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COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Monday / Tuesday, May 24-25

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There seems to be a minimum daily lying requirement for GOP politicians now:

…. “I am supportive of a voluntary vaccine, and by signing this bill into law, I am only further solidifying that conviction”, Ivey, a Republican, said on Monday.

The governor’s statement added that Ivey has been vaccinated and would “encourage any Alabamian who has not gotten their shot to roll up their sleeves”.

The Alabama Republican party said the law was “protecting the privacy rights of Alabamians from the federal overreach of the Biden Administration”.

The administration of President Joe Biden has opposed the idea of making vaccine passports mandatory…

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  1. 1.

    NeenerNeener

    Monroe County, NY stats:

    81 new cases – 66.6% were people under 40, including 25 children between 0 and 19. Adults in their 30s had the most new cases, followed by children between 10 and 19.

    Deaths are at 1291, up by 24 from last week.

    173 patients hospitalized, 36 patients in the ICU

    55.7% of Monroe County has at least 1 jab
    48.7% are fully vaccinated

  2. 2.

    OzarkHillbilly

    Sign on the door of the Kirkwood* Walmart yesterday:

    Covid vaccines available
    Walk-ins welcome

    In my travels yesterday, I heard 2 different stories about the disparities in rural/urban vaccination rates, one story noted that rural populations were dominantly Republican/Evangelical both groups being particularly vaccination averse. Both stories predicted a long hot covid summer for rural areas. I had to make a couple stops yestereve at the local feed store and Lowe’s. Could not help noticing that other than the employees, I was the only person still wearing a mask.

    Stupid is as stupid does, WASF.

    • context, Kirkwood is an STL suburb
  3. 3.

    NotMax

    ~799,000,000: Total number of reported vaccinations (all flavors) worldwide
    ~7,900,000,000: World population
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  5. 5.

    NotMax

    Monday marked 2 weeks since shot #2 for yours truly. Extra garnish in the martini to celebrate.

  6. 6.

    Soprano2

    @OzarkHillbilly: Springfield will probably get to 50% by sometime in June. We’re at 42% with one shot right now. Getting higher than that will take a long time IMHO. Every pharmacy is offering walk-in vaccinations.

  8. 8.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @OzarkHillbilly: Heard on the radio yesterday that all the new England states have reached 70% vaccination. Those numbers are not reflected in the chart I linked to, so it’s a little bit dated.

  11. 11.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s Director-General of Heath Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports a record 7,289 new Covid-19 cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 525,889 cases. He also reports 60 new deaths today, one shy of yesterday’s record, for a cumulative total of 2,369 deaths — 0.45% of the cumulative reported total, 0.45% of resolved cases.

    There are currently 63,458 active and contagious cases; 726 are in ICU, 373 of them intubated. Meanwhile, 3,789 patients recovered and were discharged, for a cumulative total of 460,062 patients recovered – 87.48% of the cumulative reported total.

    15 new clusters were reported today: Persiaran Setia Dagang building site, Jalan Enam Selatan 1A, Jalan Tahir Manan, and Desa Pinggiran Putra in Selangor; Jalan Cemerlang Elektrik, Jalan Selendang, and Jalan Sekuntum in Johor; Tasik Raja in Kelantan; Jalan Segambut Lentang in Kuala Lumpur; Perusahaan Maju Enam in Penang; Dah Charok Bemban in Kedah; Kalabakan Selatan in Sabah; Industri Kledang Satu in Perak; Sungai Isap Perdana in Pahang and Selangor; and Jalan Dato Permaisuri in Sarawak.

    Jalan Tahir Mann, Jalan Dato Permaisuri, Jalan Selendang, and Jalan Sekuntum are community clusters. Desa Pinggiran Putra is a religious cluster. The rest are workplace clusters.

    7,285 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 2,641 local cases: 108 in clusters, 2,010 close-contact screenings, and 523 other screenings. Johor reports 664 cases: 159 in clusters, 365 close-contact screenings, and 140 other screenings. Kuala Lumpur reports 601 local cases: 75 in clusters, 377 close-contact screenings, and 149 other screenings.

