Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

A last alliance of elves and men. also pet photos.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

Bark louder, little dog.

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

You cannot shame the shameless.

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

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

Accountability, motherfuckers.

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

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

Infrastructure week. at last.

It’s time for the GOP to dust off that post-2012 autopsy, completely ignore it, and light the party on fire again.

This fight is for everything.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the GOP

T R E 4 5 O N

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

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COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Sunday/Monday, Feb. 21-22

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Not sure I understand the logistics behind ‘Illinois to Minnesota, via Texas’, but it’s good that the Biden admin is getting due credit in these extracts from a longer thread:

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Florida men:

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  1. 1.

    YY_Sima Qian

    On 2/21 China reported 0 new domestic confirmed & 0 new domestic asymptomatic cases.

    Hebei Province

    Hebei Provincial Health Commission reported that 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There are currently 145 domestic confirmed cases (127 moderate and 18 mild) & 9 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province:

    • At Xingtai, there are currently 21 domestic confirmed cases in the city.
    • At Shijiazhuang, 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There are 124 confirmed cases & 9 asymptomatic cases. Gaocheng District was finally re-designated as Low Risk.

     

    Heilongjiang Province

    Heilongjiang Provincial Health Commission reported that 3 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There are currently 12 domestic confirmed (10 moderate and 2 mild) & 22 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.:

    • At Suihua, 3 confirmed cases recovered & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There are currently 12 domestic confirmed & 15 domestic asymptomatic cases there. Wangkui County was finally re-designated as Low Risk.
    • At Harbin, there are currently 7 asymptomatic cases there.

     

    Jilin Province 

    Jilin Provincial Heath Commission reported that 6 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There are currently 31 domestic confirmed (1 critical, 1 serious, 20 moderate and 9 mild) & 4 domestic asymptomatic cases:

    • At Tonghua, 4 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There are currently 29 domestic confirmed & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
    • At Changchun, 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 2 domestic confirmed & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.

     

    At Shanghai Municipality, 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are 12 domestic confirmed cases remaining.

    Imported Cases

    On 2/21 China reported 11 new imported confirmed cases, 8 imported asymptomatic cases, 1 imported suspect case:

    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 3 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from Egypt, and 2 foreign crew members off a cargo ship (last port of call in Indonesia); 3 asymptomatic cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Saudi Arabia, Niger (via Muscat) & Nigeria (via Cairo)
    • Shanghai Municipality – 2 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from the Ukraine (via Amsterdam Schiphol) & the U.K. (via Helsinki); 1 suspect case, no information released
    • Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 2 confirmed & 1 asymptomatic cases, all Chinese nationals and returning from Egypt
    • Beijing Municipality – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from Canada
    • Changsha in Hunan Province – 1 confirmed case (previously asymptomatic), no further information released
    • Xiamen in Fujian Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from Canada; 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from the Ukraine (via Amsterdam Schiphol)
    • Fuzhou in Fujian Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Japan
    • Tianjin Municipality – 1 confirmed case (previously asymptomatic); 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Spain
    • Xi’an in Shaanxi Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Portugal

     

    Overall in China, 33 confirmed cases recovered, 13 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation and 2 were reclassified as confirmed cases, and 440 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 401 active confirmed cases in the country (185 imported), 2 are in critical/serious condition (none imported), 309 asymptomatic cases (271 imported), 3 suspect cases (all imported). 7,832 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.

    On 2/22 Hong Kong reported 16 new cases, 3 imported & 13 domestic (4 of whom do not yet have source of infection identified).

  2. 2.

    Mary G

    The OC is stalled with new cases in the 300s, but non-ICU hospitalizations continue to drop precipitously, and ICU occupancy lowering slowly. Good to see all the graphs going down.

    Good for Charlie Crist to call out DeSantis. What a wanker, even for a Republican.

  3. 3.

    NeenerNeener

    Monroe County, NY yesterday:

    New cases = 126. Reported deaths at 1108. Positivity at 2.2%
    213 in the hospital, 58 in the ICU
    40% hospital beds available, 37% ICU beds available.

    Usual weekend drop in new cases. The bad weather most of this week may have some effect on people going out to get tested, too.

