BIDEN: “No, I don’t think covid is here to stay. But having covid in the environment here and in the world is probably here to stay. … We’re going to be able to control this. The new normal is not going to be what it is now, it’s going to be better." pic.twitter.com/lQSfLMy7Mq
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) January 7, 2022
The US reported +2,025 new coronavirus deaths yesterday, bringing the total to 858,346. The 7-day moving average rose to 1,489 deaths per day. pic.twitter.com/s275vYdsVL
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) January 8, 2022
The US is currently administering about 1 million new vaccine shots per day. pic.twitter.com/NEnJ3mC2Oo
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) January 8, 2022
U.S. administers over 518 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines -CDC https://t.co/rhI9K4DXE0 pic.twitter.com/lLN0J6boyU
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 9, 2022
"37% of admitted NY COVID patients have no symptoms and one [hospital] CEO says it's 'very, very rare' to see a boosted patient admitted" https://t.co/KIifLpWRj6
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) January 8, 2022
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Coronavirus in the World (see link for country-by-country break down):
Cases:
303,867,612
Deaths:
5,497,567
Recovered:
258,339,700 https://t.co/tqAXSvaSjA pic.twitter.com/iu8kxrOVsB— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) January 8, 2022
A major Chinese city near Beijing has begun mass testing of its 14 million residents after a cluster of 20 children and adults tested positive for COVID-19, including at least two with the omicron variant. The testing is to be completed over two days. https://t.co/yMHjizYcHA
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 9, 2022
#Tianjin is quite close to #Beijing which will host the Winter Olympics in a matter of weeks. #China
— Stephen McDonell (@StephenMcDonell) January 9, 2022
There was a study released in the #UAE this week reportedly finding that a new protein-based booster from Sinopharm is more effective against #Omicron than a third shot of the original Chinese vaccine.
— Stephen McDonell (@StephenMcDonell) January 9, 2022
Soaring toll in India
Again#COVID19https://t.co/0v1h57tExr
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) January 9, 2022
Restrictions imposed in several states in India as Covid-19 cases rise https://t.co/fubieImSAU pic.twitter.com/hUDsAwbOrM
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 9, 2022
"India has “substantially greater” COVID-19 deaths than official reports suggest, … close to 3 million, which is more than six times higher than the government has acknowledged and the largest number of any country."https://t.co/4RwIX8G0VD
— Matthew Rae (@matthew_t_rae) January 8, 2022
The call is coming from within the house country:
India, from the earliest days of the pandemic, has reported far fewer COVID-19 deaths than expected given the toll elsewhere—an apparent death “paradox” that some believed was real and others thought would prove illusory. Now, a prominent epidemiologist who contended the country really had been spared the worst of COVID-19 has led a rigorous new analysis of available mortality data and concluded he “got it wrong.” India has “substantially greater” COVID-19 deaths than official reports suggest, says Prabhat Jha of the University of Toronto— close to 3 million, which is more than six times higher than the government has acknowledged and the largest number of any country.
If true, the finding could prompt scrutiny of other countries with anomalously low death rates and push up the current worldwide pandemic total, estimated by the World Health Organization (WHO) at some 5.45 million people. “I think it does call for a recalibration of the global numbers plus saying, ‘What the heck is going on in India?’” says Jha, whose team published the new India analysis today in Science. And India’s suffering could be far from over—the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has begun to surge there.
