Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

You cannot shame the shameless.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

All your base are belong to Tunch.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

You can’t love your country only when you win.

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

Everybody saw this coming.

Today’s GOP: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

We still have time to mess this up!

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

This really is a full service blog.

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

Optimism opens the door to great things.

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

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

I did not have telepathic declassification on my 2022 bingo card.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

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COVID-19 Coronavirus Update: Tuesday-Wednesday, August 11-12

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  1. 1.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s daily numbers. 11 new cases. Three cases from local infection, all Malaysians: two in Kedah detected in screening of people with symptom, one immigration detainee in Sabah. None of these cases is related to an active cluster. Eight imported cases: seven Malaysians returning from Japan, Australia, Singapore (three) and the Philippines (two); one non-Malaysian arriving from the Philippines. Cumulative reported total 9,114 cases.

    Eight more patients recovered and were discharged, total 8,817 recovered, 96.7% of the cumulative reported total.172 active and contagious cases are currently being isolated/treated in hospital; one patienit is in ICU, but is not on a respirator.

    Still no deaths since 31 July. Total remains at 125 deaths, 1.37% of the cumulative reported total and 1.40% of resolved cases.

  2. 2.

    NotMax

    FYI.

    Teens and young adults who vape are far more likely to be diagnosed with COVID-19 than those who don’t, a new study by Stanford researchers found. A young person who has vaped and smoked cigarettes was seven times more likely to be diagnosed with COVID-19, according to the study published today in the Journal of Adolescent Health. Someone who only vaped was five times as likely to be diagnosed. Source

  3. 3.

    DMcK

    As if we needed more proof that America is an idiot factory. Who else in the world would pay real money to see Smash Mouth?

  5. 5.

    Bruce K

    Greece: 196 new cases. One more death. 26 intubated in ICUs. Bars and restaurants must now close between midnight and 7am except for takeout and delivery. Standing-attendee events like concerts and performances are suspended nationwide.

    It’s officially a second wave here.

  7. 7.

    Mary G

    Orange County numbers kind of all over the place, but hospitalizations are definitely down and percent of tests positive down to 8.3 from 14.9 last month.

  8. 8.

    raven

    I’ve had two dentist appointments in the last 6 week. I’ve also gone to a physical therapist 8 times (no help) and had a deep massage.

  9. 9.

    OzarkHillbilly

    Washington County’s 7 day % increase in cases has hit 41%, going from 61 to 87 cases (a case rate of 344.79 per 100K Pop.) , which makes us #5 in the state of Misery. It was only a matter of time.

  11. 11.

    Splitting Image

    I’m curious to see how anti-vaxxers react to the Russian vaccine. I have a feeling that a sizeable chunk of them will be among this particular vaccine’s most strident promoters.

    Especially if, as Derek Lowe suggests, they are rushing this to market for bragging rights. It is likely to prove dangerous or ineffective and everyone but you-know-who will quickly recommend against it or ban it completely.

  12. 12.

    WereBear

    @OzarkHillbilly: We aren’t getting out of our first for the rest of this year at the rate things are going.

    And Sturgis is coming.

    I can’t help but think such a giant event, with attendees who tick so many Republican boxes, is going to prompt blue states to increase vigilance, and hit red states like a meteor.

  13. 13.

    p.a.

    Can mouthwash protect us from #SARSCoV2? Virologists in Germany at Ruhr-Universität Bochum say high viral loads are often detected in the oral cavity & throat of COVID patients. Team reports SARS2 can be inactivated w/ commercially available mouthwashes.

     

    Let me know if bourbon is deemed effective.  Also too is it/why is it named after French royals?  Off to google to check…

  15. 15.

    p.a.

    bourbon (n.)
    type of American corn whiskey, 1846, from Bourbon County, Kentucky, where it first was made, supposedly in 1789. Bourbon County was organized 1785, one of the nine established by the Virginia legislature before Kentucky became a state. The name reflects the fondness felt in the United States for the French royal family, and especially Louis XVI, in gratitude for the indispensable support he had given to the rebel colonists.

