America surpasses 4 million Covid-19 cases, the most in the world. The country added 1 million known cases in just 15 days. https://t.co/nRER2k8Mlp
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) July 23, 2020
“There’s this pandemic fatigue,” said @Thomasctsai. “All eyes were on New York. Houston is New York now. Miami is New York now. Phoenix is New York now. We need that shared collective urgency.” https://t.co/pz1lLJEmZR
— Michael B. Kelley (@MichaelBKelley) July 24, 2020
It may just be we’re all desperate for a sliver of hope, but it seems as though ‘people’ — and not just in the U.S. — are reaching the Once bitten, twice shy stage of pandemic awareness. Enough people have watched the curve trend downwards and then rebound, gone back to jobs that have been reshuttered, witnessed relatives and neighbors suffer & die that facile explanations about ‘no worse than the flu, really’ or ‘look at how well the stock market is doing’ just aren’t reassuring any more. Of course there’s a hard core of Corona-Truthers who won’t change their behavior short of being on ICU care, and with this virus it only takes a few covidiots to keep the virus in circulation…
U.S. records over 1,100 COVID-19 deaths for third straight day https://t.co/ppvtZ02k8Y pic.twitter.com/sHWHv6P9Yl
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 24, 2020
It isn’t enough to beat coronavirus. We have a responsibility to learn from our mistakes so we can be better prepared in the future.@SenFeinstein and I introduced a bill to ensure a comprehensive review of the action—and inaction—that led to this crisis:https://t.co/ieojdz52Ye
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) July 23, 2020
Americans broadly back more federal coronavirus relief: Reuters/IPSOS poll https://t.co/f0gQKlpFO5
— Timothy Aeppel (@TimAeppel) July 24, 2020
THREAD: A new AP-NORC poll finds three-quarters of Americans favor requiring people to wear masks outside their homes amid increasing concerns about coronavirus infections. https://t.co/recCOFYwT1
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) July 23, 2020
An explanation for the US pandemic surge invoking geometric progression and stupidity https://t.co/MEmezsX9ex @TheEconomist pic.twitter.com/Ph4iDGZZ6W
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) July 23, 2020
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What you need to know about the coronavirus right now https://t.co/0ySTzKeuFi
Track the spread of COVID-19 https://t.co/SmVoA2KDgz pic.twitter.com/hB9NUwn6Ee
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 24, 2020
Thread:
New paper addresses one of the biggest COVID-19 stories in the world: What the hell happened to Israel?https://t.co/RTC0RuFYvU
One upshot: Mask rules were suspended in schools during a May heat wave. Student cases spiked soon after. Then secondary spread exploded. pic.twitter.com/Jo2P0qlfjP
— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) July 23, 2020
The northeast US watched East Asia fight back its first COVID surge —and didn't learn.
The south/west US watched the northeast fight back its first COVID surge—and didn't learn.
Now, Israel is flashing red: NO MASKS IN SCHOOLS + A/C = MASSIVE COMMUNITY SPREAD. Let's learn.
— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) July 23, 2020
Every chapter of Iraq’s modern history can be seen in the cemetery of Wadi al-Salam outside the holy city of Najaf. Now, a special burial ground has been created nearby specifically for COVID-19 victims. Many Iraqi cemeteries have rejected such burials. https://t.co/u6bEhZAPxf
— AP Middle East (@APMiddleEast) July 24, 2020
Australia's Victoria has highest daily death toll from coronavirus https://t.co/1iymuWdOUO pic.twitter.com/QSYS5RGl1K
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 24, 2020
Did Sweden's coronavirus strategy succeed or fail? https://t.co/CZ7nceIbJi
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) July 23, 2020
South Korea says daily coronavirus cases may top 100, driven by imported infections https://t.co/b21aG994QO pic.twitter.com/HRTRHO8UHf
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 24, 2020
Vietnam bans wildlife trade to curb risk of pandemics https://t.co/DhAS0DHc14 pic.twitter.com/sEONqnqz29
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 24, 2020
South Africa sees a surge in excess deaths as COVID-19 spreads like 'wildfire.' https://t.co/4p57u4oKzG
— AP Africa (@AP_Africa) July 23, 2020
Coronavirus: South Africa death toll could be 'far higher' https://t.co/75useYnQKB
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) July 23, 2020
Before COVID-19, Argentina’s health care workers were working multiple jobs to make ends meet. Now some, fearing for loved ones, have moved into hotels, or sent their children to stay with relatives. By Debora Rey and Natacha Pisarenko https://t.co/KUc2e6E9JD pic.twitter.com/j1QXzU7SGG
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 23, 2020
Mexico registers record 8,438 new coronavirus infections https://t.co/dO58uZPUD7 pic.twitter.com/X8aQXIjILo
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 24, 2020
Coronavirus: Question mark over 2021 Tokyo Olympics https://t.co/2qEcd4QZ5x
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) July 23, 2020
.@UNDP has a recommendation for protecting the world’s poorest and slowing the spread of #COVID19 — Temporary Basic Income. Read about it in their new report: https://t.co/lcUf2r82qf pic.twitter.com/J1U9iBEVc7
— United Nations Foundation (@unfoundation) July 23, 2020
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Airborne #coronavirus is probably infectious, according to a new study from Univ of Nebraska. It has shown for the 1st time that #SARSCoV2 taken from microdroplets, defined as under 5 microns, can replicate in lab conditions. Image: blocking AC vents https://t.co/1iB8lfv2Np pic.twitter.com/VQ7i0dYRHR
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) July 23, 2020
Most confirmed #COVID19 deaths occurred in persons with underlying conditions. Underlying conditions can include lung disease, asthma, heart disease, a weakened immune system, obesity, diabetes, kidney disease, liver disease and cancer. View the data: https://t.co/jkF0FNFRm4 pic.twitter.com/PQJsCNeoUE
— nychealthy (@nycHealthy) July 23, 2020
Over the objection of its own scientists, the Trump admin granted $21M to study Pepcid as a COVID-19 therapy. That trial has now stalled. @rplardner and @JHDearen ‘s story. https://t.co/qRiz71eCUS
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 23, 2020
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Florida and California had >10k new cases today
Texas had >9k
Georgia had >4k
Four other states (TN, AL, AZ, LA) had >2k each
Eight other states (NC, IL, SC, OH, MO, NV, WI, AK) had >1k each pic.twitter.com/fMcx3p0P10— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) July 24, 2020
Should cities like Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, where #COVID19 is now rampant, close ALL restaurants, bars and public gathering places?
Could be a moot point — the public is voting with its feet.
Lockdown 2.0.https://t.co/e6HdO41EsX— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) July 23, 2020
The initial shutdown was bad enough. But what’s coming next, the economic devastation to America’s small and medium size businesses happening between now and when we get a vaccine, is for me what’s truly frightening.https://t.co/J2htEYvGSH
— Christopher Mims (@mims) July 23, 2020
Pain in the restaurant industry during the virus outbreak extends to suppliers, others. @PaulWisemanAP reports https://t.co/hdFzV63Bfb
— AP Business News (@APBusiness) July 23, 2020
Triage in Texas: "…an ethics committee will screen all patients for survival potential and will send home those with low probabilities…Those deemed too fragile or sick or elderly will be advised to go home to loved ones…".https://t.co/R2XdeMUGtg
— Carrie (@CarrieJL) July 23, 2020
Arizona drops in-person school start date as virus rate remains high https://t.co/jWl1ba4Qul pic.twitter.com/Pp36U1u2Ls
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 24, 2020
Florida hospitals stretched to capacity by acute coronavirus outbreak https://t.co/wsyJYVmHXo
— The Guardian (@guardian) July 24, 2020
Random testing in Indiana shows #COVID19 is 6 times deadlier than the flu, and 2.8% of the state has been infected. From April 25 to May 1, a U of Indiana team randomly selected & tested thousands of state residents, no matter if they'd been sick or not https://t.co/RBz3aoNgCp pic.twitter.com/QFGuXHu81g
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) July 23, 2020
Nearly half the guests at a Seattle cocktail party became sick with the coronavirus, even though nobody seemed sick at the time. It was another clue about silent spread. #RacingforaRemedy https://t.co/yxmwKQBhzq
— AP Health & Science (@APHealthScience) July 23, 2020
Sab
Well my county went from red (urgent but not lockdown) to orange (bad but not urgent) so YAY! Adjoining county went from orange to red. They gotta wear masks now. Haha.My husband’s best friend lives there and is thrilled about the new mask mandate.
