Dan Quayle wept –
Pence answering Biden’s indictment on the pandemic:
“we think there is a miracle around the corner…a tribute to President Trump’s leadership”
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) August 21, 2020
As my colleague @levfacher reports, the Biden team has a detailed plan for how to grapple with #Covid19. Joe Biden's first call, if he's elected, will be to Tony Fauci. https://t.co/lKLakvdKUV
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) August 20, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic's official death toll in the U.S. reached 175,000 — while new data underscored that it may be much higher. https://t.co/Toc7BiW9pO pic.twitter.com/m0jheLfLyA
— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) August 21, 2020
The Trump team message — seniors need to die from COVID to get the Dow Jones up — may not be very persuasive with seniors. https://t.co/zKBLdM6kCz
— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) August 21, 2020
It took just one month and nearly 40,000 deaths to go back to the place we were before. Not really sure why this happened, but it must not have been cheap. I wonder who the contractor was. https://t.co/4OS398i3yo
— Peter Masiakos (@peter_masiakos) August 20, 2020
Mismanaged: Gaps in early surveillance of #COVID19 led to the record-breaking US trajectory. As the US exceeds 5 million #coronavirus cases—the world's 1st country to do so—epidemiologists have pinpointed what helped to set the country on a disastrous path https://t.co/qo3YITlpB8 pic.twitter.com/Ls9EJS1Kag
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 21, 2020
If you are trying to keep up with what's happening in the U.S. with #Covid19, you need to read these weekly threads from @DrTomFrieden. Insightful, easy to digest analysis. https://t.co/kjtelouUGB
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) August 21, 2020
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COVID-19 on Friday afternoon: 22,803,344 cases, 796,095 deaths (1 million new cases since Monday) https://t.co/Ufw1KvP5oy
— Crawford Kilian (@Crof) August 21, 2020
"We have the technology to stop it, and the knowledge to stop it"
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the coronavirus pandemic could be over within two years https://t.co/fphNF4l4ZL
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 21, 2020
China reports 22 coronavirus cases, sixth day without local transmission https://t.co/0pFASiMgup pic.twitter.com/GQ1U399MGP
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 22, 2020
ASIA TODAY: South Korea is banning large gatherings, shutting nightspots and churches and removing fans from professional sports in unprecedented restrictions announced Saturday as it battles the spread of the coronavirus. https://t.co/JHo8mq8Bcn
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 22, 2020
South Korea expands social distancing rules as coronavirus outbreak grows https://t.co/WT5wdWwiyU pic.twitter.com/EIvlo41fKk
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 22, 2020
India #COVID19 cases near 3 million as Mumbai festival approaches https://t.co/k42zRCE10S
— Crawford Kilian (@Crof) August 21, 2020
Ukraine reports daily record 2,328 coronavirus cases https://t.co/3fUKfTWm61 pic.twitter.com/Hf7twRn9sa
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 22, 2020
Coronavirus is spreading faster in Spain than in any of its neighbouring nations, despite the country initially having one of the strictest lockdowns
Why is it seeing a second spike? https://t.co/yjBGbM2MIG
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 21, 2020
Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by more than 2,000: RKI https://t.co/PlTVYXKyvm pic.twitter.com/FVXN7Jm6ZS
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 22, 2020
Swedish PM defends COVID strategy from criticism over death toll https://t.co/B2156xGZS8 pic.twitter.com/oayvqTgVZq
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 22, 2020
Australia coronavirus hotspot state records 13 new deaths, stable infections https://t.co/DLa9JdDOJk pic.twitter.com/UgGIZsYs5j
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 22, 2020
Mexico reports 5,928 new coronavirus cases and 504 more deaths https://t.co/dqczwNA2Ni pic.twitter.com/CDZ1Sd965y
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 22, 2020
New Canadian face mask plant to help avoid 'terrifying' shortages during pandemic: premier https://t.co/zZF8RKwmZn pic.twitter.com/XujhGsoA6i
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 22, 2020
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“You have to decide where your red line is, and that’s my red line." — Peter Marks, head of @US_FDA's center for biologics (ie vaccines), says he would quit if the Trump administration tries to approve a #Covid19 vaccine before it's proven safe & effective https://t.co/9Lf6xNtF18
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) August 21, 2020
How does immunity against #coronavirus work? New research shows how antibodies can block it. https://t.co/UZOxCR1Eto
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 22, 2020
Moderna says more than 40% of participants enrolled for COVID-19 vaccine trial https://t.co/dIGIoUpzQz pic.twitter.com/T9OrUAyTPm
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 22, 2020
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People of color make up just under 40% of the U.S. population but accounted for approximately 52% of all the “excess deaths” through July, @AP and @MarshallProj found. https://t.co/kahYAvCgRJ
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 21, 2020
Germany, with one fifth the death rate from Covid of the United States and one tenth the case rate, has had dozens of cases in the first days of school. Doesn't bode well for the US experiment of opening schools in the midst of uncontrolled Covid spread.
— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) August 21, 2020
But also, when you start punishing students for their social activities, you are destroying away any hope of contract tracing or risk-targeted testing.
And not just on your campus; even we don't do that here, our students will be wary about reporting their activities now.
— Carl T. Bergstrom (@CT_Bergstrom) August 21, 2020
University of Alabama on-campus testing had a 29% positivity rate Thursday. It was less than 1% on re-entry tests. https://t.co/4pMK8ABrp2
— Michael Casagrande (@ByCasagrande) August 21, 2020
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s daily numbers. Eight new cases. Five from local infection, all Malaysians, from the Tawar memorial-service cluster in Kedah. Three imported cases: one Malaysian, returning from the Netherlands; two non-Malaysians, one arriving from Bangladesh, one from the Philippines detected in screening while in detention. Cumulative reported total 9,257 cases.
Four more patients recovered and were discharged, for a total of 8,949 patients recovered — 96.7% of the cumulative reported total. Active and contagious cases currently being isolated/treated in hospital rose slightly to 183 patients; eight are in ICU, four of them on respirators.
No new deaths since 31st July; the total remains at 125 deaths — 1.35% of the cumulative reported total, 1.38% of resolved cases.
Chyron HR
“We tried ignoring it, we tried calling it names, we even tried praying for divine intervention–what more do you ingrates want from us??”
Enhanced Voting Techniques
According to the data of California it’s more so for Latinos than any group too. “After adjusting for population, Latinos are now 3.3 times more likely to test positive than white people.”
Also something I noticed from the data that is really skewed is the majority of those most infected are 18 to 34 and the majority of those who are dying are 50 +. so the kill your parents and grandparents disease.
TS (the original)
So Pence now thinks Trump is god – from where all good miracles emanate. Next they will apply to the Pope for sainthood to be conferred on dear leader.
rikyrah
Thanks for this information
PAM Dirac
Like a lot of jackals I read Anne’s COVID-19 update every morning and find it very useful, but also feel a bit guilty about just taking advantage of all Anne’s work. I realized I have at least of bit of relevant experience and decided to try to make a contribution. I will try to keep up with the FDA’s COVID-19 related Emergency Use Authorizations (EUA). The FDA web site lists all of them and gives the letter of approval (which includes all the conditions and restrictions) , an overview of details, the required patient information sheet, and an information sheet for health care providers. There is a ton of information in these documents and I doubt most people will find it useful to read through all of them, but I hope that it will give people a sense of the amount of work that goes on that doesn’t make it into the media.
COVID-19 related Emergency Use Authorizations (EUA) for Aug 15 – Aug 21, 2020
See FDA page for details and a full list.
Diagnostics
Drugs
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YY_Sima Qian
Yesterday, China reported 0 new domestic confirmed cases and 0 new domestic asymptomatic case, for the first time in over a month.
In Ürumqi, there are currently 227 confirmed and 78 asymptomatic cases at Ürumqi, with 17 cases in serious condition. 47 confirmed cases recovered yesterday and were released from hospitals, 15 asymptomatic cases were released from medical quarantine, 3 serious cases improved to moderate conditions. There are 5,342 close contacts remain under quarantine and medical observation.