    (etymonline.com)

  16. 16.

    mrmoshpotato

    Aerosol scientists have isolated infectious coronavirus from the air, exactly the evidence skeptics of airborne transmission had asked for.

    How did the “skeptics” think the virus spread – a hard slap upside the head for being a dumbfuck?

  17. 17.

    prostratedragon

    @p.a.:
    Aha, thanks. I’m pretty much off alcohol, but if I ever do sip again it’ll probably be bourbon.

    Meanwhile, I’m one of those who’s getting a more Twelve Monkeys vibe. Guess it depends on the role one ascribes to malice.

  18. 18.

    John S.

    If I was going to risk my life to attend a live musical performance, it would definitely not be Smash Mouth.

  19. 19.

    debbie

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    And the people most responsible for ensuring the first wave doesn’t ebb are the same people who are still whining how unfair it is they can’t have their sports, beers, etc. like they used to.

  23. 23.

    mrmoshpotato

    Let us all take a sigh of relief for the bullet we dodged by Hillary Clinton not being elected President.

  24. 24.

    mrmoshpotato

    @WereBear:

    I can’t help but think such a giant event, with attendees who tick so many Republican boxes, is going to prompt blue states to increase vigilance, and hit red states like a meteor.

    “We have no idea why the other 49 states banned us, and North Dakota denies our existence.”

    -South Dakota

     

    ETA – “New phone.  Who dis?  Haha, South who?”

  26. 26.

    dopey-o

    @OzarkHillbilly: Where are you getting your figures for Misery? I have seen reports that KC and Carthage are hot spots.

    And did you have a heat index of 103 in the last week? Didn’t someone say it would go away in the summer, like a miracle.

  27. 27.

    Cameron

    @Splitting Image: I can certainly hear Peter Navarro announcing that we’ve purchased 100 million doses of the Russian vaccine (available through Trump Pharmaceuticals, of course).

  28. 28.

    YY_Sima Qian

    Yesterday, China reported 9 new domestic confirmed cases and 8 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all of them at Ürumqi in Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region. This is the first time since the start of the outbreak that the city has reported single digit new confirmed cases. 14 cases are currently in critical condition, and 23 in serious condition. There are currently 535 confirmed cases (532 in Ürumqi, 1 each at Kashgar, Changji Prefecture and Xinjiang Construction Corps), and 131 asymptomatic cases (130 in Ürumqi, 1 in Changji Prefecture), plus 1 asymptomatic case exported to Shaoxing in Zhejiang Province. 41 confirmed cases recovered yesterday and were released from hospitals, 8 asymptomatic cases were released from medical quarantine, 3 serious cases have improved to moderate conditions. There are 14,569 close contacts under quarantine and medical observation. The number of close contacts under quarantine have rapidly declined in the past 4 days.

    For the 5th consecutive day, Dalian in Liaoning Province did not report any new cases, confirmed or asymptomatic. 5 confirmed cases has recovered and was released from hospital, and 1 asymptomatic case were also released from medical quarantine. 1 serious cases, 52 moderate cases, and 9 mild cases are currently in the hospital, and 9 asymptomatic cases remain under medical quarantine.

    Yesterday, China reported 16 new imported confirmed cases, 12 imported asymptomatic cases, and 1 suspect case:

