Note to some GOP members: outrage that we are donating vaccines (when so many of you pat anti-vaxism on the head or fully spoon with it) is NOT a Pro-Life position.
— Adam Kinzinger (@AdamKinzinger) June 10, 2021
U.S. administers 306.5 mln doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC https://t.co/LA7u1diApw pic.twitter.com/wlZ2Fzi0GT
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 12, 2021
The U.S. has an ever-growing surplus of COVID-19 vaccines with looming expiration dates while much of the world clamors for doses. Million-dollar prizes, free beer and other giveaways have failed to significantly move the needle on vaccine hesitancy. https://t.co/JsmQIQRYN3
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 11, 2021
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The U.S. will continue to press for a waiver of intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments even as it and other Group of Seven rich nations sharply expand donations of vaccines to poorer countries https://t.co/Stvb2XqHEk pic.twitter.com/XL92IcbJvA
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 11, 2021
"It's now or never."
Peter Piot calls on #G7 leaders to ensure equitable access to #COVID19 vaccines, and explains why global action cannot wait ?@BBCWorldatOne (13:13) ? https://t.co/Mc2GFG644G #G7UK #VaccinEquity #HealthForAll pic.twitter.com/4qEcYj2Dm4
— London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (@LSHTM) June 11, 2021
China to offer Covid vaccinations to children as young as three https://t.co/HPBqJGOjHz via @medical_xpress
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) June 11, 2021
India's daily COVID-19 infections at more than two-month low https://t.co/JzpkDbfMUv pic.twitter.com/M6YwPg517l
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 12, 2021
Update #COVID19India
– More than 350,000 deaths to #COVID19 — true toll likely substantially worse.
– New cases have decreased by 53% over last two weeks ago & deaths are down by 35%.
– #vaccines are slowly being distributed, most locally-made. pic.twitter.com/rXx5AR20cT— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) June 11, 2021
Compared to many Western countries, India was late in procuring COVID-19 vaccines. The Modi government placed the first advance order for an unapproved vaccine only this month, after being criticized for being slow https://t.co/o2FuxYFuE8 via @Da_Pacific @Manasmishra24
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 11, 2021
At least three Siberian regions are reporting an alarming spike in new coronavirus cases, with hospitals near capacity in at least one of those regions, The Siberian Times reported this week.https://t.co/P3POnIfJN7
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) June 12, 2021
French average daily new COVID-19 cases below 5,000, first time since August 2020 https://t.co/EfzlrA3Ljs pic.twitter.com/YHTKkCfrah
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 11, 2021
UK PM Johnson likely to delay England's final stage of reopening-media https://t.co/4bM2WavxMu pic.twitter.com/vjMcosJ84Q
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 12, 2021
Thread –
NEW: UK’s full reopening is set to be postponed by a month due to resurgence in cases — and now hospitalisations — fuelled by the Delta variant.
Story https://t.co/i2MrAvleaq
Thread: first up, that core data: UK admissions, patients & ventilator bed numbers now all climbing pic.twitter.com/e8QPyz37Vf
— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) June 11, 2021
Brazil reports 85,149 new cases of COVID-19, 2,216 deaths in day -ministry https://t.co/kmtfhHrIbF pic.twitter.com/HlH9jPCWks
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 12, 2021
Argentina issues emergency approval to China's single-dose Cansino COVID-19 vaccine https://t.co/MI8i7dj8Td pic.twitter.com/hdG6ivkFmN
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 12, 2021
Mexico says COVID-19 has affected a fourth of its population https://t.co/MxFRed9oMD pic.twitter.com/0sddIsPwzS
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 12, 2021
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The U.S. Food & Drug Administration said Johnson & Johnson must throw away millions of doses of its COVID-19 vaccine that were manufactured at a problem-plagued Baltimore factory but also cleared millions of other doses for use https://t.co/i4SK6CZLh2 pic.twitter.com/pEXyhvr7Cq
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 12, 2021
Vaccination helps protect the unvaccinated: Higher levels of vaccination against Covid were associated w/ lower rates of infection w/ SARSCoV2 among a group of unvaccinated people of 16 & under, according to research in the journal Nature Medicine https://t.co/QI28fhovr2 pic.twitter.com/PHp91ob9OU
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) June 11, 2021
Novavax says COVID-19 vaccine shows immune response against Beta virus variant https://t.co/tdJ6fSylFF pic.twitter.com/h1oOwbBXU5
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 12, 2021
How Covid can lead to diabetes. A report from Dr. Francis Collins, director of the Nat'l Institutes of Health https://t.co/BI4glxueP2
— delthia ricks ?? (@DelthiaRicks) June 10, 2021
From the Cleveland Clinic: New research identifies how Covid is linked to Alzheimer's-like cognitive impairment. Findings published in the journal "Alzheimer's Research & Therapy." Scientists report an overlap between Covid & brain changes seen in dementia https://t.co/GJStzjJTyl
— delthia ricks ?? (@DelthiaRicks) June 10, 2021
Covid's gut connection: Viral particles remaining in the gut long after a SARSCoV2 infection can travel to the bloodstream triggering multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children—MIS-C—a serious, and, on rare occasions, deadly condition in youngsters https://t.co/Q7hwTV2M8b
— delthia ricks ?? (@DelthiaRicks) June 11, 2021
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wow. that’s deep. https://t.co/aVnHp2yynY
— bomani (@bomani_jones) June 10, 2021
this vaccine situation reminds us that we’ve *got* to find a way to call people stupid in a way that motivates positive change. cuz so many people sound like f cking idiots and there’s nobody in their lives to tell em.
