Biden kicks off his first press conference by announcing his administration has set a goal of administering 200 million shots by his 100th day in officehttps://t.co/G4Mpwq7m4j
— Grace Segers (@Grace_Segers) March 25, 2021
https://t.co/Pt6UyqtFz0 pic.twitter.com/lcG8xSQEs7
— Jim Swift (@JimSwiftDC) March 25, 2021
Vaccinators have already blown past 100 million Covid shots, now Biden has a new goal: 200 million shots in 100 days. With the U.S. averaging 2.5M doses a day, the nation is on track to meet the new goal https://t.co/nPwWutV2L8
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) March 25, 2021
"No shit, Sherlock." – The families of the 500,000 Americans who died as a result of this negligence/incompetence/malevolence. https://t.co/Km3yiYKxFU
— Daily Trix (@DailyTrix) March 26, 2021
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More than 60 international agencies are calling for immediate financing to put gains for developing countries back on track after the COVID-19 pandemic. https://t.co/TtptHUEWMI
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 26, 2021
India plans to widen vaccination campaign as infections surge https://t.co/FC3JtE0gly pic.twitter.com/mQxhc6NSym
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 26, 2021
India cuts back on vaccine exports as infections surge at home. The country is major supplier of AstraZeneca vaccine, but now is restricting exports. The impact is beginning to be felt worldwide, particularly in poorer countries https://t.co/tq4eHcwt8r
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) March 25, 2021
Why has India – one of the largest producers of Covid vaccines – halted all exports of AstraZeneca? https://t.co/swFYDVlm8q
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 25, 2021
South Korea extends coronavirus distancing curbs as daily case count hits month high https://t.co/aWUoseCXBV pic.twitter.com/BNuQpiQFk0
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 26, 2021
European Union leaders voiced frustration over a massive shortfall in contracted deliveries of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines as a third wave of infections surged across Europe https://t.co/2xG3MuigRx pic.twitter.com/xskan6eRcx
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 26, 2021
Why has the EU vaccine rollout been delayed?https://t.co/5n6qITHWzp
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 25, 2021
Britain extends its emergency coronavirus rules for six more months, enabling the government to keep its enormous powers to restrict travel and shut down businesses. https://t.co/KmH7V1xrL9
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) March 25, 2021
Will Covid vaccines protect us from a third wave? https://t.co/tajiN8kqKI
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 26, 2021
The decline of COVID in Israel.
This chart is indexed to the peak of cases and shows the relative decline by age group since then.
For some time there was a slight temporary rise among younger people (who get vaccinated last).
But recently cases declined for all age groups. pic.twitter.com/XLoYqbYm6O
— Our World in Data (@OurWorldInData) March 24, 2021
Australia reports first locally acquired COVID-19 case in a week https://t.co/Z8s8dcB6J4 pic.twitter.com/FD4iuhATca
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 26, 2021
Papua New Guinea had zero Covid cases for months. Now it’s overwhelmed. The crisis in is a reminder that the virus will keep wreaking havoc until the whole world is vaccinated https://t.co/adCfbJH5Jv
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) March 25, 2021
Struggling to secure vaccines for its 7 million people, Paraguay says it has been offered Chinese vaccines by individuals whose connections to Beijing are unclear — in exchange for breaking diplomatic ties with Taiwan https://t.co/kS0BgS2m9U
— Chris Horton 何貴森 (@heguisen) March 24, 2021
In Venezuela, it's challenging to find a bed at a public hospital because of a spike in coronavirus cases. And millions are priced out of private facilities. So, a growing number of people with the coronavirus are choosing to be cared for at their homes. https://t.co/ndZXBSIF7K
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 25, 2021
Brazil hits record 100,000 coronavirus cases in a day, piling pressure on Bolsonaro https://t.co/HjEOtct6gu pic.twitter.com/4KzsQuQ5n8
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 26, 2021
Moderna delays shipment of about 600,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Canada https://t.co/AdsFQKJyoD pic.twitter.com/gEbzxwGyTb
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 26, 2021
Rapid COVID-19 tests work as well as quarantine for travel – research https://t.co/LO95tBInlA pic.twitter.com/e7YhWdNGHB
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 25, 2021
A holiday with a serious purpose ?️
Dutch travel firm will take nearly 200 people for an eight-day holiday in Greece to see if tourism is feasible during the pandemic https://t.co/f8z1bHZ4xR
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 25, 2021
Cruise industry pressures CDC for green light to sail by July, calling ban "outdated" https://t.co/V7mbH36gym
