Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The willow is too close to the house.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

This fight is for everything.

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

T R E 4 5 O N

I’d try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

Conservatism: there are some people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

People are complicated. Love is not.

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

If you’re pissed about Biden’s speech, he was talking about you.

“But what about the lurkers?”

Infrastructure week. at last.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

And we’re all out of bubblegum.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

Peak wingnut was a lie.

Republican obstruction dressed up as bipartisanship. Again.

Americans barely caring about Afghanistan is so last month.

We are aware of all internet traditions.

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

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COVID-19 Coronavirus Update: Friday-Saturday, July 24-25

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  1. 1.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s daily numbers. 23 new cases. 17 cases from local infection,ten Malaysians and seven non-Malaysians. Six cases from imported infection, four Malaysians returning from Singapore (three) and Indonesia, two non-Malaysians arriving from Russia and the Philippines. Cumulative total 8,884 cases.

    17 nmore patients recovered and were discharged, total 8,594 patients recovered or 96.7% of the cumulative total. 167 patients with active and contagious cases are being isolated/treated in hospital; three are in ICU, two of them on a respiratory device.

    No deaths once again, total remains at 123 deaths: 1.38% of the cumulative total, 1.41% of resolved cases.

  2. 2.

    mrmoshpotato

    Aziz Gilani’s tweet is just *chef’s kiss*

    Greg Abbot, you corrupt, murderous moron.

    Fuck the “Plandemic” bullshit.

    And don’t take Nazi Miller from us before the American Nuremberg trials.

  3. 3.

    Emma from FL

    There is a special place in hell for people that lie about their grandmother’s death for political gain. Just saying.

  5. 5.

    Brachiator

    New technology shows the standard for reopening may be about testing buildings and not just people.

    I am far from being an expert in anything related to the virus, but I noted early and often that you have to look carefully at the social spaces that we inhabit for work, leisure, education, etc., and look at everything you could to make those places safe.  And tracking the virus involves not just testing people, but testing the places we go to.

    Sinclair’s local TV stations across the country are set to air the discredited “Plandemic” researcher’s conspiracy theory about Dr. Fauci this weekend. The segment that is set to air suggests Fauci is responsible for the creation of the coronavirus.

    This is insane, but confirms that the right wing is so committed to “winning” that they cannot back down on their efforts to discredit their designated opponents, not even to save their own lives. Trump also believes that he can reverse course and control the official government stance on the pandemic all by himself, without any confirmation or guidance from his government health experts. He is, of course, wrong on this. But he’s got his Sharpie out and he’s ready to go to work.

    I also suppose that the plutocrats who prop Trump up believe that they will be able to buy first dibs on any vaccine no matter how many people around them die.

    The White House says Stephen Miller’s grandmother had mild COVID in March but “made a full and quick recovery.”
    That’s odd. She died on July 4, and the death certificate says COVID-19 led to her death from respiratory arrest.

    Wow. What? Really? The White House is selling the lie that “the right people” don’t really die from the virus, but from patriotic “natural causes.”

    She was diagnosed with Covid in March and passed away in July so that timeline does not add up at all. His grandmother died peacefully in her sleep from old age.

    I guess they will be selling this one hard to their older constituents in places like Arizona and Florida.

    But Miller also looks like The Crypt Keeper and no doubt is going after the Zombie vote.

  6. 6.

    Amir Khalid

    The RNC felt the need to hide entirely appropriate spending on protective masks as though they were something scandalous, like hookers and blow. Wow, man. Just … wow.

  8. 8.

    terben

    The latest numbers from Australia

    As at 3pm on 25 July 2020, a total of 13,950 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Australia, including 145 deaths, and 9,017 have been reported as recovered from COVID-19.

    • Over the past week, there has been an average of 342 new cases reported each day. Of the newly reported cases, the majority have been from Victoria.
    • COVID-19 cases were reported across all ages.
      • The median age of all cases is 39 years (range: 0 to 103 years).
      • The median age of deaths is 82 years (range: 42 to 103 years).
    • There is a relatively equal ratio of male-to-female cases across most age groups.
    • Following the peak of cases at the end of March, there have been a relatively low number of new cases reported daily between mid-April and early-June 2020. Cases have increased since mid-June.
    • Of cases with a reported place of acquisition, 38% have recent international travel history, including over 1,300 cases associated with cruise ships.
    • To date, over 3,858,300 tests have been conducted nationally. Of those tests conducted 0.4% have been positive.

