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It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

There are no moderate Republican – only extremists, and cowards.

🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵

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Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

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Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

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

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Bad news for Ron DeSantis is great news for America.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

They were going to turn on one another at some point. It was inevitable.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

When we show up, we win.

“Squeaker” McCarthy

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

I conferred with the team and they all agree – still not tired of winning!

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

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COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Monday/Tuesday, Feb. 8-9

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  1. 1.

    NotMax

    FYI.

    Second vaccine shots for large group of seniors could limit distribution of first doses

    Hawaii seniors 75 and older who got COVID vaccines at large distribution sites in Hawaii will soon get their second doses and that’s putting a squeeze on supplies.
    [snip]
    The CEOs of Hawaii Pacific Health and Queen’s Medical Center say giving the second dose is the priority, but could tax the state’s already limited vaccine supply barring a dramatic increase in new shipments from the federal government. Tens of thousands of seniors are in the group due for their second doses, limiting the number of people able to get their first dose for the next few weeks.

  2. 2.

    NeenerNeener

    Monroe County, NY yesterday:

    145 new cases, 2.7% positivity
    409 people in the hospital
    97 people in the ICU

    38% available regular beds, 30% available icu beds

    Still at 1024 reported deaths.

  4. 4.

    YY_Sima Qian

    On 2/8 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. 2 domestic confirmed case recovered. There are currently 190 domestic confirmed cases (154 moderate and 36 mild) & 11 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province:

    • Xingtai did not report any new domestic positive case. 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 21 domestic confirmed cases in the city.
    • 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 was re-designated as Low 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 report 1 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 34 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 47 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There are currently 316 domestic confirmed (224 moderate and 92 mild) & 274 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.:

    • Suihua did not report any new domestic positive cases. 23 confirmed cases recovered & 34 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There are currently 198 domestic confirmed & 160 domestic asymptomatic cases there. 4 residential compounds, 2 residential buildings & 6 villages were re-designated as Low Risk. 2 High Risk villages at Hailun were also re-designated as Low Risk. Only the Wangkui County remains at High Risk.
    • Harbin reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, at Hulan District. The case is a fruit & vegetables wholesaler with a lot of travel in the city in the past 2 weeks to help supply the residents under quarantine, he was found via the 5th round of mass screening at the district. He had declined to participate in rounds 2 – 4. 10 domestic confirmed case recovered & 13 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There are currently 118 domestic confirmed & 114 asymptomatic cases there. Currently there are 4 sub-districts at High Risk. 5 sub-districts were re-designated as Low Risk. 9 sub-districts, 3 townships & 1 village remain at Medium Risk.
    • Qiqihar did not report any new domestic positive cases. The last domestic confirmed case there recovered. The village at Medium Risk was ed-designated as Low Risk.

     

    Jilin Province 

    Jilin Province did not report any new domestic positive. 16 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 218 domestic confirmed (4 critical, 9 serious, 154 moderate and 51 mild) & 5 domestic asymptomatic cases:

    • Songyuan did not report any new domestic confirmed cases. There are 3 domestic confirmed cases there.
    • Tonghua did not report any new domestic confirmed cases. 12 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 130 domestic confirmed & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 village, 12 buildings & 26 residential compounds within the district remain at High Risk.
    • Changchun did not report any new domestic positive cases. 4 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 85 domestic confirmed & 3 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 township remains at Medium Risk.

     

    Shanghai Municipality did not report any domestic positive cases. 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. Currently there are 20 confirmed cases in the city. 1 residential compound remains at Medium Risk. 

    Imported Cases:

    On 2/8 China reported 14 new imported confirmed cases, 14 imported asymptomatic cases, 1 new imported suspect case:

    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 6 confirmed cases, 4 Chinese nationals returning from Zambia (via Nairobi) & 1 each returning from Mexico (via Amsterdam Schipol) & the UAE; 6 asymptomatic cases, 2 Chinese nationals returning from the UAE & 1 each returning from the DRC (via Nairobi), Zimbabwe (via Addis Ababa & Nairobi) & Zambia (via Nairobi), and a foreign national coming from Serbia (via Amsterdam Schipol)
    • Foshan in Guangdong Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from the US; 3 asymptomatic cases, 2 Chinese nationals returning from Iran & 1 from the UAE; all cases are off lights that landed at Guangzhou
    • Shenzhen in Guangdong Province – 2 asymptomatic cases, 1 Chinese nationals returning from Russia & Mozambique
    • Shanghai Municipality – 2 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese nationals each returning from France & Ethiopia; 1 suspect case, no information released
    • Changzhou in Jiangsu Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from Indonesia, off a flight that landed at Shanghai
    • Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province – 1 confirmed case (previously asymptomatic), returning from Spain
    • Xiamen i Fujian Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from the US; 2 asymptomatic cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Hungary & Italy (both via Amsterdam Schipol)
    • Qingdao in Shandong Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from Russia
    • Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from Mozambique (via Kathmandu)
    • Dalian in Liaoning Province – 1 asymptomatic case, no information released

     

    Overall in China, 75 confirmed cases recovered, 50 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation and 1 was reclassified as confirmed case, and 6,787 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 1,057 active confirmed cases in the country (272 imported), 18 are in critical/serious condition (4 imported), 593 asymptomatic cases (292 imported), 2 suspect cases (both imported). 21,376 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.