At the end of 2021, India reported about 480,000 deaths from SARS-CoV-2 infections. That’s 340 COVID-19 deaths per million—about one-seventh the per capita COVID-19 mortality tallied in the United States. Jha’s own early analysis supported the assertion that India had an unusually low mortality rate from COVID-19, but he and his colleagues have now probed more deeply. They tapped data from an independent polling agency that surveyed nearly 140,000 people across the vast country by telephone, asking whether anyone in each household had died from COVID-19. They also analyzed government reports from hospitals and similar facilities and looked at officially registered deaths. The result: a much higher estimate—between 2300 and 2500 deaths per million by September 2021, comparable to the rate in the United States, which has one-third as many people…
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says “a basic agreement” has been reached with the U.S. on banning the U.S. military from leaving base grounds, a step to curb the spread of coronavirus infections. https://t.co/z3TLr08EX1
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 9, 2022
Philippines prepares more hospitals beds with record COVID-19 cases https://t.co/Zl9fsL3Df1 pic.twitter.com/xOARG3TyOX
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 9, 2022
Australia’s New South Wales state has reported 16 deaths in its deadliest day of the pandemic. Just over 30,000 new cases were reported in Australia’s most populous state. https://t.co/kBTLhde2rp
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 9, 2022
HOW SMART IS THAT!! Well done ACT.
That is so so smart.https://t.co/iVxAwUdQIu pic.twitter.com/u8EoFffr4k
— Prof Marc Tennant (@MarcTennant) January 9, 2022
Russia on Sunday confirmed 16,246 Covid-19 infections and 763 deathshttps://t.co/3koUH7lEr5
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) January 9, 2022
Covid: Thousands protest in France against proposed new vaccine pass https://t.co/WSVrajky7p
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) January 8, 2022
PM recognises ‘terrible toll’ as official Covid death total passes 150,000 https://t.co/bXcE136YBX
— The Independent (@Independent) January 8, 2022
Covid in Scotland: Virus hospital patients increase by 50% in a week https://t.co/ER8XuYt5m4
— BBC Health News (@bbchealth) January 8, 2022
Mexico hits record in new COVID-19 cases, more than 30,000 https://t.co/V7ZPyKDp81 pic.twitter.com/MbyKj4EyEY
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 9, 2022
Drugmaker Moderna has donated 2.7 million doses of coronavirus vaccine to Mexico, as the country’s official COVID-19 death toll topped 300,000. Mexican officials said the vaccines will be used to inoculate teachers in an effort to resume in-school classes. https://t.co/HgzcvNZ4Zi
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 8, 2022
"Off the charts"https://t.co/juZLDAVRFj pic.twitter.com/dQEe5WUGBb
— David Juurlink (@DavidJuurlink) January 8, 2022
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Children who have recovered from Covid-19 appear to be at significantly increased risk of developing Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, CDC researchers reported on Friday. https://t.co/tFTcb80MeR
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 7, 2022
Caveat, extremely small sample sets, and (hopefully!) self-resolving, as it is in many adult Covid cases:
… The researchers found increases in diabetes in both data sets, though the relative rates were quite different: they found a 2.6-fold increase in new diabetes cases among children in one, and a smaller 30 percent increase in another.
“Even a 30 percent increase is a big increase in risk,” said Sharon Saydah, a researcher at the C.D.C. and lead author of the study. The differences likely result from different ways of classifying children as having Covid, she added.
Dr. Saydah said it was not yet clear whether post-Covid Type 2 diabetes would be a chronic condition in these children, or a transient condition that resolves. (Type 1 diabetes is not reversible.) Most of the children were only followed about four and a half months…
A Twitter account with more than a million followers, famous for helping consumers track down elusive PlayStation 5 consoles, is helping the fight against covid-19 by pointing the public to hard-to-find home tests and available vaccination appointments. https://t.co/j4SiVO9vFU
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 7, 2022
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“This really does, I think, remind everyone of when COVID-19 first appeared and there were such major disruptions across every part of our normal life.” Omicron-fueled coronavirus infections have caused a breakdown in basic functions across America. https://t.co/Luu88daeFc
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 8, 2022
Hospital -like so many – requires Covid+ nurses to come to work after five days, even if still positive. Sudden outbreak of Covid among patients who came to hospital without COVID. Just like everyone who isn’t hoping magic will intervene said would happen. https://t.co/AOxETLtfiM
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) January 8, 2022
Not only did New York State report >90,000 new cases today, but it has now exceeded the number of hospitalizations and ICUs from its winter peak.
