"AP: Have you gotten your shot?
Parton: No. I’m not going to get mine until some more people get theirs. I don’t want it to look like I’m jumping the line just because I donated money."@DollyParton https://t.co/L04250sM11 pic.twitter.com/ttydkhUEQl— Jen Kates (@jenkatesdc) February 3, 2021
The US administered 1.0 million vaccine shots on Monday, bringing the total to 32.8 million, or 10.0 doses for every 100 people. The 7-day moving average remained mostly unchanged, for the 3rd day in a row, at 1.3 million doses per day. pic.twitter.com/HN8vE4iVRh
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) February 2, 2021
The US had +126,004 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the total to over 26.9 million. The 7-day moving average continued falling to below 148,000 new cases per day, its lowest level since November 13. pic.twitter.com/FKZDuazzMd
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) February 2, 2021
Biden's Covid response coordinator, Jeff Zients, announces that vaccine shipments to states will rise to 10.5 million doses per week (vs. 10m announced previously and 8.6m before that). They'll start shipping to pharmacies, and are expanding reimbursements to states. ($3-$5B). pic.twitter.com/LYpv9Vhu3q
— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) February 2, 2021
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World Health Organization investigators have visited a research center in China that has been the subject of unproven allegations that it may have a link to the original outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan. https://t.co/YEh8rF7rlT
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 3, 2021
"It's not that India is testing less or things are going underreported," says @Georgetown's Jishnu Das. "It's been rising, rising — and now suddenly, it's vanished! Hospital ICU utilization has gone down. Every indicator says the numbers are down."https://t.co/XwVetC2pce
— Lauren Frayer (@lfrayer) February 3, 2021
Singapore becomes first in Asia to approve Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine https://t.co/uIzQ2c9b8T pic.twitter.com/vEO2khYC6l
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 3, 2021
More symptoms need to be added to the UK's case definition of COVID19, experts there say. The nation is battling the SARSCoV2 variant B.1.1.7 that emerged in December. Runny nose & other symptoms should be added as signs of infection, doctors there say https://t.co/pAOLfiVwWj
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 2, 2021
After late start with the #COVID19 vaccination campaign, Emmanuel Macron wants to reassure French public opinion on availability of vaccines.
The French president assured that "all French adults who wish to do so" will be vaccinated by the end of summer.https://t.co/0XrmKxyqmQ
— MicrobesInfect (@MicrobesInfect) February 3, 2021
Spain's vaccine delays hamper fight against pandemic https://t.co/FBgVPThNIp
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 2, 2021
Portugal has Europe’s highest death rate and is desperately short of hospital beds https://t.co/y07QNBNwwF
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 2, 2021
Shipping containers are being used as overflow morgues in South Africa, which is scrambling to cope with a resurgence of COVID-19 and acquire adequate vaccines. https://t.co/rZWiUi2DYZ
— AP Africa (@AP_Africa) February 3, 2021
Malawi faces a resurgence of COVID-19 that is overwhelming the southern African country. A presidential residence and a national stadium have been turned into field hospitals to save lives. https://t.co/tvaftijQb2
— AP Africa (@AP_Africa) February 3, 2021
Tanzania has no Covid vaccination plan, minister says https://t.co/nrOCCDxnw9
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 2, 2021
Mexico approves emergency use of Sputnik V vaccine, official says https://t.co/a0uKmoYFJB pic.twitter.com/a6PhoaSS02
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 3, 2021
Dozens of countries have no plan to vaccinate refugees. That could leave everyone at risk. https://t.co/nckFZoVPMd Only 54 countries so far have included refugees, asylum seekers, IDPs etc in vaccine rollout plans. But even in those cases, big barriers to access often remain.
— Miriam Berger (@MiriamABerger) February 1, 2021
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Recovered COVID patients likely protected for at least six months, study finds https://t.co/bs8CYHoJI7 pic.twitter.com/gCXGqLn5mB
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 3, 2021
Nasal spray: Research into a new drug that primes the immune system in the respiratory tract to prevent Covid is in development in Australia. The spray also appears to work against rhinovirus, a leading cause of the common cold https://t.co/yvoStEUp8G and https://t.co/zADxOuy18y
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 2, 2021
So, cautionary tale, America, for our homegrown B.1.429 mutant:
In USA, 5% of strains collected in December and 6% of strains collected in January.
Our #COVID19 genetic complexion includes the other 3 variants, as well.
