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This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.

People are complicated. Love is not.

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

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Bark louder, little dog.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

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Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

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COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Friday/Saturday, Nov. 27-28

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  2. 2.

    bluefish

    Wouldn’t it be great if we were smarter? Then we wouldn’t have to wait so long.

    God only knows what I’d do without you.

  4. 4.

    mrmoshpotato

    “Almost half of all cases and deaths are in just four countries, and almost 70% of cases and deaths are in the top 10 countries. And there are many countries all over the world that have shown #COVID19 can be controlled with existing tools.”

    Dr. Tedros shames us.  Rightfully.

    Thank you for these daily updates AL.  They are helpful beyond words.  Thank you.

  5. 5.

    Pete Downunder

    Australia now has no community cases, the only active cases are international arrivals in quarantine. We went hard early, and hard again when clusters emerged. It was difficult for those in the affected areas but life is pretty much normal here now except that we can’t leave the country and international arrivals strictly limited by quarantine capacity.

  6. 6.

    Aleta

    A friend who’s an ER nurse at Mass General said 18 covid cases were admitted just during their single shift on Thanksgiving.

  8. 8.

    NotMax

    FYI.

    …Black Friday was the last thing on the minds of some hurt the most by the pandemic. At a popular shopping area in St. Petersburg, Florida, several storefronts were empty, and the only line was at a plasma donation center.

    Leonard Chester, 58, said he hoped to get at least $55 for the donation, saying that he needed to eat. When reminded that it was Black Friday, he let out a laugh and pointed to the line around him.

    “This says that people are hurting. The economy’s bad,” said Chester, who was laid off from his job as a bouncer at a strip club two months ago. Source

  9. 9.

    OzarkHillbilly

    “We are not an anti-mask group. We are a pro civil liberties organization.”

    Please tell me which civil liberty is infringed upon by mask wearing? Because I’m pretty sure the ability to spread an infectious disease to others isn’t a civil liberty.

  10. 10.

    YY_Sima Qian

    Yesterday, China reported 0 new domestic confirmed cases and 0 new asymptomatic case.


    Hubei Provincial Health Commission published the latest revision in policy for surveillance testing. 8 categories of persons that are tested individually on a weekly basis:
     

    • Staff at designated COVID-19 hospitals
    • Close contacts of positive cases, until deemed no longer at risk
    • Close contacts of close contacts , until deemed no longer at risk
    • Arrivals from overseas , until deemed no longer at risk
    • Customs and immigration personnel
    • Staff and centralized quarantine facilities
    • Returnees from Medium and High Risk areas in China
    • Workers of cold chain logistics

     
    5 categories of persons who are tested with sample pooling with varying frequencies:
     

    • Staff at designated non-COVID-19 hospitals, tested monthly
    • Staff at ER, respiratory and infectious diseases departments on designated non-COVID hospitals, tested biweekly
    • In-patient stay patients and caretakers, tested bi-weekly, starting from before intake, for the duration of the stay
    • All staff and residents of penitentiary facilities, nursing homes and convalescent homes, to be tested by 12/10; new entrants are tested individually before intake
    • All workers in crowded and/or enclosed environments to be tested by end of Dec.: produce markets and supermarkets, mass transportation, tourist agencies and sites, libraries, fitness centers, cinemas, labor intensive factories, etc.

     
    Yesterday, China reported 6 new imported confirmed cases and 4 imported asymptomatic case:
     

    • Fuzhou in Fujian Province – 1 confirmed and  1 asymptomatic cases, both Chinese nationals returning from Indonesia
    • Xiamen in Fujian Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from Russia
    • Tianjin Municipality – 1 confirmed case, no information released, yet
    • Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Indonesia
    • Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from Ethiopia
    • Kunming in Yunnan Province – 1 confirmed case, a Burmese national coming from Myanmar
    • Ruili in Yunnan Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Myanmar
    • Nanjing in Jiangsu Province – 1 asymptomatic case, no information released
    • Wuwei in Gansu Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from the US; the case had entered China on 11/10 at Guangzhou, and passed through the 14 day mandatory quarantine and tested negative twice (the last being 11/23), and flew to Lanzhou in 11/24 where she stayed at a hotel overnight, she returned to her destination at Wuwei on 11/25 and was tested again on 11/26 per regulation when she tested positive, she was sent to a designated hospital for retesting and diagnosis; interestingly, the case’s IgM and IgG antibodies came back negative, so she should not be a recovered COVID-19 patient, possibly one with very long incubation period


    Yesterday, Hong Kong reported 84 new cases, 4 imported and 80 local (27 of whom with out clear sources of infection, 47 are related to dance clubs). There are another 80 preliminarily positive cases.