At Dalian in Liaoning Province, 11 cases are currently in the hospital. There are 686 individuals remaining under quarantine
Shenzhen and Shanwei in Guangdong Province did not report any new domestic cases. Guangdong Provincial Heath Commission just announced that the strain of COVID-19 virus from the recent small outbreak is 99.99% March to the HK1 strain that is currently prevalent in Hong Kong, so most likely the source is some kind of import from the territory.
Yesterday, China reported 22 new imported confirmed cases, 34 imported asymptomatic cases, and 1 imported suspect case:
Today, Hong Kong reported 26 new cases, 24 from local transmission, 7 of whom do not have clear source of transmission.
Jack Canuck
The numbers Down Under:
Australia overall:
200 cases in the last 24 hours
4546 active cases (estimated)
485 total deaths
Victoria:
182 cases in the last 24 hours
4293 active cases (estimated)
398 total deaths
13 deaths in the last 24 hours
That’s a substantial drop from the more than 7000 active cases earlier in the week, and it’s now the second day running with less than 200 new cases in Victoria (the lowest since mid-July). A substantial portion of the cases (and the large majority of current deaths) are in the aged care sector, with (I think) over 1000 cases in health care workers. Things are definitely going the right way here, but it’s not dropping as fast as hoped. We’re three weeks into Stage 4 restrictions in Melbourne, with another three to go – and no guarantees at that point, as decisions will be made based on what’s happening by then in terms of numbers, unexplained transmissions etc
Meanwhile, there’s been an outbreak of nine cases in Queensland, with six linked to a youth detention centre. In response, more stringent restrictions have been reimposed on the Greater Brisbane area and more broadly in the state (though not nearly as strict as Melbourne). A couple of security guards at a quarantine hotel in Sydney have been diagnosed, and the contact tracers have yet to establish any link between those cases. Coupled with the resurgence in New Zealand, there are still a lot of nervous people (and politicians) all over the country.
Mo MacArbie
Is it just me, or does the masked woman in the Peter Masiakos tweet look a bit Guy Fawkes?
Brachiator
@Enhanced Voting Techniques:
People of color make up just under 40% of the U.S. population but accounted for approximately 52% of all the “excess deaths” through July,
State and county health officials need to stop lumping all people of color together, and get more sophisticated in looking at groups and behaviors. A recent LA Times story looked at another group that appears to be suffering disproportionately.
But as with college students, insistence on holding social gatherings and ignoring the use of masks, social distancing and other safety practices is taking a toll.
You have to look more deeply into behaviors, which overlap ethnicity.
ETA: link to the LA Times story is not provided. I had to jump through some hoops to get past the site pay wall.
snoey
@Brachiator: There was a study of the infection rates in various Massachusetts small cities – Brockton, Fall River, Holyoke etc. – and the one factor that stood out was population density measured in residents/room.
SFAW
Donald Trump’s (and his enablers’) stupidity, incompetence, narcissism, and evil. Am I now an honorary epidemiologist?
WereBear
I see the higher infection/death rates for non-whites simply illustrates the burden POC have always dealt with in the US.
When you look at people with money and power, they are overwhelmingly white, and only slightly less monolithically male. They are coddled, catered to, and access by far the larger number of resources.
That’s before we even get into how easily they work at home, and how big those homes tend to be.
JPL
D.C. restaurants have guidelines on seating groups during the pandemic. A server at the Fig and Olive was assaulted by a member of a group who had previously gone to the White House for the funeral of Robert Trump, because the group couldn’t be seated. link
Ken
OK, now I have a comeback next time someone says “hope is not a strategy.”
SFAW
@YY_Sima Qian:
I know others have expressed it before, so I just want to be the latest to register my appreciation for all your detailed reporting.
SFAW
@TS (the original):
Four years ago, I would have thought/said your comment was over-the-top or similar.
