As #coronavirus variants spread: ‘No one is safe until everyone is safe.’ Rich countries are buying up coronavirus vaccines, leaving poorer regions vulnerable — and as potential breeding grounds for variants, like one found in South Africa https://t.co/zmT0S9NbEF
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) January 31, 2021
Our daily update is published. States reported 1.7M tests, 118k cases, 95,013 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19, and 2,055 deaths. pic.twitter.com/xnetqNQc72
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) February 1, 2021
January saw the most deaths of any month so far at 95,211, nearly 20k more than in December. On average, more people were hospitalized than in any other month. pic.twitter.com/gWDOxkLdC8
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) February 1, 2021
The number of active cases in the US rose to over 9.9 million. pic.twitter.com/h1nN64XMQ8
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) February 1, 2021
The US death toll from #Covid19 has topped 440,000.
~95,000 of those deaths occurred this month.
A little over 20% of the total US deaths occurred in January, the 13th month of 2020. Thank god it's nearly over & that month 14 is only 28 days long. pic.twitter.com/sM5SqTAmlG— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) January 31, 2021
Whoa. Previously unreported lobbying efforts show how even after Trump administration spent billions helping drug makers develop Covid-19 vaccines, it dismissed states’ concerns about help AND actively undermined their efforts to get funding from Congress. https://t.co/tbYuJVeO2b
— LenaSun (@bylenasun) January 31, 2021
Seems like the Trump Administration lost track of 20 million vaccine doses that the Biden Administration is still trying to account for.
What a disaster they inherited:https://t.co/wsPhLStKIH
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) January 30, 2021
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Yesterday (01/30), there were ~511,300 new #COVID19 cases worldwide & ~13,500 deaths.
U.S. saw the largest daily increase in cases worldwide (+138,746) followed by:
Brazil (+58,462)
France (+23,857)
UK (+23,275)
Russia (+18,751)
Germany (+17,518)https://t.co/HnLnwxAoXy pic.twitter.com/sDIKjtSMXv— KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation) (@KFF) January 31, 2021
Since the start of this pandemic around 100 million cases of #covid19 have been reported. Those who were already disadvantaged were hit hardest.
Now, almost 100 million people have been vaccinated. Those who are disadvantaged have mostly been left out.
We need to do better.
— Kai Kupferschmidt (@kakape) January 31, 2021
A team sponsored by the WHO visits the now-closed Wuhan market at the heart of the initial SARSCoV2 outbreak, which morphed into the current global pandemic https://t.co/10jZTr2anT via @medical_xpress pic.twitter.com/isXqSocFns
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 1, 2021
Japan expected to extend COVID-19 state of emergency: sources https://t.co/9tH6OJd0F7 pic.twitter.com/ik5pZVJAvz
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 1, 2021
Misleading claims shared about Covid-19 vaccines in India https://t.co/7C7tCkUsFw
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 1, 2021
Russia confirmed 17,648 new coronavirus cases Monday, bringing the total caseload to 3,868,087https://t.co/TPy7xgw6lp
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) February 1, 2021
Thousands protest in Vienna as far-right march on COVID measures banned https://t.co/QZRswWpw93 pic.twitter.com/7aZykVUr8Z
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 31, 2021
Covid: Israel transfers 5,000 vaccine doses to Palestinians https://t.co/44aVlUiBGq
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) January 31, 2021
Covid: Thousands attend Israel funeral for orthodox rabbi https://t.co/2njVbbmL4j
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) January 31, 2021
Iran expects its first batch of Russian vaccine on Feb 4. The Russians are selling their Sputnik 5 vax worldwide, including to parts of South America https://t.co/f2Pr5eQ1Zb via @medical_xpress pic.twitter.com/DYtHeZl2NU
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 1, 2021
S. Africa has ordered 20 mln Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines. The country is Africa's worst coronavirus-hit nation & has yet to begin vaccinating its population. A shipment of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines manufactured in India are also due to arrive in S. Africa https://t.co/9BI12OU5NH pic.twitter.com/l4QVAch9GF
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 1, 2021
Second Brazil wave strains hospitals in Sao Paulo https://t.co/HOrOOGy89Y via @medical_xpress
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 1, 2021
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Here's why it takes 2 shots to make mRNA vaccines work: Dose 1 primes the immune system & introduces the decoy viral spike proteins, prompting the immune defense. Dose 2 ramps up antibody quality & quantity. Hep A & B vaccines also require 2 doses https://t.co/wKbAhn8Wgr pic.twitter.com/JP5rKFBCFU
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 1, 2021
The most important news about the #Covid19 vaccines.
