• Menu
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Before Header

  • About Us
  • Lexicon
  • Contact Us
  • Our Store
  • ↑
  • ↓
  • ←
  • →

Balloon Juice

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

“Squeaker” McCarthy

Usually wrong but never in doubt

“Can i answer the question? No you can not!”

I’m sure you banged some questionable people yourself.

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

“And when the Committee says to “report your income,” that could mean anything!

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

It’s all just conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership.

Putin dreamed of ending NATO, and now it’s Finnish-ed.

People are complicated. Love is not.

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

Innocent people don’t delay justice.

Republicans don’t trust women.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

And we’re all out of bubblegum.

Consistently wrong since 2002

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

Ah, the different things are different argument.

I know this must be bad for Joe Biden, I just don’t know how.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

Despite his magical powers, I don’t think Trump is thinking this through, to be honest.

Mobile Menu

  • Winnable House Races
  • Donate with Venmo, Zelle & PayPal
  • Site Feedback
  • War in Ukraine
  • Submit Photos to On the Road
  • Politics
  • On The Road
  • Open Threads
  • Topics
  • Balloon Juice 2023 Pet Calendar (coming soon)
  • COVID-19 Coronavirus
  • Authors
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Lexicon
  • Our Store
  • Politics
  • Open Threads
  • War in Ukraine
  • Garden Chats
  • On The Road
  • 2021-22 Fundraising!
You are here: Home / Healthcare / COVID-19 Coronavirus / COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Sunday/Monday, Feb. 7-8

COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Sunday/Monday, Feb. 7-8

by Anne Laurie|  February 8, 20214:47 am| 23 Comments

This post is in: COVID-19 Coronavirus, Foreign Affairs

FacebookTweetEmail

#COVID19 INVESTIGATION: The @WHO team in #China investigating the origins of the #Covid19 outbreak is having “constructive” conversations with Chinese representatives @mvankerkhove tells @margbrennan. pic.twitter.com/1KaoutdAX7

— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) February 7, 2021


The US administered 1.5 million vaccine shots today, bringing the total to 42 million, or 12.8 doses per 100 people. The 7-day moving average rose to 1.46 million shots per day.

9.8% of Americans have received at least one shot; 2.9% are fully vaccinated. pic.twitter.com/ErhLB0B1Fd

— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) February 8, 2021

Biden tells CBS on covid: "The idea that this can be done and we can get to herd immunity much before the end of this summer is very difficult." On Goodell's offer to use NFL stadiums for mass vaccinations: "Absolutely. I tell my team they're available, I believe we'll use them."

— Jenny Leonard (@jendeben) February 7, 2021

The US had +89,691 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the total to over 27.6 million. This was the lowest figure since November 1, and brought the 7-day moving average down to below 117,000 new cases per day. pic.twitter.com/aEHqDbc262

— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) February 8, 2021

Yay! A reason to celebrate, but not to be complacent. https://t.co/yQdEI70zyR

— Florian Krammer (@florian_krammer) February 8, 2021

Based on Covid-19 tests and genomes, scientists estimate that B.1.1.7 is doubling in the U.S. every 10 days. It could dominate by March. Public health measures and mass vaccination are crucial right now. Here’s my story for @nytimes https://t.co/xbi6rlDfns

— Carl Zimmer (@carlzimmer) February 7, 2021

Year ago today. https://t.co/SGrH9q7QS7

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) February 6, 2021

======

Scientists probing the origins of the coronavirus are wrapping up a lengthy investigation in China and have found “important clues” about a Wuhan seafood market’s role in the outbreak https://t.co/cbtQvxc16E

— Bloomberg (@business) February 8, 2021

Globally, the current coronavirus wave continues to recede. 3.1 million cases were reported this week, which is the lowest figure since October – WHO pic.twitter.com/OgKuBsk4zf

— BNO Newsroom (@BNODesk) February 7, 2021

Covid world map: which countries have the most coronavirus vaccinations, cases and deaths? https://t.co/f52CYeKXUf

— The Guardian (@guardian) February 8, 2021

Russia confirmed 15,916 new coronavirus cases Monday, bringing the total caseload to 3,983,197https://t.co/jM9nwLWcFT

— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) February 8, 2021

More than 12 million people in the UK have had their first Covid jab https://t.co/5QvkY6tDso

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 7, 2021

Coronavirus: NI residents face fines for crossing border https://t.co/vra10I1A2K

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 8, 2021

South Africa halts use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. Health officials say it's not effective at stopping the variant https://t.co/p7PSDglYes

— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 7, 2021

Brazil plans to buy 30mln vaccine doses from Russia & India. Russia's Sputnik V vaccine—named after the Soviet-era satellite—is reported to be 91.6% effective. India's Covaxin is 2-doses. Until now Brazil had relied on AstraZeneca's vax & one from China https://t.co/ZzgSytNBhn pic.twitter.com/Bz6hI39j1e

— delthia ricks ?? (@DelthiaRicks) February 5, 2021

======

Where do vaccine doses go & who gets them? The algorithms decide. Health agencies and hospitals are using different formulas to allocate coronavirus shots, exacerbating disparities in vaccine access https://t.co/gNpyGeHKOn

— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 7, 2021

There are large swaths of the US population either unwilling to be vaccinated or unable to be vaccinated (children under 17). And, there's the question of the impact of variants and duration of immunity after infection and recovery.
Link: https://t.co/8XTfQCZWy8

— COVID19 (@V2019N) February 7, 2021

Fauci says 'no red flags' seen in 10,000 pregnant women who've received Covid shots so far https://t.co/Oc3kISP8A7

— Dr. Nina L. Shapiro (@drninashapiro) February 7, 2021

Are COVID-sniffing dogs the new way to detect SARSCoV2 infection? Dogs have sensitive noses that detect many odors in concentrations ~1k times lower than humans. What exactly are they smelling? No one's sure. Possibly subtle odors emitted by the infected https://t.co/EJ0VaTkOyj

— delthia ricks ?? (@DelthiaRicks) February 7, 2021

======

A California university tries to shield an entire city from coronavirus exposure. The University of California, Davis is providing free testing, masks & quarantine housing to tens of thousands of people who live nearby. https://t.co/94wa4fDDbD

— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) February 8, 2021

How is Alaska leading the nation in vaccinating residents? With boats, ferries, planes and snowmobiles. – The Washington Post https://t.co/EizEc4dc88

— LenaSun (@bylenasun) February 8, 2021

S A F E T Y D A N C E

"We can fly where you want to, we can leave your house behind, but if your friends won't mask and why won't they mask, well they won't fly this airline." ? – @AlaskaAir #MaskUp https://t.co/ILDWNRfYes

— COVID19 (@V2019N) February 8, 2021

The @NFL has told @POTUS that it is making all of its 30 stadiums available as mass coronavirus vaccination sites for the general public.#SuperBowlLVhttps://t.co/bhHjg9PMWN

— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) February 8, 2021

Feels like the two types of COVID posts these days are “Spent Day 373 inside my hermetically-sealed bubble. All supplies are delivered via C-130 airdrop and brought into the bubble via sterilized robot” and “Just got back from another combination orgy/doorknob licking contest.”

— Starfish Who Just Wants To Grill (@IRHotTakes) February 7, 2021

I wear a mask all day, I've got a HEPA filter, and sanitize my hands and work station several times a day, so there isn't anything I can do on my own end besides just… not come in to work

— sean hannity's bottomless pasta pass (@MenshevikM) February 7, 2021

FacebookTweetEmail
Previous Post: « Super Bowl Open Thread
Next Post: On The Road – Albatrossity – Winter in Flyover Country 4 On The Road - Albatrossity - Winter in Flyover Country 4 8»

Reader Interactions

23Comments

  1. 1.

    YY_Sima Qian

    February 8, 2021 at 5:47 am

    On 2/7 China reported 0 new domestic confirmed, 1 new domestic asymptomatic case.

