Don't underestimate the virus & stick to the science — Tony Fauci talks about lessons learned to date about #Covid19 in a medical grand rounds at Harvard Medical School. https://t.co/UPTIXtixCo
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) September 10, 2020
As of 6:28 p.m. ET, here's the data for #COVID19 in the U.S. today.
• Total confirmed cases: 6,394,655
• Cases per 1M population: 19,482
• Total confirmed deaths: 191,702
• Deaths per 1M population: 584https://t.co/LqeVkbIhGG— KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation) (@KFF) September 10, 2020
The price of politicizing the #Covid19 pandemic. This will have consequences for years to come. https://t.co/NEWAhAvt2F
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) September 10, 2020
I dearly hope this prediction is wrong. https://t.co/JfNmpJjmk5
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) September 11, 2020
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The coronavirus has upended everyday life in the six months since the crisis was declared a pandemic by the WHO.
While our understanding of the disease has steadily increased since it was first detected in China last year, what lies ahead remains unknown https://t.co/TWK6dV43pR pic.twitter.com/nMYEBduYQr
— AFP news agency (@AFP) September 10, 2020
This is how coronavirus took hold in North America & Europe. Results suggest an extended period of missed opportunity when intensive testing & contact tracing might have prevented SARSCoV2 from becoming established https://t.co/5q3O9xnSxQ pic.twitter.com/wSHFmEZA40
— delthia ricks ?? (@DelthiaRicks) September 10, 2020
The UN on Thursday called for an immediate "quantum leap" in funding to fight the new coronavirus as the death toll crossed 900,000 six months after the pandemic broke out https://t.co/b8iCxG9cf3
— AFP news agency (@AFP) September 10, 2020
India's #COVID19 epidemic is wildly out of control now.https://t.co/Oh1N3s7oer pic.twitter.com/GADQTHH3Zt
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) September 10, 2020
Indonesia’s coronavirus cases jumped by a record on Thursday as the capital prepares to return to tougher movement restrictions to stem infections https://t.co/MeeucUfLp1 via @business
— Baronian Consulting (@BaronianConsult) September 10, 2020
Is the Secret to Japan’s Virus Success Right in Front of Its Face? 97% COMPLIANT https://t.co/v8kKa8Hze4
— Carolyn Koehler ?? (@koehler_b) September 10, 2020
South Korea sees uptick in COVID-19 cases as cluster infections continue https://t.co/EXrO73VDS6 pic.twitter.com/qi5wIuCaoH
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 11, 2020
North Korea issues shoot-to-kill orders to prevent #coronavirus entering from China, US sayshttps://t.co/LAAX6ejbG2 pic.twitter.com/zlIjWINlak
— AFP news agency (@AFP) September 11, 2020
Israel considers nationwide lockdown as cases spike https://t.co/NBKpIXA8eH
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 10, 2020
'Don't leave Africa behind': South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said that the world would not be able to achieve universal health coverage if a COVID-19 vaccine, when developed, is only available to well-resourced nations pic.twitter.com/HNFauKsNVU
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 11, 2020
Coronavirus: France sets daily record with almost 10,000 new cases https://t.co/vpYz84R3Qz
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 10, 2020
All five intensive care beds dedicated to COVID patients are full in the Laveran Military Training Hospital in Marseille, and its doctors are bracing for more. What’s happening reflects growing pressure on France medical facilities as infections resurge. https://t.co/iqxetCS97N
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 11, 2020
Latin America passes 8 million coronavirus cases: Reuters tally https://t.co/7WexkRDIuo pic.twitter.com/4yTgVImLAP
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 11, 2020
Brazil reports 40,557 new coronavirus cases, 983 deaths https://t.co/eV07cjqIZg pic.twitter.com/NN45rymOpP
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 11, 2020
For low and middle income countries a prolonged outb reak of #COVID19 is a potentially existential threat to their healthcare systems. Here's the economic breakdown, which could be devastating. https://t.co/sK4fHcbwkE https://t.co/FstmgKDs9L
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) September 10, 2020
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COVID-19 vaccines in development being tracked by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine@AFPgraphics pic.twitter.com/tObqh9ZsJJ
— AFP news agency (@AFP) September 11, 2020
COVID19 patients can suffer long-term lung & heart damage but, for many, this tends to improve w/ time. Conclusion from the 1st prospective follow-up study. Data presented at the European Respiratory Society Internat'l Congress https://t.co/U9rLrJYCpT
— delthia ricks ?? (@DelthiaRicks) September 10, 2020
Hospital #COVID19 risk lowest among intensive care staff. Contrary to expectations, the risk of COVID-19 infection among hospital staff at the height of the coronavirus pandemic was lowest among ICU personnel. New in the journal Thorax https://t.co/kS8fOJlRA8 via @medical_xpress
— delthia ricks ?? (@DelthiaRicks) September 11, 2020
SARSCoV2 attacks the brain. About half of patients report neurological symptoms, including headaches, confusion and delirium. Strokes are another hallmark of coronavirus infection https://t.co/6YNVBb0h7O
— delthia ricks ?? (@DelthiaRicks) September 10, 2020
2/BUSES
By the roundtrip journey's end ZERO passengers on the bus w/openable windows were infected. But on the bus w/AC, 35% were infected. A few windows could open and nobody seated by an open window got infected. #COVID19 was spread thru AC.