  11. 11.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 numbers. The Ministry of Health reports 1,315 new cases today, for a cumulative reported total of 63,176 cases. The Ministry also reports four new deaths for a total of 354 deaths — 0.56% of the cumulative reported total, 0.69% of resolved cases.

    11,508 active and contagious cases are currently in hospital; 118 are in ICU, 43 of them on respirators. Meanwhile, 1,110 patients recovered and were discharged, for a total of 51,314 patients recovered — 81.2% of the cumulative reported total.

    Six new clusters were reported today: PTS Sibuga, Jesselton building site, Dermaga and Tempasuk in Sabah; Awan Biru building site in KL; and UD SS2 in Selangor.

    1,310 new cases today are local infections. Sabah has 476 cases: 92 in older clusters; 167 in PTS Sibuga, Jesselton building site, Dermaga and Tempasuk clusters; 147 close-contact screenings, and 70 other screenings. Selangor has 265 cases: 168 in older clusters, nine in UD SS2 cluster, 65 in older clusters, and 23 other screenings. KL has 187 cases: 145 in older clusters, 31 in Awan Biru building site cluster, five close-contact screenings, and six other screenings. Perak has 167 cases: 151 in existing clusters, and 16 other screenings.

    Penang has 92 cases: 83 in existing clusters, one close-contact screening, and eight other screenings. Johor has 46 cases: 29 in existing clusters, 10 close-contact screenings, and seven other screenings. Negeri Sembilan has 41 cases: 35 in existing clusters, five close-contact screenings, and one other screening. Kelantan has 18 cases: 12 in existing clusters, and six close-contact screenings. Kedah has 17 cases: 16 in existing clusters, and one other screening. And Melaka has one case, found in other screening.

    Putrajaya, Pahang, Terengganu, Labuan, Sarawak and Perlis reported no new cases today.

    Five new cases are imported. Four were reported in KL and one in Selangor.

    The four deaths today, all reported in Sabah, are an 84-year-old man with hypertension, dyslipidaemia and eye disease; a 130-year-old* non-Malaysian man; a four-year-old non-Malaysian girl; and a 60-year-old non-Malaysian woman.

    *Age as per press release

  12. 12.

    Chyron HR

    I’m old enough to remember when the Covid vaccines were beautiful and tippy-top and we were all supposed to praise Donald Trump for personally creating them.

  13. 13.

    NeenerNeener

    Monroe County, NY stats from yesterday: 276 new cases, 321 people in the hospital, 58 in the ICU. 317 deaths total since last spring.

  14. 14.

    evodevo

    He’s an idiot, but he’s OUR idiot, say the residents of KY…he’s from Lewis Co., VERY rural, got a degree from MIT, started a tech company, sold it and came back home to haunt us..he was county judge exec for a year, and he’s libertarian/Randian to the core…
    Alas we are stuck with him for another term..maybe after 2 years his MAGAt voters will be too sick/dead to vote him back in…

  15. 15.

    OzarkHillbilly

    Our test positivity rate has finally dipped below 20%, all the way to 19.7%.  We’ll see what Thanksgiving gives to us.

    Available inpatient beds are at 22%, available ICU beds are at 19%.

  16. 16.

    Brachiator

    @YY_Sima Qian:

    Yesterday, Hong Kong reported 84 new cases, 4 imported and 80 local (27 of whom with out clear sources of infection, 47 are related to dance clubs).

    Were these legal dance clubs or people having private parties? Were people simply mingling together without masks, social distancing, etc?

  17. 17.

    Amir Khalid

    “We are not an anti-mask group. We are a pro civil liberties organization.”

    I’m thinking of that doctor who was astounded that people believed him when he said their blood-pressure meds worked, but not when he said wearing masks worked. After encouraging people to think nonsense like this, Donald Trump has the blood of hundreds of thousands on his hands.

  19. 19.

    YY_Sima Qian

    @Brachiator:

    Were these legal dance clubs or people having private parties? Were people simply mingling together without masks, social distancing, etc?