Doesn't bode well for the rest of the country
(NYS good immunity wall: 2-shot vaccinated rate 72 vs 62%, US avg + lots of prior Covid) pic.twitter.com/svXUDWvvIA— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) January 8, 2022
Covid-19 cases among dockworkers are colliding with a pandemic-fueled surge in cargo volumes https://t.co/rw2GPByyz9
— Bloomberg (@business) January 8, 2022
We’ll never know how many people Rupert Murdoch killed during pandemic https://t.co/SaN4L6py8T
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) January 8, 2022
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY:
The NYSDOH website: 2235 new cases on 1/8/22.
I remember when I used to think 300 cases a day was horrific.
raven
What is this “calling out sick”????? I have always called “IN” sick now they want to change it!
Baud
@raven:
You might owe your former employer some money for doing it backwards.
Suzanne
I am worried that we ere exposed to Covid with all the police in our house, not to mention the naked crackhead. My throat is sore, but Mr. Suzanne and I were screaming last night.
Baud
@Suzanne:
I just read about that. What a fright. Glad you are all safe.
NorthLeft12
When they say “We need to learn to live with/manage COVID differently”, they mostly mean that we should give up on trying to stop transmissions.
Spoiler alert; unimpeded transmissions will directly lead to much higher hospitalizations, deaths(from many causes), and further economic and social disruptions. Those same people don’t want to admit that.
raven
@raven: I had nearly a year of unused sick leave that was added to my retirement fund, it mattered!!! What I learned working from home was that you call IN sick to keep other people from getting sick!
Ken
I am not a lawyer, but this sounds like a pretty easy case.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Suzanne: Say what?
I have to go back and check the night threads.
Suzanne
@Baud: I was able to sleep for about three hours but I am rather elevated.
raven
@Suzanne: Goddamn
SiubhanDuinne
@Suzanne:
What a nightmare for all of you. Horrified that that happened. Do whatever you need to do in terms of self-care and family pampering. Big hugs.
Suzanne
@Dorothy A. Winsor: Short recap: someone who lives in the apartment behind my house was either high or having a psychotic episode or both and he was naked (32 degrees, snow everywhere) and ran into my backyard screaming that he was being chased. He broke my back window in the door, jumped into the house (cutting himself bloody in the process), and was running around our house for a couple of minutes before my husband got him to run out the front door. The police came and arrested him and called an ambulance, which came about 20 minutes later. We had to deal with the police in and around the house for a while. Not to mention crazy naked bloody dude.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Suzanne: I just went back and read about it. Holy crap. In addition to all the practical problems, which are big, that has to be traumatizing. I’ve had my house broken into when I was away, and that was bad enough.
I hope your insurance company comes through for you today. They’ve undoubtedly dealt with similar situations. They can offer some guidance.
lowtechcyclist
@Suzanne: You really had the night from hell. Glad you got a little bit of sleep, anyway. Good luck in dealing with the insurance people.
It’s not the best time of year for it, but can you air out the house to flush out any residual Covid germs?
YY_Sima Qian
On 1/8 China reported 92 new domestic confirmed (3 previously asymptomatic) & 0 new domestic asymptomatic cases.
Shaanxi Province reported 30 new domestic confirmed cases. 83 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 1,747 active domestic confirmed cases in the province.
At Yuncheng in Shanxi Province there currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case, a person arrived from Xi’an in Shaanxi.
Guangdong Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed case (mild), at Shenzhen, a traced close contact already under centralized quarantine. There currently are 21 active domestic confirmed (18 at Dongguan & 3 at Shenzhen) & 1 active domestic asymptomatic (at Foshan) cases in the province. 1 residential compound & 1 residential building at Shenzhen have been elevated to Medium Risk.
At Guangxi “Autonomous” Region 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 18 active domestic confirmed (all at Dongxing in Fangchenggang) & 1 active domestic asymptomatic (at Chongzuo) cases in the province. 1 village at Fangchenggang remains at High Risk.