OzarkHillbilly
Blech.
David C
That Pepcid debacle shows how federal contracts should not be awarded. It is good to see that Disbrow was more on the Bright side rather than the Kadlec side.
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s daily numbers. 21 new cases. 16 cases from local infection: 13 Malaysians including eight in Sarawak, three non-Malaysians. Five imported cases: three Malaysians returning from Qatar, Singapore, and Australia; two non-Malaysians, a crewmember aboard the ALS Clivia at Port Klang harbour and one coming in from Pakistan. Cumulative total 8,861 cases.
The numbers continue this week’s concerning trend of daily new local cases in the double digits.
Three more patients recovered and were discharged, total 8,577 patients recovered or 96.8% of the cumulative total. The number of active and contagious cases beig isolated/treated in hospital is up to 161 patients; five are in ICU, two are on respirators.
On the bright side, the current no-fatalities streak continues for another day, and total deaths is still at 123, 1.39% of the cumulative total and 1.41% of resolved cases.
Sab
@Sab: Gov FINALLYmade mask mandate statewide. He had been depending on honor code.
He is an old, lifelong Republican. Did he not actually understand his people? I think he didn’t. He was blindsidedd by the huge bribery scandal. That is who they are.
WereBear
@Sab: So glad!
I’m on extra alert now, since visitors have arrived in this tourist area. Discovered waiting an hour past opening time is a less crowded window.
I still shop once a week, mask and glasses, come home to shower and new clothes. FInally found hand sanitizer!
TS (the original)
@David C:
Trump will use any government money to get a COVID-19 treatment or vaccination. He realizes this is his only chance left for re-election – the miracle cure.
YY_Sima Qian
Yesterday, China reported 15 new domestic confirmed cases and 34 new domestic asymptomatic cases.
Urumqi in Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region reported 13 new confirmed cases (11 are previously asymptomatic, already under quarantine), and 19 new asymptomatic cases. 1 case in critical condition, and 9 in serious condition. The Urumqi outbreak so far has 95 confirmed cases (93 in Urumqi, 1 each at Kashgar and Xinjiang Condtruction Corps), and 85 asymptomatic cases (all in Urumqi), plus 1 asymptomatic case exported to Shaoxing in Zhejiang Province. There are 3346 close contacts under quarantine and medical observation. Up until the afternoon of 7/23, Urumqi authorities have collected swab samples from ~ 1.6M residents in the city, number of samples processed has not been published.
Dalian in Liaoning Province reported 2 new confirmed cases and 15 new asymptomatic cases. The outbreak there has a total of 3 confirmed and 15 asymptomatic cases. 572 individuals are identified as close contacts and placed under quarantine. The city has announced a campaign to mass screening the district and sub-districts with active cases, sample collection and disinfection of all shopping malls, markets and cold chain logistics warehouses across the city, as well as combing through communities and residential compounds to identify symptomatic individuals.
