Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The next time the wall street journal editorial board speaks the truth will be the first.

T R E 4 5 O N

American history and black history cannot be separated.

If rights aren’t universal, they are privilege, not rights.

Do we throw up our hands or do we roll up our sleeves? (hint, door #2)

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

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

The arc of the moral universe does not bend itself. it is up to us to bend it.

Quote tweet friends, screenshot enemies.

We’re watching the self-immolation of the leading world power on a level unprecedented in human history.

The real work of an opposition party is to oppose.

You know it’s bad when the Project 2025 people have to create training videos on “How To Be Normal”.

Shut up, hissy kitty!

Since we are repeating ourselves, let me just say fuck that.

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

Nothing says ‘pro-life’ like letting children go hungry.

The fundamental promise of conservatism all over the world is a return to an idealized past that never existed.

“In this country American means white. everybody else has to hyphenate.”

They were going to turn on one another at some point. It was inevitable.

Lick the third rail, it tastes like chocolate!

Giving in to doom is how authoritarians win.

Giving in to doom is how we fail to fight for ourselves & one another.

The line between political reporting and fan fiction continues to blur.

You are here: Home / Healthcare / COVID-19 / COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Wednesday/Thursday, Oct. 21-22

COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Wednesday/Thursday, Oct. 21-22

by | 16 Comments

This post is in: ,


======

======

======

Reader Interactions

16Comments

  1. 1.

    YY_Sima Qian

    Yesterday, China reported 0 new domestic confirmed cases and 0 new domestic asymptomatic cases.
    Yesterday, China reported 14 new imported confirmed cases and 25 imported asymptomatic cases and 2 imported suspect cases:

    • Shanghai Municipality – 8 confirmed cases, 4 Chinese nationals returning from Ethiopia, and 1 Chinese national each returning from Argentina (via Schipol), Israel (via Switzerland) and France; 2 suspect cases, no information released
    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 3 confirmed cases, 2 Chinese nationals returning from Nigeria (via Kigali), and 1 from Iran; 14 asymptomatic cases, 9 Chinese nationals returning from Nigeria (via Kigali) and 1 each from Congo (Kinshasa) (via Kigali), Mauritania (via Istanbul), Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and Iran
    • Shenzhen in Guangzhou Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a British national coming from Germany
    • Chengdu at Sichuan Province – 2 confirmed cases (1 previously asymptomatic), 1 Chinese national each returning from Qatar and Iraq (via Qatar)
    • Xiamen in Fujian Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from the Philippines; 4 asymptomatic cases, 3 Chinese nationals returning from the Philippines and 1 from Mexico
    • Zhengzhou in Henan Province – 2 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Nanjing in Jiangsu Province – 1 asymptomatic case, no information released
    • Shijiazhuang in Hebei Province – 1 asymptomatic case, no information released
    • Haiku in Hainan Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Malawi
    • Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province – 1 asymptomatic cases, a Chinese nationals returning from the Philippines

    Today, Hong Kong reported 11 new cases, 1 from local transmission, source of transmission unidentified.

  2. 2.

    p.a.

    Jeeeze… not good. Got my flu shot, how ’bout you?
    Besides Yertle et al working to leave Joe a smoking hulk, mom nature tossing gas on the fire too.

  4. 4.

    jl

    Article on the covid vaccine trial death says that that person was on the placebo. If true, then gives little info about the vaccine.

    I read a news report that said Sweden has passed legislation that gave national gov more authority over public health measures, so not surprising to read about more national level measures.

  5. 5.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 numbers. DG of Health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 847 new  cases today for a for a cumulative reported total of 23,804 cases, and five more deaths for a total of 204 deaths — o.86% of the cumulative reported total, 1.31% of resolved cases.

    Sabah has the most cases, 578: 223 in all clusters including the new Tinusa and Sauh clusters, 210 close-contact screenings, and 245 in other screenings. Selangor has 132 cases: 59 in all clusters including the new Jambu cluster, 55 close-contact screenings, eight persons back from high-risk zones in Sabah, and 10 in other Covid-19 screenings. Negeri Sembilan has 38 cases: 33 in the new Sofi cluster, four close-contact screenings, and one other Covid-19 screening. Labuan has 29 cases: 25 in existing clusters, and four close-contact screenings. KL has 23 cases: nine in existing clusters including one in the new Bah Mutiara cluster, seven close-contact screenings, two persons back from high-risk zones in Sabah, and five other Covid-19 screenings.

    Perak has 14 cases: six in existing clusters, six close-contact screenings, and two in other Covid-19 screenings. Penang has 10 cases: eight in existing clusters and two close-contact screenings. Putrajaya has four cases: three in existing clusters and one close-contact screening. Kedah has three cases, all in existing clusters. Melaka has three cases: two in the new Umboo cluster, and one close-contact screening.And Terengganu and Johore have one case each, each in other Covid-19 screenings.

    Kelantan has three cases, two close-contact screenings and one in an existing cluster. Pahang has two cases, one in an existing cluster and one person back from s high-risk zone in Sabah. Sarawak has one case, a close-contact screening.

    The five imported cases, all reported in Selangor, are all non-Malaysians, arriving from India (four) and the US.

    486 more patients recovered and were discharged, for a total of 15,417 patients recovered — 64.8% of the cumulative reported total. 8,183 active and contagious are currently in hospital; 90 are in ICU, of whom 29 are on ventilators.