Tianjin Municipality reported 3 new domestic confirmed cases, 2 from separate fever clinics & 1 a traced close contact. They are infected w/ the Omicron Variant, the 1st community outbreak of Omicron in China. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that the 2 cases that separately visited fever clinics are from the same transmission chain, but authorities cannot yet trace the outbreak to recent imported Omicron cases to the city. Another 17 domestic cases are preliminarily positive. 3 clusters are centered around a kindergarten, a primary school & a middle school. The city is commencing mass screening of all residents.
Shanghai Municipality did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 16 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
At Jiangsu Province there currently are 1 active domestic confirmed (at Nanjing) & 3 active domestic asymptomatic cases (all at Wuxi) in the province.
Zhejiang Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed cases, both reported by Beilun District in Ningbo, both traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine since 1/1 & 1/3, respectively. 26 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 275 active domestic confirmed cases (spread across Shaoxing, Ningbo, Hangzhou & Jinhua) in the province. A factory & a village at Jinhua are currently at Medium Risk. A factory & a village at Beilun District in Ningbo remain at Medium Risk.
At Xiamen in Fujian Province there currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case remaining, a quarantine hotel worker.
Henan Province reported 56 new domestic confirmed cases (3 previously asymptomatic). 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 243 active domestic confirmed cases in the province.
At Yunnan Province there currently are 13 active domestic confirmed (8 at Dehong Prefecture & 5 at Kunming) & 7 active domestic asymptomatic (5 at Dehong Prefecture & 2 at Sipsongpanna Prefecture) cases in the province.
At Tongren in Guizhou Province there currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case in the city, a person who returned from Jinghong, Sipsongpanna Prefecture in Yunnan.
Imported Cases
On 1/8, China reported 73 new imported confirmed cases (12 previously asymptomatic), 46 imported asymptomatic cases, 2 imported suspect cases:
Overall in China, 140 confirmed cases recovered (29 imported), 17 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (all imported) & 15 were reclassified as confirmed cases (12 imported), & 2,214 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 3,392 active confirmed cases in the country (1,048 imported), 26 in serious condition (3 imported), 675 active asymptomatic cases (645 imported), 1 suspect case (imported). 41,016 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 1/8, 2,894.178M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 14.185M doses in the past 24 hrs.
On 1/9, Hong Kong reported 33 new positive cases, 27 imported & 6 domestic (5 traced close contacts & a passenger cabin cleaner at the airport).
Suzanne
@lowtechcyclist: Well, with the broken window, we’re getting more air than we want. My husband makeshifted a cover for it and we cleaned up some of the glass. But it is cold downstairs.
rikyrah
@Suzanne:
??????????
p.a.
@Suzanne: sending +++ vibes. Frightening situation.
satby
@Suzanne: Jeezus! What a nightmare. Hoping for no covid afteraffects, and that your insurance handles it swiftly and thoroughly for you.
rikyrah
@Dorothy A. Winsor: I know???
Sure Lurkalot
@Suzanne: Totally terrifying, I hope you get good assistance today so you and your family can rest and heal.
Suzanne
@satby: I feel like we have been soooooo careful for over a year and all of that care and caution was just shattered. We got Spawn the Youngest away from him and my mom barricaded herself in her room upstairs with the kids, but this man ran close to her and that freaks me out more than anything.
YY_Sima Qian
@Suzanne: That is insane! Fingers crossed.
Another Scott
I’m sorry Suzanne. What a scary, horrible situation. I hope that it is resolved quickly.
:-(
On topic – Carl Bergstrom has a long thread about the 5 days recommendation. The science backs it up:
The “symptoms resolving” bit is likely crucial…
Cheers,
Scott.
raven
@Suzanne: Dude must have been white or they would have killed him.
Suzanne
@raven: Dude was white, all but one of the officers was black. The officers responded quickly and behaved with the utmost professionalism.