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 24, 2021
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Pfizer and BioNTech are starting a trial to test their vaccine in children from six months old and up. @matthewherper reports. https://t.co/zv9EFIRRq7
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) March 25, 2021
Are painkillers OK before or after a COVID-19 vaccine? Don’t take them before to try and prevent symptoms, but if your doctor agrees, you can use them afterward. https://t.co/i6MZDNHdy6
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 25, 2021
Now the mouth: An internat'l team reports SARSCoV2 infects the mouth's cells. While it's well known the upper airways & lungs are key sites, the mouth plays a role transmitting SARS2 to the lungs & digestive system via saliva & to the environment in speech https://t.co/k5G2HpDqQ4 pic.twitter.com/QsN8WtgEVI
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) March 25, 2021
There are many good reasons to use inhaled vaccines, starting with the fact that the nose is the primary portal of entry for #SARSCoV2 getting into the human body, and viruses colonize the nasal cells, from which they are expelled on breathing to #COVID19 infect other people. https://t.co/j9xBTfQumi
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) March 25, 2021
Russia’s second coronavirus vaccine triggers antibodies in all recipients, according to early-trial study results published after Phase 3 trial participants claimed that it does not produce an immune response https://t.co/0MahN53U0i
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) March 26, 2021
People gave up on pandemic flu measures a century ago when they got tired of masks & quarantines. Those who did so paid a price https://t.co/16WVWwAxLJ via @medical_xpress
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) March 25, 2021
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Analysis: Is the partisan divide on getting the vaccine starting to show in state numbers? https://t.co/4ORmEjSHlA
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 25, 2021
Here's a picture of the new wave in Michigan.
About 25.1% of the Michigan population has been given at least one vaccine dose — almost identical to the U.S. as a whole.
So, 25% of population is not nearly enough to quash a wave. We need more. pic.twitter.com/PjBN0nV4Qg
— Noah Smith ?? (@Noahpinion) March 25, 2021
NEW: Chicago hospital exec resigns after reportedly giving early covid-19 vaccines to employees of his watch dealer, a ridiculous steakhouse he liked, and his condo building (Trump Chicago).https://t.co/kj9WCIYnVh
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) March 25, 2021
Seriously, look at this. This is a real menu for a real restaurant, where a Chicago hospital exec reportedly gave out early vaccines to the staff.
There’s a prix-fixe dinner where you say “I don’t give a fuck!” and then pay $200. pic.twitter.com/ddY88AGnUK
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) March 25, 2021
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY stats:
New cases = 174
Now at 1200 deaths, up from 1194
They don’t report hospitalizations anymore, but people are still dying from this. How the hell did TFG survive it?
1.9% positivity
31.4% vaccinated with at least 1 dose
115,028 people fully vaccinated, 233,012 people with at least 1 dose
Auntie Anne
After a week of utter frustration trying to get an appointment from a pharmacy, Delaware opened up its state waiting list on Tuesday. Last night, my sister and I got appointments for our first Moderna shots on Sunday! I am so relieved and happy.
Cermet
So after all the whining by the media for a news confernence by the President, there where zero questions asked about Covid – zero! Over half a million deaths (at least two hundred of thousands were needless thanks to the orange fart cloud indifference) and the press ignore’s this to ask if President Biden would run again in almost four years (not even 100 days into his first term!) Then these losers decide it was critical to say that the orange monster was already preparing to run – just sick!
On a bright note, my last family member is getting vaccinated today (she is a healthcare worker)!
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 numbers. Director-General of Heath Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 1,275 new cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 339,443 cases. He also reports one new death today, for a cumulative total of 1,249 deaths — 0.37% of the cumulative reported total, 0.38% of resolved cases.
There are currently 14,269 active and contagious cases; 161 are in ICU, 70 of them intubated. Meanwhile, 1,509 patients recovered and were discharged, for a cumulative total of 323,925 patients recovered – 95.43% of the cumulative reported total.
13 new clusters were reported today: Taman Brick, Jalan Gemilang Sukan, and Jalan Sungai Chat in Johor; Sungai Emas building site and Jalan Atmosphere building site in Selangor; Persiaran Cassia Selatan and Lebuhraya Kampung Jawa in Penang; Sawit Sebrang and Kolam Lintas in Sabah; Paya Bemban and Pengkalan Nangka Tumpat in Kelantan; and Lorong Desa Senadin and Batu Gong in Sarawak.
