Pawsome news: The annual Puppy Bowl goes ahead with COVID protocols in place. https://t.co/mFGtzGcPbs #odd
— AP Oddities (@AP_Oddities) February 4, 2021
Analysis: At least 2 Americans have been dying of covid-19 every minute for nearly a month https://t.co/FCYmJyQ7pd
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 5, 2021
U.S. Coronavirus cases are down but eclipse spring and summer peaks. New cases have fallen almost 50 percent since the highest peak, on Jan. 8. Still, the numbers are far higher than at any point before Oct. 1 https://t.co/lZokkP598s
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 5, 2021
The US had +126,125 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the total to over 27.4 million. The 7-day moving average declined to under 124,000 new cases per day, its lowest level since November 9. pic.twitter.com/hl0ityRj0M
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) February 6, 2021
The US administered a record 1.8 million vaccine shots today, bringing the total to 38.5 million, or 11.7 doses per 100 people. The 7-day moving average rose slightly to 1.36 million shots per day. https://t.co/La1I9nsYCU pic.twitter.com/tC5ijsRH6K
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) February 6, 2021
In presser live now @WhiteHouse #Biden officials announce they are invoking the Defense Production Act to boost PPE-making & manufacture of components @pfizer needs to speed #COVID19 #vaccine production.
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) February 5, 2021
'We need to be prepared': FDA will draft guidance to work with vaccine, drug and testing companies on COVID-19 variants https://t.co/YpNyUXyqMg
— Baronian Consulting (@BaronianConsult) February 5, 2021
Much in here to digest on the state of the US #Covid19 outbreak.
We are not yet out of the woods. https://t.co/BCTgft6By8— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) February 6, 2021
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‘This could take some years’: Dominic Dwyer, a member of the WHO-led team visiting the central Chinese city of Wuhan said he has been surprised by the complexity of getting to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and that years of research lay ahead https://t.co/cOG1l242Ir pic.twitter.com/XYQxtqKof6
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 5, 2021
What countries are doing best on fully vaccinating people?
A more complex picture than the UK-EU rivalry would suggest.
UK is bang on the EU average, outperformed by Denmark, Italy, Ireland.
Israel beats everyone; poor Canada, which bought and paid a tonne, is the laggard pic.twitter.com/o2JEXwi8IP— Naomi O'Leary (@NaomiOhReally) February 5, 2021
"Japan has this licked."
Accurate! https://t.co/Gl8HbgNXcH pic.twitter.com/XDF88DzQH6
— Jeremy Horpedahl ???? (@jmhorp) February 5, 2021
Top London surgeon tackles Covid 'vaccine hesitancy' in minority communities https://t.co/F92CBKIaFK
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 6, 2021
Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 10,485 – RKI https://t.co/YZSNNigumj pic.twitter.com/sOMwgvBOVB
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 6, 2021
Israel is leading the world’s fastest vaccination drive, though it excludes the Palestinian territories. But experts say reopening the country will still take months because of mutations, pockets of vaccine skepticism and some resistance to safety rules. https://t.co/rR1REH6lqd
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 5, 2021
Australian Open concerns ease as Victoria records no new COVID-19 cases https://t.co/pl7F9wIFVk pic.twitter.com/1c358yJCKL
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 6, 2021
Coronavirus in Tanzania: The country that's rejecting the vaccine https://t.co/5si3Rn9WbU
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 6, 2021
Mexico's confirmed coronavirus death toll shoots past 164,000 https://t.co/kou565xINe pic.twitter.com/LBc9CgmdcJ
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 6, 2021
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The US may soon have its first standards for consumer face masks. But will they be strict enough? https://t.co/zECeXIkQiE
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 6, 2021
Is your mask effective against SARSCoV2? There 3 key concerns about mask effectiveness: Fit, filtration and breathability https://t.co/XTN28cZxrP via @medical_xpress
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 5, 2021
Thanks to Tony Fauci for clear summary below of the different approaches being used for vaccine development in the US. It’s amazing scientific progress – and also luck: Immunity is robust (unlike TB, malaria, HIV), mRNA and adenovirus vector technologies are just-in-time. 18/ pic.twitter.com/P2CdvSFP2C
— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) February 6, 2021
Britain is starting a trial of 'mixing' Covid vaccines. British & US guidelines say the shots aren't interchangeable. Participants in the govt-funded study will get 1 dose of AstraZeneca's vax followed by a shot of Pfizer's mRNA vaccine, or vice versa https://t.co/qK284McFTw pic.twitter.com/TvpNhURFKb
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 5, 2021
What you need to know about #coronavirus variants https://t.co/RZq7pDbknJ
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 5, 2021
Six months after being discharged from the hospital, patients who had severe acute #COVID19 were more likely to have impaired pulmonary function https://t.co/8VbYQItoCo
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 6, 2021
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Essential workers fear not just for their own health, but for their families https://t.co/ylcH937jCd
— Daily Kos (Tune in to Daily Kos' ?️ The Brief) (@dailykos) February 6, 2021
Despite being prioritized for COVID19 vaccinations, meatpackers in several states face months-long wait for shots https://t.co/p9BXUPFjoc pic.twitter.com/d1r8IM0t9n
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 5, 2021
Universities that mandate proper mask-wearing have far lower #COVID19 problems and are less likely to have to send students back to on-line studies, says @CDCgov .