Message: open window & wear mask.— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) September 10, 2020
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A new study by US health authorities published Thursday provided more data showing that, when it comes to catching Covid-19, visiting bars and restaurants is far more dangerous than going shopping, working from an office or using public transport https://t.co/mpJtuBtgZ2
— AFP news agency (@AFP) September 10, 2020
Trump just rejected Michigan's request for full coronavirus National Guard funding.
National Guard units in Florida, Texas, Arizona, Connecticut and California will continue with full federal funding. Whitmer called Trump’s decision "blatantly partisan."https://t.co/fZPhL4YLEK
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 11, 2020
Florida has ordered some of its counties to keep information on school #coronavirus outbreaks secret, preventing parents from knowing if their children may have been exposed. A teacher's union estimates ~1200 students & staff have been quarantined in the state (from wapost) pic.twitter.com/DMi9ofuLA5
— delthia ricks ?? (@DelthiaRicks) September 10, 2020
This sounds like a parody, but…
Iowa govt's guidelines say those exposed to the virus for 15 consecutive min within 6 feet need to quarantine after exposure
So schools are literally having kids get up and move around the room every 12-14 minutes https://t.co/SuDnLhfqBn
— Tyler Kingkade (@tylerkingkade) September 9, 2020
NotMax
Florida, the Clusterf*ck State. (WaPo link)
NotMax
Out of date numbers. Tabulated data showing 194,380 (at the moment, site updates frequently).
Mary G
Does Trump think that punishing Michigan because of its uppity woman governor going to help his reelection there?
Betty Cracker
@NotMax: The bars that don’t sell food are allowed to reopen at 50% capacity on Monday, according to a tweet from a FL state official yesterday evening. Those types of bars have been shut down since late June.
We haven’t visited a saloon since early March! We miss our favorite waterholes keenly. But I’m not about to set foot in one until the positive test rate drops below 5% and stays there for a while. It’s currently around 14%.
OzarkHillbilly
@NotMax: There is a wide variation in numbers. The Worldometer has it at 196,331. The Covid Project has it at 183,949. I use the Wometer #s on my truck because even if they have an overcount today, by tomorrow they’ll be right.
Bruce K
Greece just had its worst day since the crisis began: 372 new cases (previous high was 293 on August 26). 4 more dead (bringing the total to 297), 49 currently in intensive care.
Discouraging.
raven
I’ve started back swimming at the Y. I’m not crazy about the ventilation in the lockers room so I stay masked, hit the shower and on to the deck. After I suit up in sweats right out of the water grab my stuff and bust back through the locker room an out. With my mobility issues I feel like I have to do something to keep me going.
ScienceWins
That Laurie Garrett tweet is utter bullshit. The study says no such thing. It didn’t look at mask wearing at all. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2770172
Only one bus had an infected person. The second bus was the “control” group.
OzarkHillbilly
@raven: I guess you ruled out the local sewage pond than.
It sucks, but we all have to do what we can as best we can and just accept the imperfectness of it all.
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s daily numbers look terrible. 182 new cases, all but one from local infection. The breakdown: 11 cases from the Sungai hospital cluster and another three cases from the Telaga cluster in Kedah, all Malaysians. 167 cases from the Benteng Lahad Datu District Police HQ lockup cluster in Sabah, 76 Malaysians and 91 non-Malaysian illegal immigrants. The lone imported case is a non-Malaysian arriving from the Philippines. These cases bump the cumulative reported total up to 9,810 cases.
14 more patients recovered and were discharged, for a total of 9,181 patients recovered — 93.59% of the cumulative reported total. There are now 501 active and contagious cases currently being isolated/treated in hospital; nine are in ICU, five of them on respirators.
On the not-so-bad-news side, there have been no new deaths since 1st September, and the total remains at 128 deaths — 1.30% of the cumulative reported total, 1.38% of resolved cases.