    Hebei Province:

    Hebei Provincial Health Commission did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered & 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There are currently 192 domestic confirmed cases (156 moderate and 36 mild) & 11 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province:

    • Xingtai did not report any new domestic positive case. There are currently 23 domestic confirmed cases in the city. Nangong District was re-designated as Low Risk.
    • Langfang did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered . There is 1 domestic asymptomatic cases there.
    • 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 asymptomatic cases. Currently, there are 168 confirmed cases & 10 asymptomatic cases. The 1 village & 1 district at Medium Risk in the city were re-designated as Low Risk. Gaocheng District was re-designated as Medium Risk.

     

    Heilongjiang Province

    Heilongjiang Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 37 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 51 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There are currently 350 domestic confirmed (248 moderate and 102 mild) & 320 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.:

    • Suihua did not report any new domestic positive cases. 34 confirmed cases recovered & 38 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There are currently 221 domestic confirmed & 194 domestic asymptomatic cases there. 7 residential compounds were re-designated as Low Risk. 4 residential compounds, 2 residential buildings & 6 villages are at Medium Risk. The entire Wangkui County, as well as 2 villages at Hailun, remain at High Risk.
    • Harbin did not report any new domestic positive cases. 3 domestic confirmed case recovered & 13 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There are currently 128 domestic confirmed & 126 asymptomatic cases there. Currently there are 4 sub-districts at High Risk. 3 sub-districts were re-designated as Low Risk. 14 sub-districts, 3 townships & 1 village remain at Medium Risk.
    • Qiqihar did not report any new domestic positive cases. 20 asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There is 1 domestic confirmed case there. 1 village remains at Medium Risk.

     

    Jilin Province 

    Jilin Province did not report any new domestic positive. 13 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 234 domestic confirmed (5 critical, 8 serious, 166 moderate and 55 mild) & 5 domestic asymptomatic cases:

    • Songyuan did not report any new domestic confirmed cases. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There are 3 domestic confirmed cases there.
    • Tonghua did not report any new domestic confirmed cases. 10 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 142 domestic confirmed & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. The Dongchang District has been re-designated as Low Risk, but 1 village, 12 buildings & 26 residential compounds within the district remain at High Risk.
    • Changchun did not report any new domestic positive cases. 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 89 domestic confirmed & 3 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 township remains at Medium Risk.

     

    Shanghai Municipality did not report any domestic positive cases. Currently there are 22 confirmed cases (18 moderate, 4 mild) in the city. 2 residential compounds were re-designated as Low Risk. 1 residential compound remains at Medium Risk. 

    Dongyang in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, a person who had driven from Xinyang in Henan Province on 1/27, and had previously tested negative at Xinyang on 1/25. He was tested again on 2/6 for work, when he tested “weakly positive”, and diagnosed as asymptomatic. Jihua Municipal Health Commission claimed that they have ruled out infection within Zhejiang Province, no idea how they came to that conclusion. Hopefully there hasn’t been cryptic community transmission at either Jinhua or Xinyang. 

    Imported Cases:

    On 2/7 China reported 14 new imported confirmed cases, 15 imported asymptomatic cases:

    • Shanghai Municipality – 7 confirmed cases, 3 Chinese nationals returning from France and 1 each from Côte d’Ivoire (via France) and Guinea (via France), a Germany national coming from Germany, and a Polish national coming from Poland (via Germany)
    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 7 confirmed case, 5 foreign crew members off a cargo ship (last port of call in Indonesia), a Chinese national returning from India (via Muscat) & a Hong Kong resident returning from the Netherlands; 3 asymptomatic cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Algeria (via France) & Oman, & foreign crew member off a cargo ship (last port of call in Indonesia)
    • Shenzhen in Guangdong Province – 2 asymptomatic case, 1 Chinese nationals returning from Tanzania & Nigeria
    • Zhengzhou in Henan Province – 3 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Taiyuan in Shanxi Province – 2 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Beijing Municipality – 2 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Yiwu in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from the Kazakhstan (via Dubai); the case arrived at Xi’an on 1/22, passed through 14 days of centralized quarantine and tested negative on RT-PCR 4 times, upon release from quarantine on 2/5 he flew to Yiwu and was transferred to centralized quarantine, where he tested positive
    • Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province – 1 asymptomatic case, returning from Spain
    • Tianjin Municipality – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Nigeria (via France)

     

    Overall in China, 72 confirmed cases recovered, 59 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation and none were reclassified as confirmed cases, and 3,372 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 1,118 active confirmed cases in the country (277 imported), 20 are in critical/serious condition (6 imported), 639 asymptomatic cases (291 imported), 3 suspect cases (all imported). 27,636 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.

