841 second doses. As of midnight yesterday, the cumulative total is 40,925,929 doses administered: 22,223,652 first doses and 18,786,636 second doses. 68.0% of the population have received their first dose, while 57.5% are now fully vaccinated.
debbie
@Cermet:
Just wait until they outlaw public health. //
Sloane Ranger
Tuesday in the UK we had 31,564 new cases. This is a decrease of 5.7% in the rolling 7-day average. New cases by nation,
England – 24,973 (down 1932)
Northern Ireland – 1145 (up 125)
Scotland – 2870 (down 47)
Wales – 2576 (down 2682).
Deaths – There were 203 deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday. This is an increase of 4.8% in the rolling 7-day average. 174 deaths were in England, 4 in Northern Ireland, 18 in Scotland and 7 in Wales.
Testing – 984,065 tests took place on Monday, 20 September. This is a decrease in the 7-day average of 10.8%. The PCR testing capacity reported by labs on that date was 875,340.
Hospitalisations – As of Monday, 20 September, there were 7731 people in hospital and 982 people on ventilators. As of 16 September, the rolling 7-day average for hospital admissions was down by 11.6%.
Vaccinations – As of Monday, 20 September, 48,617,703 people had received 1 shot of a vaccine and 44,512,572 had received both. This means that 89.4% of UK residents aged 16+ had had 1 shot by that date and 81.9% were fully vaccinated.
mrmoshpotato
@debbie:
Disbarred and given a mandatory psych evaluation.
When even Ghouliani thinks you’re nuts…
mrmoshpotato
@NotMax: I prefer typing like a cross-eyed chimpanzee.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
Marin County California reaches 90% vaccination.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/One-Bay-Area-county-is-approaching-nearly-100-of-16474541.php
But it’s California, not Road Side Dinner, Ohio, so doesn’t count. It does strike me that if they started praising the places doing well instead of endless Cletus Safaris to ponder deep the thinking of the to fucked up in the head to survive we might do better.
RSA
To me this seems a bad decision in a few ways. It’s a policy based on categories rather than individuals, and this specific categorization many anti-vaxxers have resisted all along. (“My vaccination status doesn’t matter–just give me the medical treatment I demand.”) Does it work in the other direction as well, with resources like ICU beds being denied to unvaccinated people so that they are reserved for accident victims, say? Not that I’ve read. Last, it’s an obvious moral hazard, giving some people an advantage for doing the wrong thing.
sab
My spouse, who reads the BJ blog but not the comments (!!??!!??!) is absolutely raving about the Family Guy clip. I personally find Stewie to be abhorrent, and I only like Brian because he is a dog. But spouse is raving.
sab
@Enhanced Voting Techniques: My brother is a RWNJ in Marin. He actually held public office until he didn’t run again. So even Marin has RWNJs. But he never went anti-science. He has solar panels on his roof. But he misses his years in Texas. He is a proud Republican (he says people who call him RINOs only joined the party with Reagan and are actually Dixiecrats.)
People are complicated, but their politics are not.
Ken
@sab: The clip is OK, although it’s a little alarming hearing the explanation from Stewie, since he would be more likely to genetically engineer a virus and use it to take over the world.
PST
@sab: I’m no Family Guy fan, and I haven’t watched one minute of it in years, but I enjoyed and admired the clip. Obviously it isn’t going to change any hard-core anti-vaxxer minds, but if it is the explanation that prods a few on-the-fence procrastinators then I say well done.
Joe Falco
@sab:
I’d call it a fair assessment. There are plenty of Georgia elected officials that are Republican-come-lately and were previously Democrats back when being a Democrat was the most politically advantageous position to be.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
@sab: The whole idea that Cal, or even the SF Bay Area is this monolith of liberals is pretty much nonsense. What is different is a lot of California conservatives are pragmatists and not blinded by the Right,
But more to my original point, the NYT sure as hell isn’t going to interview your brother in Marin why he got vaccinated when they have an unemployed plumber in Ohio who sees space lizards on TV.
Robert Sneddon
Scotland — 3,598 new cases reported today. The technical issues with some COVID-19 case reporting over the weekend seems to have been dealt with. The test positivity rate is 7.8%. There were 31 new deaths reported overnight (this number may have been affected by the previous problems in data reporting). ICU bed occupancy numbers are 82, down 12 from yesterday while hospitalisations are 1,107, down 31.
There were just over 4,700 vaccinations carried out in Scotland yesterday (Tuesday) with about 50% of these being first vaccinations. 91.2% of 16+ adults are now vaccinated with their first dose and 83.8% are fully vaccinated. 69.8% of 16 and 17-year-olds have now received their first vaccination, up 0.2% from yesterday. It’s likely that most 16-17 year olds will be getting vaccinated at the weekends since they are generally at school Mon-Fri, ditto for the newly-accessioned 12-15 year old age group.