Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

The words do not have to be perfect.

John Fetterman: Too Manly for Pennsylvania.  Paid for by the Oz for Senator campaign.

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.

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

Optimism opens the door to great things.

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

“More of this”, i said to the dog.

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.

Just because you believe it, that doesn’t make it true.

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

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

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COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Friday/Saturday, Oct. 9-10

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TL; DR — machine washing is better than hand-washing at eliminating virus particles.
(Laundry tip: If you don’t already have what used to be called a ‘lingerie bag‘, they’re cheap & widely available, and would IMO protect the elastic loops or cloth ties on your masks from getting tangled up during the spin cycle.)

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  1. 1.

    JPL

    Anne,  I imagine that you had no idea that you would still be putting up these daily posts in October with no end in sight.  Thank you.

  5. 5.

    YY_Sima Qian

    Yesterday, China reported 0 new domestic confirmed cases and 0 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 15 new imported confirmed cases and 39 imported asymptomatic cases:

    • Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 5 confirmed cases,  2 Chinese nationals returning from Ethiopia and 1 each from Nepal, Iraq and the Philippines; 9 asymptomatic case, 5 Chinese nationals returning from Iraq, 3 from Ethiopia and 1 from the Philippines
    • Xi’an in Shaanxi Province – 3 confirmed cases, 2 Chinese nationals returning from Uzbekistan and 1 from Spain; 5 asymptotic cases, all Chinese nationals returning from Uzbekistan
    • Tianjin Municipality – 2 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national and 1 French national coming from Paris CdG; 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from France
    • Dandong Port in Liaoning Province – 2 confirmed cases, both Ukrainian crew members off a cargo ship
    • Shanghai Municipality – 2 confirmed case, 1 Chinese national returning from the Philippines and 1 Japanese national coming from Japan
    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from Serbia; 15 asymptomatic cases, 7 Chinese national returning from the Philippines, 3 from Ghana and 1 each from India, Pakistan, Serbia, Guinea and Senegal
    • Fuzhou in Fujian Province – 4 asymptomatic cases, all Chinese nationals returning from Indonesia
    • Xiamen in Fujian Province – 2 asymptomatic cases, both Chinese nationals returning from Nigeria
    • Yantai in Shandong Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from the Philippines (via Seoul-Inchon)
    • Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from the Philippines
    • Nanjing in Jiangsu Province – 1 asymptomatic case, no information released

    Today, Hong Kong reported 6 new cases, 3 from local infection, all have sources of infection identified.

  10. 10.

    JPL

    Doucheolini    That’s classic and I’m stealing it.

    Apparently Doucheolini has been around for awhile.  It’s still a classic and I’m using it.

  11. 11.

    mrmoshpotato

    @TS (the original):

    Or is he bussing them in from around the country? 

    Ooooo….we have plague ships.  It was just a matter of time before the plague buses showed up!  Why should those  willing to trap themselves on a ship have all the fun?  (I’m not one for cruises.)

    Honestly, no clue who’s attending this murder-suicide pact party.

  13. 13.

    Winston

    New cases in the USA exceeded 60,000 yesterday for the first time since August 14.

    Mortality rates in the USA have been declining slowly for some time, while mortality rates for Florida have been rising. My projections predict they will be the same in early December at around 2.43%.

  15. 15.

    Villago Delenda Est

    California: run by Democrats.

    Texas: run by Rethuglicans.

    The death cult has its way in Texas.

  16. 16.

    mrmoshpotato

    @Winston:

    while mortality rates for Florida have been rising

    I believe you’re mistaken here.  Florida has fully reopened everything because they slapped the virus into the ocean and told it not to use the term “climate change.”

  17. 17.

    mrmoshpotato

    @JPL: Watching the shit show is harmful to one’s health.   I hope that there is at least a parental warning.

    “Kids.  Your mom and I need to warn you this is going to be a lying shit show from this orange assclown.  You’ve been warned.” Unpause.

  18. 18.

    Winston

    @mrmoshpotato: I think it’s because DeSantis is  concentrating on throttling the new cases and taken his eye off the new deaths.

     

    ETA: There are apparently some righteous employees in the Department of Health as well.

  21. 21.

    ThresherK

    @mrmoshpotato: “Thanks, Anne” from here too.

    My wife is getting tested for Covid today in advance of a knee-replacement surgery on Tuesday. She’s gonna be in her car, in a line of cars.

    The big thing for her is that she’ll get in line in a couple hours, and can’t bring her tea, because we have no idea if there are facilities if she needs to void.

    We hope this trivial concern is the biggest thing for her. We’ve been pretty anal about our distancing/cleaning/etc, and I’m sure she doesn’t have it, but if she comes back positive I’ll feel so awful for having been in public around others.

    I have been passing our workplace’s thermal scanning every weekday for a couple of months. Just putting my faith in that, and my wife and not being positive-yet-asymptomatic.

  22. 22.

    Winston

    @ThresherK: I think car drive thrus present little risk.  I made an appointment, got there on time, pulled in and was out in 4 minutes. But it took two weeks for the result and turned out to be useless, though I was negative.

     

    @ThresherK:

  26. 26.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s daily numbers. DG of Health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 374 new cases today in his media briefing, which brings the cumulative reported total to 15,096 cases.