    The five deaths reported today are a 67-year-old woman in Kedah with hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidæmia, a 65-year-old woman in Sabah, an 88-year-old man in Sabah, a 78-year-old man in Sabah with stroke, and a 60-year-old non-Malaysian woman in Sabah.

  6. 6.

    jl

    Czech R’s problem that they acted like covid was eradicated after first wave controlled. Went to very lax control measures. Sad note in story was that after the health Minister recommended in summer stronger mask regs after schools opened, the gov response was to fire him.

  7. 7.

    Mary G

    @OzarkHillbilly: Yep, that first story is scary. No more than 15 minutes close contact in 24 hours is going to be hard to meet.

    Whichever goober governor who had teachers make the kids play musical chairs every 14 minutes to keep them from being in contact more than 15 minutes is going to have to come up with a plan B.

    One bright spot was the Michigan CEOs telling the ignorant yahoos to drop their lawsuits against Gov. Whitmer and put on a damned mask.

    We had 11 deaths here in the OC, seven of whom lived in nursing homes. Testing positivity 3.2%, which is down, but new cases per 100,000 is still stuck on 4.6%, so no loosening of rules for us yet.

  8. 8.

    TS (the original)

    For the 473rd time our free to air TV is playing the movie Apollo 13. Did remind me of the times when the American government worked non stop to save the lives of 3 people.

    Now trump won’t  work to stop the deaths of 220,000 + people. Times sure change.

  9. 9.

    NotMax

    The little island of Lanai has been fortunate in remaining at zero cases reported. Until now.
    Medical and government leaders are calling for a shutdown of the island of Lāna‘i and mass testing as COVID-19 positive cases on the island had surged to upwards of 20 by Wednesday night.

    The recommendation was made as news of the island’s first four cases was reported on Tuesday afternoon, followed by an update on Wednesday afternoon that the case count had surged to 16. Then, during a follow up community meeting Wednesday evening, healthcare officials updated the total case count to 20-23 positive COVID-19 individuals on Lāna‘i.
    [snip]
    Dr. Lee Weiss, Regional Director of Emergency Medical Services with Maui Health warned that swift action needs to be taken. He said the cases identified so far, are “the tip of the iceberg,” and estimated that 10 percent of the Lāna‘i population could be positive within a week. He called for mass testing as well as a temporary shut down of the island to travel, calling its border “porous.” Source

  11. 11.

    lowtechcyclist

    NEW: CEO group to Michigan leaders: Stop suing over COVID-19 restrictions, unite to fight second wave

    A decade or two ago, that might’ve made a difference.

    Now the party is so high on its own supply that even the moneymen can’t jerk their chains.

    Well, maybe they could, but it would take more than this: the moneymen would have to say, “you hear and obey on this one, or we run ads against you until the day you quit politics forever.” And the moneymen aren’t ready to do that to fellow Republicans, even in the Year of the Coronavirus.

  12. 12.

    jl

    @Mary G:  I think that there must be more to the story of the new guidance. Both epidemiologists quoted in the story noted that in prison setting, several other routes of transmission were plausible. Some of the prisoners were unmasked. Would there be close contact if everyone wore masks? CDC links not working for me right now, so I can’t get more details.

  13. 13.

    Sloane Ranger

    Here is the report from the UK. Yesterday there were 26,688 new cases. This is an increase of over 5000 cases from the previous day where we had 21,331 cases. Cases divided by nation as below;

    England – 22948 (up @5000)
    Northern Ireland – 1039 (up by slightly over 100)
    Scotland – 1739 (up by @300)
    Wales – 962 (down by @150).

    If the figure for England isn’t just some sort of anomaly, any talk of the rate of increase decreasing is all my eye and Betty Martin.

    Deaths – There were 191 new deaths. Slightly down from yesterday’s high of 241. 144 of the deaths were in England, 5 in Northern Ireland, a stonking 28 in Scotland and an equally stonking 14 in Wales, given their populations.

    Testing – 279,996 PCR tests were processed out of a capacity of 373,533.

    Hospitalisations – 6479 people were in hospital on the 18th October, 629 of whom were on ventilators. Both numbers trending upwards.

    General – All nations bar Scotland now have a case rate of plus 1000 people infected per 100,000 of population. In terms of English regions, the East Midlands now also has over a 1000 infections per 100,000 population. 5 out of the 9 English regions are now in this position. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak has today, unveiled further financial help to businesses in Tier 2 areas. The Health Secretary is expected to update the Commons on the talks of progress with Tier 3 candidates later.

    Hey ho!

  15. 15.

    Another Scott

    Dogs detect coronavirus fast and reliably — why not use them everywhere?
    https://p.dw.com/p/3kCYb

    Dogs detect coronavirus fast and reliably — why not use them everywhere?

    A dog can sniff a cloth wiped on a wrist or neck and immediately identify if it comes from someone who has contracted the virus as much as five days before any symptoms appear which would lead a person to go into isolation. “A dog could easily save so so, so many lives,” University of Helsinki veterinary researcher Anna Hielm-Bjorkman told DW, who says their testing has shown an accuracy level of nearly 100%.

    Important if true. But doing it at scale (as with anything in this pandemic) would be challenging.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

Comments are closed.