Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

In my day, never was longer.

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

An almost top 10,000 blog!

No one could have predicted…

No Justins, No Peace

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

Republicans can’t even be trusted with their own money.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

Conservatism: there are some people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

Putin dreamed of ending NATO, and now it’s Finnish-ed.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

Joe Lieberman disappointingly reemerged to remind us that he’s still alive.

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

I really should read my own blog.

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

When do the post office & the dmv weigh in on the wuhan virus?

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

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Another Murdoch property:

New Zealand will open up one-way quarantine-free travel for seasonal workers from Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu to address labour shortages in the horticulture industry, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday.

The quarantine-free arrangement is expected to start from September, Ardern said at a news conference. It will only be available to workers who qualify under the Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme, which allows the horticulture sector to recruit labour from overseas for seasonal work when there are not enough New Zealand workers.

The scheme was suspended after the country shut its borders last year due to COVID-19…

New Zealand has successfully contained the spread of coronavirus within its borders and has reported no community cases since February.

The Pacific island nation has reported about 2,500 confirmed coronavirus cases and 26 related deaths.

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  1. 1.

    NotMax

    Last minute scramble.

    “In light of new CDC data showing the Delta variant can spread as easily as Chickenpox,” Maui Mayor Michael Victorino is asking the Hawaiʻi Department of Education, Department of Health and the Ige Administration to postpone the return of classroom learning until the impacts of the current COVID-19 surge on Maui County’s healthcare facilities can be assessed.

    “Hawaiʻi public schools stand ready to reopen classrooms for the new school year on Tuesday, Aug. 3, even though the Hawaiʻi Department of Health reports the state’s COVID positivity rate has climbed 163% over the past two weeks,” according to the Victorino administration.

    Today, state officials reported 452 new cases statewide, with a seven-day rolling average of 288.4 cases. Maui had 66 new cases Sunday and is averaging 29.6 cases per day. Source

    Also, noted in passing,

    Subaru Hawai’i, in partnership with KHON2, is launching its first car giveaway, “Shot for a Subaru,” to incentivize community members to get their COVID-19 vaccination. One winner will receive a free two-year use of a 2021 Subaru Crosstrek Sport. Source

  2. 2.

    Cermet

    I noticed that New Mexico has used 102% of its allotted vaccines – I guess they asked other States for their unused vaccines – very smart. Apparently, the DoD is at 101% of its allotted vaccines – again, not hard to see where they got extra doses. Ashamed that this country has to destroy vaccines since so many people still refuse. While I never want anyone to die (just too evil; I know they don’t care for others but reading the death stories is so painful), but I do hope all of them get rather sick, then recover and end up with a large medical bill. Now that’s capitalism at its finest … Ok, not really, that is sick but what so many here in the US think they want this type of medical system till it bites them in the ass.

  3. 3.

    NeenerNeener

    Monroe County, NY stats from NYS Department of Health:

    COVID cases: 62 new cases yesterday.
    According to the CDC COVID tracker we’re up to SUBSTANTIAL levels of transmission now. And I’m going back to having everything delivered.

  4. 4.

    YY_Sima Qian

    On 8/1 China reported 55 new domestic confirmed & 44 new domestic asymptomatic cases.

    Yunnan Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed case (mild, a Chinese national), at Longchuan County in Dehong Prefecture, had already been under quarantine. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered & 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 62 domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases there. 1 community at Ruili remains at High Risk. 1 village at Ruili & 1 village at Longchuan County remain at Medium Risk.

    Jiangsu Province

    • Nanjing reported 11 new domestic confirmed cases (6 mild & 5 moderate), all found from persons already under centralized or home quarantine. 8 mild cases worsened to moderation conditions. There currently are 215 domestic confirmed (81 mild, 127 moderate & 7 serious) cases in the city. Of the 215 infected persons, 184 are at Jiangning District, 12 at Lishui District, 4 each at Jianye, Gulou & Yuhuatai Districts, 3 at Qinhuai District, 2 at Gaochun District, & 1 each at Xuanwu & Qixia Districts. The Lukou Sub-District remains High Risk. 2 areas, 15 residential compounds, 6 buildings & 7 villages remain at Medium Risk.
    • Yangzhou reported 26 new domestic confirmed (5 mild & 21 moderate) & 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 6 were were found at fever clinics on 7/30 or 7/31, 2 were identified via mass screening & the rest have been under centralized quarantine since 7/28 or 7/29. Most are traced close contacts & part of the poker parlors cluster, & most are elderly. There currently are 54 domestic confirmed (14 mild & 40 moderate) & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city, all of but 2 are related to super-spreading events associated w/ poker parlors. 1 areas been elevated to High Risk. 3 villages, 4 residential compounds & 1 building have been elevated to Medium Risk. 1 area, 6 residential compounds, 4 village, 2 building & 1 community are currently at Medium Risk.
    • Huai’an reported 3 new domestic confirmed cases (all moderate), all employees of the company that organized the outing to Zhangjiajie in Hunan Province during 7/22 – 7/25, & all have been under centralized quarantine since 7/28. There currently are 10 confirmed & 2 asymptomatic cases in the city, all members of the group that had gone to Zhangjiajie. 3 residential buildings & a village remain at Medium Risk.
    • Suqian did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 3 domestic confirmed cases (all moderate) there, 2 of whom are traced to the outbreak in Nanjing. A dormitory & a residential compound remain at Medium Risk.
    • Wuxi did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently is 1 domestic asymptomatic case in the city, a person involved in processing incoming visitors/returnees from overseas & not connected to the Delta Variant outbreak from Nanjing.

