Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

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

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

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

Ron DeSantis, the grand wizard, oops, governor of FL

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

No one could have predicted…

Today’s GOP: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

“Squeaker” McCarthy

Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

He seems like a smart guy, but JFC, what a dick!

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

I didn’t have alien invasion on my 2023 BINGO card.

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you don’t.

Everybody saw this coming.

Everyone is in a bubble, but some bubbles model reality far better than others!

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

Motto for the House: Flip 5 and lose none.

I like you, you’re my kind of trouble.

In after Baud. Damn.

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COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Monday/Tuesday, Feb. 1-2

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  1. 1.

    OzarkHillbilly

    The Villages is pretty much my definition of hell on earth. I can’t imagine living there and wonder at those who do.

  2. 2.

    NeenerNeener

    Monroe County, NY yesterday:

    165 new cases. 554 hospitalized, 128 in the ICU.
    Still at 937 reported deaths. 35% of hospital beds available, 26% of ICU beds available. 3.6% positivity.

    Heading downward again, but that could just be weekend numbers.

  6. 6.

    CarolDuhart2

    I wonder if the Feds will allow for a workaround for states who aren’t really vaccinating their people-say a mobile unit, working with individual counties or using Federal facilities.  These states, including Florida, are textbook reasons for not really leaving this stuff to the states completely.

    Been locked in for a year since 3/14.

  7. 7.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 numbers. Director-General of Health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 3,455 new cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 222,628 cases. He also reports a record 21 new deaths today, for a cumulative total of 791 deaths — 0.36% of the cumulative reported total, 0.45% of resolved cases.

    There are currently 47,847 active and contagious cases; 327 are in ICU, 145 of them intubated. Meanwhile, 3,661 patients recovered and were discharged, for a cumulative total of 173,990 patients recovered – 78.2% of the cumulative reported total.

    Sevrn new clusters were reported today: Jalan Ragum and Bukit Rahman in Selangor; Parit Jamil Darat in Johor; Jalan Cheras building site in KL; Taman Muhibbah in Pahang; Industri Serkam in Melaka; and Semarak Bersia in Perak.

    Semarak Bersia is a community cluster. The rest are all workplace clusters.

    3,450 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 1,144 local cases: 46 in older clusters, 252 in Jalan Ragum and Bukit Rahman clusters, 565 close-contact screenings, and 281 other screenings. Johor has 707 local cases: 280 in older clusters, 24 in Parit Jamil Darat cluster, 264 close-contact screenings, and 139 other screenings. KL reports 616 local cases: 74 in older clusters, 332 in Jalan Cheras building site cluster, 108 close-contact screenings, and 102 other screenings. Sabah reports 276 cases: 50 in existing clusters, 172 close-contact screenings, and 54 other screenings.

    Sarawak reports 121 cases: 36 in existing clusters, 44 close-contact screenings, and 41 other screenings. Terengganu reports 115 cases: 14 in existing clusters, 20 close-contact screenings, and 81 other screenings.

    Penang reports 85 cases: 14 in existing clusters, 13 close-contact screenings, and 58 other screenings. Perak reports 84 cases: 30 in older clusters, four in Semarak Bersia cluster, 26 close-contact screenings, and 24 other screenings. Negeri Sembilan reports 79 cases: two in existing clusters, 28 close-contact screenings, and 49 other screenings. Pahang reports 63 cases: 25 in older clusters, one in Taman Muhibbah cluster, 26 close-contact screenings, and 11 other screenings. Melaka reports 62 cases: 40 in older clusters, four in Industri Serkam cluster, 11 close-contact screenings, and seven other screenings. Kedah reports 59 cases: 23 in existing clusters, 20 close-contact screenings, and 16 other screenings.

    Kelantan reports 31 cases: 22 close-contact screenings, and nine other screenings. Putrajaya reports six cases: one in an existing cluster, two close-contact screenings, and three other screenings. Labuan reports one case, in an existing cluster. And Perlis reports one case, a close-contact screening.
    Five new cases are imported. Three are in KL, one in Selangor, and one in Johor.