Betty
@Suzanne: It will take time for your whole family to feel safe. Be kind to each other in the meantime. Wishing you all steady progress in recovering your sense of security.
Jean
@Suzanne: I am so sorry to hear about that horrible experience! I hope your insurance pays for clean-up and all repairs a.s.a.p. And I hope you can get some rest today.
Suzanne
Thank you all.
this sucked.
The Thin Black Duke
@Suzanne: I’m sorry, Suzanne.
raven
@Suzanne: Good, I’m glad no one got hurt more.
LongHairedWeirdo
You know, I had a sobering thought.
I saw someone say something about how FREEDUMB emigrated to Europe, in part because it had such loud supporters in the US. Now, I don’t know how much horror it’s causing in other places, but I did want to make one statement.
Putin must be laughing his ass off at Trump, for being such an easily playable dupe, who proved so valuable in disrupting western interests.
(The sobering part of it is, for good or ill, *I* am part of a country that probably caused huge amounts of excess suffering and death. And people were willing to run a coup for the man responsible.)
This:
Is it me, or is Covid-19 doing everything it can to make Republicans look stupid?
They kept *swearing* Covid-19 was harmless to children, and, to nobody’s surprise, we find evidence that it *can* cause harm, and possibly long term harm. This is why everyone who wasn’t a fucking monster never advocating for letting it infect children.
Yes, *EVERYONE* who advocated for child infections is a fucking monster. If (generic, as are all that follow)you don’t know what you’re talking about, and you flap your yap about something serious and dangerous, going directly against widely available expert advice, you *are* a fucking monster. A person must be more enamored of their own self image than the lives of others to do something like that.
This rant of facts doesn’t change if the diabetes issue turns out to be a statistical blip. The fact is, WE DON’T KNOW what variants will do. WE DON’T KNOW if a lot of children have already been negatively affected, YES, by ORIGINAL Covid-19!!! It might be they have, but no one’s put the puzzle pieces together yet (I imagine this is especially difficult when the patients are children). And face it, no one says “let’s let millions of other people’s children be put to unknown risk” without being… well, you know.
satby
@Suzanne: Try not to worry, hopefully any exposure was minimal if it occurred at all. Especially for the kids.
bluegirlfromwyo
@Suzanne: How horrible. You and family take the time you need to recover. Another hope for a speedy insurance resolution.
satby
On another note, I always assumed the official numbers out of India were bullshit. Most of my friends there lost at least one family member, and they live in cities where the numbers were probably accurate. But in poor rural areas, and with a population the size of India? No way could the death toll be less than here in the U.S. And ours is undercounted too.
sab
@Suzanne: My vaxxed amd boostered SIL caught covid about three weeks ago. She doesn’t know how because she and her husband have been very careful. Probably from her daughter’s family, who have also been very careful.
The good news is that although she is in her seventies the symptoms were very mild. Fever, sore throat, runny nose. Like a bad cold. Lasted only a couple of days.
You are all vaxxed except for the little one, aren’t you?
Ohio Mom
@satby: Ironically, if ventilation is key for prevention, Suzanne’s household certainly had plenty of air flow.
@Suzanne: I am just catching up with your story, I am so sorry. What an absolute horror and terror. Sounds like you, Mr. Suzanne and Mom Suzanne kept your wits and did exactly what needed to be done in those completely shocking and chaotic moments. Take a moment to appreciate that. You three did good.
I hope the insurance company is kind to you and you and your family get all the help you need. When the dust settles a bit, maybe consider a few sessions of family therapy? I suspect this will reverberate for a time.
sab
@Suzanne: Did any adult in your house get any sleep last night
ETA Saw your Baud answer at #10.
Suzanne
@sab: Yes, all vaxxed, and the adults are boosted. Younger has had two shots, not yet eligible for booster. Youngest is unvaxxed.