    372 new cases are from local infection, including 29 non-Malaysians.17 are Malaysians who recently travelled to high-risk zones in Sabah. Of the rest, 277 cases are in Sabah: 113 from close-contact screenings, 118 from miscellaneous screenings, 31 from existing clusters, and 15 from the new Highway cluster. 38 cases are in Selangor: 13 from close-contact screenings, seven from existing clusters, five from miscellaneous screenings, and 13 from new clusters, Bah Manggis (six), Utama (three), Tasik (three) and Simera (one). 27 cases are in Kedah, all from the Tembok cluster in Alor Setar Prison.

    Five cases are in Sarawak: four from the new Putracluster, one from miscellaneous screening. Four cases are in KL, three from existing clusters and one from miscellaneous screening. Three cases are in Penang, all from the Remand Prison cluster. One case is in Johore, from miscellaneous screening. One case is in Perak, from close-contact screening. One case is in Labuan, from close-contact screening.

    Two are imported cases: one Malaysian returning from the Philippines, one non-Malaysian arriving from the Philippines. One case is in Putrajaya, from an existing cluster.

    76 more patients recovered and were discharged, for a total of 10,780 patients recovered — 71.41% of the cumulative reported total. 4,161 active and contagious cases are currently in hospital; 73 are in ICU, 28 of them on respirators.

    Three new Covid-19 deaths were reported today, all in Sabah: a 61 year old man with diabetes and TB of the eye; a 54 year old woman with diabetes, hypertension and obesity; and a 51 year old man with diabetes, hypertension and heart disease. The total is now 155 deaths — 1.03% of the cumulative reported total, 1.42% of resolved cases.

    In other news, the big fancy 1Utama mall in Petaling Jaya, the site of the Utama cluster, will be closed for a week on Monday, to enable screenings and sanitation to be carried out. An enhanced movement control order will be imposed on the workers’dormitory at the Tropicana development, also in Petaling Jaya. (The Ttopicana Golf and Country Club and the residences (i.e. Mcmansions) in the same development are not affected. And an army field hospital is being activated in Tawau, Sabah, to treat non-Covid-19 cases so that existing hospitals in the state can focus on the pandemic.

  28. 28.

    Gin & Tonic

    I have to commend Dr. Fauci for using the plural noun “data” correctly.

    Yes, I know it’s a lost cause, but I will stand firm. Knowing Dr. Fauci is on my side is reassuring.

  29. 29.

    Amir Khalid

    @Ken: There are people who will come, especially if it’s a Trump rally, and especially if Democrats and medical scientists warn them to stay away.

  30. 30.

    Amir Khalid

    A bit of other news I forgot to mention: The Royal Malaysian Air Force will start ferrying Covid-19 test samples from Sabah, where test laboratories are being overwhelmed by the number of incoming samples, to laboratories in Peninsular Malaysia, to expedite processing of the samples and get test results out faster.

  31. 31.

    Ohio Mom

    Winston @20: Ouch! And condolences. What a cruel twist: the idea of going into rehab brings hope to all, and instead, it killed your girlfriend.

    Of course you are angry (righteously so) but I hope that eventually, your happy memories bring you comfort.

  32. 32.

    Sloane Ranger

    UK report for yesterday There were 13,864 new cases reported in total, about 4000 less than the day before but in line with the recent average. Broken down,

    England had 10,772 cases, @4000 less, so a return to the mean.
    Northern Ireland had 1080 cases, up by @150.
    Scotland had 1246 cases, up by @200.
    Wales had 766 cases up by @130.

    Deaths – 87 new deaths were reported.79 of these were in England, 6 in Scotland and 2 in Wales.

    Testing – 285,015 PCR tests were processed out of a capacity of 313,844.

    Hospitalisations – As of Wednesday 7 October, 3660 people were in hospital. As of Thursday, 8th 436 of these were on ventilators. Steady increase across all nations.

    General – Boris Johnson is under fire for announcing new local restrictions without consulting with the local government concerned. He has promised to do better in future. “Hospitality” sector in both England and Scotland continuing to whine about closures/restrictions on opening hours of pubs and bars.

  33. 33.

    FlyingToaster

    I will vouch for washing cloth masks in a lingerie bag; every day when each of us returns to Chez Toaster, the used mask is deposited in a paper bag on the basement door.  Paper is a very good dessicant.  Every weekend, I take the bag upstairs, sort it into “black” or “color” (we atheist technocrats don’t wear white masks) and zip them into mesh bags and wash them on “hand wash” cycle.  Then hang for 24 hours in the laundry closet to dry, and back onto the hooks by the outer doors.  We have about 30 masks, so no matter how many times one has to go off-property, there’s a clean mask for the next time.

  38. 38.

    greenergood

    Starting tonight Scotland’s most populated areas in the Central Belt have been locked down for 16 days – you can go to a cafe or restaurant during the day, as long as the establishment isn’t serving alcohol, because, face it, alcohol makes people all happy and sad and not really effing caring about social distancing, in the least .. You can’t gather in people’s houses, because too many people in Scotland have lots of family members in close proximity but in different houses, but you can still hang out with up to six folks in gardens/backyards. It all sounds ridiculous and petty and ‘who can follow the rules?’ but actually the Scottish Gov’t is trying so hard to contain the virus spread, while also trying to keep a little bit of normal life going.  While there are a lot of people understandably making a fuss, it’s actually amazing how many people are going along with this – which I think has a lot to do with the fact that First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been pretty forthright about what’s going on in Scotland – when we’re doing good, she says so; when we’re not, she says we’ve got to double-down, and it ain’t going to be fun. She herself has seen family members once in months, and then lockdown started again. In terms of scarey diseases, honesty from  your leaders is a pretty good idea.

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