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Republicans don’t trust women.

with the Kraken taking a plea, the Cheese stands alone.

American History and Black History can not be separated.

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

Republicans in disarray!

If marriage is the equivalent of selling yourself into slavery, women with self respect should reject the offer.

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  1. 1.

    NeenerNeener

    Monroe County, NY stats:

    196 new cases
    4306 active cases
    1244 deaths, up from 1226. That’s a big jump.

    2.8% test positivity
    207 people hospitalized, 48 people in the ICU

    48.4% with at least 1 vaccination

    36.01% totally vaccinated

    The vaccination rate is slowing down a lot.

  2. 2.

    NotMax

    FYI.
    1)

    Senate Majority Leader Kalani English announced Tuesday that he is experiencing “long-haul” COVID symptoms and will retire May 1 to focus on his health.

    English said he contracted COVID in November while traveling outside of the islands. Source

    2)

    A child who was visiting Oahu from the mainland has died after contracting COVID-19, becoming the state’s first pediatric fatality from the virus.
    [snip]
    The little boy’s exact age hasn’t been released. Officials said he wasn’t older than 10, and had an underlying medical condition. Additional specifics were not provided.

    “I can tell you that both parents had been vaccinated, fully vaccinated. And both parents had tested negative before traveling from the mainland to Hawaii,” said DOH spokesperson Brooks Baehr.

    Baehr said the child, who was not tested before arriving in Hawaii, started showing symptoms shortly after arrival and was hospitalized. Source

  3. 3.

    lowtechcyclist

    We’re at the point now where governments at all levels need to start focusing on people who’d like to get vaxxed, but have access problems, be it no car to get to where the shots are being given, or no time away from their jobs and taking care of the kids.

    Not a whole lot we can do about people who have a political aversion to getting vaxxed.

  4. 4.

    Geminid

    The Washington Post has an article about West Virginia Governor Jim Justice’s initiative giving a $100 savings bond to people under 35 who get vaccinated for Covid, including those already vaccinated. Justice calculated this would cost the state $27.5 million, and would help shut the pandemic down. As for critics of the program’s cost, Justice said he would tell them “they can kiss my butt.”   (from this morning’s Politico Playbook.)

  5. 5.

    Baud

    CDC: Fully vaccinated Americans can go maskless outdoor

    When will Biden make it so we can go pantless outdoors?

  10. 10.

    debbie

    @NotMax:

    My GP said a significant number of her patients had died, ranging in age from 90s down to 8 days (a father unwittingly brought it home to his newborn).

  11. 11.

    Mary G

    OC chugging along:

    • 90 New cases today
    • Test positivity dropped to 1.4%
    • New cases per 100,000 dropped to 2.6

    We need to get that last one down below 2 to graduate into the yellow tier. Disneyland and its other places open this Friday with limited crowds and no indoor dining. It’s going to be interesting to see how mask wearing goes.

  13. 13.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    What kind of idiot listens to Joe Rogen about anything besides punching people in the face? The guy is an ex-MMU fighter for gods sake.

  14. 14.

    satby

    If we’re going after deliberate health disinformation, let’s start right on this site with whatever ad service is pushing “The blood pressure lie EXPOSED, click here for the truth” in the feed.*

    * Not sure why, because I don’t have and have no Google searches on BP issues, so it’s random.

  15. 15.

    Robert Sneddon

    I’m just back from getting my second AstraZeneca jab here in Edinburgh, Scotland. No queues, the vaccinators were fighting over who got to treat me. The winner turned out to be the same vaccinator who gave me my first jab back in February. I did see a lot of people entering and leaving but no visible delays, probably thanks to the invitation-only scheduling being operated by the NHS. A noticeable number of those attending were elderly, there to receive their second vaccination like me since the clock is ticking on the maximum 12-week delay between jabs promised back in January.

  16. 16.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    Wow, that Guardian article should have a warning about excessive iron intake.

    Bolsonaro’s senator son, Flávio Bolsonaro, denounced the inquiry as an “untimely” intervention that put the lives of senators and their staff in danger by obliging them to attend in-person hearings.

  18. 18.

    Cermet

    How is vaccine deniers not any different from someone who screams “Fire” in a crowded theater? Relative to vaccines, this is intentional dis-information that leads to harm and death. All such people should be prosecuted and heavily fined at the least. This isn’t free speech nor ‘questioning”. This is intentional harm with intent also of death.

  19. 19.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s Director-General of Heath Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 3,142 new Covid-19 cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 401,593 cases. He also reports 15 new deaths today, for a cumulative total of 1,477 deaths — 0.37% of the cumulative reported total, 0.39% of resolved cases.

    There are currently 26,719 active and contagious cases; 306 are in ICU, 151 of them intubated. Meanwhile, 1,822 patients recovered and were discharged, for a cumulative total of 373,397 patients recovered – 92.98% of the cumulative reported total.