    * Zhuhai in Guangdong Province – 5 confirmed cases, all Chinese nationals returning from the Philippines
    * Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 1 confirmed and 2 asymptomatic cases, all Chinese nationals returning from the United Arab Emirates
    * Foshan in Guangdong Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Pakistan
    * Shanghai Municipality – 4 confirmed cases, 2 Chinese national returning from the United Arab Emirates via Sri Lanka, 1 Chinese national returning from Singapore, and 1 Japanese national coming from Japan; 1 suspect case, information not released
    * Qingdao in Shandong Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from the Philippines
    * Xi’an in Shaanxi Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese nationals returning from Cambodia; 5 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Kazakhstan and 4 from Azerbaijan
    * Hohhot in Inner Mongolia – 1 confirmed case, information not released
    * Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 1 confirmed case (previously asymptomatic), a Chinese national returning from Egypt
    * Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from the Philippines; 2 asymptomatic cases, both Chinese national returning from Cameroon
    * Ningde in Fujian Province – 1 confirmed case (previously suspect), a Filipino national off cargo ship
    * Shenyang in Liaoning Province – 1 asymptomatic cases a Chinese national returning from the US
    * Yingkou Port in Liaoning Province – 1 asymptomatic cases, a Filipino crew member off a cargo ship

    Today, Hong Kong reported 62 new cases, 61 from local transmission, 28 of whom do not have clear sources of transmission.

  29. 29.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @dopey-o: MO #s come from the Missouri COVID-19 Dashboard: The Spread of COVID-19 in Missouri

    It gives a pretty good overall picture, but the CoVid Project only gives it’s data a grade of B. KC, STL, the SW and the bootheel are the main hotspots, but there is an ebb and flow to the numbers so the “percentage increases” change week to week. Right now Ozark- 88%, Maries- 50%, Wayne- 44%, Hickory-43%, and Washington counties are the top 5.

  31. 31.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @dopey-o: Ooopps, sorry, I forgot your 2nd question: I don’t pay any attention to “heat index,” it just makes me feel hotter. We had predicted highs of 93 one day and 94 another. I don’t recall what we actually hit but here on the homestead we’re pretty consistently a degree or 2 below the predictions.

  36. 36.

    YY_Sima Qian

    I am sure Trump administration will use the excuse of suspected COVID-19 expose to block the return of US citizens from Latin America, Asia, the Middle East, and China, especially non-Caucasians. I do expect this some thing a Biden administration will make short work of.

  37. 37.

    Robert Sneddon

    Scotland — 47 new COVID-19 cases confirmed from yesterday. 24 of those cases are in the Grampian health board area where the Aberdeen outbreak is located. The current lockdown in the city will continue for another week, according to the First Minister who was speaking in the Parliament today, facing questions from the opposition parties.

    No further deaths from confirmed COVID-19 infections were reported and hospitalisation numbers remain stable. From the update today on the National Records of Scotland website, “of the total number of deaths registered in week 32 (3 to 9 August), there were 5 where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.”

  38. 38.

    MattF

    Derek Lowe has a post up on the Russian vaccine. The comment thread on the post is combative. I’ll note that two of the trolls on the thread have the same logo, which is just careless.

  39. 39.

    Uncle Cosmo

    @mrmoshpotato: How did the “skeptics” think the virus spread – a hard slap upside the head for being a dumbfuck?

    The “skeptics” believed the virus spread primarily via airborne droplets too large to hang suspended in the air, that would fall to earth fairly quickly after being shed – which was the justification the current 1.5-2 m “social-distancing” guidelines.

    It was not as stupid a notion as some people seem to believe, particularly when it was discovered that SARS-CoV-2 dies off (maybe we should say “deactivates” since it’s not clear the stuff is actually alive) fairly quickly on surfaces (within minutes IIRC). That suggests the virus needs some protective covering to stay dangerous.

    Aerosols are particles small enough not to fall immediately to earth, that can hang suspended in the air much longer & disperse over a much wider area. If Thuh Varss remains infectious when aerosolized, it means social distancing isn’t quite as effective in preventing transmission as was believed. It remains somewhat effective – some of the stuff will still emerge in ballistic droplets, and the concentration of virus from a single source of dispersal will decrease with distance – but the risk does not drop to zero. In environments with vigorous vertical circulation of air, aerosols will disperse upward, but will persist and concentrate in enclosed environments, particularly where the A/C is set to recirculate air that’s already been cooled (or warmed) to a temperature comfortable for humans.