    On 2/9 Hong Kong reported 26 new cases, 5 imported and 21 domestic (5 of whom do not have sources of infection identified). There are another 20+ cases preliminarily positive, awaiting retesting for confirmation.

  6. 6.

    JWR

    The US administered 1.1 million vaccine shots today, bringing the total to 43.1 million

    Something tells me Biden will get to that 100 doses in the first 100 days goal, much to the chagrin of Chuck Todd’s recent “hot take” that if he didn’t, it would mark him as a failed vaccination president.

  7. 7.

    raven

    “This is Rhode Island, where everybody knows a guy,” he said. “That’s where we have to be particularly careful because if we lose people’s confidence in the integrity and transparency of health care itself, then nobody is ever going to trust anybody, and nobody is going to get anything done.”

     

    Yo, Carmine, I need a fix.

  8. 8.

    mrmoshpotato

    @JWR:

    Something tells me Biden will get to that 100 doses in the first 100 days goal, much to the chagrin of Chuck Todd’s recent “hot take” that if he didn’t, it would mark him as a failed vaccination president. 

    “Dear Chuckles,

    Please accept this bag of unsalted dicks compliments of the White House.”

  12. 12.

    Baud

    @raven:

    Rhode Island voters drop ‘Providence Plantations’ from state name
    With 100 percent of precincts reporting, the amendment dropping “Providence Plantations” passed with 52.9 percent of the vote.

  13. 13.

    NotMax

    @raven

    Recently voted to drop the “and Providence Plantations.”

    Formally named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations since its accession to the Union in 1790, voters in the state approved an amendment in November 2020 to the state constitution, renaming itself the State of Rhode Island. This change took effect when the results were certified on November 30, 2020. Source

  14. 14.

    satby

    Got the second Pfizer shot yesterday afternoon. 17 hours + so far, no side effects other than my sore arm. I also suggested to the doctor I work for that she overcome “vaccine hestiancy” in her staff with a cash bonus if they get the shot, and she agreed. Trying a carrot before a stick.

    Hoping the vaccine pipeline opens up for everyone else soon.

  18. 18.

    Matt McIrvin

    “She expects it to be ready by Fall”

    Which means that about a year after that, it’ll be available for mass distribution, by which time there will be two or three more incompatible variants to chase.

    We need to figure out some way to speed this up or we’re never getting out of this.

  21. 21.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 numbers. The Ministry of Health reports 2,764 new cases today, for a cumulative reported total of 248,316 cases. The Ministry also reports 13 new deaths today for a cumulative total of 909 deaths — 0.37% of the cumulative reported total, 0.46% of resolved cases.

    There are currently 50,841 active and contagious cases; 289 are in ICU, 127 of them intubated. Meanwhile, 3,887 patients recovered and were discharged, for a cumulative total of 196,5669 patients recovered – 79.2% of the cumulative reported total.

    Meanwhile, Malaysia’s nationwide R0 as of 8th February is now around 0.91. Of the states and federal territories, Melaka has the highest R0 at 1.27.

    12 new clusters were reported today: Industri Mahkota, Kejuruteraan Subang Baru, and Persiaran Puteri building site in Selangor; Besi Cyper, Senai City Lapan, Jalan Parit Masjid, and Jalan Cyber 14 in Johor; Dialisis Masjid Tanah in Melaka; Jalan Pantai Building site and Jalan Budiman in KL; Hulu Jerocco in Sabah; and Lengkok Emas in Negeri Sembilan.

    Dialisis Masjid Tanah is a high-risk group cluster. The rest are all workplace clusters.

    3,099 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 860 local cases: 122 in older clusters; 46 in Industri Mahkota, Kejuruteraan Subang Baru, and Persiaran Puteri building site clusters; 500 close-contact screenings; and 192 other screenings. Johor reports 519 local cases: 71 in older clusters; 184 in Besi Cyber, Senai City Lapan, Jalan Parit Masjid, and Jalan Cyber 14 clusters; 136 close-contact screenings; and 128 other screenings. KL reports 420 local cases: 44 in older clusters; 22 in Jalan Pantai Building site and Jalan Budiman clusters; 168 close-contact screenings; and 186 other screenings. Melaka reports 203 cases: 189 in older clusters, one in Dialisis Masjid Tanah cluster, seven close-contact screenings, and six other screenings.

    Sabah reports 180 cases:six in older clusters, nine in Hulu Jerocco cluster, 123 close-contact screenings; and 42 other screenings. Penang reports 119 cases: 73 in existing clusters, 16 close-contact screenings, and 30 other screenings. Sarawak reports 111 cases: 10 in existing clusters, 20 close-contact screenings, and 81 other screenings.