    374 new cases today with 19 cases reclassified. There were 5 more deaths today, all in Victoria, which had 357 of the total new cases.

  9. 9.

    Brachiator

    @terben:

    There is a relatively equal ratio of male-to-female cases across most age groups.

    Interesting. However, past data in almost all countries suggest that men are more likely to die from the virus than women, even among the elderly.

  10. 10.

    YY_Sima Qian

    Yesterday, China reported 29 new domestic confirmed cases and 72 new domestic asymptomatic cases. The Ürumqi and Dalian outbreaks continue to expand, with the Dalian one especially concerning, as it has seeded asymptomatic cases across Manchuria.

    Ürumqi in Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region reported 20 new confirmed cases, 9 of whom were previously deemed asymptomatic and have been under quarantine, and 38 new asymptomatic cases. 7170 individuals are contact traced and placed under quarantine and medical observation. According to Ürumqi Municipal Health Commission, most of the 38 asymptomatic cases were found via the free community mass screening across the city, which is good new and bad news. Good news is that the mass screening is serving its purpose in uncovering community transmission cases, and the fact that these cases are asymptomatic/pre-symptomatic suggests that the mass screening occurred early enough to catch these cases while they are yet to be particularly infectious. With week+ old lock down, these cases would not had much opportunity to infect others, other than family members. The bad news is that the outbreak must have been sizable before the authorities noticed. The Ürumqi authorities are not sharing much case information, so we do not know how the cases are distributed across the city. However, mass screening of the 1.5M residents of Tianshan District was completed on 7/23, and before 7/23 the cases have been identified from close contacts already under quarantine. The jump in cases in the past two days coincides with the mass screening shifting to the 440K residents of Saybag District. Perhaps the recent cases are m mostly found there? The city collected 683.1K swab samples on 7/23, for cumulative total of 2.31M samples.

    The Ürumqi outbreak currently has 115 confirmed cases (113 in Ürumqi, 1 each at Kashgar and Xinjiang Construction Corps) and 114 asymptomatic cases. There are 2 critical cases, 7 serious cases, 2 serious cases improved to moderate conditions yesterday.

    By 3 PM yesterday, Dalian in Liaoning Province reported 9 new confirmed cases and 26 new asymptomatic cases. By 2PM today, an additional 24 asymptomatic cases have been identified, no new confirmed cases in that time frame, though. As I mentioned yesterday, all 9 confirmed cases worked at the import seafood processing plant, and were previously classified as asymptomatic, and have been under quarantine since 7/22. As of 3 PM yesterday, the Dalian outbreak has exported asymptomatic cases to Hegang and Suihua in Heilongjiang Province, and Anshan in Liaoning Province. By the midnight yesterday, Jilin Province also reported 4 new asymptomatic cases, 3 at Siping and 1 at Changchun. The 4 asymptomatic cases at Jilin were found from screening of all individuals who have traveled from Dalian over the past 14 days. As with the asymptomatic cases exported to Hegang, Suihua and Anshan, the 4 asymptomatic cases in Jilin all seemed to have worked at the same import seafood processing plant at Dalian. Not sure if the plant had a layoff in mid-Jul., causing some of its former workers to disperse to villages and small towns across Manchuria.

    Up to this afternoon, the Dalian outbreak has 12 confirmed cases and 54 asymptomatic cases. 10 of the 12 confirmed and 48 of the 54 asymptomatic cases are employees of the import seafood processing plant, or their close relatives. All 7 asymptomatic cases exported to elsewhere in Manchuria are also employees of the said plant. From 7/22 to the afternoon of 7/25, 210K individuals have been swabbed and tested.