    The bottom line: Our best bet to keep from catching COVID-19 is to keep doing what we’re doing – masks, social distancing, avoid enclosed environments with high densities of H. sapiens – but with more emphasis on the last. If you have to encounter others who might be spreaders, do it outdoors.

    (You’re very welcome!)

  42. 42.

    artem1s

    @Splitting Image:

    I’m curious to see how anti-vaxxers react to the Russian vaccine. I have a feeling that a sizeable chunk of them will be among this particular vaccine’s most strident promoters.

    and then 6 months from now when we know what the side effects are and that it’s totally not effective, they will be back on their anti-vax bandwagon and holding Corona and chicken pox parties and will refuse to take an FDA/CDC approved vaccine because BIG PHARMACY AUTISM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!911!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Morans.

  43. 43.

    YY_Sima Qian

    @Yutsano: I don’t think it has registered, yet. Chinese media and academia are more focusing on the potential China policy of a Biden administration. The consensus is that Biden administration would be a mixed bag for China and the CCP regime. In the one hand, Biden will probably stabilize the Sini-US relationship, and seek to avoid a lose-lose Cold War 2.0 development, and grasp opportunities for mutually beneficial engagement (such as Climate Change and Pandemic response); on the other hand, Biden will likely continue to be confrontational with China on areas of sharp disagreement (of which there are many and growing), seek to contain and constrain China, and possibly be more effective at it by rallying more support among western nations. On the one hand, Biden will likely slow the decline of the US, and potentially address some of the debilitating issues plaguing the country; on the other hand, Biden is unlikely to actually arrest the relative decline of the US, any more than Obama was able to do so. That is the general consensus opinion I have read. I don’t think people in China, average citizens or political and intellectual elites, knows anything about Kamala Harris.

    I personally like Senator Harris a great deal, and think it is an outstanding pick.

  44. 44.

    Yutsano

    @YY_Sima Qian: Thanks for the answer. We’ll have to see regarding the American decline. It would take dislodging the dollar as the major reserve currency (not going to happen any time soon) and getting a military that could match the US in land, sea, or air. But America probably isn’t going to fade that far especially when we figure out how to keep people like Drumpf from even getting close to taking office in the first place. But yes there will be a lot of work that a Biden administration will have to do. I just pray that we also have the tools in Congress to make that happen.

    Also: Kamala vs Kampala is going to be a bugaboo typo for at least the next few months. Who knew the capital of Uganda would cause such a kerfuffle?

  45. 45.

    Sloane Ranger

    Sorry I didn’t post yesterday, there was some sort of problem on the UK Government dashboard.

    Here are the last 2 days worth of data. As usual I will only be covering England, Wales and Northern Ireland due to the excellent job done by Robert Sneddon for Scotland.

    11 August 2020 – 1148 new cases throughout the UK (1035 England; 48 NI; 13 Wales; Scotland – what RS said)

    12 August 2020 – 1009 new cases throughout the UK (925 England; 29 NI; 8 Wales; Scotland – see RS)

    Deaths –

    11.8.20 – 102 (100 England; 2 Wales)

    12.8.20 – 77 (72 England; 5 Wales)

  46. 46.

    The Pale Scot

    @p.a.:

    Let me know if bourbon is deemed effective

    You don’t drink it, you should inhale it. “a paper out of a group in Tokyo points out the lipid surface of the C-19 virus is more vulnerable to alcohol then typical flu virus. And a reaction on the lung tissue surface increases the ratio of alcohol to water initially.”

    Disinfection of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) in Human Respiratory Tract by Controlled Ethanol Vapor Inhalation

    And you can still drink it after the water cools!

  47. 47.

    The Very Reverend Crimson Fire of Compassion

    @OzarkHillbilly: And those numbers are less than accurate. Here in Cape Girardeau, doctors are telling patients to presume they have Covid, but refusing to order tests because they don’t want to raise the reported infection rates. Area hospitals are still prescribing hydroxychloroquine as treatment.

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