Urumqi is clearly being less transparent with case information than other cities in China (such as Beijing, Dalian, Harbin, Mudanjiang, and Jilin City). However, it is encouraging that there are more asymptomatic cases being found than confirmed cases, and that the asymptomatic cases are turning symptomatic while under quarantine. This is an indirect sign that the authorities are getting ahead of the outbreak. This is also why targeted lock downs are employed so quickly in China whenever a case emerges, to cut the transmission chains and give room for the other responses to take effect.
Yesterday, China reported 6 new imported confirmed cases and 9 imported asymptomatic cases:
Guangzhou in Guangdong: 5 confirmed cases, 3 Chinese nationals returning from Singapore and 1 each from the US and Togo; 5 asymptomatic cases, 3 Chinese nationals returning from Singapore and 1 each from the US and Canada
Shanghai Municipality: 1 confirmed case, Chinese national returning from Zambia
Zhengzhou in Henan Province: 3 asymptomatic cases, origin not published
Qingdao in Shandong Province: 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Kuwait
Today, Hong Kong reported 123 new cases, 115 from local infection, 53 of whom do not have sources of infection identified.
As expected, China retaliated to US demand to close the Consulate in Houston, by ordering the US Consulate at Chengdu in Sichuan Province to be vacated in 72 hours. China Central Television has set up a live steam outside of the consulate, being watched by early 10M people. Although administration officials are making sensational allegations (without evidence or elaboration) to justify closing the Chinese Consulate in Houston, most outside analysts seem to agree that this is a political move to distract from the ongoing COVID-19 disaster and boost his re-election chances:
Sab
@YY_Sima Qian: Jeez. I am from a longtime ( two hundred years) Ohio family with some Chinese immigrant relatives who are very good people. This whole timeline upsets me. They are are such good people. Any country should be proud to have them want to be here.
Amir Khalid
@YY_Sima Qian:
Someone needs to break it to Trump that his recent political moves have been, well, less than productive in terms of his desired outcome.
terben
In Australia today:
New cases 309 (Vic 300, NSW 7, QLD 2) In Victoria 20 cases reclassified. Net increase 289.
There were 7 deaths today, all in Victoria. All 7 were aged 80 or more, 3 were aged 90 or more. 5 of the 7 were connected to aged care facilities. The most recent death outside of Victoria was in NSW, that was 63 days ago. Covid-19 in Australia is really all about Victoria at the moment.
OzarkHillbilly
lowtechcyclist
Good Lord. Welcome to American Dystopia.
Brachiator
@TS (the original):
I can’t see anything more than the announcement of a possible vaccine before election day. Not without some serious bribery or other chicanery.
Even some significantly superior treatment or medication would be a stretch.
But I agree that Trump is betting on this, and might even lie about it to gain advantage.
YY_Sima Qian
@lowtechcyclist: Sarah Palin’s Death Panels finally materialized!
Brachiator
@lowtechcyclist:
I think this is mainly bullshit, based on current treatment and practice.
It is likely that Sweden did something similar with nursing home patients who may have had the virus. And again, it was not clear that those who were allowed to die would have succumbed to the virus.
mrmoshpotato
@TS (the original): And re-elec….errrrr…. stealing the election again is the only thing that can keep him and the rest of his Soviet shitpile mobster crime family out of jail.
Baud
@YY_Sima Qian:
In fairness, Trump does worse things to his own country to distract from his bungling and boost his reelection chances.
Baud
@Brachiator:
Inconceivable.
satby
@WereBear: Let me know if you need more hand sanitizer, I have some that I’m reselling at the market.
Indiana is going to mandatory masks with penalties for non-compliance as of Monday. The formerly Mennonite family of my young helpers (who haven’t worker for me since March) are now all wearing masks after being huge refuseniks. Some of the other farmers are still trying to figure out how to get out of wearing them. Childish asses. But at least the majority should be masked going forward.
Brachiator
@Baud:
RE: might even lie about it to gain advantage.
You’re right. It is inconceivable that Trump would hesitate for even a nanosecond if he could lie about a vaccine or treatment.
mrmoshpotato
@Amir Khalid: less than productive in terms of his desired outcome, ya dumb, orange pumpkinhead!