https://t.co/uIIoime0Pz pic.twitter.com/0VVInzQZY0— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) February 5, 2021
This is why I drink alone:
–47th in the nation in vaccination rates.
–Last week, Reynolds agreed to force schools to offer 100% in-person learning. As of yesterday, another 163 Iowa kids under age 18 have contracted coronavirus. The total is now 1,076 in 7 days.#CovidKim https://t.co/55aCaGPbxL
— Harold Bissonette (@MrBissonette) February 6, 2021
When you look across the border at South Dakota’s death toll and…see inspiration. https://t.co/N6uqg9KeC8
— Patrick Dillon (@mpdillon) February 5, 2021
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY yesterday:
182 new cases, 2.9% positivity
483 people in the hospital
112 people in the ICU
36% available regular beds, 28% available ICU beds
Still at 1000 reported deaths, but usually when the # of available beds goes up it isn’t because the patients recovered and went home.
rikyrah
Lord Jesus..
That tweet about COVID in children in Iowa???
OzarkHillbilly
“Years? Research??? The donald had it all figured out within weeks, ya bunch of incompetent boobs.”
mrmoshpotato
@rikyrah: #CovidKim indeed.
Why stop running from the leopard that wants to eat your face mere feet from safety?
mrmoshpotato
?Bleach down the hatch, and a lightbulb up the ass?
satby
The studies showing the Pfizer vaccine getting to 90% effective protection after 21 days is comforting as I head back to the market. I had my first dose 26 days ago. I still double mask and am careful in all the other ways. But the feeling of potential doom is lifted, if only because even if I caught it now it ‘s not likely to be a severe or life-threatening illness. I hope further studies bear that out and they can roll out the vaccines faster by prioritizing a first shot.
Platonicspoof
Two very good dogs will appear in a PSA during the Puppy Bowl.
And an inspiring lady, too.
Mary G
@rikyrah: That woman and her party are evil. Pure evil.
OzarkHillbilly
States ranked by percentage of COVID-19 vaccines administered: Feb. 5
Wait, what? Massachusetts???
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 numbers. Director-General of Health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 3,847 new cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 238,721 cases. He also reports 12 new deaths today, for a cumulative total of 857 deaths — 0.36% of the cumulative reported total, 0.46% of resolved cases.
There are currently 50,894 active and contagious cases; 305 are in ICU, 139 of them intubated. Meanwhile, 1,692 patients recovered and were discharged, for a cumulative total of 186,970 patients recovered — 78.3% of the cumulative reported total.
12 new clusters were reported today: Gong Nering and Jalan Kubur Darau in Terengganu; Jalan Chester in Sabah; Jalan Sungai Besi building site in KL; Jalan Bayu Satu, Jalan Istimewa Tujuh and Jalan Tun Mutalib in Johor; and Gudang Salak Tinggi, Industri Kampung Baru, Lingkaran Cyber, Jalan Banting-Klang, and Jalan Kuala Selangor in Selangor.
Jalan Kubur Darau is a high-risk group cluster. The rest are all workplace clusters.
3,843 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 1,481 cases: 64 in older clusters; 194 in Gudang Salak Tinggi, Industri Kampung Baru, Lingkaran Cyber, Jalan Banting-Klang, and Jalan Kuala Selangor clusters; 859 close-contact screenings; and 364 other screenings. Johor reports 583 local cases: 197 in older clusters; 47 in Jalan Bayu Satu, Jalan Istimewa Tujuh and Jalan Tun Mutalib clusters; 186 close-contact screenings; and 153 other screenings. KL reports 400 local cases: 44 in older clusters, 12 in Jalan Sungai Besi building site cluster, 139 close-contact screenings, and 205 other screenings. Melaka reports 329 cases: 288 in existing clusters, 27 close-contact screenings, and 14 other screenings. Sabah reports 233 cases: 52 in older clusters, seven in Jalan Chester cluster, 130 close-contact screenings, and 44 other screenings. Penang reports 211 cases: 151 in existing clusters, 10 close-contact screenings, and 50 other screenings.