    On 2/8 Hong Kong reported 32 new cases, 4 imported (from Pakistan & the Philippines) and 28 domestic (6 of whom do not have sources of infection identified). There are another 20+ cases preliminarily positive, awaiting retesting for confirmation.

  2. 2.

    Darkrose

    February 8, 2021 at 5:57 am

    Really pleased at how UC Davis has stepped up. In addition to what they’re doing in the community, I’ve been so impressed with how the university in general, and the library in particular, is constantly communicating with students, staff, and faculty. I have to attribute some of this to the current administration.

  3. 3.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    February 8, 2021 at 5:59 am

    I see Margaret Brennan is pregnant.

    She’s an interesting person, irish catholic who studied in Jordan, speaks arabic and married a former marine officer who’s muslim.

    It’s everything a republican would hate.

  4. 4.

    NeenerNeener

    February 8, 2021 at 6:00 am

    Monroe County, NY yesterday:

    188 new cases, 2.6% positivity
    428 people in the hospital, 101 people in the ICU

    37% available regular beds, 29% available ICU beds

    1024 reported deaths.

    Two weeks from now we’re going to spike back upwards again, of course.

  5. 5.

    lowtechcyclist

    February 8, 2021 at 6:13 am

    Given that all but a few of the NFL stadiums were paid for by tax dollars, letting them be used as mass vaccination sites during the off-season when they don’t need them anyway is the absolute least they can do.

  6. 6.

    Baud

    February 8, 2021 at 6:20 am

    Does anyone know now well the Moderns vaccine works against the SA or UK variants?

  7. 7.

    WereBear

    February 8, 2021 at 6:27 am

    @lowtechcyclist: My thoughts exactly.

    What do you want, a cookie?

  8. 8.

    Anya

    February 8, 2021 at 6:42 am

    I wouldn’t trust the Russian vaccine. Not because I don’t think Russian scientists are incapable but because I don’t trust Putin. He would do anything, and I mean anything to present himself as a hero or PR. He’s worse than Trump.

    @lowtechcyclist:  exactly. You’ve built it with our tax money, the least you can do it is make the stadiums available as mass coronavirus vaccination sites.

  9. 9.

    Robert Sneddon

    February 8, 2021 at 6:56 am

    @Anya: I wouldn’t trust the Russian vaccine.

    The Russian vaccine is actually a two-shot combination of existing vaccines, that’s why it was effectively the first vaccine to get put into people’s arms since the treatment had already passed safety tests. How effective it is against COVID-19 is more debatable.

     

    I’m not happy with the one-number efficacy figure (91%! Yay! Only 62%! boo! etc.) bruited about to rate the vaccines being tested and used at the moment. Those numbers come from what the computer trade call “rigged demos”, an artificial test regime involving supposedly-random groups of volunteers who have self-selected as believing in this disease, believing in SCIENCE!!! and probably taking more precautions than the average punter to avoid catching COVID-19 because they are the sort who would volunteer for such a test.

    The only real efficacy test comes from putting candidate vaccines into the arms of a lot of people, tens of millions of them and looking at what happens three or six months down the line. We’re only a short way along that discovery path for any vaccine candidate though.

  10. 10.

    Platonicspoof

    February 8, 2021 at 6:57 am

    @Baud:

    Feb. 7th Guardian article:

    A study carried out by Oxford and Astra Zeneca together with the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa shows that it does not protect people infected with the variant against mild to moderate Covid, but the researchers believe it will still prevent severe illness, hospitalisation and death.

     

    “Do other vaccines offer better protection against this variant?”

    It’s not possible to make comparisons because we don’t have the detailed data – the study will be published in the coming days. But trials of other vaccines in communities affected by this variant show that none of them work as well as they do against the original coronavirus.

     

    .

  11. 11.

    Amir Khalid

    February 8, 2021 at 6:59 am

    Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 numbers. Director-General of Health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 3,100 new cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 245,552 cases. He also reports 24 new deaths today, a grim new record, for a cumulative total of 896 deaths — 0.36% of the cumulative reported total, 0.46% of resolved cases.