(Apologies to everyone who worked on Pumpkinhead)
OzarkHillbilly
@Brachiator: Might lie about it???
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA… Your talent for humorous understatement is a true joy to behold. ;-)
WereBear
@satby: Oh, thanks, I’ll keep that in mind. It’s not an essential for Mr WereBear, who is LOCKED IN A VAULT, but I like to have it for him for when he’s at the computer and I’ve come back from a shopping trip. When he finds the goodies, he’s to use that on his hands and packaging :)
Good to hear about mandatory mask wearing, at last! I will worry a bit less about your situation at the market.
mrmoshpotato
@lowtechcyclist: It’s the death panels Russthuglicans were screaming about! (No, slapdicks, that was End of Life Planning)
Hooray for self-fulfilling prophecies – of mass death!
rikyrah
@lowtechcyclist:
Death panel?
OzarkHillbilly
@lowtechcyclist: @Brachiator: In the case of a shortage of hospital beds and a maxxed out ICU, it would make perfect sense to send my ass home to die. I’ve got too many strikes against me.
rikyrah
@Brachiator:
MIGHT even lie????
Noooooooo??
satby
@Brachiator: They’re out of ICU beds and the attendant equipment, current practice to attempt to save lives of patients with covid serious enough to hospitalize requires a bed to put them in. And this in spite of the fact that they’ve been transporting to other hospitals, which will cascade the out of bed status.
mrmoshpotato
Oh Mittens. Shut your face through November, and then December, and then through 2021, ’22, ’23…
Sab
@satby: You probably won’t want to hear this, but I am using your dog shampoo on me (my dogs don’t bathe much) and I love it. Not much scent and the little there is is mild citrus
ETA: I might wash rottmix today. She has fleas and is a bit whiffy. Cocker is only washed by pros because he needs grooming and furcuts. I don’t do those.
daveNYC
@Brachiator: Texas is instituting triage because they’re out of resources. There was a study from Sweden that indicated that they instituted some sort of pre-emptive triage prior to running out of resources. As in people were being refused care even though ICU beds and whatnot were available.
Ken
@mrmoshpotato: Ironic considering that in the last couple of 270towin maps, Utah has slid into the “tossup” category.
mrmoshpotato
@Ken: Haha, SAD!
David C
@TS (the original): Last BAA I saw, BARDA’s gone away from treatments. The FDA has already told what level of efficacy they are looking for, and the vaccine studies are harder to hide.
ETA: There more we can shine the light to make sure that proper procedures are followed, the better. This is where listening to Tony Fauci is important.
YY_Sima Qian
@Sab: Yeah, you mentioned your Chinese American relatives before. In a full blown Cold War between China and the US, Chinese Americans will quickly become collateral damage, just like Japanese Americans during WW II.
I am already seeing emerging signs of neo-McCarthyism in the way the FBI is going after ethnic Chinese in government and academia. Make no mistake, China has one of the most prolific intelligence operations in the world (along with the US and Russia) that frequently leverages members of the diaspora, and most definitely conducts influencing operations abroad, though mostly targeting the diaspora and promote positive imagery of the regime. Nevertheless, it seems the FBI and the Justice Department views all ethnic Chinese (whether US or Chinese citizens) as potential agents of the CCP regime.
The kind of academic exchanges with China that had been allowed or even encouraged and celebrated several years ago are now being taken as grounds for suspicion. The kind of procedural errors and oversights that would get a slap on the wrist for other offenders are justifications for dismissal of Chinese American scientists and researchers. Universities and research organizations are under intense pressure to scrutinize their Chinese American employees. This development actually started during the last years of the Obama administration, and resulted in a few embarrassing dismissals of cases that nonetheless ruined the reputation and career prospects of the Chinese American defendants. There has been a few counterintelligence successes, too. Then again, the USSR had a massive espionage effort against the US in the early 50s, as well, but it did not make the original McCarthyism any less reprehensible.