Sarawak reports 185 cases: 81 in existing clusters, 42 close-contact screenings, and 62 other screenings. Negeri Sembilan reports 133 cases: 33 in existing clusters, 55 close-contact screenings, and 45 other screenings.
Kedah reports 64 cases: 20 in existing clusters, 21 close-contact screenings, and 23 other screenings. Kelantan reports 62 cases: 22 in existing clusters, 16 close-contact screenings, and 24 other screenings. Terengganu reports 56 cases: 17 in older clusters, five in Gong Nering and Jalan Kubur Darau clusters, 17 close-contact screenings, and 17 other screenings. Pahang reports 48 cases: 32 in existing clusters, 12 close-contact screenings, and four other screenings. Perak reports 36 cases: 25 in existing clusters, 10 close-contact screenings, and one other screening.
Labuan reports 10 cases: three in existing clusters, one close-contact screening, and six other screenings. Putrajaya reports eight cases: five close-contact screenings, and three other screenings. And Perlis reports four cases, all found in other screenings.
Four new cases are imported: two in KL, and two in Johor.
The 12 deaths reported today are a 62-year-old woman in Kelantan with diabetes; an 81-year-old man in Melaka with diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and stroke; a 75-year-old man in Selangor with diabetes and glioblastoma multiforme; a 63-year-old man in Melaka with diabetes, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease; a 60-year-old woman in Johor with diabetes, hypertension, asthma, and chronic kidney disease; a 55-yearold woman in Sabah with hypertension; a 67-year-old man in Johor with diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and stroke; a 42-year-old woman in Johor with diabetes; a 38-year-old non-Malaysian man in Sabah with with leukemia; a 46-year-old non-Malaysian man in KL with diabete, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease; a 51-year-old non-Malaysian man in KL with no co-morbidities listed; and an 84-year-old non-Malaysian woman in Sabah with hypertension, dyslipidaemia, and stroke.
YY_Sima Qian
On 2/5 China reported 4 new domestic confirmed, 1 new domestic asymptomatic case.
Hebei Province:
Hebei Provincial Health Commission did not report any new domestic positive cases. There are currently 192 domestic confirmed cases (1 serious, 155 moderate and 36 mild) & 10 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province:
Heilongjiang Province
Heilongjiang Province reported 3 new domestic confirmed cases (1 previously asymptomatic). 28 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 23 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There are currently 416 domestic confirmed (3 serious, 292 moderate and 121 mild) & 423 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.:
Jilin Province
Jilin Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed & 1 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 35 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 266 domestic confirmed (4 critical, 13 serious, 188 moderate and 61 mild) & 5 domestic asymptomatic cases:
Shanghai Municipality did not report any domestic positive cases. Currently there are 22 confirmed cases (18 moderate, 4 mild) in the city. 1 hotel was re-designated as Low Risk. 1 residential compound (in Pudong District) was elevated to Medium Risk. 3 residential compounds are at Medium Risk.
Imported Cases:
On 2/5 China reported 8 new imported confirmed cases, 9 imported asymptomatic cases, 1 imported suspect case:
Overall in China, 81 confirmed cases recovered, 31 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation and 1 was reclassified as confirmed case, and 1,767 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 1,235 active confirmed cases in the country (290 imported), 27 are in critical/serious condition (5 imported), 733 asymptomatic cases (283 imported), 2 suspect cases (all imported). 32,244 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
On 2/6 Hong Kong reported 19 new cases, 3 imported and 16 domestic (6 of whom do not have sources of infection identified). Currently, there are 545 active cases (24 in critical conditions, 23 serious and 298 stable).
satby
@OzarkHillbilly: 50%-ish is about right if they’re reserving doses for the second booster shots, which I believe a number of states are given the reported sourcing issues. That’s why I hope they can confirm that one shot 90% effective rate, because that would release those second doses to be given to new people, and they can reschedule second booster doses for a bit later than the four weeks most of them are now. More arms faster would be good.
But checking the link, seems most states aren’t doing that. Hmmm.
OzarkHillbilly
@satby: Yeah. That’s what Alabama and Mississippi are doing. It’s not sheer incompetence, like it is in Misery.
JPL
@OzarkHillbilly: MA was slow in the beginning, but recently set up large vaccination sites.
OzarkHillbilly
@JPL: Misery is so fucked up they are listing vaccination sites without any contact information. I’m pretty sure those people would be surprised to learn they are vaccination sites. I’m signed up at my local hospital, but they aren’t even on the list. So I have no idea if that is even worth the 3 minutes it took me to get signed up.