    Yesterday, China reported 5 imported confirmed cases and 2 imported asymptomatic cases:

    Guanghzhou in Guangdong Province: 2 confirmed cases, Chinese nationals returning from Bangladesh and the Philippines; 1 asymptomatic case, Chinese national returning from Tanzania

    Shanghai Municipality: 2 confirmed cases, Chinese nationals returning from Tanzania and the Philippines

    Hohhot in Inner Mongolia: 1 confirmed case, origin not published

    Xiamen in Fujian Province: 1 asymptomatic case, Chinese national returning from the Netherlands

    During its daily briefing at 4PM today, Hong Kong reported 133 new cases, 126 from local transmission, 55 of whom do not have sources of infection identified. Today is the 3rd consecutive day Hong Kong reported > 100 new cases, and 133 represents a new daily record.

  11. 11.

    YY_Sima Qian

    When I see the double digit jumps in confirmed and asymptomatic cases at Ürumqi and Dalian, and exporting single cases to other cities, I feel a certain anxiety, almost a dread that we could be witnessing a replay of Wuhan in mid- to late Jan. This is despite the fact that China seems to have become experienced in quickly suppressing these flare ups, employing standardized tool sets that are flexible and scalable, and science and data driven. I feel the same when seeing Hong Kong adding high double digits/low triple digits every day. However, seeing the US/Brazil/India add tens of thousands of cases and more than a thousand dead each day, I just feel numb and helpless. It’s like I can process the numbers intellectually, but not emotionality. A curious contrast. I suppose if New York State (where my parents live) takes a turn for the dramatically worse, I will feel a more immediate emotional impact.

  12. 12.

    WereBear

    I am no longer surprised. These folks are always going to “double down” until the coffin lids close. They will never admit error, which makes them incredibly dangerous to anyone in the vicinity.

    One day, far in the future, this kind of thinking will be recognized as a mental illness, much like an addiction or even a physical disease, considering what brain scans tell us about conservatives.

    We can set up places to quarantine them and not let them run with scissors.

  13. 13.

    YY_Sima Qian

    @Brachiator:

    I am far from being an expert in anything related to the virus, but I noted early and often that you have to look carefully at the social spaces that we inhabit for work, leisure, education, etc., and look at everything you could to make those places safe.  And tracking the virus involves not just testing people, but testing the places we go to.

    Yes. I too note that part of the seemingly standardized response to new outbreaks in China, as evidenced from Beijing, Ürumqi and Dalian, is mass screening not only of individuals at risk or are potential super spreading vectors, but also mass screening of the environs with active cases, potential vectors, and environs conducive to super spreading events.

  14. 14.

    prostratedragon

    @Brachiator:
    So, COVID is not a moral disease*? That’s good to know.

    Actually Miller sounds a lot like that guy.

    ——–
    * Signora: By the way, my little girl has had the mumps, scarlet fever, and rubella.”
    Marcello: They’re all profoundly moral maladies.
    —The Conformist

  18. 18.

    debbie

    Judging by the number of whining bar owners and restauranteurs, Ohio’s on its way to a re-shutdown.

  19. 19.

    Steve the Old

    The US numbers show a very consistent doubling time: 43 days from 1 million to 2 million, and 43 days from 2 million to 4 million. According to Worldometer, the 4 million figure was reached on July 20/21. So if there are 8 million cases on Sept. 2 or 3, that means perfect exponential growth.

  20. 20.

    The Moar You Know

    Those numbers look almost exponential. schrodinger’s_cat can weigh in on whether I’m using the right term or not, but if that rate of transmission holds up: 5 million 8 days from now. Which I believe is well within the bounds of possibility.

    Grab your seats, the ride’s only gonna get rougher from here on out.

    ETA:  I think Steve The Old, above me, got it right.  I freely admit math is not my strong suit.

  22. 22.

    J R in WV

    You can’t make people book reservations at their favorite restaurants when they don’t feel safe doing so. We used to go out to eat pretty often, every week or two, but not since last December IIRC. I go shopping when absolutely necessary, not just because we want a fresh salad and the lettuce looks limp.

    I also don’t visit with people I shop from like I used to, chatting, how are things, what have you been up to? None of that! No visiting the big lumber/hardware store to browse. No browsing at the book store/ cafe. None! When you don’t feel safe, you hurry in and out, and don’t spend any extra at all.

    Neighbor is a musician — playing no gigs, sticking to his “day” job, which is actually evenings, he can only play gigs on his “days off”.

    The economy won’t really turn around until everyone feels safe everywhere.

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