TS (the original)
@SFAW: Four years ago, I would never have made such a comment. I very much doubt Pence would have said such a thing about anyone either.
There is nothing normal, usual or sane about how people in this administration speak about trump.
OzarkHillbilly
@SFAW: No, you’re just another elitist libtard.
WereBear
@OzarkHillbilly:
Nominated for rotating tag!?!?!
OzarkHillbilly
@SFAW: @TS (the original): Pence doesn’t think trump is god, he thinks trump is god’s anointed, the chosen one, he who is god’s most loyal servant and therefor who can not fail.
OK, that bit of mental gymnastics wore me out, I’m gonna go take a 5 month nap
Winston
USA deaths ended at 179,200 on Friday according to WorldOMeters.info.
OzarkHillbilly
@JPL:
I know how to speak to people. Let me go get my ax handle.
WereBear
@Winston: That’s terribly FAST.
Ken
@JPL: Another of those people who has no idea how much spit they’ve eaten in restaurants over the years.
Ken
After you’ve voted.
Chyron HR
@JPL:
It’s what Bob would have wanted.
OzarkHillbilly
@Ken: Damn. You’re right, and we don’t have early voting in Misery.
bjacques
@Mo MacArbie: P for Pandemma?
SFAW
@WereBear:
That, and “Blech,” I would hope
ETA: WaterGirl: I would like to nominate “Blech” as a permanent rotating tag.
Another Scott
Thanks again for these daily summaries, AL.
Something that has been bothering me for a while is the “active cases” numbers at WorldOMeters.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
One of the important ways to know whether we’re making progress is when Active Cases is much less than Total Cases.
Sorting on the Active Cases column lists Virginia as #6 and Ohio as #28. Why? By others measures, like fatalities, Ohio is doing much worse than Virginia. Well, it seems that Virginia does not have a central repository for recovered cases.
https://www.whsv.com/2020/07/12/the-latest-virginia-covid-19-cases/
Ohio may report things differently. All states may report things differently. :-/
(sigh)
Cheers,
Scott.
OzarkHillbilly
@SFAW: I think I’m going to have “Blech” etched on my gravestone.
SFAW
@OzarkHillbilly:
I’m a little embarrassed about that. I don’t want to be “just another,” I want to be the elitistest or the libtardest of them all!
SFAW
@OzarkHillbilly:
The Widder OH might have something to say about that.
OzarkHillbilly
@SFAW: How’s about the “tardiest elitist libtard”?
And she won’t have anything to say about it if I buy it before I die.
SFAW
@OzarkHillbilly:
So I’m late to the party again?
As Robbie Burns might have said: “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ Hillbillies gang aft agley”
Obdurodon
For those who like “blech” I present the American Wood Ech.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr_SGkqrrdM
This is one of the videos I go to when I’m in a particularly bad mood. Never fails to cheer me up.
different-church-lady
You think…. you… think… that some mysterious, unknowable… magical… something… you don’t know what it is, you just think that it’s out there… is gonna just appear out of nowhere and SAVE YOUR GODDAMNED HAPLESS ASS??
MOTHERFUCKER, YOU ARE NOT THE VICE PRESIDENT OF WISHING UPON A GODDAMNED STAR, AND IF YOU CAN’T UNDERSTAND THAT THEN STEP THE FUCK DOWN.
boatboy_srq
You bet your arse there is. It’s call the General Election. It arrives in November.
WaterGirl
@boatboy_srq:
I’d say it ships in November, but arrives on January 20.
laura
@different-church-lady: your theory intrigues me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Obdurodon
@WaterGirl: And it only ships if we have a functioning postal service.
PaulB
As many others here have noted, Anne’s daily updates are essential reading for me. Over a month ago, I started posting similar daily updates to a local chat group. I do check other sources but Anne’s links probably form about 3/4 of my own daily posts. For the record, I do give her credit in those posts.