    Sarawak reports 513 cases: 29 in clusters, 411 close-contact screenings, and 73 other screenings.
    Kelantan reports 425 cases: 113 in clusters, 248 close-contact screenings, and64 other screenings. Negeri Sembilan reports 410 cases: 82 in clusters, 224 close-contact screenings, and 104 other screenings.

    Penang reports 380 cases: 53 in clusters, 193 close-contact screenings, and 134 other screenings. Kedah reports 336 cases: 44 in clusters, 150 close-contact screenings, and 142 other screenings.

    Terengganu reports 268 cases: 64 in clusters, 164 close-contact screenings, and 40 other screenings. Sabah reports 266 cases: 94 in clusters, 117 close-contact screenings, and 55 other screenings. Melaka reports 258 cases: 83 in clusters, 126 close-contact screenings, and 49 other screenings. Perak reports 218 cases: 30 in clusters, 126 close-contact screenings, and 62 other screenings. Pahang reports 211 cases: 67 in clusters, 108 close-contact screenings, and 36 other screenings.

    Labuan reports 63 cases: 42 in clusters, 14 close-contact screenings, and seven other screenings. Putrajaya reports 23 cases: 12 close-contact screenings, and 11 other screenings. Perlis reports eight cases: six close-contact screenings, and two other screenings.

    Four new cases today are imported: three in Kuala Lumpur, one in Selangor.

  12. 12.

    NotMax

    Le sigh.

    A West Maui man says he was punched in the face over the weekend after reminding visitors to wear their masks.

    Lahaina resident Humberto Cardenas said he was in line at Panda Express about 6 p.m. Saturday when the family came in. “The son and the father aren’t wearing a mask,” he said.

    Cardenas, 21, said he tried to educate the family visiting from Florida about Hawaii’s mask mandate, but they refused to listen to him. Source

  15. 15.

    Zzyzx

    One thing that’s changed over the last 2-3 weeks is that I sometimes forget to check the case numbers. It used to be a daily ritual but now that we’re in the teens and low 20s (which was my personal benchmark I was looking for), I’ve definitely relaxed.

    In grocery store news, one of our local grocery stores moved from masks to masked OR vaccinated and then went back to masks required a week later. In Seattle, everyone was just wearing them anyway so…

  20. 20.

    MomSense

    I’m so disgusted by the anti-vaxxers.  They are too “pure” for vaccines but they will ingest all manner of completely unregulated and untested supplements recommended by people who have zero credentials.  They will drink silver FFS.  I hope they all turn blue.

  21. 21.

    Al Z.

    I used my NY Excelsior vaccine pass for the first time over the weekend to attend a Syracuse Mets minor league baseball game and it was great. One of the best parts is not having to guess who is and who isn’t vaccinated. You can still attend unvaccinated if you show a negative covid test result – you just can’t go around maskless in non-indoor spaces. It really felt like events like this could be major drivers encouraging vaccination.   But not in Alabama and other red states apparently. Privacy my ass. They’re just toddlers who don’t want to be told what to do.

  23. 23.

    YY_Sima Qian

    On 5/24 China reported 2 new domestic confirmed & 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases.

    Guangdong Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case.

    • Guangzhou did not report new domestic positive cases. There currently are 1 domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases, both at Liwan District. 1 residential compound remains at Medium Risk.
    • Shenzhen reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, at Yantian Port. The new case is also dock workers, found via 2nd round mass screening of all employees after the initial asymptomatic case reported in 5/21. The case had boarded the same international cargo ship on 5/17 as the 4 previously reported asymptomatic cases, but also work in the same area at the port and live in the same dormitory, and had previously tested negative on 5/21. There currently are 5 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. Genomic analysis of viral samples taken from 1st 2 cases indicate that they were infected with the B.1.1.7 strain (1st detected in Kent, UK).

     

    Anhui Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic) & 1 new domestic asymptomatic cases. There are 9 domestic confirmed & 10 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.