The clock is ticking…wear your masks.— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) February 2, 2021
Updating my table
For Sputnik, "moderate to severe" endpoints were 20 in the placebo group, 0 in the vaccine arm (100% reduction); not broken down by severe only pic.twitter.com/AHWgtsLOQU— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) February 2, 2021
And perhaps most importantly of all, the data found that not even one recipient of the vaccine became severely ill with Covid-19 requiring hospitalisation
Every single participant who was admitted to hospital with Covid-19 was in the placebo group
Story: https://t.co/eVBmPeVi0e pic.twitter.com/rQvklBlgAj
— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) February 2, 2021
Russian vaccine over 91% effective against SARSCoV2 peer-reviewed test results show. In its first publicly available results, Russia’s already widely distributed Sputnik 5 vax was shown to be 91.6% effective in Phase 3 trials. Findings in The Lancet. https://t.co/NpmXoKf1vK pic.twitter.com/OZM3NreNOj
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 2, 2021
A study shows the #coronavirus variant – B.1.1.7 – that is spreading rapidly in Britain might make vaccines less effective. The new insight emerged from an experiment conducted by scientists with Public Health England https://t.co/zGuEbyHBmW
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 2, 2021
Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine remained active against https://t.co/1fV5KEGWRK variant, effect reduced – lab study https://t.co/r8FSz2yDMa pic.twitter.com/Z7EqhcD3Mr
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 3, 2021
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The Biden administration says it will begin providing COVID-19 vaccines to some 6,500 pharmacies around the country next week in an effort to speed vaccinations. https://t.co/3YQ1PDfSLI
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 3, 2021
Even in poorer neighborhoods, the wealthy are lining up for vaccines. Officials acknowledge that the coveted shots are disproportionately going to white people and that planners’ efforts to course-correct are having limited effect https://t.co/nt2Oi0eDdx
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 2, 2021
Pressure is building on school systems around the U.S. to reopen classrooms to students who have been learning online for nearly a year. The debate is pitting politicians against teachers who have yet to be vaccinated against COVID-19. https://t.co/UmEjM2nTsI
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 2, 2021
New: For the newly vaccinated, another round of difficult risk-benefit decisions on how to live their lives. @lauriemcginley2, @LennyMBernstein: https://t.co/k4HMIeZAZD
— Lenny Bernstein (@LennyMBernstein) February 1, 2021
But think of all the users and eaters we’ve successfully eliminated, to the benefit of the elite!…
According to Johns Hopkins data, South Dakota is the state with the second-highest number of cases per capita – roughly four times Maine’s number, six times Vermont’s – and the sixth-highest number of deaths per capita. https://t.co/ibrn76loUv https://t.co/XXCQlK5C0o
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 3, 2021
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY yesterday:
170 new cases. 539 hospitalized, 124 in the ICU.
Still at 937 reported deaths. 35% of hospital beds available, 26% of ICU beds available. 3.5% positivity.
Back in the day I was horrified when they reported 20 new cases a day; now I’m thrilled when it’s under 200.
Mary G
The OC is doing better. New cases were around 1,300-1,400 for a few days, now only 768, though on a very small number of tests. Hospitalizations dropping fast, though ICU availability remains at 0.0%. Test positivity has dropped to 10.9%, almost half the highest rate in December/January.
I feel guilty for getting the vaccine, because I could stay at home indefinitely, and am a white lady in an affluent area. I did it anyway.
Erin
Don’t feel guilty about getting the vaccine. There will always be iniquities in the distribution. I got my second shot Sunday, and it took a lot of work and persistence and luck. Get it whenever and wherever you can.
YY_Sima Qian
On 2/2 China reported 15 new domestic confirmed, 5 new domestic asymptomatic cases.
Hebei Province:
Hebei Provincial Health Commission report 1 new domestic confirmed case. 39 domestic confirmed case recovered & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There are currently 292 domestic confirmed cases (3 serious, 236 moderate and 53 mild) & 26 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province:
Heilongjiang Province
Heilongjiang Province reported 6 new domestic confirmed & 3 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 27 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 30 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There are currently 501 domestic confirmed (1 critical, 19 serious, 329 moderate and 152 mild) & 502 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.:
Jilin Province
Jilin Province reported 8 new domestic confirmed (all previously asymptomatic) & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases. 18 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 338 confirmed (6 critical, 31 serious, 228 moderate and 73 mild) & 9 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 2/2 China reported 10 new imported confirmed cases, 7 imported asymptomatic cases, 1 imported suspect case:
Overall in China, 91 confirmed cases recovered, 45 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation and 10 were reclassified as confirmed cases, and 1,675 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 1,516 active confirmed cases in the country (312 imported), 66 are in critical/serious condition (5 imported), 829 asymptomatic cases (279 imported). 36,360 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
On 2/3, Hong Kong reported 19 new cases, all domestic (7 of whom do not have sources of infection identified).
ant
Dolt45 put his VP in charge of the covid task force. Mike Pence doesn’t believe in evolution.
Is it any wonder why we didn’t put resources into sequencing the samples to keep track of this stuff? Or why we were chasing natural herd immunity with policies that were not going to work?