Suzanne
@Ohio Mom: Dude is very lucky that we are not a gun-owning household. Mr. Suzanne and I grabbed our exercise weights to fight him with if it came to that. Others would have shot him. As it stands, his injuries are entirely self-inflicted.
Cermet
@Suzanne: Just wow; so very glad the man was not violent! So sorry for that and the possible exposures, too.
As for the silver spoon up his ass carlson, how is that not falsely yelling fire in a crowded building? Lying in a manner that absolutely will result in increased deaths and is the very definition of illegal speech! The FCC should shut that worthless, lying and the very definition of a son of a bitch asshole, down. He should be banned from any media platform till his trial for creating a public hazard with intention to cause death.
zhena gogolia
@Suzanne: So horrible! I’m glad you’re all safe.
Kay
Nonsense. Public health runs on badgering. They nag, because nagging works. Smoking, seat belts, drunk driving- years of nagging followed by laws and stiff sanctions for the holdouts- in the case of smoking it was also huge punishing taxes. We even have a phrase for it- “sin taxes”.
Child safety seats? Shamed parents into it. Just blatantly, with no apologies.
Coddling is a brand new approach. Entirely unproven and looks so far like it’s a big flop.
Nicole
@Suzanne: I’m so sorry for what you went through. As others have said, what with the broken door and all, the risk of Covid is probably pretty negligible (ventilation does a lot), but the terror of having your home broken into is something else. I would chalk today’s sore throat up to last night’s screaming. What a nightmare.
WaterGirl
@raven: It’s a regional thing, just like i grew up with “standing IN line” and some other people say “staying ON line”.
trnc
Now do Florida.
WaterGirl
@Suzanne: Oh my god, Suzanne, i am so sorry that this happened to you, and is still happening.
Please tell us what we can do to help. There must be something we can do.
Another Scott
@Cermet: I hear Popehat screaming into the void….
It’s a good read.
Cheers,
Scott.
Sloane Ranger
@Suzanne: OMG, I got burgled once when I was away and that was bad enough, but this, I can’t even imagine…
Hopefully, your sore throat is just the result of yelling and your insurance company steps up to the plate quickly. In the meantime, sending you and your family all good vibes. Someone above, suggested you get counselling, it’s not for everyone, but I recommend you consider it.
Soprano2
@Suzanne: I read about your incident in the overnight thread. I’m so sorry such a terrifying thing happened to you, and I’m glad you’re all physically unhurt. Your insurance will hire a professional cleaning service, but in the meantime it sure does suck to have your house in such a mess. You’re probably ok re: Covid, because you’re all protected except the youngest one and it sounds like your house is well-ventilated right now, sadly. Besides, if you were exposed yesterday I don’t think you’d already be having symptoms. I second those who say you should all get some counseling – you may be affected by this in ways you don’t expect.
Sloane Ranger
So Saturday, in the UK where we had 146,390 new cases. This is an increase of 10.6% in the rolling 7-day average but case numbers have been dropping off over the past 4 days. Finger crossed that we’ve crested the wave. New cases by home nation,
England – 130,330 (down @19,000)
Northern Ireland – 3458 (down @3000)
Scotland – 12,602 (down @2000)
Wales – Wales does not report on Saturdays.
Deaths – There were 313 deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday. This figure is likely an undercount due to weekend office closures. The rolling 7-day average is up by 38.3%. 282 deaths were in England, 5 in Northern Ireland, 26 in Scotland and Wales did not report.
Testing – 1,820,674 tests took place on Thursday, 6th January. The rolling 7-day average for tests conducted was up by 18.5%. The PCR testing capacity reported by labs on that date was 848,951.
Hospitalisations – There were 18,454 people in hospital and 868 on ventilators as of Thursday, 6th January. The 7-day average figure for hospital admissions was up by 57.7% on 3rd January.