    My niece at Dartmouth-Hitchcock had her 2nd dose yesterday. She reports headache, fever, teeth-chattering chills and assorted body aches which didn’t all disappear overnight. She still has the headache and fever, but she’s not taking anything for it in case that makes the shot less effective.

  5. 5.

    satby

    Logistics are all messed up in this country, and were before bad weather. IL to MN via TX and Memphis is because the freight carriers send shipments from one consolidation point to another, even if it adds hundreds of miles and several days to the trip. The post office does this now too so mail I send to Mishawaka, which shares a border with South Bend, now has to go sit in Indianapolis before being sent back to this area to the Mishawaka main PO and then delivered.

    I’m sure it was supposed to save pennies on each delivery, and I would bet it really costs much more.

  6. 6.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 numbers. Director-General of Health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 2,192 new cases today in his media statement, a third fewer than yesterday’s number, for a cumulative reported total of 285,761 cases. He also reports six new deaths today, for a cumulative total of 1,062 deaths — 0.37% of the cumulative reported total, 0.42% of resolved cases.

    There are currently 32,076 active and contagious cases; 199 are in ICU, 91 of them intubated. Meanwhile, 3,414 patients recovered and were discharged, for a cumulative total of 252,623 patients recovered – 88.4% of the cumulative reported total.

    Eight new clusters were reported today: Jalan Kota building site, Lombong Timah building site, and Jalan Putra market in Selangor; Sungai Batu building site in Kuala Lumpur; Industry Sungai Gadut in Negeri Sembilan; Hilir Sungai Kluang in Penang; and Sungai Bakong and Emperoh Jambu in Sarawak.

    Emperoh Jambu is a community cluster. The rest are all workplace clusters.

    2,189 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 910 cases: 408 in older clusters; seven in Jalan Kota building site, Lombong Timah building site, and Jalan Putra market clusters; 327 close-contact screenings; and 168 other screenings. Kuala Lumpur reports 301 local cases: 152 in older clusters, 25 in Sungai Batu building site cluster, 61 close-contact screenings, and 63 other screenings. Sarawak reports 221 cases: 19 in older clusters; 68 in Sungai Bakong and Emperoh Jambu clusters; 91 close-contact screenings; and 43 other screenings. Johor reports 210 local cases: 85 in existing clusters, 68 close-contact screenings, and 57 other screenings.

    Perak reports 148 cases: 102 in existing clusters, 20 close-contact screenings, and 26 other screenings. Penang reports 135 cases: 55 in older clusters, five in Hilir Sungai Kluang cluster, 36 close-contact screenings, and 39 other screenings. Sabah reports 110 cases: 52 in existing clusters, 40 close-contact screenings, and 18 other screenings.

    Negeri Sembilan reports 64 cases: six in older clusters, seven in Industri Sungai Gadut cluster, 20 close-contact screenings, and 31 other screenings. Kelantan reports 28 cases: 15 in existing clusters, nine close-contact screenings, and four other screenings. Kedah reports 26 cases: six in existing clusters, 10 close-contact screenings, and 10 other screenings. Melaka reports 14 cases: six in existing clusters, five close-contact screenings, and three other screenings.

    Pahang reports seven cases: five in existing clusters, one close-contact screening, and one other screening. Putrajaya also reports seven cases: three in existing clusters, three close-contact screenings, and one other screening. Terengganu reports four cases, all in existing clusters. And Perlis repots four cases: two close-contact screenings, and two other screenings.

    Labuan reports no new cases today.

    Three new cases today are imported: two in Kuala Lumpur, and one in Johor.

    The deaths reported today are a 25-year-old man in Pahang with a mediastinal tumour; a 50-year-old woman in Sabah with hypertension and lung cancer; a 59-year-old man in Sabah with mixed connective tissue disease; a 76-year-old woman in Selangor with hypertension, dyslipidaemia, stroke, and heart disease; an 84-year-old man in Selangor with diabetes, hypertension, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; and a 17-year-old non-Malaysian boy in Johor, DOA with no co-morbidities listed.