One lesson from all this that I don’t see being discussed is sealing borders between different countries, or regions or whatever. Setting up quarantine procedures for international travelers. Everyone should have protocols into place to stop/slow the spread of disease. It’s a new world with much higher populations than in the past, with much more international travel. Covid isn’t over, and there will be more pandemics in the future. Everyone worldwide should plan for the inevitable.
We don’t want these new variants to be mixing!
NotMax
Number of countries reporting cumulative case totals of 1,000,000 or more now reaches 20, with the latest addition being Czechia.
satby
@Mary G: any of us able to get the vaccine when it’s offered to our cohort in our areas should, and shouldn’t feel guilty about it. Once they thaw out they have to be used in (I think) 4-5 hours. And every person vaccinated makes it a little safer out there. We don’t control distribution. And the people who do are working hard to get more out there.
Barbara
Regrding SD, it’s amazing how dead people don’t complain.
NotMax
FYI (emphasis added).
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 numbers. Director-General of Health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 4,284 new cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 226,912 cases. He also reports 18 new deaths today, for a cumulative total of 809 deaths — 0.36% of the cumulative reported total, 0.45% of resolved cases.
There are currently 48,309 active and contagious cases; 307 are in ICU, 141 of them intubated. Meanwhile, 3,804 patients recovered and were discharged, for a cumulative total of 177,794 patients recovered — 78.4% of the cumulative reported total.
Seven new clusters were reported today: Ladang Tangkarason, Bandar Lama, and Jalan Satu KKIP in Sabah; Jalan City and Jalan Aman in Selangor; Jalan Pulai 55 and Batu Tiga Setengah in Johor; Taman Koperasi and Kandi Sungai Besi in KL; Lebuh Karak in Pahang; Precinct Seven building site in Putrajaya; Mayang Pasir in Penang; and Tembok Pengkalan Chepa in Kelantan.
Tembok Pengkalan Chepa is a prison cluster. The rest are all workplace clusters.
4,278 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 1,572 cases: 787 in older clusters, 65 in Jalan City and Jalan Aman clusters, 457 close-contact screenings, and 263 other screenings. Johor reports 964 cases: 161 in older clusters, 54 in Jalan Pulai 55 and Batu Tiga Setengah clusters, 206 close-contact screenings, and 543 other screenings. KL reports 646 local cases: 317 in older clusters, 18 in Taman Koperasi and Kandi Sungai Besi clusters, 145 close-contact screenings, and 166 other screenings.
Sabah reports 189 local cases: 16 in older clusters; 24 in Ladang Tangkarason, Bandar Lama, and Jalan Satu KKIP clusters; 93 close-contact screenings; and 56 other screenings. Sarawak reports 148 cases: 58 in existing clusters, 20 close-contact screenings, and 70 other screenings. Negeri Sembilan reports 133 cases: 14 in existing clusters, 51 close-contact screenings, and 68 other screenings. Kedah reports 124 cases: 11 in existing clusters, 28 close-contact screenings, and 85 other screenings. Penang reports 122 cases: 14 in older clusters, 12 in Mayang Pasir cluster, 35 close-contact screenings, and 61 other screenings. Perak reports 106 cases: 31 in existing clusters, 37 close-contact screenings, and 38 other screenings.
Pahng reports 66 cases: 60 in older clusters, one in Lebuh Karak cluster, two close-contact screenings, and three other screenings. Kelantan reports 65 cases: one in an older cluster, 41 in Tembok Pengkalan Chepa cluster, 12 close-contact screenings, and 11 other screenings. Terengganu reports 55 cases: 20 in existing clusters, 27 close-contact screenings, and eight other screenings. Melaka reports 53 cases: nine in existing clusters, 14 close-contact screenings, and 30 other screenings.
Labuan reports 21 cases: nine in existing clusters, seven close-contact screenings, and five other screenings. And Putrajaya reports 14 cases: one in an older cluster, nine in Precinct Seven building site cluster, three close-contact screenings, and one other screening.
Perlis reports no new cases today.
Six new cases are imported. Five are in KL, and one is in Sabah.
The 18 deaths reported today are a 60-year-old man in Selangor with diabetes, dyslipidaemia, amd gout; a 41-year-old man in Sarawak, DOA with hypertension, dyslipidaemis, and heart disease; a 75-year-old woman in Sarawak with stroke and dementia; a 55-year-old man in Perak with heart disease, stroke, and antiphospholipid syndrome; a 31-year-old man in Melaka, DOA with no co-morbidities listed; a 60-year-old woman in Sarawak with chronic liver disease and lymphoma; a 35-year-old woman in Selangor with diabetes, hypertension, and stroke; a 70-year-old man in Kelantan with diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and chronic kidney disease; a 79-year-old man in Selangor with diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, and heart disease; a 38-year-old woman in Selangor with diabetes, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease; a 64-year-old man in KL with hypertension; a 76-year-old man in Johor with diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and stroke; a 93-year-old woman in Perak, DOA with hypertension; a 41-year-old woman in Selangor with obesity and hyperthyroidism; a 72-year-old man in Negeri Sembilan with hypertension and dyslipidaemia; a 71-year-old woman in Negeri Sembilan with hypertension and dyslipidaemia; a 57-year-old man in Negeri Sembilan with diabetes and hypertension; and an 89-year-old non-Malaysian man in Sabah, DOA with diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidaemia.