YY_Sima Qian
Yesterday, China reported 0 new domestic confirmed cases and 0 new domestic asymptomatic case, and 15 new imported confirmed cases, 22 imported asymptomatic cases:
Today, Hong Kong reported 12 new cases, 3 from local transmission, 1 without clear source of transmission.
satby
@Amir Khalid: ironic that what looks terrible in other countries would be an unbelievable improvement in pretty much any single state here.
raven
@OzarkHillbilly: If the thunder don’t get ya the lightning will. . .
OzarkHillbilly
@raven: Yep.
raven
We made the international press!
We still have to attend class’: Anger of University of Georgia students as they are told they must keep going to school despite 1,400 new coronavirus cases in the past week
Jack Canuck
Moving in the right direction here in Australia:
Nation-wide:
In Victoria:
Everybody in Melbourne (and to a lesser extent the rest of Victoria) is sick to death of the restrictions. As a result, some people are losing their shit and using language like ‘martial law cabinet’ and describing Melbourne as an ‘open air prison’ and going on about authoritarian dictators. This includes friends of mine who should know better, particularly including a trained historian who I thought would be more careful with his words and analysis. On the other hand, I read on the ABC the other day that 70% of Victorians approve of how the government is handling the situation, though 76% think the government should be doing more to help people suffering financially. There has been a big push relating to mental health services and the like, because this is wearing people down. The Stage 4 restrictions were supposed to end this Sunday at midnight, but they’ve been extended by two weeks (albeit with a few relaxations).
Amir Khalid
@satby:
We’ve had the luxury of being able to trust the authorities’ handling of the pandemic. On Sunday we had just six cases nationwide, including three from local infection. To go from that to 182 cases today is really disappointing. Especially because it appears that people in positions of responsibility dropped the ball — healthcare workers in one cluster, the police in another cluster.
debbie
@Mary G:
He’s too stupid to realize how many of his cult members have been put at great risk from his stupid decision.
Robert Sneddon
Scotland — 175 new cases, about half of them in the Glasgow area (where about 20% of the Scottish population live) which has been under extra restrictions for about a week now. The test positivity rate is now up to 2.7%, a worrying increase from less than 1% a couple of weeks ago. No further deaths of confirmed cases have been reported.
The extra restrictions in Glasgow may be extended to the Lanarkshire area which is seeing a notable rise in cases. This will be decided later today after discussion with health board officials.
A contact tracing app for smartphones, Protect Scotland has been launched and over half a million people have downloaded it already. It uses Bluetooth to log contacts as being in close proximity to others for 15 minutes and if someone tests positive then their recent contacts can be determined and traced in followup.
Anne Laurie
He doesn’t care how many of his followers have been put at risk. He doesn’t count voters, just donations — as long as the checks clear, Trump could care less whether those losers & suckers are still around in November.
I go back & forth between thinking he’s assuming another stolen ‘victory’, and wondering if he’s already checked out on this preznidensy gig & is just waiting to go back to Mar-A-Lago (or Dubai).
But the real truth is, he probably isn’t capable of thinking on a timeline beyond the end of next week. If that.
gvg
@raven: UF’s cases are now dropping. There was a surge related to the start of classes which I think now was related to people getting tested before starting classes, but now the new cases are dropping. The campus seems empty. Apparently most classes are still online. It’s not as bad as I feared. Students are mostly wearing masks but the few I see seem to be walking in pairs not alone.
Games are weeks away, 20% capacity, no RV’s on campus, no tailgating…I still think its not going to happen long.
Sloane Ranger
Yesterdays figures from the UK.
There were 2919 new cases nationwide of which 2578 were in England, 78 in Northern Ireland and 102 in Wales plus the Scottish cases of 161 Robert S has already reported. The R rate for the entire UK is 1.2 with an expected growth rate of up to 3%.
There were 14 new deaths, 13 in England and 1 in Northern Ireland.
The Midlands city of Birmingham has been added to the government’s watchlist and a new lockdown there and in the surrounding area is expected to be announced soon.
In further news, there has been a cluster of new cases reported in the Tyne and Wear region (Sunderland and Durham) which has been linked to people attending a charity football match with 61 people testing positive. I believe the match was held to raise money for cancer charities.
YY_Sima Qian
The health authorities in Nanjing has just announced that they have tested > 7K contacts of the imported asymptomatic cases over the past 2 days, all have produced negative results. More and more likely the case (a 19 year old) had COVID-19 while in the US, recovered, and is now shedding dead viral fragments. I am sure the authorities will try to see if they can grow live virus from his samples to confirm.