    12 new clusters were reported today: Melugu and Ulu Strass in Sarawak; Madal in Sabah; Layar Hujung and Pintu Air Relau in Kedah; Jalan Rimbunan in Kuala Lumpu; Jalan Gombak Dua, Jalan Sekinchan, and Lebuh Gambus in Selangor; Jalan Maharajalela in Perak; and Taman Wira and Jalan Bakariah in Johor.

    Melugu and Madai are education clusters at Ministry of Education schools. Layar Hujung is an other-education cluster. Jalan Gombak Dua is a higher-education cluster. Jalan Rimbunan and Jalan Bakariah are workplace clusters. Ulu Strass, Jalan Maharajalela, Taman Wira, and Pintu Air Relau are community clusters. Jalan Sekinchan is a high-risk group cluster. Lebuh Gambus is a religious cluster.

    3,129 new cases today are local infections. Selangor breaks the four-digit mark to report 1,015 local cases: 20 in older clusters; 40 in Jalan Gombak Dua, Jalan Sekinchan, and Leboh Gambus clusters; 759 close-contact screenings; and 196 other screenings. Kelantan reports 523 cases: 142 in existing clusters, 304 close-contact screenings, and 77 other screenings. Kuala Lumpur reports 433 local cases: 11 in older clusters, seven in Jalan Rimbunan cluster, 255 close-contact screenings, and 160 other screenings. Sarawak reports 415 local cases: 54 in older clusters, 22 in Melugu and Ulu Strass clusters, 267 close-contact screenings, and 72 other screenings.

    Johor reports 194 cases: 23 in older clusters, 11 in Jalan Bakariah and Taman Wira clusters, 130 close-contact screenings, and 30 other screenings. Kedah reports 120 cases: 24 in older clusters, 52 in Layar Hujung and Pintu Air Relau clusters, 27 close-contact screenings, and 17 other screenings.

    Penang reports 98 cases: three in existing clusters, 26 close-contact screenings, and 69 other screenings. Sabah reports 86 local cases: 15 in older clusters, six in Madai cluster, 47 close-contact screenings, and 19 other screenings. Perak reports 68 local cases: 11 in older clusters, two in Jalan Maharajalela cluster, 30 close-contact screenings, and 14 other screenings. Negeri Sembilan reports 61 cases: two in existing clusters, 34 close-contact screenings, and 25 other screenings.

    Melaka reports 42 cases: four in existing clusters, 25 close-contact screenings, and 13 other screenings. Teregganu reports 40 cases: two in existing clusters, 26 close-contact screenings, and 10 other screenings.

    Pahang reports 15 cases: five in existing clusters, six close-contact screenings, and four other screenings. Putrajaya reports 13 cases: three in older clusters, one in Jalan Gombak Dua cluster, and nine close-contact screenings. Labuan reports four cases: two close-contact screenings, and two other screenings. And Perlis reports one case, a close-contact screening.

    13 new cases today are imported: seven in Kuala Lumpur, four in Selangor, one in Sarawak, and one in Perak.

    The deaths reported today are a 55-year-old man in Sarawak with hypertension, dyslipidaemia, and obesity; an 81-year-old woman in Sabah with hypertension and dyslipidaemia; a 30-year-old man in Sarawak with hypertension and gout; an 80-year-old woman in Sarawak with hypertension and dyslipidaemia; a 69-year-old man in Kelantan with no co-morbidities listed; a 76-year-old man in Selangor with chronic kidney disease, stroke, and gout; an 84-year-old man in Kelantan with hypertension; a 37-year-old man in Penang with diabetes, obesity, and asthma; a 77-year-old woman in Sarawak with diabetes and chronic kidney disease; a 50-year-old woman in Johor with diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, and gout; a 52-year-old man in Sarawak, DOA with diabetes and hypertension; a 5-year-old woman in Perak with diabetes, hypertension, and asthma; a 38-year-old man in Sarawak with obesity; a 57-year-old man in Negeri Sembilan with gout and obesity; and a 76-year-old woman in Pahang with diabetes and hypertension.

  20. 20.

    Sloane Ranger

    Tuesday the UK had 2685 new cases but bear in mind that numbers may still be affected by the weekend reporting delay. This is a decrease of 5.8% in the rolling 7-day average. New cases by nation,

    England – 2410 (up 658)

    Northern Ireland – 109 (up 36)

    Scotland – 133 (down 9)

    Wales – 33 (down 64).

    Deaths – Yesterday there were 17 deaths within 28 days of a positive test. This is a decrease of 20.7% in the rolling 7-day average. New deaths by nation, England – 16, Scotland – 1. None in either Northern Ireland and Wales.

    Testing – A total of 1,034,181 tests were conducted on Monday, 26 April. This is an increase of 3.4% in the rolling 7-day average. The PCR testing capacitry estimated by labs on this date was 662,547.

    Hospitalisations – On Sunday, 25 April there were 1608 people in hospital. On Monday, 26th there were 227 people on ventilators. The rolling 7-day average for hospital admissions was down by 20.7% as of 21st April.

    Vaccinations – As of 26 April, a total of 33,843,580 people had received 1 dose of a vaccine and 13,201,811 people had received both jabs. In percentage terms this means that 64.3% of the UK adult population have had 1 shot and 25.1% were fully vaccinated.