  7. 7.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @satby:The post office does this now too so mail I send to Mishawaka, which shares a border with South Bend, now has to go sit in Indianapolis before being sent back to this area to the Mishawaka main PO and then delivered.

    It’s always been done this way to one extent or another. I get my chicks from a hatchery in Lebanon MO, just 100 miles or so down the road from us. But they get shipped to STL first, then they come back to Sullivan. (Usually. 2 or 3 yrs ago they went to Union). It makes sense in that if a truck coming from Lebanon stopped at every town along the way to drop off one or 2 packages, it might take all day or more to get to STL instead of just 3 1/2 hrs. In STL it gets loaded on to various distribution trucks which then deliver hundreds, to thousands of items at each Post Office on their routes.

    The driving is not where the inefficiencies are, the stop and go of delivery is. For some specific locales it may actually be less efficient, but for the whole network it is far better.

  8. 8.

    MagdaInBlack

    I have a friend who works in daycare in a small LaSalle Co. IL town. She has an appointment for her first jab, and has to have: her letter from DCFS, a paystub, a gov’t issued ID and proof of insurance. Is all that paperwork normal? I’ve not seen anyone here mention the paper involved?

  9. 9.

    debbie

    @MagdaInBlack:

    I have to have my insurance card and proof I work in an eligible city. I am having trouble with figuring out what I need to provide to prove work. Turns out my ID doesn’t have my company name or address and I don’t have a printer to print out a paystub. I have a week to figure it out.

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    Amir Khalid

    @MagdaInBlack: ​In Malaysia the Government is promising that you don’t even have to be in the country legally to get the vaccine. Which means, I guess, they won’t be asking for any papers.

  16. 16.

    Robert Sneddon

    A study of vaccination effectiveness in Scotland is returning promising results in terms of reduced numbers of hospitalisations from COVID-19.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-56153600

    This study is based on mostly single injections of both the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines but it also covers a period when strict lockdown measures were being applied which would have pushed the basic numbers down anyway.​

    Sanity warning — don’t read the comments.

  21. 21.

    YY_Sima Qian

    I don’t know why any US MSM is affording former Trump administration officials the easy opportunities rewrite history, evade their own responsibilities in enabling the disaster, and rehabilitate their reputations. Yes, Pottinger might have been one of the few White House officials to take the COVID-19 pandemic seriously, but where was he a year ago? Why did he not resign in protest after Trump administration’s criminal negligence/dishonesty/corruption became clear in Apr. – May? Why did he not blow the whistle when Trump was telling the public that COVID-19 is just a flu and a CCP/Dem hoax, even though he knew from briefings that it is a dangerous disease (as he admitted to Bob Woodward)?

    As the NSC official responsible for China and East Asia, what was his view when John Bolton eliminated US CDC positions embedded in the Chinese CDC (that would have served as early warning and unofficial channels of communication), or the emerging disease surveillance programs that the US was conducting in collaboration with China in the country? What was his position when the Trump NSC forced the NIH to cancel funding to the NY based EcoAlliance’s long standing collaboration with the Wuhan Institute of Virology to study bat coronaviruses, to identify new pandemic threats, and would have been in position to support the work of finding the zoonotic origins of COVID-19 (as they did with the original SARS); a grant that had passed the renewal assessment by the NIH with flying colors less than a year before?

    The policy of no holds barred, unbounded confrontation with China that Pottinger enthusiastically promoted (along with Mike Pompeo) directly contributed to the destruction of any and all mutual trust between the two governments (both at policymaking and technocratic levels), a dramatic deterioration in relations from 2017 – 2019, and a total break down in relations throughout 2020. It would always have been challenging to pry information from the Chinese government, especially information that could be considered embarrassing to the CCP regime. It would have taken careful diplomacy, a delicate balance of public flattery, behind the scene cajoling and private threats. I am confident that Obama or Biden would have managed to at least some extent, Trump administration chose to go in a different direction. Why would the Chinese government share any information with the US (or even the WHO) if the US would simply turn around and use that information to beat the Chinese government over the head with? Why would any Chinese bureaucrat risk his career to share information with his US counterpart, if he has no confidence that such information would not be used as ammunition in a propaganda war against China?