    The 21 deaths reported today are a 67-year-old woman in Sabah with diabetes and hypertension; a 78-year-old man in Sabah with diabetes and hypertension; a 64-year-old man in Kedah with diabetes, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease; a 55-year-old man in Selangor with diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, dyslipidaemia, heart disease, and obesity; an 83-year-old woman in Sabsh with diabetes and hypertension; a 65-year-old man in KL with diabetes, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease; a 79-year-old man in KL with hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and dyslipidaemia; a 61-year-old man in Sabah with diabetes, hypertension and chronic kidney disease; a 48-year-old man in Selangor with stroke; a 73-year-old man in Selangor with diabetes, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease; a 36-year-old woman in Selangor with diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and heart disease; an 81-year-old man in Selangor with hypertension; a 49-year-old woman in Selangor with hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and stroke; a 57-year-old man in Selangor with diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidaemia; an 82-year-old woman in Selangor with diabetes and hypertension; an 81-year-old man in Johor with diabetes, hypertension, and stroke; a 64-year-old woman in Johor with diabetes, hypertension, and liver cancer; a 61-year-old woman in Selangor with diabetes; a 50-year-old man in Selangor with hypertension and chronic kidney disease; a 53-year-old man in Selangor with no co-morbidities listed; and a 68-year-old non-Malaysian woman in Selangor with hypertension.

    In other news, the current movement control order in force everywhere except Sarawak is extended two weeks to 18th February. Sarawak remains under the less restrictive conditional movement control order.

  8. 8.

    NotMax

    Falling through the digital divide.

    Pacific Islanders who are eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine are struggling to get access to it, even though the group has been the hardest hit by the virus.

    The group ― made up of Micronesians, Samoans and Tongans ― has the highest percentage of coronavirus infections in Hawaii and the highest percentage of deaths associated with the virus.
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    Howard said kupuna in the Pacific Islander community can’t access the large sites that have been assembled at Pier 2 and the Blaisdell Center in Honolulu because many of them don’t have computers and don’t speak English, making it difficult to make appointments. Source

  9. 9.

    YY_Sima Qian

    On 2/1 China reported 12 new domestic confirmed, 7 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 did report any new domestic positive cases. 44 domestic confirmed case recovered & 6 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There are currently 330 domestic confirmed cases (5 serious, 265 moderate and 60 mild) & 28 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province:

    • Xingtai did not report any new domestic positive case. 3 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 31 domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. Nangong District remains at High Risk. The residential compound at Longyao County was re-designated as Low Risk.
    • Langfang did not report any new domestic positive cases. There are 1 domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases there. The Medium Risk residential compound there was re-designated as Low Risk.
    • Dingzhou in Baoding did not report any new domestic positive cases. There is 1 domestic confirmed case there. 1 residential compound remains at Medium Risk.
    • Shijiazhuang did not report any new domestic positive cases. 41 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 6 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. Currently, there are 297 confirmed cases & 33 asymptomatic cases. There are 2 residential compounds & 3 villages at Medium Risk in the city. Gaocheng & Xinle Districts remain at High Risk.

     

    Heilongjiang Province

    Heilongjiang Province reported 8 new domestic confirmed (2 previously asymptomatic) & 4 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 1 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 4 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There are currently 522 domestic confirmed (3 critical, 24 serious, 342 moderate and 153 mild) & 529 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.:

    • Suihua reported 2 new domestic confirmed & 1 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all at Wangkui County, all are traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine. 1 confirmed cases recovered & 4 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There are currently 391 domestic confirmed & 369 domestic asymptomatic cases there. 17 residential compounds & 6 villages are at Medium Risk. The entire Wangkui County, as well as 2 villages at Hailun, remain at High Risk.
    • Harbin reported 6 new domestic confirmed (2 previously asymptomatic) & 3 domestic asymptomatic cases. Hulan District reported 1 confirmed (previously asymptomatic) & 1 asymptomatic cases, Limin Dev. Zone reported 4 confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic) & 2 asymptomatic cases, Daoli District reported 1 confirmed case. All the new positive cases are traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine. There are currently 128 domestic confirmed & 142 asymptomatic cases there. Currently there are 3 sub-districts at High Risk. 16 sub-districts, 2 townships & 1 village remain at Medium Risk.
    • Qiqihar did not report any new domestic positive cases. There are 1 domestic confirmed & 29 domestic asymptomatic cases there. 1 village remains at Medium Risk.
    • Yichun did not report any new domestic positive cases. There are 2 domestic asymptomatic cases there.
    • Daqing did not report any new domestic positive cases. There are 2 domestic confirmed cases there. 1 residential building unit was re-designated as Low Risk.

     

    Jilin Province 

    Jilin Province reported 4 new domestic confirmed (3 previously asymptomatic) & 3 domestic asymptomatic cases. 6 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There are currently 348 confirmed (8 critical, 26 serious, 237 moderate and 77 mild) & 15 asymptomatic.:

    • Songyuan did not report any new domestic confirmed cases. There are 4 domestic confirmed cases there. 1 residential compound and 1 residential building are at Medium Risk.
    • Tonghua reported 4 new domestic confirmed (3 previously asymptomatic) & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases. The 3 new positive cases are traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine. 5 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There are currently 246 domestic confirmed & 9 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. The entire Dongchang District remains at High Risk. 1 residential compound at the High Tech. Dev. Zone remains at Medium Risk.
    • Changchun reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, a traced close contact already under centralized quarantine. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There are currently 98 domestic confirmed & 6 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 township remains at Medium Risk.