Vaccinations – As of Friday, 7th January, 51,919,815 people had had 1 shot of a vaccine, 47,632,483 had had 2 and 35,273,945 had had a 3rd shot/booster. In percentages this means that 90.3% of all UK residents aged 12+ had had 1 shot, 82.8% had had 2 and 61.3% had had a 3rd shot/booster.
frosty
@Suzanne: If it helps, PGH police got the vaccine very early, as soon as it came out and before it became political. Good chance they were vaxxed, although that doesn’t mean as much now thanks to Omicron.
What a scary and horrible night!
Ohio Mom
@WaterGirl: In NYC, we stand ON line. The explanation I’ve heard (may be apocryphal) is that NYC elementary schools had a series of parallel lines painted on the school yard grounds, with each line just long enough for the 36 students of each classroom to form a line ON (36 being the legal limit for class size, at least in the lower grades).
I don’t know if I remember standing on a painted line (I think I do, but maybe that image has been put in my head by the explanation) but I do clearly remember lining up in the same spot every morning and after lunch, and the rule that the line must be in size place order. I was always first in line.
Tenar Arha
@Suzanne: I’m sorry that happened to you guys. Wishing you and your family a smooth cleanup, a calm aftermath, and healing thoughts.
Kalakal
@Suzanne: Good grief,what a horrible experience. Glad to hear you’re all ok. I’ve been burgled which was bad enough but I’ve never been there when the deed was done. I hope it all goes smoothly with the repairs/clean up,/ insurance etc. Hopefully you’re risk of Covid exposure is low, what with the broken door My sympathies.
debbie
@Suzanne:
OMG, how horrifying. I got home invaded my last apartment, and I’m impressed you were able to get past the shock to think about grabbing weights to fight back with. I hope your family recovers quickly and with zero risk of COVID.
debbie
@Ohio Mom:
I still say on line, damn what others think when their eyebrows shoot up.
Emma from Miami
@Suzanne: Let’s fire the scriptwriter for this particular episode of your life! Here’s to a quiet average rest of the year.
Scout211
It really is good to live in California. Contrast Newsom’s response to the COVID surge in California with DeSantis’ response in Florida. Source.
Bill Arnold
@NorthLeft12:
Lower dose of innoculum(/infectious particles) is generally correlated with milder cases, for many respiratory viruses including SARS-CoV-2. Masks, particularly universal masks in indoor public spaces, work both for prevention and , it should be assumed even without a major (and Nazi-level-unethical) controlled trial, case-severity reduction. (Natural experiments will have to mostly suffice.) Vaccination with booster also appears to prevent at least some Omicron infections.
So people who advocate for no public health NPIs are Evil AND full of shit. And when they say “science tells us X”, usually “X” is the exact opposite of what current science tells us.
Matt McIrvin
@Bill Arnold: I’m taking a (permanent?) break from Twitter for the sake of my mental health but when I was on it, I followed Chise/@sailorrooscout, a vaccine researcher who fights an endless battle with both antivaxxers and the more out-there doomers. One of the more disturbing things about following her, though, is that whenever she states anything positive about the effectiveness of vaccines, it gets jumped on by these “get your vaccine and let it rip” people who want to use it as a pretext to eliminate all non-pharmaceutical interventions.
There’s been a lot of poorly-supported wishcasting about Omicron being the providential end of the pandemic if we just let it wash over us. I saw one tweeter who was celebrating it because he thought it would reveal to our political leaders that all NPIs are useless and should be scrapped in favor of a vaccination-only approach. It seems to me like the opposite of that so far.
(I do agree with Cheryl Rofer that this phenomenon of anti-NPI pro-vaxxers is vastly overrepresented on Twitter compared to the rest of life. There’s an opposite extreme there of doomer types who want to go super-hard on NPIs and end up effectively talking down vaccination, whether they intended that or not.)
Miss Bianca
@Suzanne: Holy shit, I just read about that incident this morning. Hope you are all doing ok besides the fright and the mess. Good God, what a nightmare.
West of the Rockies
I bet Russia (Putin) is lying (hugely) about its true Covid numbers. Kind of what they do.