Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Republican speaker of the house Mike Johnson is the bland and smiling face of evil.

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier for them to cheat.

The media handbook says “controversial” is the most negative description that can be used for a Republican.

“But what about the lurkers?”

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

The lights are all blinking red.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

I would try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

Live so that if you miss a day of work people aren’t hoping you’re dead.

Bark louder, little dog.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

Baby steps, because the Republican Party is full of angry babies.

This country desperately needs a functioning fourth estate.

You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.

Hi god, it’s us. Thanks a heap, you’re having a great week and it’s only Thursday!

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

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

Nothing worth doing is easy.

This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.

We still have time to mess this up!

You cannot shame the shameless.

GOP baffled that ‘we don’t care if you die’ is not a winning slogan.

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COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Monday / Tuesday, March 29-30

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  1. 1.

    sab

    Ohio here. Getting an appointment is still a challenge. Married into a big closeknit familly, so everyone banging away on the internet is getting us signed up. What do normal people do?

    My dad’s nursing home aide could have been first in line but she was wary. Now she can’t get an appointment anywhere. She isn’t tech savvy. I might suck her into the family typing pool this week. Spouse wants grandkids first but wtf she is in her fifties and taking care of my dad in a nursing home through the whole pandemic.

  2. 2.

    YY_Sima Qian

    On 3/29 China reported 0 new domestic confirmed & 0 new domestic asymptomatic cases.

    Imported Cases

    On 3/29 China reported 8 new imported confirmed cases, 6 imported asymptomatic cases:

    • Shanghai Municipality – 3 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from the DRC (via Addis Abba), France & Russia 
    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 2 confirmed cases, a Chinese national returning from the Ukraine (via Amsterdam Schiphol), & a foreign national coming from Kenya; 2 asymptomatic cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Chad (via Cairo) & the US
    • Foshan in Guangdong Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Cameroon, off a flight that landed at Guangzhou
    • Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 3 confirmed cases (all previously asymptomatic), 1 Chinese national returning from Egypt, Uganda (via Cairo) & Nigeria (via Cairo)
    • Qingdao in Shandong Province – 1 asymptomatic case, an Indonesian crew member off a cargo ship, last port of call in Indonesia
    • Fuzhou in Fujian Province – 2 asymptomatic cases, both Chinese nationals returning from Japan

     

    Overall in China, 7 confirmed cases recovered, 13 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation & 3 were reclassified as confirmed cases, and 199 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 173 active confirmed cases in the country (170 imported), 1 in critical/serious condition (imported), 263 asymptomatic cases (all imported), 2 suspect cases (all imported). 4,894 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.

    As of 3/29, 110.962M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 4.349M doses in the past 24 hrs.

    On 3/30, Hong Kong reported 7 new cases, 6 imported & 1 domestic (source of infection identified).

  3. 3.

    David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch

    Biden is doing such a great job that in no time the public will feel it’s safe to vote for republicans

  5. 5.

    NeenerNeener

    Monroe County, NY stats:

    131 new cases, 2,361 active cases in isolation

    2.1% test positivity – 3 weeks ago we were around 1.5%

    Now at 1203 deaths, up from 1200

    33.2% vaccinated with at least 1 dose

    136, 897 completed vaccinations

    246,425 vaccinated with at least 1 dose

  6. 6.

    David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch

    @Baud: ​
      It’s like when a young soldier or sailor gets cured of VD and is ecstatic because now he can return to his favorite brothel.

  7. 7.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 numbers. Director-General of Heath Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 1,133 new cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 344,018 cases. He also reports five new deaths today, for a cumulative total of 1,265 deaths — 0.37% of the cumulative reported total, 0.38% of resolved cases.

    There are currently 14,199 active and contagious cases; 161 are in ICU, 76 of them intubated. Meanwhile, 1,148 patients recovered and were discharged, for a cumulative total of 328,554 patients recovered – 95.50% of the cumulative reported total.

    Nine new clusters were reported today: Jalan Pinang Raja, Jalan SC Satu, and Jalan Western in Selangor; Jalan Sulaiman in Kuala Lumpur; Batu Enam Setengah in Negeri Sembilan; Fasa Dua Semarak and Ranggu in Sabah; and Jalan Merak and Kota Kemajuan in Johor.

    Fasa Dua Semarak, Ranggu, and Jalan Merak are community clusters. Kota Kemajuan is a high-risk group cluster. The rest are workplace clusters.