    Negeri Sembilan reports 99 cases: seven in older clusters, 22 in Lengkok Emas cluster, 114 close-contact screenings; and 56 other screenings. Kelantan reports 62 cases: eight in existing clusters, 39 close-contact screenings, and 15 other screenings. Kedah reports 59 cases: 12 in existing clusters, 17 close-contact screenings, and 30 other screenings. Perak reports 40 cases: 14 in existing clusters, 18 close-contact screenings, and eight other screenings.Terengganu reports 34 cases: 11 in existing clusters, 11 close-contact screenings, and 12 other screenings.

    Pahang reports 32 cases: 18 in existing clusters, five close-contact screenings, and nine other screenings. Labuan reports 10 cases: four in existing clusters, four close-contact screenings, and two other screenings. And Putrajaya reports 10 cases: seven close-contact screenings, and three other screenings.

    Perlis reports no new cases today.

    Six new cases are imported: two in Selangor, two in Johor, and two in KL.

    The deaths reported today are a 74-year-old man in Sabah with no co-morbidities listed; a 49-year-old man in Selangor with diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease; a 78-year-old woman in Sabah with hypertension and dyslipidaemia; a 66-year-old woman in Sarawk with diabetes and hypertension; a 54-year-old man in Sarawak with hypertension; a 63-year-old ma in Selangor with hypertension and chronic kidney disease; a 78-year-old woman in Johor with diabetes, hupertension, and stroke; a 54-year-old man in KL with diabetes, hypertension, thalassemia, chronic kidney disease, and stroke; an 80-year-old man in Johor with diabetes, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease; a 71-year-old woman in Selangor with diabetes, hypertension, and gout; a 67-year-old woman in Selangor with diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and chronic kidney disease; a 78-year-old man in Selanor with diabetes, hypertension, and stroke; and a 79-year-old man in Selangor with diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease.

  22. 22.

    Amir Khalid

    In other news, restaurants may reopen for dining in, and most retail shops in Malaysia are allowed to reopen with immediate effect, per Senior Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob; but owners of bars, karaoke joints, and similar nightlife establishments are still SOL.

  23. 23.

    Sloane Ranger

    Yesterday in the UK we had 14,104 new cases. This is a reduction of 1700 from the previous day and a decrease of 25.4% in the rolling 7-day average. New cases by nation,

    England – 12,270 (down @2200)

    Northern Ireland – 296 (down 38)

    Scotland – 928 (up @340)

    Wales – 619 (up @150).

    Deaths – There were 333 deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday. This is a reduction of 22.4% in the rolling 7-day average. Deaths by nation, England – 304, Northern Ireland – 12, Scotland – 5 and Wales – 12.

    Testing – On Sunday, 7 February 584,933 tests were conducted out of a capacity of 739,738. This is an increase in the rolling 7-day average of 4.7%.

    Hospitalisations – On Thursday, 4th February 29,326 people were in hospital. 3505 were on ventilators on Friday, 5th. The rolling 7-day average for hospital admissions was down by 21.8% as of 4th February.

    Vaccinations – 12,294,006 people had received the 1st shot of a vaccine on 7 February and 512,581, their 2nd shot.

    General – The government has started a hard hitting publicity campaign reminding people to comply with coronavirus precautions. It involves patients and medical staff staring straight at the camera with the tag line “Can you look this person in the face and say you are doing what you can to stop the spread?”

    Here’s a link. Hopefully it works.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-_FeNrTRV8

    Needless to say, some people are complaining about it. It’s in bad taste, it’s Project Fear, it’s blaming people for the spread, when it’s really the government’s fault.

    That’s all.

  24. 24.

    satby

    For those who don’t click on the embedded tweets, that one showing reduced viral loads 12 days after the first Pfizer shot is significant if further testing bears it out. That, plus the preliminary testing showing Pfizer’s vaccine reaching 90% immunity 21 days after the first shot (again, if those results hold up) may mean that vaccinations can double as they schedule more people to get first doses only since it may be enough. Boosters tweaked for known variants can be the second doses later.

  26. 26.

    Bruce K in ATH-GR

    Greece’s government is officially afraid of the current spike – 1,526 new cases in the past 24 hours as of 6:00PM local time, up from last week’s high of 1,221. The government is going to announce more restrictive measures at 7:30PM, for Attica – currently the epicenter of the new Greek spike – presumably a “hard lockdown” like at the beginning of the crisis last March.

  27. 27.

    Suzanne

    @rikyrah: One of the throughlines of the vaccination story that has made me frustrated is this pitting of one group against another, implying that high-risk people who need the second dose are somehow taking it from other people who need the first dose. Like…. STOP. Everyone needs it, it’s not a war.

  28. 28.

    J R in WV

    @Baud:

    @raven:

    Rhode Island voters drop ‘Providence Plantations’ from state name
    With 100 percent of precincts reporting, the amendment dropping “Providence Plantations” passed with 52.9 percent of the vote.

    So now it’s just State of Rhode Island and ??

    ;~)

  29. 29.

    Yutsano

    @Amir Khalid: ​ I’m thinking it wasn’t the intention, but Covid might just be a way to reduce vice in the country. At least according to the Islamic scholars.

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