— bomani (@bomani_jones) June 10, 2021
Bonus points to DougJ –
For a second, I thought this was real and was upset there was no link.
I mean, this is basically 30% of all NYT stories. https://t.co/ehykve6cpZ— Slava Malamud (@SlavaMalamud) June 10, 2021
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY stats:
Vaccinations:
58.4% have had at least 1 shot
52.7% are totally vaccinated
COVID:
30 new cases – 80% were people under 40, including 7 children between 0 and 19. People in their 20s had the most cases. 63% of the cases were male. There were no cases in people 60 and up.
Deaths at 1309.
.9% test positivity
85 patients hospitalized, 19 patients in the ICU.
Nice to see this finally start coming down. I hope this doesn’t mean that the death count will jump up by 20 the next time it’s reported.
NotMax
Locally,
NotMax
Appears the world total of vaccinations will blow past 1 billion this weekend.
Spanky
@NotMax: IOW, the global vaccination rate is below 20%.
Mustang Bobby
On TV I saw a clip of an anti-vax demonstration where a woman was carrying a sign that read “MY BODY MY CHOICE.” What are the odds that she’s vehemently anti-choice when it comes to reproductive rights? Just wondering.
NotMax
@Spanky
Long way to go, yes, but considering the fits and starts of developing production, distribution and a reliable supply chain, I’d consider that pretty darn good for what is essentially only six months. And for the rate of vaccinations to continue accelerating upward; don’t foresee it taking another half year to get to 2 billion.
NotMax
@Mustang Bobby
Was she by any chance wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with a portrait of Typhoid Mary?
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Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s Director-General of Heath Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 5,793 new Covid-19 cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 652,204 cases. He also reports 76 new deaths today, for a cumulative total of 3,844 deaths — 0.59% of the cumulative reported total, 0.67% of resolved cases.
There are currently 76,247 active and contagious cases; 914 are in ICU, 459 of them intubated. Meanwhile, 8,334 more patients have recovered, the most ever in one day, for a cumulative total of 572,113 patients recovered – 87.72% of the cumulative reported total.
24 new clusters were reported today.
6,845 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 1,581 local cases: 145 in clusters, 989 close-contact screenings, and 447 other screenings. Negeri Sembilan reports 618 cases: 194 in clusters, 254 close-contact screenings, and 170 other screenings.
Sarawak reports 569 cases: 45 in clusters, 350 close-contact screenings, and 174 other screenings. Kuala Lumpur reports 555 local cases: 46 in clusters, 313 close-contact screenings, and 196 other screenings. Johor reports 503 local cases: 165 in clusters,202 close-contact screenings, and 136 other screenings.
Sabah reports 378 cases: 130 in clusters, 168 close-contact screenings, and 80 other screenings. Kelantan reports 337 cases: 36 in clusters, 246 close-contact screenings, and 55 other screenings.
Labuan reports 250 cases: 29 in clusters, 130 close-contact screenings, and 91 other screenings. Perak reports 218 cases: 167 in clusters, 30 close-contact screenings, and 21 other screenings.
Penang reports 198 cases: 90 in clusters, 67 close-contact screenings, and 41 other screenings. Melaka reports 178 cases: 53 in clusters, 97 close-contact screenings, and 28 other screenings. Kedah reports 171 cases: 38 in clusters, 80 close-contact screenings, and 53 other screenings. Pahang reports 121 cases: 52 in clusters, 29 close-contact screenings, and 40 other screenings.
Terengganu reports 82 cases: 10 in clusters, 53 close-contact screenings, and19 other screenings. Putrajaya reports 23 cases: 16 close-contact screenings, and seven other screenings. Perlis reports five cases: one close-contact screening, and four other screenings.
Six new cases today are imported: four in Kuala Lumpur, one in Selangor, one in Johor.