If they don't prevent all infections but they do prevent severe illness & deaths, they are doing what we need them to do. https://t.co/BvvM8Qyt8s— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) February 1, 2021
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Inoculations ‘should be a backstop’ against a new coronavirus variant initially found in the UK that has now been detected in the United States, former FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said pic.twitter.com/Nc9ZTuMklm
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 1, 2021
Los Angeles County, California, is now the epicenter of the pandemic in the US. As the #coronavirus rages, deeply rooted inequality is both a symptom & a key cause of #COVID19’s overwhelming spread. The data reveals the virus’s unequal toll.https://t.co/yGuRYxA3Qh
— MicrobesInfect (@MicrobesInfect) January 31, 2021
The coronavirus immunization campaign is off to a shaky start in Tuskegee, Alabama. Area leaders point to a lingering distrust of medicine that is linked to a 40-year government study here that used unknowing Black men as guinea pigs to study syphilis. https://t.co/4t7hhG4IGC
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 1, 2021
Some people won't get vaccinated because of a conspiracy theory that vaccines are tracking devices, while carrying actual tracking devices in their pockets and using them to post about vaccines.
— James Hamblin (@jameshamblin) February 1, 2021
OzarkHillbilly
Blech.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@OzarkHillbilly: I concur.
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY yesterday:
221 new cases. 542 hospitalized, 131 in the ICU.
Still at 937 reported deaths. 34% of hospital beds available, 25% of ICU beds available. 3.6% positivity.
In Virginia, my brother-in-law is number 500-something in line for his first Fauci Ouchie, and my sister is number 50,000-something for hers. At least they’re on a list.
YY_Sima Qian
On 1/31 China reported 33 new domestic confirmed, 10 new domestic asymptomatic cases.
Beijing Municipality did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 community (at Daxing District) remains at High Risk.
Hebei Province:
Hebei Provincial Health Commission reported 1 new domestic confirmed & 1 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 64 domestic confirmed case recovered & 7 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There are currently 374 domestic confirmed cases (5 serious, 297 moderate and 72 mild) & 34 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province:
Heilongjiang Province
Heilongjiang Province reported 22 new domestic confirmed & 9 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 7 confirmed cases recovered & 17 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There are currently 515 domestic confirmed (2 critical, 20 serious, 341 moderate and 152 mild) & 531 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.:
Jilin Province
Jilin Province reported 10 new domestic confirmed cases (5 previously asymptomatic). 9 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 350 confirmed (8 critical, 27 serious, 234 moderate and 81 mild) & 16 asymptomatic.:
Shanghai Municipality did not report new domestic positive cases. Currently there are 18 confirmed cases in the city. 2 residential compounds, 1 residential area and 1 hotel are currently at Medium Risk.
Imported Cases:
On 1/31, China reported 9 new imported confirmed cases, 6 imported asymptomatic cases:
Overall in China, 96 confirmed cases recovered, 30 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation and 5 were reclassified as confirmed cases, and 1,254 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 1,614 active confirmed cases in the country (302 imported), 68 are in critical/serious condition (5 imported), 891 asymptomatic cases (297 imported). 38,217 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
On 2/1, Hong Kong reported 64 new cases, 1 imported and 63 domestic (21 of whom do not have sources of infection identified).
Humanities Prof
HP’s Wife here.
Great news:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2775945?fbclid=IwAR05e7gmMABArGwpBYbK6ctwvNnBGqIsM-Xc9OTXX3cUZsCxUsqmvWsFVFw
Shows transplacental transfer of antibodies. Protection for neonates.