    1,125 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 399 local cases: 136 in older clusters; 15 in Jalan Pinang Raja, Jalan SC Satu, and Jalan Western clusters; 204 close-contact screenings; and 44 other screenings.

    Penang reports 194 cases: 36 in existing clusters, 56 close-contact screenings, and 102 other screenings. Sarawak reports 152 local cases: 25 in existing clusters, 79 close-contact screenings, and 48 other screenings.

    Johor reports 96 local cases: 27 in older clusters, four in Jalan Merak and Kota Kemajuan clusters, 42 close-contact screenings, and 22 other screenings. Kuala Lumpur reports 49 local cases: nine in older clusters, two in Jalan Sulaiman cluster, 13 close-contact screenings, and 25 other screenings. Kelantan reports 44 cases: 19 in existing clusters, 16 close-contact screenings, and nine other screenings. Perak also reports 44 cases: 24 in existing clusters, 16 close-contact screenings, and four other screenings. Sabah reports 41 cases: six in older clusters, 12 in Fasa Dua Semarak and Ranggu clusters, 13 close-contact screenings, and 10 other screenings. Kedah also reports 41 cases: six in existing clusters, 16 close-contact screenings, and 19 other screenings.

    Negeri Sembilan reports 39 cases two in older clusters, and 37 in Batu Enam Setengah cluster.

    Pahang reports 16 cases: eight in existing clusters, six close-contact screenings, and two other screenings.

    Melaka reports six cases: two in existing clusters, and four other screenings. Trengganu reports two cases, both close-contact screenings. Labuan reports one case, found in other screening. Putrajaya also reports one case, found in other screening. And Perlis reports one case, found in other screening.

    Eight new cases today are imported: four in Kuala Lumpur, two in Selangor, one in Johor, and one in Sarawak.

    The deaths reported today are an 83-year-old man in Kuala Lumpur with hypertension, heart disease, dyslipidaemia, and gout; an 88-year-old man in Kuala Lumpur with diabetes, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease; a 66-year-old man in Sarawak with diabetes and hypertension; a 68-year-old man in Selangor with diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, dyslipidaemia, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; and a 34-year-old man in Sarawak with hypertension.

  11. 11.

    mrmoshpotato

    @sab: I hope you all can get appointments soon.

    It took me weeks of checking Walgreens site here in Chicago before appointments were available and not full by the time I got to the scheduling screen.

  12. 12.

    Mary G

    OC new cases up slightly from <100 to 150 or more. Guess the next week or two will tell. CA cases overall down 7% for the week, and on the WaPo page I follow we are tied with Arkansas for the lowest state. Hospitalizations still low and going down steadily. Haven’t heard much about variants – has been hard to find info on the two homegrown ones or if the serious ones from the UK, So. Africa, or Brazil are here or not. Latest vaccine data is from 3/20 because there are technical issues with the reporting. Ugh.

  13. 13.

    Betty Cracker

    Getting my first shot today (Team Moderna!) at the same place my husband got his first shot a few weeks ago. You don’t even have to get out of the car, he tells me. You just drive up into a beach tent thingie when it’s your turn, and bam, they give you a shot and tell you to park in a designated area for 15 minutes. During that time, if you start to feel weird, you’re supposed to honk your horn for help!

  14. 14.

    Mary G

    @sab: @rikyrah: Count me in with rikyrah. Someone working in that kind of environment can be a huge vector. Patients turn over a lot and older people whose health has been deteriorating are very likely to have been able to get a shot. She’s also probably embarrassed she listens to the disinfo and it’s very kind of you to help her get past that

    ETA: @Betty Cracker: Hurray! Team Moderna! Captain Dolly Parton!

  17. 17.

    Joey Maloney

    The 0-case day in Israel is an error. From the Israeli Ministry of Health’s own COVID dashboard, the correct number was 229. That day was also the start of Passover, following a Shabbat, so it was most likely a reporting delay.

    In any case it’s especially important to look at the 7-day moving average in Israel because there is a regular cyclical weekly fluctuation.

    All that said, we’re definitely heading in the right direction. If we can avoid a surge due to Passover we’ll be very nearly golden.

  20. 20.

    PST

    @sab: I was in Toledo over the weekend for Passover. Several relatives who live in Michigan said they had been vaccinated in Ohio recently because it was easier to get appointments there and no one checked residency. I wonder if the easiest places are the ones with the highest proportion of COVID-19 deniers and anti-vaxxers. Judging by the face mask count, Toledo has plenty.

  21. 21.

    Mary G

    Never has “directly into my veins” been so literal an expression of joy.— claire howorth (@clairehoworth) March 29, 2021

    And yes, I know it’s an intermuscular shot.