Robert Sneddon
Scotland COVID-19 update — there’s no press presentation by the First Minister today, she’s now only doing them on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. There are no new deaths and 22 new cases reported with two previous positive tests retested and reclassified as negative. Positive test rate is steady at 0.4%. There are still two people in intensive care with a few less people hospitalised with confirmed or suspected COVID-19.
The decision on opening Scottish schools in mid to late August is still to be determined, the official word will come next week but it’s looking likely that it will be a full opening with little social distancing for pupils given the low numbers of cases and what seems to be a robust tracking system in place.
The UK government has promised 30 million doses of flu vaccine will be made available this winter via the NHS in England in an attempt to reduce the number of cases where people have both COVID-19 and influenza at the same time. The vaccinations will of course be free at the point of use. I’d expect the Scottish government to do the same thing. At the moment only some segments of the population can get a flu vaccination via the NHS (people over 65, children, people at risk due to chronic conditions etc.), everyone else can get one by paying about ten quid at a pharmacy or a private medical practice during the run up to winter.
KayInMD (formerly Kay (not the front-pager))
“…an ethics committee will screen all patients for survival potential and will send home those with low probabilities…Those deemed too fragile or sick or elderly will be advised to go home to loved ones…”.
As I responded on Twitter, what if the person has no loved ones at home (sadly, often a problem for older people who have outlived mates and don’t have children, at least not in the same city/state)? If they do have someone at home to care for them, who will care for the caretaker(s) once they, inevitably, get sick?
This shortsighted triage isn’t a plan, it’s a way to push the problem deaths out of sight of the hospital ethicists.
YY_Sima Qian
The Dalian outbreak is developing quickly. As of 3 PM this afternoon local time, the city has reported 9 new confirmed and 27 new asymptomatic cases. 6 of the confirmed cases were reclassified from the asymptomatic cases reported yesterday, the remaining 3 were initially classified as asymptomatic earlier today. All of the new cases are employees from the imported seafood processing plant, and are close contacts of the 1st case reported in 7/22.
Two residential sub-districts are now deemed Medium Risk and all compounds under lock down. 56.7K individuals have been tested since 7/22 in the at risk communities, out of the 25K reported results, no positives.
The Dalian outbreak has already exported 3 asymptomatic cases to the rest of Manchuria in NE China, all close contacts of the 1st case at Dalian:
Anshan in Liaoning Province: 1 asymptomatic case, worked at the import seafood processing plant until resigning on 7/15; was fond of playing mahjong in game rooms and attended a graduation banquet
Suihua in Heilongjiang Province: 1 asymptomatic case, worked at the import seafood processing plant until resigning on 7/15
Hegang in Heilongjiang Province: 1 asymptomatic case, worked at the import seafood processing plant, returned to Hegang on 7/18, dined out with family and friends on multiple occasions upon returning
This would appear to be the first significant outbreak at a food processing facility (similar to those in the Americas and Europe) in China that I am aware of.