OzarkHillbilly
@?BillinGlendaleCA: One of them days.
satby
@Humanities Prof: That is good news!
satby
That tweet with the table of results is important. I shared that a local university (I think) was partnering with J&J on a longitudinal study of their vaccine and looking for volunteers, and the two people, both in their 50s and anxious to get vaccinated soon, told me they’d rather wait for the mRNA ones to be available. Which may never be available for months or if mass vaccination plans use the J&J one. Between “vaccine hestitancy” and “vaccine picky”, it’s going to take a long time to get this pandemic under control.
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 numbers. Director-General of Health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 4,214 new cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 219,173 cases. He also reports 10 new deaths today, for a cumulative total of 770 deaths — 0.35% of the cumulative reported total, 0.45% of resolved cases.
There are currently 48,074 active and contagious cases; 316 are in ICU, 137 of them intubated. Meanwhile, 4,280 patients recovered and were discharged, for a cumulative total of 170,329 patients recovered – 77.7% of the cumulative reported total.
14 new clusters were reported today: Jalan Lagoon building site, Industri Puchong, and Sungai Purun in Selangor; Persiaran Raya and Lapangan Siber in Perak; Kampung Part Masjid in Johor; Jalan Puchong building site, Jalan Empat, and Jalan Tan in KL; Ladang Sungai Pin, Kampung Samin, and Padas Damit in Sabah; Bintang Daily in Sarawak; and Nilam Tiga in Negeri Sembilan.
Jalan Empat, Jalan Tun, and Sungai Purun are high-risk group clusters. Kampung Samin and Padas Damit are community clusters. The rest are all workplace clusters.
4,205 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 1,359 local cases: 62 in older clusters; 123 in Jalan Lagoon building site, Industri Puchong, and Sungai Purun clusters; 782 close-contact screenings; and 392 other screenings. Johor reports 1,066 local cases: 168 in older clusters, 44 in Kampung Part Masjid cluster, 302 close-contact screenings; and 552 other screenings. KL reports 698 local cases: 105 in older clusters; 378 in Jalan Puchong building site, Jalan Empat, and Jalan Tan clusters; 128 close-contact screenings; and 87 other screenings. Sabah reports 276 cases: five in older clusters; 47 in Ladang Sungai Pin, Kampung Samin, and Padas Damit clusters; 175 close-contact screenings; and 48 other screenings.
Perak reports 193 cases: 100 in older clusters; 29 in Persiaran Raya and Lapangan Siber clusters; 46 close-contact screenings; and 18 other screenings. Penang reports 119 cases: 11 in existing clusters, 43 close-contact screenings, and 65 other screenings. Sarawak reports 105 cases: 46 in older clusters, five in Bintang Daily cluster, 27 close-contact screenings, and 27 other screenings.
Negeri Sembilan reports 91 cases: 14 in older clusters, one in Nilam Tiga cluster, 52 close-contact screenings, and 24 other screenings. Melaka reports 85 cases: seven in existing clusters, 63 close-contact screenings, and 15 other screenings. Kelantan reports 57 cases: 33 close-contact screenings, and 24 other screenings. Pahang reports 54 cases: 22 in existing clusters, 27 close-contact screenings, and five other screenings. Kedah reports 47 cases: eight in existing clusters, 27 close-contact screenings, and 12 other screenings. Terengganu reports 38 cases: 11 in existing clusters, 14 close-contact screenings, and 13 other screenings.
Putrajaya reports 10 cases: four close-contact screenings, and six other screenings. And Labuan reports seven cases: two in existing clusters, three close-contact screenings, and two other screenings.
Perlis reports no new cases today.
Nine new cases are imported. Four were reported in KL, three in Selangor, and two in Johor.
The 10 deaths reported today are a 71-year-old woman in Johor with diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and chronic kidney disease; a 40-year-old woman in Labuan with obesity; a 78-year-old man in Sarawak with hypertension, chronic obstructive airway disease, and gout; a 78-year-old man in Selangor with hypertension; a 26-year-old man in Negeri Sembilan with obesity; a 73-year-old man in Negeri Sembilan with diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and chronic kidney disease; an 87-year-old woman in Negeri Sembilan with no co-morbidities listed; a 59-year-old man in Perak with dyslipidaemia; a 61-year-old man in Melaka with chronic liver disease; and an 80-year-old man in Terengganu with no co-morbidities listed.
ant
I’m of the school of thought that this is putting evolutionary pressure on the virus to mutate into these new variants that can spread in people that have already been infected with the virus. Eventually, the virus will find it’s way around to vaccinated people too.