    As far as I can gather, these are legally registered establishments, but extremely exclusive and catering to the upper most crust of Hong Kong society. Specifically, they cater to the tycoons’ socialite wives, but also female senior bankers in the city’s myriad financial institutions. They hire the best and the most handsome professional dancers out of Mainland China and Easter Europe/fUSSR as partner/instructors, who had placed top spots in international dance competitions. Apparently Latin dance is a huge favorite. These establishment serve to keep the wives amused, while the tycoons discuss business in backrooms filled with cigar smoke and overflown with scotch whiskey and fine wines.

    Since the city’s government is essentially captured by these monied interests (and has been since the colonial days, back then the tycoons with British or Commonwealth background were included), I would not be surprised if the preventions and restrictions have been not been enforced in these establishments.

    Since I do not fly at such rarified atmosphere in China, Hong Kong or the US, I only know what I read in the press. In fact, until the recent outbreak, I was not aware that these dance clubs existed.

  20. 20.

    BC in Illinois

    Almost half of all cases and deaths are in just four countries, and almost 70% of cases and deaths are in the top 10 countries.

    And in the U.S., Missouri — Missouri !  18th in population ! — is in the top ten for new cases.

    (See Gov. Mike “I will do nothing at all” Parson.)

  21. 21.

    Matt

    @OzarkHillbilly: Modern conservatives define “civil liberties” as their right to be an asshole to whoever they want, along with everyone else having to still be nice to them no matter how shitty they act.

  22. 22.

    Sloane Ranger

    Greetings from a dull and damp UK. Yesterday we had 16,022 new cases. This is about 1500 less than the day before and a reduction of 25% in the rolling 7-day average. As a bonus our R number has now fallen below 1 to 0.9 to 1.0, giving us an infection rate growth of -2 to 0. Four full days left on the current lockdown, then we move to the new enhanced Tier system before the Christmas free for all, which I am sure will send the R rate soaring again. New cases by home nation are,

    England – 13,557 (down @1000)

    Northern Ireland – 391 (down @50)

    Scotland – 969 (down @250)

    Wales – 1105 (down @100).

    Deaths – There were 521 deaths yesterday, an increase in the rolling 7-day average of 9.6%. 451 deaths were in England, 12 in Northern Ireland, 37 in Scotland and 21 in Wales.

    Testing – 383,521 tests were processed on 26 November out of a capacity of 533,800. An increase in the rolling 7-day average of 0.7%.

    Healthcare – 16,064 people were in hospital on Wednesday 25 November and 1456 were on ventilators on Thursday, 26th. There has been a decrease in the rolling 7-day average for hospital admissions of 8.3%.

    So, new infections are beginning to come down, as is pressure on the NHS, but the number of people infected remains high. If I were in charge, I’d want to keep the lockdown in place for another 1-2 weeks to suppress the number of infections even further but…

  23. 23.

    Bill Arnold

    @OzarkHillbilly:
    Because I’m pretty sure the ability to spread an infectious disease to others isn’t a civil liberty.
    It’s functionally similar to the right to put a blindfold on, and shoot in a random direction in a populated area with a low-powered firearm. Except that if you hit somebody, they don’t actually know they have been hit for a week, and they develop a strong desire to do the same thing in the next couple of days. Also, some of them are stupid enough to allow their heart, or brain, or lungs, or other organs to be in the way of your timed-release bullet damage. Their fault; they should have realized that they were surrounded by psychopaths and stayed home.

    (OK, analogy needs some tuning. :-)

  25. 25.

    fun with duct tape

    Spain
    Catalonia stats as of today (Nov. 27):
    1655 people currently hospitalized
    468 currently in intensive care
    339,177 cases since the beginning of the pandemic
    15,797 deaths (one out of every 482 people)
     
    Barcelona (city) stats as of today:
    285 people currently hospitalized
    468 currently in intensive care
    77,829 cases since the beginning of the pandemic
    5,142 deaths (one out of every 328 people)

  26. 26.

    Chris T.

    Immunity is great.  It doesn’t matter whether you get your immunity from a vaccine, or from having the disease, either way the immunity part is great. But when it comes to which way is the one to get the immunity, I’ll take the one with a sub-zero-point-one-percent chance of leaving me dead or maimed, i.e., the vaccine, over the one with a huge chance of leaving me dead-or-maimed, i.e., the disease.

    We can argue over whether that huge chance is 80%, 50%, or 20%, but no matter which of these it is, I’ll still pick the vaccine.

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