Local Chinese health authorities have been doing a very thorough job of contact tracing, even during the height of the outbreak in Wuhan (after the initial chaos of late Jan. To early Feb.). Below is my translation of the trace information published by Hegang, to give you all an idea:
7/18 14:50 train ride from Dalian North Station to Jiamusi Station (train # K1002, carriage 12, 1st row near the carriage door)
7/19 11:40 bus from Jiamusi to Baoquanling (license plate 黑R15066, sat in the 4th row, 19 other passengers); 14:20 taxi ride from Baoquanling to Yanjun Farm (3 other passengers); 15:05 arrived at home at Yanjun Farm; 17:00 dinner at neighbor’s (2 contacts)
7/20 8:00 visited neighbor (1 contact): 11:10 private car to Luobei County Dongxu Beef Restaurant (3 contacts); 17:50 dinner party at Yanjun Xiaoquanju Hotel (4 contacts); 19:00 visited friend (3 contacts)
7/21 8:00 visited neighbor (1 contact), returned home at 10:05; 12:10 chatting with neighbor until 16:00; 18:05 went shopping with neighbor (4 contacts)
7/22 9:00 visited neighbor (1 contact); rode in friend’s private car to lunch at Luobei North 3rd St. Lamb Restaurant (3 contacts); 13:10 taxi from Luobei Park entrance to home (2 contacts); 16:00 taxi from home to Yanjun Taxi Station (5 contacts); 16:30 taxi to Luobei County Fengxiang Township Xunjiang Restaurant for dinner (5 contacts); 18:15 meal at Dagubang Restaurant behind Luobei Theater (3 contacts)
7/23 7:20 met with acquaintance (1 contact); 11:30 lunch at neighbor (1 contact)
All close contacts mentioned have been identified and placed under quarantine. The above level of investigation requires shoe leather contact tracing, GPS or cell phone tower positioning would not suffice. Here is hoping the Anshan and Hegang asymptomatic cases do not turn out to be super spreaders.
Heilongjiang and Liaoning Provinces have typically published such detailed trace reports for both confirmed and asymptomatic cases. Jilin Province does so for confirmed cases, summaries only for asymptomatic cases. Beijing Municipality only publish summaries for confirmed cases. Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region has not published any case information so far. I am sure all health authorities can perform contact tracing to greater detail than published in the above example.
Uncle Cosmo
Exactly so. It’s not just his standard MO, it’s his only real chance.
But I have no doubt whatsoever that the very astute and agile Biden campaign will have (likely already has) a counterattacking strategy in place & ready to go. Probably several, depending on when & how Needy Amin “announces” it; probably targeted on questions of “How can you trust him to administer a vaccine program equitably? How can you trust him not to let the vaccine maker gouge the US public & take a kickback to line his own pockets?”
…but I’m gonna trust Uncle Joe’s folks – they are (no doubt) (hopefully) waaaaaay ahead of us on this.
Yutsano
@mrmoshpotato: Try us Willard. Just try us. You might not be seeing the picture in your basement in La Jolla (you don’t think he’s actually going back home to Utah do you? Silly plebe!) but dem yoots and minorities are ANGRY. And you really think they aren’t going to vote eh?
Yutsano
@YY_Sima Qian: BTW every time you post here I hope man your VPN is really good.
YY_Sima Qian
@Yutsano: Balloon Juice is not blocked by the Great Firewall (neither are Daily Kos, Politico, or Ars Technica, but most MSM are these days). Of course, I do use VPN regularly, internet speed in China is fast enough that I can stream YouTube or iTunes movies at HD, while on VPN, without many issues, text is not a challenge.
StringOnAStick
@Yutsano: I have a political neophyte friend who I did not realize had bought the Putin propaganda ops and voted for McMullen last time; her hatred of tRump is incandescent currently. She was also verbally attacked last month by a MAGAT for wearing a mask while walking her dog. She’s already excited about voting for Joe.
StringOnAStick
I heard a local mountain ca$ino manager in the radio bitching yesterday that they held a jobs fair and only 65 people came so obviously the extra $600/week is keeping people from trying to get a job. Let’s see, a minimum wage job with covid exposure plus the requirement that workers take the company bus to and from work (very limited parking in these Denver adjacent mountain ca$ino towns); who doesn’t want to sign up for that? Plus a friend’s son used to do computer work for this place as his first job and it was an utter sweatshop. The bus ride is at least 30 minutes, not compensated and I doubt it is socially distanced knowing these cheap jackasses. People are making that personal calculation about job vs. risk of death at a job with high exposure and no health insurance.
Brachiator
@OzarkHillbilly:
I know the thread may be dead, but this situation argues for massive federal coordination and assistance to states before resorting to triage.