Amir Khalid
The Guardian’s liveblog reports that the Haj pilgrimage is restricted, for a second year, to Saudi citizens and residents:
evodevo
@Mustang Bobby: given that a large proportion of anti-covid vax people right now are Xtian MAGAts, I’d say the chances were very good that she’s anti-choice…
Freemark
Anne, just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate the continued COVID updates.
NotMax
@Amir Khalid
So there’ll be a surplus of Zamzam water once again.
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Spanky
@evodevo: Given that they see appropriating lib slogans as pwning them, I’d guess so.
Amir Khalid
@NotMax:
And of camping supplies, as the plain of Arafah remains empty of pilgrims’ tents.
Chris T.
Regarding that first tweet, perhaps we should try to get everyone to say “the pro-death GOP”…
mrmoshpotato
Hahaha, now there’s a thought!
Sloane Ranger
Friday in the UK we had 8125 new cases. This is an increase of 58.1% in the rolling 7-day average. New cases by nation,
England – 6782 (up 346)
Northern Ireland – 121 (up 22)
Scotland – 1104 (up 369 (but Robert Sneddon reported that there was a reporting glitch earlier in the week and they may still be catching up))
Wales – 118 (up 5).
Deaths – There were 17 deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday. This is an increase of 10.9% in the rolling 7-day average. 16 deaths occurred in England and 1 in Northern Ireland.
Testing – 945,090 tests were conducted on Thursday 10 June. This is an increase of 29% in the rolling 7-day average. The testing capacity reported by labs on this date was 573,459.
Hospitalisations – There were 1058 people in hospital on Wednesday 9 June and 158 people on ventilators on Thursday, 10th. The rolling 7-day average for hospital admissions was up by 14.4% as at 7 June.
Vaccinations – As at 10 June, a total of 41,088,485 people had received 1 shot of a vaccine and 29,165,140 had had both. In percentage terms this means that 78% of all adults in the UK had had 1 shot as of this date and 55.4% were fully vaccinated.
General – It’s looking more and more likely that the full lifting on restrictions in England, due on 21 June, will be delayed for 1 month when it will be reviewed again.
Cheryl from Maryland
Re anti-vaxers. Despite the gratuitous but thankfully small “both sides” insults to the Democratic party, I found this article very intriguing about how cooperation and compromise start with practice at the lowest level — community. Anti-vaxers think about COVID and vaccination on a national level or themselves alone rather than those around them. I have no idea how to change that attitude, but I think it is poisoning political discourse in the United States. The article also has a nifty comparison between the January 6th insurrection and the precipitating event (city-state government murdered by the losers) of the Peloponnesian War.
YY_Sima Qian
On 6/11 China reported 8 new domestic confirmed & 1 new domestic asymptomatic cases.
Guangdong Province reported 8 new domestic confirmed & 0 new domestic asymptomatic cases.
Zhejiang Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, at Wenzhou,, a passenger on the same flight from Beijing to Wenzhou as the two imported positive cases reported on 6/9 & 6/10, sitting 2 rose away. There currently are 2 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
Liaoning Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There are 3 domestic confirmed & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases at Yingkou.
In Yunnan Province, there currently are 2 domestic confirmed cases, both at Ruili in. Dehong Prefecture.
Imported Cases
On 6/11 China reported 27 new imported confirmed cases, 26 imported asymptomatic cases, 1 imported suspect case:
Overall in China, 15 confirmed cases recovered, 21 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation & 2 were reclassified as confirmed cases, and 807 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 446 active confirmed cases in the country (302 imported), 12 in serious condition (1 imported), 383 asymptomatic cases (361 imported), 11 suspect case (both imported). 11,116 traced contacts are currently
As of 6/11, 863.513M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 18.214M doses in the past 24 hrs.
On 6/12, Hong Kong reported 3 new positive cases, all imported.
Gary K
In these articles about people who “think for themselves,” I mentally replace “vaccinated” by “toilet trained.”
Enhanced Voting Techniques
@Mustang Bobby: add that to the anti-vaccer’s “No! You can’t give other people MY vaccine!” article that Laura led off with and it must be a pretty crazy time in their heads.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
You’re my hero DougJ.
dc
Cansino means tiresome or tiring in Spanish. Not a great name for a vaccine in a Spanish speaking country.
Ruckus
@Enhanced Voting Techniques:
I think with any even minor investigation, one would notice that it’s always a pretty crazy time in their heads.
Soprano2
@Enhanced Voting Techniques: As a person who has worked
In the sewer department for over 20 years, their ideas about this are insane!
Soprano2
@Cheryl from Maryland: Thanks for that article, it was fascinating.