Pengkalan Nangka Tumpat and Batu Gong are community clusters. The rest are workplace clusters.
1,243 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 464 local cases: 101 in older clusters, 27 in Sungai Emas building site and Jalan Atmosphere building site clusters, 261 close-contact screenings, and 75 other screenings. Sarawak reports 208 local cases: 20 in older clusters, 21 in Lorong Desa Senadin and Batu Gong clusters, 127 close-contact screenings, and 40 other screenings.
Penang reports 137 cases: six in older clusters, 45 in Persiaran Cassia Selatan and Lebuhraya Kampung Jawa clusters, 49 close-contact screenings, and 37 other screenings. Johor reports 120 cases: 33 in older clusters; 27 in Taman Brick, Jalan Gemilang Sukan, and Jalan Sungai Chat clusters; 41 close-contact screenings; and 19 other screenings.
Kelantan reports 86 cases: 30 in older clusters, six in Paya Bemban and Pengkalan Nangka Tumpat clusters, 40 close-contact screenings, and 10 other screenings. Kuala Lumpur reports 73 local cases: 18 in existing clusters, 34 close-contact screenings, and 21 other screenings. Sabah reports 51 cases: one in an older cluster, 14 in Kolam Lintas and Sawit Sebrang clusters, 28 close-contact screenings, and eight other screenings. Perak reports 28 cases: 11 in older clusters, three in Persiaran Cassia Selatan cluster, four close-contact screenings, and 10 other screenings. Kedah reports 27 cases: 10 in existing clusters, 12 close-contact screenings, and five other screenings.
Melaka reports 19 cases: 16 in existing clusters, one close-contact screening, and two other screenings. Negeri Sembilan reports 12 cases: four in existing clusters, six close-contact screenings, and two other screenings.
Pahang reports six cases: three in existing clusters, one close-contact screening, and two other screenings. Labuan reports five cases: one in an existing cluster, three close-contact screenings, and one other screening. Terengganu reports three cases: one in an existing cluster, one close-contact screening, and one other screening. Putrajaya reports two cases, both in existing clusters. And Perlis also reports two cases, both found in other screening.
32 new cases today are imported: 14 in Selangor, 13 in Kuala Lumpur, and five in Sarawak.
The death reported today is a 74-year-old man in Selangor with diabetes, hypertension, stroke, dyslipidaemia, and chronic kidney disease.
Martin
Orange County fell below 100 new cases today. We peaked out at around 3500 a day about 3 weeks after xmas. 455K are fully vaccinated, 380K have one dose awaiting a second. That was as of last Thurs. Probably adding 75K between those numbers in the last week.
OzarkHillbilly
@Cermet: You know how vampires can’t be seen in a mirror? The press is kind of like that in that they can’t reflect non-controversies.
YY_Sima Qian
On 3/25 China reported 0 new domestic confirmed & 1 new domestic asymptomatic cases.
Nanchang in Jiangxi Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, a close contact of an imported confirmed case. The imported case had arrived at Nanjing in Jiangsu Province (from Zimbabwe) on 3/1, passed through the 2 weeks of quarantine and had tested negative. The case then took a train home to Jiujiang in Jiangxi Province on 3/15, tested positive and was diagnosed as asymptomatic on 3/16, and diagnosed as confirmed on 3/20. The new domestic asymptomatic case was traced as a close contact, having shared the same train compartment as the imported case, and has been under medical quarantine since 3/17.
Imported Cases
On 3/25 China reported 11 new imported confirmed cases, 30 imported asymptomatic cases, 1 imported suspect case:
Overall in China, 13 confirmed cases recovered, 12 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation & none were reclassified as confirmed cases, and 357 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 163 active confirmed cases in the country (161 imported), none in critical/serious condition, 251 asymptomatic cases (250 imported), 4 suspect cases (all imported). 3,682 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
On 3/26 Hong Kong reported 11 new cases, 8 imported & 3 domestic (1 of whom does not have source of infection identified).
MagdaInBlack
I did not think I could be more disgusted and angry, but TFG admitting he did the opposite of what Fauci recommended, has really set me off this morning.