    • Liu’an reported 2 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic) & 1 new domestic asymptomatic cases. The 2 new domestic positive cases are a couple, one of whom had visited the photo studio that is the center of the cluster there on 5/8, both had been locked down in residential compound since 5/13. The city currently has 7 domestic confirmed & 10 domestic asymptomatic cases there. A shopping center & 5 residential compound are currently at Medium Risk. 
    • Hefei currently has 2 domestic confirmed cases, both traveling sales people who conduct photography seminars. A hotel remains at Medium Risk.

     

    Liaoning Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are 12 domestic confirmed & 7 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.

    • At Yingkou, 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. The city currently has 8 domestic confirmed & 6 domestic asymptomatic cases there. 4 villages & 7 residential compounds remain at Medium Risk.
    • Shenyang did not report any new domestic positive cases. The city currently has 4 domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases there. 4 residential compounds remain at Medium Risk.

     

    In Yunnan Province, 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 8 domestic confirmed & 3 domestic asymptomatic cases.

    Imported Cases

    On 5/24 China reported 13 new imported confirmed cases, 16 imported asymptomatic cases:

    • Shanghai Municipality – 3 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from France, Niger (via Paris CdG) & the UK (via Amsterdam Schiphol)
    • Tianjin Municipality – 2 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Brazil & Guinea (both via Paris CdG)
    • Taiyuan in Shanxi Province – 2 confirmed cases, both coming from Poland
    • Xiamen in Fujian Province – 2 confirmed cases, a Mainland Chinese & a Taiwanese resident coming from Taiwan 
    • Nanjing in Jiangsu Province – 1 confirmed case, coming from the Argentina; 1 asymptomatic case, no information released
    • Changsha in Hunan Province – 1 confirmed & 2 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese nationals returning from Ghana (via Amsterdam Schiphol); 3 asymptomatic cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Nigeria (via Frankfurt) & Ghana (via Amsterdam Schiphol), & a Chadian national coming from Egypt
    • Xi’an in Shaanxi Province – 1 confirmed case, 
    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 7 asymptomatic cases, 2 Chinese nationals returning from Canada & 1 each from Turkey, Bangladesh, Myanmar & Côte d’Ivoire, & a foreign national coming from Mexico (via Amsterdam Schiphol)
    • Shenzhen in Guangdong Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Mainland Chinese resident returning from Hong Kong
    • Rizhao Port in Shandong Province – 2 asymptomatic cases, both crew members off a cargo ship with last port of call in India

     

    Overall in China, 21 confirmed cases recovered, 15 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation & 2 were reclassified as confirmed cases, and 202 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 319 active confirmed cases in the country (289 imported), 3 in serious condition (all imported), 389 asymptomatic cases (363 imported), 2 suspect case (1 imported). 6,980 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.

    As of 5/24, 527.253M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 16.395M doses in the past 24 hrs.

    On 5/25, Hong Kong reported 2 new case, both domestic (a Filipino domestic worker & a Pakistani construction worker, sources of infection not yet identified). Both are asymptomatic, identified during regular bi-weekly screening. They may be recovered cases shedding dead viral particles.

  26. 26.

    Matt McIrvin

    Mainstream news channels now have a new scare all over them about a possible connection between myocarditis and COVID vaccines in younger people.

    It’s a good bet that whether it’s real or not, it’s lower than the risk of heart trouble in these same populations from catching COVID-19 (myocarditis is apparently a possible complication). It’s also a good bet that this will scare a lot of people away from vaccination, much like the J&J clotting story.

  28. 28.

    Matt McIrvin

    Meanwhile Naomi Wolf just gets weirder and weirder on Twitter–now talking about the unvaccinated getting unbearable crawling sensations and vertigo from being in the presence of vaccinated people. As many immediately commented, most of the symptoms sound like those of a panic attack.

  30. 30.

    Robert Sneddon

    Scotland — 318 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 and 2 deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours. The test positivity rate is 2%. Hospital occupancy numbers, both regular beds and ICU have ticked up slightly.