    General – Matt Hancock has said that we are on course for a relaxation on the restrictions on foreign travel in mid-May but the Government will be waiting until nearer the time before saying what countries we can go to and what (if any) specific restrictions will be in place for that country. Of course, the fact no-one will stop us going doesn’t mean the other country will let us in. A friend of mine has just learned that her half-sister, who married a Swiss man, has just died. She found that the UK Government would allow her to travel to Switzerland for the funeral under a compassionate excemption but the Swiss Government would require her to quarantine for 10 days when she got there – so she won’t be attending the funeral.

  21. 21.

    Matt McIrvin

    I was just reading a thread in which Jeffrey Goldberg and David Graham were fretting about vaccine/COVID denialism that SOMEHOW appeared on the right, and somebody posted the galaxy-brain idea that masking/distancing requirements in private businesses should be banned so that the additional danger would “incentivize vaccination”. I guess the assumption is that people who are already denying that the pandemic is a big deal will suddenly go all rational Homo Economicus.

  22. 22.

    Sayne

    I love that there is a mini Presidential podium in the same style for Biden’s glass of water.

  23. 23.

    J R in WV

    @Mary G: ​

    It’s going to be interesting to see how mask wearing goes.

    Anyone out in public at a crowded park NOT wearing a proper mask need to be bagged with a 55- gallon 6-mil contractor trash bag tied firmly around their neck.

    That will prevent them from infecting others in the public and spreading the Sars-Covid-19 pandemic.

  24. 24.

    Dopey-o

    @Cermet:

    How is vaccine deniers not any different from someone who screams “Fire” in a crowded theater? Relative to vaccines, this is intentional dis-information that leads to harm and death. All such people should be prosecuted and heavily fined at the least. This isn’t free speech nor ‘questioning”. This is intentional harm with intent also of death.

    this is is shouting “ICE!” In a burning theater. Mis-labeling the EXIT signs, And harassing  the fleeing patrons.

    Someone tell this idiot to ask the Isrealis if vaccines work.

  25. 25.

    Matt McIrvin

    @J R in WV: Outdoor mask wearing in my neighborhood was already rare, but I went out to a nearby trail yesterday afternoon and it appears to me that the new CDC guidance was basically the end of people wearing masks outdoors here, period. It used to be that many people using the trail did wear them, but that’s over.

    Later I went downtown to pick up some takeout dinner; in that area there are actually signs telling people to mask up, but I didn’t see enough people out on the street to know how good compliance was (aside from outdoor restaurant seating areas, where of course the customers weren’t masking).

  27. 27.

    YY_Sima Qian

    On 4/27 China reported 0 new domestic confirmed & 0 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered, at Ruili in Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province. There are currently 45 domestic confirmed & 11 domestic asymptomatic cases in Yunnan Province. 1 community was re-designated from High Risk to Low Risk & 5 communities were are-designated from Medium Risk to Low Risk. 2 communities remain at High Risk & 1 community remains at Medium Risk.

    Imported Cases

    On 4/27 China reported 12 new imported confirmed cases, 17 imported asymptomatic cases, 4 imported suspect cases:

    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 2 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from the DRC (via Kigalil) & Bangladesh; 7 asymptomatic cases, 2 Chinese nationals returning from Cambodia & 1 each from Bangladesh, Nigeria (via Kigali) , Rwanda, Gabon (via Kigali) & Turkey (via Tehran)
    • Foshan in Guangdong Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from Chad; 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Chad; both off flights that landed at Guangzhou
    • Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 3 confirmed cases (all previously asymptomatic), 1 Chinese national each returning from Nigeria (via Amsterdam Schiphol), Myanmar & India (via Kathmandu); 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Myanmar
    • Shanghai Municipality – 2 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Brazil (via Switzerland) & Turkey (via Germany); 4 suspect cases, no information released
    • Yunnan Province (location not specified) – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from Myanmar, via land border crossing
    • Chongqing Municipality – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from India (via Kathmandu); 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Nepal
    • Tianjin Municipality – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from the US
    • Xi’an in Shaanxi Province – 1 confirmed case (previously asymptomatic); 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Canada
    • Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province – 3 asymptomatic cases, 2 coming from Nigeria & 1 from Tanzania 
    • Xiamen in Fujian Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from the Ukraine (via Amsterdam Schiphol)
    • Nanjing in Jiangsu Province – 1 asymptomatic case, no information released 
    • Zhengzhou in Henan Province – 1 asymptomatic case, no information released 

     

    Overall in China, 11 confirmed cases recovered, 6 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation & 5 were reclassified as confirmed cases, and 857 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 317 active confirmed cases in the country (272 imported), 2 in critical/serious condition (all imported), 327 asymptomatic cases (316 imported), 7 suspect cases (all imported). 7,807 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.

    As of 4/27, 235.976M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 6.487M doses in the past 24 hrs.

    On 4/28, Hong Kong reported 7 new case, 6 imported & 1 domestic (source of infection identified).

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