Amir Khalid
@MagdaInBlack:
The Former Guy was sick with jealousy over the attention that Dr Fauci’s media appearances got, when that was just Fauci doing his job. He hated that Dr Fauci had become a celebrity. He resented the hell out of Fauci’s credibility with the public, while he was being mocked for spouting nonsense. So of course he took it out on Fauci. And of course he didn’t care that he was doing the country great harm to spite a public servant for doing their job.
Me, I think that when America is finally past this pandemic, Biden should give Dr Fauci a second Medal of Freedom.
Scout211
Newsom announced yesterday that California is getting a big increase in doses per week in April. So on April 1, anyone 50 and over will be eligible to get an appointment for the vaccine and then on April 15, anyone 16 and over will be eligible.
Cheryl from Maryland
Maryland is finally getting it right. I’m still appalled that more vaccine is going to pharmacies, etc. which don’t have a waiting list and require multiple daily checks, but the state run mass sites now have a waiting list and will have more sites starting April 5th. I get my first shot at a mass site this Monday – preregistered Friday, had ranked choice for sites, was eligible Tuesday, got a text with an appointment Wednesday. That’s how you do it! Now we are scheming to see how to help my godson get a vaccine this summer when he visits us – he’s an American Citizen, his family lives in Germany, but he will be going to college this fall in Korea and thus needs to be vaccinated. As we know from A.L.’s impressive posts, Germany is slow off the mark.
Sloane Ranger
On Thursday, the UK had 6397 new cases. This is an increase of about 800 from Wednesday but the rolling 7-day average remains down by 2%. New cases by nation,
England – 5286 (up @700)
Northern Ireland – 183 (up @40)
Scotland – 701 (up 9)
Wales – 227 (up @60).
Deaths – Yesterday, there were 63 deaths within 28 days of a positive test. This is a decrease of 31.4% in the rolling 7-day average. New deaths by nation, England – 49, Northern Ireland – 0, Scotland – 10 and Wales – 4.
Testing – On Wednesday, 1,813,842 tests were conducted. This is a decrease of 4.1% in the rolling 7-day average.
Hospitalisations – There were 5122 people in hospital on Tuesday, 23 March and 683 on ventilators on Wednesday, 24th. The rolling 7-day average for hospital admissions is down by 19.8%.
Vaccinations – As of 24 March, a total of 28,991,188 people had received the 1st shot of a vaccine and 2,775,481 had received both shots. On this date, 55% of adults in the UK had received 1 shot and 5.3% had received both.
mrmoshpotato
Inches from flatly admitting “I just let a half million people die.” Wow.
laura
@mrmoshpotato: and another half inch away from saying that he wanted those who didnt support him to die.
For whoever posted the WXQR link to music of comfort – it is sublime and soothing. Just so fine a way to start the day.
mrmoshpotato
All of this!
Woo hoo!
J R in WV
@mrmoshpotato:
I saw an article where an economist computed that Trump caused 400,000 extra deaths that were unnecessary by not implementing the pandemic rule book created during Obama’s administration.
So we probably can’t blame Trump for all 550,000 deaths so far, just 75%+ of them… sounds like mass murder to me, but IANAL!
I can’t believe anyone still pays any attention to Trump at all, though.
StringOnAStick
It hit me that Joe’s “I don’t know if there will be a Republican party in 4 years” comment has the nicest, least controversial way to say “seditious, anti-American, Putin-owned, greedy pricks who care nothing for our citizens”, but maybe that’s just me.
Oklahomo
In our local paper on Wednesday was an article about the Cherokee Nation opening up vaccinations to anyone who wanted one. I called yesterday 3/25 and was at the clinic at 8:00 this morning, got the Pfizer 1st dose about 15 minutes later, was observed for 15 minutes, and went on the the office. Didn’t feel the shot, no side-effects so far, but I don’t care about that. Go back in 3 weeks for shot #2.
PaulWartenberg
I tweeted after I got my first shot of Moderna that I had a slight metallic taste on my tongue.
NBC News saw the tweeted and interviewed me for a quote. It’s not much, but the article is interesting for its focus on how booster shots can sometimes have that aftertaste.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/mouthful-nickels-some-say-they-taste-metal-after-covid-19-n1261944
misterpuff
The COO at that Chicago hospital resigned but the CEO, who has been feted by the black community, also distrbuted vaccine to members of his suburban church, not the targeted neighborhoods in the city around his hospital.
Has he resigned yet?