  22. 22.

    Geo Wilcox

    @Betty Cracker: That’s how they do it in our small town in rural Indiana. Works like a well oiled machine. No delays, no going into a building, just drive up, get your shot, sit for 15 minutes and go home. I go for my second shot this morning. Cannot wait!

  24. 24.

    Sloane Ranger

    Monday in the UK we had 4654 new cases but this number will still be affected by the weekend reporting delay. This is an increase from Sunday of about 800. After rising for several days, the rolling 7-day average is showing a decline for the 2nd day running. It is now down by 4.2%. We will have to see if this continues when the reports delayed during the weekend start coming in. The R number is now between 0.7 – 0.9 as of 26 March. New cases by nation,

    England – 4112 (up @950)

    Northern Ireland – 65 (down @50)

    Scotland – 352 (down @70)

    Wales – 125 (down 46).

    Deaths – There were 23 deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday. This is a decrease of 25.3% in the rolling 7-day average. Deaths by nation, England – 22, Wales – 1 and none in either Scotland and Northern Ireland.

    Testing – 1,641,942 tests were conducted on Sunday, 28 March. This is a decrease in the rolling 7-day average of 14.1%. The estimated testing capacity by labs as of Thursday, 25 March, is 782,830, which may help explain the story AL posted above.

    Hospitalisations – Doesn’t seem to have been updated.

    Vaccinations – As of 28 March a total of 30,444,829 people had received the 1st shot of a vaccine and 3,674,266 had received both shots. This means that 57.8% of adults had received 1 shot of a vaccine and 7% have had both.

  25. 25.

    Mousebumples

    @Baud: @Betty Cracker:

    I’m getting dose 2 Moderna this morning. ??? I wasn’t super emotional after the first shot, but I’m getting teary just thinking about what this means, so I’m likely to be a blubbering mess… On top of whatever side effects I have.

    So thankful that Dolly and Moderna kept working 9 to 5… ?

  26. 26.

    lowtechcyclist

    Three weeks ago, when Gov. Hogan announced that he was lifting almost all restrictions in Maryland other than the mask mandate (including indoor restaurants, bars, and gyms at 100% capacity), we were averaging ~750 new cases a day.  Now the 7-day moving average is just shy of 1200.

    At least I’ve had both my shots.  My wife, who’s a mere child of 56, isn’t eligible for another 2 weeks.  Hoping she can get the J&J, one-and-done, so we can resume a more normal life as soon as possible.

  27. 27.

    Scout211

    Yesterday, when I helped my husband check-in for his second eye surgery, (he wasn’t wearing his hearing aids, so they let me in the door as his hearing person) I mentioned that he had both of his Covid vaccinations. She asked if we brought his CDC shot card with us so they could scan it into his file.  That surprised me. I was not aware that our shot records would be part of all our medical files but I guess it makes sense. We actually got our shots at our family practice medical clinic so our shots are in our file there.  But i was not aware that other medical offices would as for them.

    Has this happened to anyone else? Should we bring the cards with us for all of our doctors visits? Dentists? Physical therapists? Etc.?

  28. 28.

    Cheryl from Maryland

    @lowtechcyclist: Hogan has been showing his true GOP colors for a while.  Not to mention that shitshow Redfield acting as an informal advisor and blathering about COVID being released from a lab in China, in his opinion.  I had my first Pfizer shot yesterday at Six Flags; they must have used every orange cone in the state for that slalom course.  Took me over an hour – I’ve heard it took over three hours for some people.  Ravens Stadium where my spouse got his shot was great – in and out in 1/2 hour including free parking.  Hogan waited too long approving vaccination sites for MoCo and the west side of Maryland.

  29. 29.

    mrmoshpotato

    @Scout211: 

    Should we bring the cards with us for all of our doctors visits? Dentists? Physical therapists? Etc.?

    Call and ask. (Even if your dentist calls you this afternoon and says, “Surprise! Teeth cleaning this afternoon! Get in here!”) ?

  30. 30.

    Unique uid

    @Mary G: OC new cases up slightly from <100 to 150 or more

    I looked up OC population, about 1/3 of Michigan. So that would equate to about 500 daily cases here. I wish! Things seemed to be going well about 2 weeks back, a few days of cases around 1000, then it shot up. In the 4000 to 5000 range now.

    Most of my closest people got vaccine last week. I was in Ensemble2 trial and received a shot 2/25. Found out last week it was placebo. They are supposed to give me the real stuff in the next two weeks.