    Vaccinations — 45,500 vaccinations administered in the past 24 hours, again mostly second-doses. This is up from the weekend lull as expected.

    The number of people not turning up for vaccination appointments is starting to cause some concern. This may be due to the priority scheme is now sending out appointments to younger people who move home more often than senior adults and the NHS and GP offices may have lost track of them resulting in the appointment letters being sent to invalid addresses. There’s an anecdotal report on the BBC website of someone who’s received five vaccination appointment letters for people who haven’t lived in that building for several years and more. There’s also the access problem — one of the biggest vaccination sites in Glasgow is at the Hydro, a big entertainment venue down by the river. It’s not that well-served by public transport especially during the weekend and this may have affected the numbers.

    There’s “cautious optimism” regarding the Glasgow outbreak while Clackmannanshire peeks its head over the parapet, reporting high per-capita numbers recently but in an area with a small population where a few linked cases being reported together can distort the reality.

    The Scottish government may be moving away from using numbers in local outbreaks to set control levels for pubs and clubs being open for business towards monitoring hospital bed numbers instead along with targeted test and trace operations. This is a risky strategy since such indicators lag any possible outbreak but people are tired of isolated lockdowns especially when places only a few kilometres away are more open than they are. The significant numbers of people in Scotland who are now partially or fully vaccinated might make this work out though.

  31. 31.

    Sloane Ranger

    Monday in the UK we had 2439 new cases. This is an increase of 17% in the rolling 7-day average but these and subsequent figures may still be affected by the weekend reporting delays. New cases by home nation,

    England – 1972 (up 238)

    Northern Ireland – 53 (down 24)

    Scotland – 313 (down 65)

    Wales – 101 (up 55).

    Deaths – There were 3 deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday. This is a decrease of 46.7% in the rolling 7-day average. All 3 deaths were in England.

    Testing – 1,165,801 tests were conducted on Sunday, 23 May. This is an increase of 3.1% in the rolling 7-day average. The PCR testing capacity estimated by labs on that date was 638,411.

    Hospitalisations – Has not been updated.

    Vaccinations – As of 23 May, a total of 38,070,038 people had received the 1st jab of a vaccine and 22,895,556 had received both. In percentage terms, this means that 72.3% of all adults in the UK have received 1 shot of a vaccine and 43.5% have had both.

  34. 34.

    MontyTheClipArtMongoose

    @NotMax: i shouldn’t have to get a vaccine to see that japanese guy who plays the fiddle really fast. it’s my right as an american.

  35. 35.

    Elizabelle

    That Reuters story:  Is United full of wingnut pilots?  I never fly them anyway, and this motivates me to stay off of them.  At least the smart ones are getting extra pay for being vaccinated.  And, possibly, the overseas routes.

    And “cultural backlash?”  I would be delighted to have a reason to clear out the deadweight, gullible, self-absorbed and malevolent, although I’d be sure to have a policy for those who honestly cannot be vaccinated.  (Immune system; health issues, etc.)

    United Airlines (UAL.O) and its pilots’ union have reached an agreement to prohibit the airline from mandating COVID-19 vaccinations to its pilots, the Air Line Pilots Association said on Monday.
    “Since the COVID vaccination is not mandatory, pilots who elect not to be vaccinated will not be subject to any discipline,” the agreement stated.
    United’s chief executive officer, Scott Kirby, had told workers at a meeting in January that the company may make the vaccine mandatory for employees and urged other companies to do the same. read more
    The agreement between the airline and the union also adds that those pilots who have been vaccinated would be eligible for extra pay.
    Earlier this month, Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) said it would require all new hires in the United States to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. read more
    American Airlines (AAL.O) had said in January it does not plan to make vaccinations mandatory for pilots and other employees unless it was mandatory for entry into certain destinations. read more
    While private U.S. companies can require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19, experts have said they could put themselves at risk of legal and cultural backlash if they do so.

  37. 37.

    Chris T.

    @NotMax: my modest proposal: an automated (computerized) system that detects people not wearing masks and drills them open with laser beams. “Mask or death?”

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