In short, herd immunity will not save us. Also, too, vaccines will be an ongoing thing, and will only be effective for short periods of time.
Sigh. I’m so exhausted with this.
Mousebumples
@Humanities Prof: awesome news! I just shared with my sister (MD, 8+ mo pregnant) who just got her first shot of the vaccine like last week. Her second shot will be after the baby’s born, though. But hopefully my nephew will have some inborn covid protection!
satby
@ant: IOW, like influenza. Which we can deal with.
ant
@satby: Sure. But when will we see stuff like this? https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=uAyxL_1612087395
Platonicspoof
From one of the twitter threads, a chart from a recent WP article (paywall) shows U.S. 43rd in sequencing COVID-19 as a percentage of reported cases.
Scout211
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/31/politics/biden-mask-mandate-enforcement-tsa/index.html
This is welcome news for travelers and all airport workers and flight staff.
PaulB
“Tom Moore, the 100-year-old World War II veteran who captivated the British public in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic with his fundraising efforts, has been hospitalized with COVID-19, his daughter said Sunday.”
Platonicspoof
I think it was Narya, and probably others, who reported 8th day reaction to vaccination. This doctor also had that happen personally and the answer is in the Moderna clinical trials results under the heading of Safety, and then Key Findings, so not unexpected:
From the first article:
taumaturgo
Covid-19 has placed a bright spotlight on what white and rich people do best, trampled over the rights of black, brown, Asian, and Latinos placing themselves in their entitled god-given position; ahead of any line.
J R in WV
From the original post – I think the writer has the wrong verb form when he uses “lost track” — it should be “stole“. Which makes it all the much more harder to locate, as they did their best to hide the whole transaction!
Sloane Ranger
Yesterday in the UK we had 21,088 new cases. This is a decrease of 2200 from the day before and a reduction of 32.5% in the rolling 7-day average. Weekend warnings to this and subsequent figures apply. New cases by nation,
England – 19,054 (down @2000)
Northern Ireland – 426 (down 29)
Scotland – 1003 (up 9)
Wales – 605 (down @130).
Deaths – There were 587 deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday, which is a reduction of 5.3% in the rolling 7-day average. Deaths by nation, England – 528, Northern Ireland – 19, Scotland – 6 and Wales – 34.
Testing – 753,031 tests were conducted on Thursday, 28th January out of a capacity of 805,634.This is an increase in the rolling 7-day average of 6.2%.
Hospitalisations – There were 34,783 people in hospital on Thursday, 28th January and 3832 on ventilators on Friday, 29th. The rolling 7-day average for hospital admissions has decreased by 19.6%.
Vaccinations – As of 30th January, 8,977,329 people had received the 1st dose of a vaccine and 491,053 their 2nd dose.
Marc
@taumaturgo:
I live in Oakland, CA and major medical centers here are struggling to vaccinate their own workers and 75+ year olds, there is just no supply. I’m 67 and get care at one of the major teaching hospitals here, they estimate that they will start vaccinating in my age range sometime in the next several weeks.
Down the street is a local office of one of the national “concierge” health care companies (in this case “One Medical”, an Alphabet/Google spinoff that just went public). This one is more of the proletariat variations, cost is $200/year to join, over and above your insurance, there are some here that cost $200/month or more and don’t take insurance. For three straight days there have been people lined up at the office 4 hours/day getting vaccinated. I asked some of them about it, and they told that all you had to do is be over 65 (some of them looked awfully fit for 65, though) and make an appointment. Indeed, if you look a their web site, they are offering appointments to members and “others”, yet there doesn’t appear to be any way to make an appointment if you aren’t a member. There was another “concierge” office in a neighboring county that was caught giving doses to people who were too young to be eligible given the current state rules, I suspect this is not unusual.
Pretty much all of the people line at One Medical line looked well off and white, this in a city which is still 30%+ poor and non-white. I see a lot of articles about how people of color aren’t getting vaccinated, perhaps this sort of thing has something to do with it. Just how is it that the small local office of a Google funded private health care company can quickly obtain 100s of vaccine doses, yet the traditional medical system here can not? I think I can answer that question.