Skepticat
The Bahamas—two cases, no deaths.
Sloane Ranger
Yesterday in the UK we had 16,840 new cases. This is a decrease of around 1800 from the day before and a reduction of 26.9% in the rolling 7-day average. New cases by nation,
England – 15,021 (down @1800)
Northern Ireland – 447 (up @130)
Scotland – 758 (down @90)
Wales – 614 (down 26).
Deaths – There were 1449 new deaths within 38 days of a positive test yesterday. This is a decrease in the rolling 7-day average of 9.7%. Deaths by nation, England – 1358, Northern Ireland – 17, Scotland – 69 and Wales – 7.
Testing – 643,204 tests were conducted on Monday, 1 February out of a capacity of 778,967. This is an increase of 12.3% in the rolling 7-day average.
Hospitalisations – 32,466 people were in hospital on Sunday, 31 January and 3726 were on ventilators on Monday, 1 February. The rolling 7-day average for hospital admissions has decreased by 22.3%.
Vaccinations – On 1 February, 9,646,715 a total of people had received the 1st dose of a vaccine and 496,796, their 2nd dose. Looking at the figures we appear to vaccinating about 300,000 people a day on average.
Nothing else much to report except the entire nation is mourning the death of Capt. Sir Tom Moore but that hasn’t stopped some twitter trolls from having a go at him.
Suzanne
@Mary G: I am scheduled to get it later this month and I am also feeling guilty about it. And then I remember that I have to be in hospitals, even briefly, for my job, and I have a history of epileptic seizures.
And then I read about how 500 doses had to be thrown away in Maricopa County because they are trying to prioritize people and I just get LIVID. And I start thinking that it’s too hard to effectively prioritize vaccines and that we should just say fuck it and put them in anyone’s arm because reducing risk benefits everyone.
Suzanne
@satby: When I hear about the wasted doses, I just get so damn angry. One of my colleagues is married to a doctor. He called her one day two weeks ago and said that she needed to get down there because they had some doses they were throwing away but if she hurried, she could get one. Like, WTF is this?! Apparently that happens every day. It’s ludicrous.
Also, given how states are distributing differently, and then different organizations within the states and counties are doing it differently…. it’s hard to blame people for “line-jumping”. Like, I got an appointment for my mom, who is 70 and at high risk. I drove her to that appointment. In some places in my county, I would have been vaccinated also just because I live with her.
J R in WV
@Suzanne:
Yes, me too.
Then you hear about a vaccination team stranded in a snowstorm on top of a pass in the Cascades (or wherever) and they use their common sense, get out into the blizzard, and use their remaining doses to vaccinate people stuck with them in a blizzard on top of a mountain pass.
If a set of doses is thawed, the standard protocol must be administer all those doses before they expire. This isn’t rocket science, where failures are learning experiences, here failure means potential death by miserable illness can happen when it need not happen. I thought you were supposed to be smart to be in the health care field? Evidently not so much…
They need to have access to people who need the vaccine, perhaps by announcing on the radio that “Hey, looks like we’re going to have extra doses tonight at the East Side Walmart tonight, drive in for a chance of more life~!!!~ Bring your ID to get a CC shot card!!!”
Ruckus
The VA is doing shots by appointment and walk in. If you show up it seems you get a shot. Inside there are two check in desks, one for appointments and one for walk in, and I don’t know if there are age requirements for walk ins, but appointments are 65 and older, which covers the few WWII vets through the Vietnam era. I didn’t notice anyone that looked outside that bracket getting a shot when I was there. But it looks like they are pushing as many through the door as they can, so I’d bet it will be open to more age groups soon. And there are over 20 million vets, although only about 9 million are in the VA system.
J R in WV
@Ruckus:
I wonder if I took my ID and my DD214 in if I could get a vaccination… I’m 70, but never signed up for the VA, I’ve always had health insurance either from wife’s employment or my employment.
We haven’t had any luck making an appointment anywhere so far. So much for WV’s great vaccination program. Maybe I should write Big Jim the Governor?
Platonicspoof
Dkos has a post about a GAO COVID-19 study completed Jan. 15, 2021. 340 pdf pages, so I’ve only read the intro. For starters:
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