That said, I have been remiss in posting my own gratitude for these posts of hers and also wanted to pass along the compliments I have been receiving for my own daily posts, since I think they rightfully should go to her. On average, I get about 4 “thank you” emojis a day. In addition, here are some comments from others in the forum:
“Lots and lots of gratitude and appreciation for all your work!” [7 people added their agreement.]
“Your summaries are the only place I look to right now for covid-info, so I really appreciate it. I get a little overwhelmed trying to sort through articles myself.” [7 others added a “+1”]
“I just wanted to say how much I appreciate your covid updates, they have become my main trusted source of covid news and I appreciate how much time must go into them. I’d love to support a cause on your behalf to say thank you – please just let me know if anything comes to mind!” [I suggested the local food bank.]
“Thank you soo much for putting in the time and effort for these updates everyday! I take a look at this every morning for my news haha”
“I really appreciate all of the constant updates. You’re my main source of COVID news these days and its been invaluable to be able to wake up and check each day!”
“Thank you. Really appreciate all the work you put into this every day. I can only imagine the time and research that goes into it. Thank you, thank you!”
“Same. I really appreciate it. This has become one of the regular reads I do and regular sources of information that I keep in mind when verifying/validating/challenging my biases.”
So Anne, please accept my belated but very heartfelt thanks for your efforts, as well as the grateful appreciation of those in the local chat group who also benefit.
WaterGirl
@Obdurodon: Isn’t that the truth!
Obdurodon
@PaulB: Thank you for reminding me that I’ve been remiss. Such effort demands recompense. I couldn’t find a way to donate to Anne Laurie specifically, but since the information comes through this site I donated there. This is a *super* valuable public service, consistently of higher quality than any other source/aggregator I know of. *Thank you* Anne Laurie and everyone else who participates.
trollhattan
It was looking hopeful for our county WRT new daily case counts, well down from all-time highs in July. Then California fixed the data base glitch and poof, hundreds of “new” cases appeared on the graphs, and the trendline is barely downward. Sigh. 20-29 is the highest infected age range while by far the most deaths are 60+.
The fundy Christian high school began classes by calling themselves “day care” but the county figured out that little scheme and shut them down. Schools are all going with remote learning for fall.
Sloane Ranger
The UK-wide figures were published at 4pm as usual. There were 190,434 tests processed today and 1,288 new cases nationwide. As far as the Home Nations are concerned, they break down as follows. As Robert Sneddon hasn’t looked in I’ll include the Scottish figures today.
England 1,060; Scotland 123; Northern Ireland 71 and Wales 34. The Scottish figures show a big jump. I assume this is related to the idiots in Aberdeen some weeks ago and the cluster in the meat packing plant he mentioned previously but, overall, the number of new cases seems to be holding steady.
There were 18 new deaths reported today, 17 in England and 1 in Wales.
There were 97 new admissions to hospital, the majority in England with Wales a close second. There are currently 834 patients in hospital nationwide with COVID-19, of which 72 are on ventilators.
The Moar You Know
I have managed to ignore Pence for the last four years, but something about this vile combination of self-abasing toadying and promising the True Faithful on God’s behalf that deliverance is just around the corner if they just stay the course, to be handed down by God in the same way I’d deliver a pizza, just really ground me the wrong way.
Matt
It could happen – Trump could stroke out during one of his “staff meetings” with Pence and accidentally get his cock stuck all the way back in Pence’s throat as he’s convulsing, suffocating the little pig bottom. COVID response problem solved.
trollhattan
@Matt:
If by “miracle” Pence means a large man with a club and “around the corner” he means the large man will appear suddenly and smack Pence in the kisser, then I approve.
“Trust us” from the Trump admin can only be taken as a threat.
Just Chuck
Hey Pence, that miracle is named Joe Biden. Actually he’s the bonus: the miracle will be simply seeing you two finally tossed. Insofar as that’s a reflection on T’s “leadership”, I suppose one could call that tribute.
And uh, didn’t he put you in charge of all this BTW?
Fair Economist
@snoey:
Death by zoning.
featheredsprite
@PAM Dirac: Thank you. More information leads to less anxiety.