    Recalling the public statements that Trump administrations officials (including Pottinger) were making during Jan. – Mar. 2020 with respect to the COVID-19 situation in China, I don’t remember any empathy or even cold objectivity. Instead, there were barely concealed glee and schadenfreude. In Mar. Wilbur Ross went on CNBC to gloat that the pandemic would accelerate economic decoupling from China and bring industry back to the US. Well, a year later, not many people in the US may recall that episode, but I can assure you analysts and commentators in China remember. The US trade deficit with China reached a new record in 2020, driven by surging demand for medical supplies and consumer electronics and interior furnishing in the US, as well as rapid industrial recovery in China.

    They spent most of their energy early on trying to frame the Wuhan outbreak and subsequent mass lock downs as the CCP regime’s Chernobyl moment, but neglected to protect the US homeland. Instead, the COVID-19 pandemic became the Trump administration’s Chernobyl, and by extension (fairly or not) that of the US system of government. All of the aspects of the US polity that were supposed to prevent or at least mitigate policy catastrophe: checks and balances across 3 co-equal branches of government, robust opposition party in control of half of the legislative branch, devolved powers to state and local governments, freedom of speech, free press, etc., failed to mitigate disaster. Biden and, if we are to be frank, his successors have a deep hole to climb out of.

  22. 22.

    Another Scott

    Germany planning on opening some schools and vaccinating some teachers (with AZ) even as infections increase. DW story on the arguments:

    Germany: Schools reopen for younger children amid rising COVID infections
    https://p.dw.com/p/3pgt3

    Good and bad, hopeful and worrying…

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  23. 23.

    Mary G

    @MagdaInBlack: My housemate has to bring a mass of paperwork to prove she is in healthcare. We both had to show ID with our address in the county. Not proof of insurance though, no one should be getting charged for these jabs as far as I understand. We also have to have the QR code on our phones showing the appointment or I had to do a printout due to my aged phone, so yes, it was quite a bit and they were strict about it.

  24. 24.

    Robert Sneddon

    @debbie:

     In Scotland vaccination appointments are dealt with by Public Health Scotland, a government agency that controls the Scottish NHS. In my case I received an appointment letter (in a distinctive blue envelope) which I took with me to the vaccination centre. I showed this at the door, it was checked further in and then I presented this letter at the reception desk where my details were entered into the data recording system. There was a further verbal check of my name before the vaccine was administered since, I understand, they had to log my name and details against the batch number of the vaccine I was injected with in case of a need to track this later.

    Insurance? What’s that?

  25. 25.

    Sloane Ranger

    @Robert Sneddon: It was comforting to read this. I don’t know if you were here yesterday, but there were some people slagging off the AstraZeneca vaccine and saying they would wait for a Pfizer one so it’s interesting to see that the AZ one actually reduces hospital admissions more than the Pfizer does.

    Also, yes, I always feel a little frisson of shadenfreude when I read about Americans struggles with insurance. Then of course, I feel ashamed of myself. Nobody should feel they have to put of treatment because they can’t afford it or, as an alternative, face bankruptcy.

  26. 26.

    The Moar You Know

    I can remember upping my estimates from 50,000 to 250,000 around last April and wondering whether I was being too pessimistic.

    We ain’t done yet.  I stand by my original numbers: 2-5 million by the time we have a vaccine for all age groups.

    And we should count ourselves lucky if it’s really that low.

  27. 27.

    JAFD

    @MagdaInBlack: I registered for an appointment online, got an email “Please print this email and present it with a form of identification upon your visit.”  That’s it
    Upper left arm be irritated, not sore if I don’t bang it into anything.
    Is cold damp day here, “takes the starch outa you”. Am going to take another nap.

  28. 28.

    Robert Sneddon

    @Sloane Ranger: It’s entirely possible the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines are better than the Oxford/AstraZeneca modified adenovirus vaccine but it’s a question of how much rather than yes/no. We won’t know definitively until long after the pandemic has ebbed.

     

    One thing about this particular pandemic, it is being recorded real-time almost to the point of absurdity and the resulting data mountains will be tortured until they confess for decades to come. Thousands of future PhDs will owe their vivas to this dreadful disease, its effects and treatment.

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