     

    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 2/1 China reported 18 new imported confirmed cases, 8 imported asymptomatic cases:

    • Shanghai Municipality – 7 confirmed cases, 2 Chinese nationals returning from the US and 1 each from Finland, France & Turkey (via Helsinki), a Croatian national coming form Croatia (via Germany), and a Filipino crew member off a cargo ship
    • Changzhou Port in Jiangsu Province – 3 confirmed & 1 asymptomatic cases, all Chinese crew members off a cargo ship, last port of call in Indonesia
    • Yingkou Port in Liaoning Province – 2 confirmed cases, no information released, yet
    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from Ghana (via Doha & Kathmandu); 2 asymptomatic cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from the UAE & the Philippines
    • Zhaoqing in Guangdong Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from Malaysia, off a flight that landed at Guangzhou
    • Shenzhen in Guangdong Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Ghana
    • Beijing Municipality – 1 confirmed case, a case returning from Canada
    • Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from Germany
    • Taiyuan in Shanxi Province – 1 confirmed & 1 asymptomatic cases, both cases returning from Serbia
    • Xi’an in Shaanxi Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from Luxembourg (via Brussels), off a flight diverted from Beijing
    • Qingdao in Shandong Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from the Philippines
    • Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Malaysia
    • Tianjin Municipality – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Spain

     

    Overall in China, 62 confirmed cases recovered, 28 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation and 6 were reclassified as confirmed cases, and 1,630 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 1,582 active confirmed cases in the country (309 imported), 72 are in critical/serious condition (5 imported), 872 asymptomatic cases (287 imported). 37,319 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.

    On 2/2, Hong Kong reported 25 new cases, 1 imported and 24 domestic (4 of whom do not have sources of infection identified).

  10. 10.

    Mousebumples

    Interesting thing i learned yesterday, from the This Week In Virology podcast – the 50ish% vaccine efficacy for Novovax in South Africa was not because of the variant but because that number included a significant number of HIV-positive subjects.

    Without including those individuals, the numbers look much better with like 80-90% efficacy, if i recall.

    I’m in Category 1b, with an estimated availability date of 3/1 per Wisconsin DHS. (essential health care worker, but not front line as i can work from home without patient contact) Just waiting my turn… Not super patiently, but still waiting…

  11. 11.

    YY_Sima Qian

    @Mousebumples: I believe Novavax had ~ 60% efficacy in South Africa, after excluding the HIV+ people. It was < 50% including HIV+. Still protected against severe illness, though.

  12. 12.

    Sloane Ranger

    Yesterday in the UK we had 18,607 new cases. This is a decrease of around 2400 from the day before and a reduction of 29.7% in the rolling 7-day average. Weekend delays may, however, still be affecting these and subsequent figures. New cases by nation,

    England – 16,815 (down @2200)
    Northern Ireland – 314 (down @110)
    Scotland – 848 (down @150)
    Wales – 630 (up 25).

    Deaths – There were 406 deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday. This is a reduction of 7.4% in the rolling 7-day average. Deaths by nation, England – 368, Northern Ireland – 11, Scotland – 6 and Wales – 21.

    Testing – 574,012 tests were conducted on Sunday, 31st January out of a capacity of 796,690. This is an increase of 9.4% in the rolling 7-day average.

    Hospitalisations – There were 34,783 people in hospital on Thursday, 28th January and 3832 people on ventilators as of Friday, 29th. The rolling 7-day average for hospital admissions has decreased by 20.6%.

    Vaccinations – 9,296,367 people had received the 1st dose of a vaccine by 31 January and 494,209 had received their 2nd dose by the same date.

    General – Government scientists have announced that the UK variant (we call it the Kent variant over here), has mutated and is now showing characteristics similar to the South African mutation. Also, the South African mutation has now been identified in people with no recent direct connection with South Africa. The Government is urging people living in areas where this mutation has been identified to exercise even more caution, shop less, exercise indoors if at all possible. They are also organising a door to door in those areas to offer testing kits to all households.

  13. 13.

    Geminid

    I read that there is article just published in Lancet analysing phase three trial results for the Russian Sputnik 5 vaccine, and describing a 91.6% effectiveness. Commentary by two British scientists says that despite criticisms of corner cutting in the development of the vaccine, the Russians seem to have delivered the goods. I hope they are right. Vaccination of Russians are ongoing.

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