    There are currently 51,977 active and contagious cases; 282 are in ICU, 134 of them intubated. Meanwhile, 2,340 patients recovered and were discharged, for a cumulative total of 192,679 patients recovered — 78.5% of the cumulative reported total.

    Meanwhile, Malaysia’s nationwide R0 as of ysterday is now around 0.92. Of the states and federal territories, Melaka has the highest R0 at 1.17 while Perlis has the lowest at 0.7.

    13 new clusters were reported today: Jalan Teknologi, Jalan Sungai Rasa, Persiaran Mokhtar building site, and Persiaran Hulu in Selangor; Sri Menanti, Jalan Harmonium, Jalan Cyber Lima, and Laman Desaru in Johor; Lengkok Pantai in KL; Batu 38 in Sabah; Kampung Tandak in Terengganu; Sebangkoi in Sarawak; and Taman Bukit Petaling in Negeri Sembilan.

    Taman Bukit Petaling is a high-risk group cluster. Sebangkoi is a community cluster. The rest are all workplace clusters.

    3,099 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 1,196 cases: 509 in older clusters; 80 in Jalan Teknologi, Jalan Sungai Rasa, Persiaran Mokhtar building site, and Persiaran Hulu clusters; 397 close-contact screenings; and 210 other screenings. Johor reports 490 cases: 147 in older clusters; 119 in Sri Menanti, Jalan Harmonium, Jalan Cyber Lima, and Laman Desaru clusters; 94 close-contact screenings; and 130 other screenings. Melaka reports 344 cases: 333 in existing clusters, eight close-contact screenings, and three other screenings. KL reports 294 local cases: 36 in older clusters, 20 in Lengkok Pantai cluster, 130 close-contact screenings, and 108 other screenings. Penang reports 209 cases: 142 in existing clusters, 23 close-contact screenings, and 44 other screenings.

    Sabah reports 169 cases: 18 in older clusters, 17 in Batu 38 cluster, 100 close-contact screenings, and 34 other screenings. Negeri Sembilan reports 104 cases: eight in older clusters, four in Taman Bukit Petaling cluster, 57 close-contact screenings, and 35 other screenings.

    Sarawak reports 84 cases: six in older clusters, two in Sebangkoi cluster, 44 close-contact screenings, and 32 other screenings. Perak reports 72 cases: 13 in existing clusters, 14 close-contact screenings, and 45 other screenings. Kedah reports 37 cases: seven in existing clusters, 14 close-contact screenings, and 16 other screenings. Kelantan reports 30 cases: one in an existing cluster, 21 close-contact screenings, and eight other screenings. Terengganu reports 30 cases: 10 in older clusters, one in Kampung Tandak cluster, 10 close-contact screenings, and nine other screenings.

    Pahang reports 28 cases: 23 in existing clusters, two close-contact screenings, and three other screenings. Putrajaya reports eight cases: two close-contact screenings, and six other screenings. And Perlis reports four cases, all close-contact screenings.

    Labuan reports no new cases today.

    One new case is imported, in KL.

    The 24 deaths reported today are a 79-year-old man in Selangor with diabetes and hypertension; a 53-year-old man in Selsngor with hypertension, obesity, and obstructive sleep apnoea; a 60-year-old man in Sabah with diabetes and hypertension; an 89-year-old man in Sarawak with hypertension and dyslipidaemia; an 89-year-old man in Selangor with diabetes, hypertyension, dyslipidaemia, chronic kidney disease, heart disease, and stroke; a 74-year-old man in Sarawak with no co-morbidities listed; a 64-year-old man in KL with no co-morbidities listed; a 71-year-old woman in Kedah with diabetes; a 44-year-old woman in Kelantanwith hypertension and anaemia; an 88-year-old woman in KL, DOA with diabetes and asthma; an 80-year-old man in Perak with hypertension and dyslipidaemia; a 62-year-old woman in Selangor with diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, chronic kidney disease; an 83-year-old woman in Johor with heart disease; a 59-year-old woman in Johor with diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and heart disease; a 60-year-old woman in Sarawak with diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidaemia; an 84-year-old man in Selangor with hypertension and dyslipidaemia; a 67-year-old man in Selangor with diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease; a 92-year-old woman in Selangor with dementia; a 63-year-old man in Saba, DOA with nerve disease; a 98-year-old man in Penang with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and dementia; a 45-year-old msn in Perak, DOA with no co-morbidities listed; a 50-year-old non-Malaysian man in Melaka, DOA with no co-morbidities listed; a 52-year-old non-Malaysian man in KL, DOA with no co-morbidities listed; and a 48-year-old non-Malaysian woman in Sabah, DOA with diabetes and hypertension.