The Thin Black Duke
@OzarkHillbilly: Yep. I’m still waiting.
Anne Laurie
I’m blaming our Republican governor, ‘Chickenshite’ Charlie Baker.
Actually, there’s plenty of blame to go around — Massholes had an early warning (*last* February 1st!) how bad the ‘new Wuhan virus’ could be, and how quickly & unpredictably it could spread. But a combination of arrogance, mutual suspicion, and GooGoo (‘good’, virtuous government) pedantry has repeatedly crippled doing what needed to be done. ‘We’ think we’re all so smart & educated we don’t need to listen to experts; ‘we’ don’t want the guys in the next town over, or just across the state border, to ‘steal a march’ on us; and ‘we’ would rather flush money / vaccine doses down the crapper than risk so much as a dollar or a dose being spent on someone who might not be entitled, or worse, cutting in line.
Because, sadly, an expensive world-class education and/or a subscription to every virtuous, truth-telling publication in the Western world cannot inoculate someone against being an arsehole, I’m afraid…
Scout211
President Biden is sending needed help to California by mid February. Two huge vaccination centers, one in Oakland and one in LA staffed by FEMA and the US military, are being planned. Plus, many more doses will be sent to pharmacies soon throughout the state.
This is so different than during that other guy’s administration when California (and Washington) were continually shorted in deliveries. The anger directed at Newsom could be eased somewhat with these new stepped-up vaccination plans for the state.
Robert Sneddon
President Biden should order these centres to have banners at the entrance, “We’re from the government and we’re here to help”. I’m sure Governor Reagan would have endorsed that sentiment.
cleek
Puppy Bowl was filmed, this year, in Glens Falls NY. In the same hockey rink where I saw first concert – Judas Priest and Fastway. March 1984.
Ohio Mom
A reminder to schedule my shot was emailed to me yesterday via my patient portal — I’m in group 1b and we are scheduled to start this Monday, February 8th.
Alas, the recording on the phone number I was instructed to call announced they were temporarily out of vaccines. So close and still so far…
Sloane Ranger
Yesterday in the UK we had 19,114 new cases. This is a reduction of around 1500 from the day before and a decrease of 26.5% in the rolling 7-day average. New cases by nation,
England – 17,314 (down @1200)
Northern Ireland – 506 (up 94)
Scotland – 895 (down @250)
Wales – 399 (down @150).
Deaths – There were 1014 deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday. This is a decrease in the rolling 7-day average of 17.8%. New deaths by nation, England – 892, Northern Ireland – 16, Scotland – 61 and Wales – 45.
Testing – 783,851 tests were conducted on Thursday, 4 February out of a capacity of 740,611 (please don’t ask me how they can conduct more tests than they have kits. I assume one of the figures is wrong.)
Hospitalisations – 30,508 people were in hospital on Wednesday, 3 February and 3572 were on ventilators on Thursday, 4th. The rolling 7-day average for hospital admissions is down by 20.8%.
Vaccinations – As of 4 February, 10,971,047 people had received their 1st shot of a vaccine and 505,993, their 2nd shot.
Nothing else to report.
Carlo
Of possible interesting here: I’ve set up a web page that compares vaccine efficacy across all the vaccines with published (or at least public) clinical trial data. The idea is to present efficacy results in a way that allows assessment and comparison of uncertainty in results, which is an aspect often overlooked in press coverage.
bluefoot
@Anne Laurie: Massholes gonna Masshole, I guess. It’s ridiculous and infuriating. Large vaccination sites are being set up, but not in areas with high COVID incidence or spread, or in communities where essential workers live.
Baker keeps half-assing (at best) measures to slow the spread and get vaccines into people. it’s been up to the mayors of individual towns to try and control the spread of the virus. It’s so stupid.
eachother
Called the Georgia Department of Health (866-782-4584) to tell them I had seen that they had suspended a clinic’s vaccine access until July 27th because they had violated the rules about who gets the vaccine and when. The clinic had been giving it to teachers so the schools might operate without sickness. They got busted and slammed for doing this.
The phone was answered. Of course the person I spoke with had no knowledge of this happening.
I suggested the punishment was extreme and didn’t help the need to vaccinate as many people as possible as quickly as possible. And that a verbal reprimand and not a SIX month suspension might serve the community better.
https://www.onlineathens.com/story/news/local/2021/01/30/georgia-denies-appeal-elbert-county-clinic-restore-covid-19-vaccine-supply/4324399001/
https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/georgia-clinic-suspended-from-vaccinating-after-giving-doses-to-teachers-100610629536
Bonnie
To give some equal time: The Kitten Bowl will be on the Hallmark Channel at 2 pm ET/PT