    I looked around for something sooner, but only RiteAid has open slots. They claim to to use Federal rules for eligibility, which I don’t qualify. All the places using Michigan guidelines are full. We open up to everyone April 1, I think.

    Considered buying a pack of cigarettes and becoming a smoker, but will try to be patient.

  31. 31.

    Matt McIrvin

    @Geo Wilcox: My Massachusetts town is running a vaccination clinic and my mother-in-law is volunteering there. She says it’s running really smoothly, though we’ll see how well that situation persists when they open it up to everyone over 16–the relatively slowly staged Mass. rollout may have the advantage of creating less chaos at this point. Anyway, I’m signed up for notifications from there so I can go in when the time comes.

  33. 33.

    Gvg

    @Scout211: I don’t know about it being requested, but I volunteered my info recently. My main medical providers are a part of the same system and use an online portal for various things like test results and appointment reminders. There is a function for non urgent medical questions I had never used before, but I chose to tell them I had managed to get Pfizer #1. The nurse who must be the minder responded that they had put it in my record. I will add my #2 shot card when I get it. I think it’s relevant to my health record. I have a few specialists outside that network, so they will have to be told in person I guess. I do need new glasses. I have been putting off going in.

  34. 34.

    lowtechcyclist

    @Cheryl from Maryland:

    @lowtechcyclist: Hogan has been showing his true GOP colors for a while.

    All too true.

    Not to mention that shitshow Redfield acting as an informal advisor and blathering about COVID being released from a lab in China, in his opinion.

    I just don’t get why anyone on the right says this sort of thing.  If this were true and Covid-19 really was in effect an attack by China, then what’s it say about how Trump defended us against this attack?  He threw the door wide open, and actively interfered with the states that were trying to defend themselves.  He’d be a traitor yet again.

    I had my first Pfizer shot yesterday at Six Flags; they must have used every orange cone in the state for that slalom course.  Took me over an hour – I’ve heard it took over three hours for some people.  Ravens Stadium where my spouse got his shot was great – in and out in 1/2 hour including free parking.  Hogan waited too long approving vaccination sites for MoCo and the west side of Maryland.

    I was lucky, I was able to snag an appointment at the CVS in Dunkirk which is <20 minutes from my house.  And each time, I was in and out of there in 25-30 minutes, including the 15-minute wait afterwards.

  36. 36.

    J R in WV

    Wife has a dental appointment tomorrow, I’ll remind her to show them her shot card! Thanks for the suggestion!

  38. 38.

    tokyokie

    @Scout211: As a nursing student, I frequently have to provide proof of my vaccination status (which mostly consists of antibody titers because I had the common childhood diseases back in the day), and I’ve found that keeping an updated version of my vaccinations with my primary care physician to be the best way of doing so. In fact, on today’s to-do list, I’ll be copying the CDC card I got for my Covid shots and uploading it to her office. If I attempt to keep all that documentation myself, I invariably forget which of the folders in the vicinity of the file cabinet it is in.

  40. 40.

    JustRuss

    Brazil’s excess-death figure of 22% looks about right.  Friend of a friend runs a funeral home in a  Washington county that got hit pretty hard, she says their business is up about 19%.  Normal fluctuations are less than one percent annually.  But her own sister thinks Covid’s a hoax….I can’t even with these people.

  41. 41.

    thruppence

    Just got my second Pfizer shot. Had no reaction to the first; we’ll see what happens with the second. Yay

  44. 44.

    JaneE

    Considering the alternative, a surplus of vaccine is far better than a shortage.  We “loaned” vaccine doses to Canada and Mexico for the vaccine we had that was not yet approved here.  When (if) we get to the point where everyone who wants a vaccine has one and there are doses left over, it seems like a no brainer to donate them to other countries.  I would hesitate to give it away while people here still can’t get scheduled for lack of supply, but if we are waiting for approvals or can’t get the shots into arms any faster, why not let over and above doses be used?  You don’t have to empty the shelves, but a rich country or rich people hoarding well beyond their needs is a bit unseemly.

  45. 45.

    Chris T.

    @Mary G: And yes, I know it’s an intermuscular shot.

    Intra, not inter: from Latin for “within”. Intermuscular would be “between muscles”.

    Side note: ever notice how when you go to the doctor, the diagnosis is just a translation into Latin and/or Greek?  “Doctor, I have this itchy red irritation on my skin.” “You have dermatitis.” “That’s what I just said! Itchy red irritation on skin!” “Yep, that will be $200 please.”

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