  12. 12.

    OzarkHillbilly

    February 8, 2021 at 7:03 am

    @Robert Sneddon: an artificial test regime involving supposedly-random groups of volunteers who have self-selected as believing in this disease, believing in SCIENCE!!! and probably taking more precautions than the average punter to avoid catching COVID-19 because they are the sort who would volunteer for such a test.

    The people in the placebo group are the same kind of people.

  13. 13.

    Rob

    February 8, 2021 at 7:07 am

    The Alaska Air “Safety Dance” video made me grin ear to ear this morning.

  14. 14.

    Amir Khalid

    February 8, 2021 at 7:09 am

    This was posted in The Guardian’s liveblog a few hours ago:

    Pet cats and dogs with a fever, cough or breathing difficulties will be offered coronavirus tests if they have been exposed to carriers, the Seoul metropolitan government said Monday.

  15. 15.

    Baud

    February 8, 2021 at 7:17 am

    @Platonicspoof: Thanks.

  16. 16.

    Baud

    February 8, 2021 at 7:19 am

     BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine should work against virus variants: Study

     

    Jab prompted strong antibody response to South African and UK variants.

     

  17. 17.

    Platonicspoof

    February 8, 2021 at 7:51 am

    @Baud: and others:

    Just to reinforce the point about unknowns, Feb. 6 IDSA podcast on variants and vaccines. Haven’t seen a transcript, but looks like you can skip ahead to 13 minute mark / let it run in background.

    Basically sounds like too early, studies will be big and complicated, beware of popularized articles, and just get vaccinated and continue non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI).

  18. 18.

    WaterGirl

    February 8, 2021 at 8:18 am

    @Baud: What I have seen (sorry, no links) about Moderna says it is effective against the variants so far, but they have been coy about saying just how effective it is.  

    They don’t provide percentages for effectiveness against the variants, so my guess is that it’s not as effective as it is against the original form.  Just a guess.

  19. 19.

    Platonicspoof

    February 8, 2021 at 8:23 am

    Another link (with a lot of comments) on vaccination against the new variants, much of it above my head, but:

    OK, real-world time. First, those numbers tell us that being vaccinated provides a person with more protection than being infected with the coronavirus itself. That was already thought to be the case for the more common coronavirus forms out there, but it’s good to see that it carries over to these two new variants as well. You will get substantially better protection from being vaccinated, and you don’t have to take your chances with the unpredictable and potentially deadly course of an actual coronavirus infection, either.

     

     

    What the data are telling us right now is that it definitely looks like vaccination can still handle the variant forms of the coronavirus that we are seeing – but that we also have to be on our guard, because there is no law that says that this protection can’t be breached. Taking public health measures to decrease the spread of the new variants is critical, as is getting as many people vaccinated as quickly as possible. If we mess either of those up, we are asking for serious trouble.

     

    .

  20. 20.

    Mary G

    February 8, 2021 at 8:26 am

    The OC popped back up to 1,187 new cases today, regular hospitalizations way down to half of the peak last month, fewer people in ICU, but they are still saying 0.0% beds available, 46 deaths, 10.9% positive tests. A lot more deaths in regular people; I guess we’ve killed off or vaccinated enough of the people in assisted living or skilled nursing facilities to bring those numbers, which have been horrible, down.

    @NeenerNeener: The neighbor who usually hosts a Superb Owl party every year held off this time, thank you Dog, but in general, like you, I expect to see another pop up because people are idiots. The younger healthier people who throw those parties won’t have been vaccinated yet.

  21. 21.

    Sloane Ranger

    February 8, 2021 at 9:37 am

    Late as usual! Yesterday in the UK we had 15,845 new cases. This is a decrease of about 2500 from the day before and a reduction of 24.3% in the rolling 7-day average. Usual weekend warning applies to these and subsequent figures. New cases by nation,

    England – 14,466 (down @2000)

    Northern Ireland – 334 (down 96)

    Scotland – 584 (down @300)

    Wales – 461 (down @200).

    Deaths – There were 373 new deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday. This is a decrease of 23.3% in the rolling 7-day average. 329 deaths occurred in England, 9 in Northern Ireland, 7 in Scotland and 28 in Wales.

    Testing – Not updated.

    Hospitalisations – On Thursday, 4th February 29,326 people were in hospital and 3505 were on ventilators on Friday, 5th. The rolling 7-day average for hospital admissions was down by 19.7% on 3rd February.

    Vaccinations – As of 6th February, 12,014,288 people had received the 1st shot of a vaccine and 511,447 had received their 2nd shot. Like everyone else, there are concerns about how good the vaccine is against the new variants.

  22. 22.

    randal m sexton

    February 8, 2021 at 11:09 am

    @Robert Sneddon: Your understanding of the testing regime sees a bit scant, and is leading you to making uniformed statements. The vacs were tested on 2 groups, including a placebo group,and the results speak for themselves.  Sure, I did not much trust the initial reports of the Russian vac  done by the Russians, but it now has had a large scale peer reviewed test that shows it to be quite good.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/02/02/sputnik-v-russia-lancet/

  23. 23.

    J R in WV

    February 8, 2021 at 2:12 pm

    I suspect we will be wearing masks for the rest of our lives, actually. Which is OK by me, I would rather not have the flu, actually. Have been there, done that, it really sucked hard, even with Tamiflu medication early on.

    Hope it catches a life of its own and becomes as common here as it is anywhere else! So pain free, yet saves so much suffering.

Comments are closed.

Primary Sidebar

Recent Comments

  • NotMax on Bibi & Bone Saw (Sep 22, 2023 @ 2:01pm)
  • Paul in KY on Crash & Burn (Open Thread) (Sep 22, 2023 @ 2:00pm)
  • Old School on Medicaid Expansion in North Carolina is finally coming (Sep 22, 2023 @ 1:58pm)
  • WaterGirl on Bibi & Bone Saw (Sep 22, 2023 @ 1:58pm)
  • Paul in KY on Crash & Burn (Open Thread) (Sep 22, 2023 @ 1:57pm)

🎈Keep Balloon Juice Ad Free

Become a Balloon Juice Patreon
Donate with Venmo, Zelle or PayPal

Balloon Juice Posts

View by Topic
View by Author
View by Month & Year
View by Past Author

Featuring

Medium Cool
Artists in Our Midst
Authors in Our Midst
We All Need A Little Kindness
What Has Biden Done for You Lately?

Balloon Juice Meetups!

All Meetups
Talk of Meetups – Meetup Planning

Fundraising 2023-24

Wis*Dems Supreme Court + SD-8

Calling All Jackals

Site Feedback
Nominate a Rotating Tag
Submit Photos to On the Road
Balloon Juice Mailing List Signup
Balloon Juice Anniversary (All Links)
Balloon Juice Anniversary (All Posts)

Twitter / Spoutible

Balloon Juice (Spoutible)
WaterGirl (Spoutible)
TaMara (Spoutible)
John Cole
DougJ (aka NYT Pitchbot)
Betty Cracker
Tom Levenson
TaMara
David Anderson
Major Major Major Major
ActualCitizensUnited

Join the Fight!

Join the Fight Signup Form
All Join the Fight Posts

Balloon Juice for Ukraine

Donate

Cole & Friends Learn Español

Introductory Post
Cole & Friends Learn Español

Site Footer

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Comment Policy
  • Our Authors
  • Blogroll
  • Our Artists
  • Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2023 Dev Balloon Juice · All Rights Reserved · Powered by BizBudding Inc

Share this ArticleLike this article? Email it to a friend!

Email sent!