    Anhui Province

    • He County did not report any new domestic positive cases, there is 1 domestic asymptomatic case there, a person who returned from Nanjing.
    • Wuhu did not report any new domestic positive cases. There is 1 domestic asymptomatic case there, a person who had returned from Nanjing.

    Liaoning Province

    • Shenyang did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 4 domestic confirmed cases in the city, all traced to the outbreak in Nanjing. 1 residential building remains at Medium Risk.
    • Dalian did not report any new domestic confirmed cases. There currently are 1 domestic confirmed & 3 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city, all traced to transmission chain originating from the outbreak in Nanjing. 1 residential building remains at Medium Risk.

    Guangdong Province

    • Zhongshan in did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently is 1 domestic confirmed case in the city, a person had returned from Nanjing.
    • Zhuhai did not report any new domestic positive case. There currently is 1 domestic asymptomatic case there, a person who had flown back from Nanjing.

    Hunan Province

    • Changde did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 3 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city, all had ridden on the super-spreading boat cruise.
    • Xiangtan did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 1 domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city, both having been on the super-spreading boat cruise at Changde on 7/24. 1 residential compound remains at Medium Risk.
    • Changsha reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, a close contact already under centralized quarantine since 7/29. There currently are 2 domestic confirmed & 3 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city, 2 had ridden on the super-spreading boat cruise at Changde on 7/24 & 3 from transmission chains related to 2 of the domestic confirmed cases reported by Beijing. 2 residential compounds & a residential building remain at Medium Risk.
    • Yiyang reported 1 new domestic confirmed & 3 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all relatives of 2 of the domestic confirmed cases reported by Beijing, having attended a large family gathering on 7/24. All have been under centralized quarantine since 7/29. There currently are 1 domestic confirmed & 4 domestic asymptomatic case in the city, all traced close contact of domestic confirmed cases reported by Beijing. 1 residential compound remains at Medium Risk.
    • Zhuzhou reported 3 new domestic confirmed cases (all previously asymptomatic) & 6 new domestic asymptomatic cases. The 5 of the 6 new positive cases are traced close contacts & the 6th had travel history through Nanjing Airport on 7/14, & all have been under centralized quarantine. There currently are 3 domestic confirmed & 14 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city, 7 had gone on the super spreading cruise & 9 are their close contacts. 4 residential compounds remain Medium Risk.
    • Zhangjiajie reported 3 new domestic confirmed (2 mild & 1 asymptomatic) & 1 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 3 were found via city-wide mass screening (initially testing positive on 7/30 have been under isolation since) & 1 is a traced close contact (under centralized quarantine since 7/30). There currently are 10 domestic confirmed & 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases in the city, 5 of whom are employees at the same travel agency. 11 sub-districts remain at Medium Risk.
    • Xiangxi Prefecture did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 2 domestic confirmed cases in the city, both close contacts of the party from Huai’an. 1 village & 1 residential compound remain at Medium Risk.

    The boat involved in the super-spreading cruise at Changde on 7/24 has max capacity of 43 passengers, the cruise lasts ~ 1 hr. To date, 19 passengers have tested positive.

    Sichuan Province

    • Mianyang did not report any new domestic positive cases. There is currently 1 domestic confirmed case there. 1 factory remains at Medium Risk.
    • Luzhou did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 1 domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city, traced to the outbreak in originating in Nanjing via phylogenetic analysis.
    • Yibin did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently is 1 domestic confirmed case (moderate) in the city, a traced close contact of the case reported by Luzhou,  who had also returned from Shanghai on the same flight. 1 residential compound remains at Medium Risk.
    • Chengdu did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 5 domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city, all traced to the secondary outbreak at Zhangjiajie in Hunan Province. 2 residential compounds & a residential building remain at Medium Risk.

    Henan Province

    • Zhengzhou reported 27 new domestic asymptomatic cases. The currently are 12 domestic confirmed & 48 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. the vast majority of whom are staff, patients & caretakers at the #6 Hospital, & their close contacts. However, there are several cases that do not have travel history to the hospital, though do live in the vicinity, including the 1st domestic asymptomatic case reported on 7/30, 1st testing positive on 7/29. That case was identified via routine testing prior to surgery. The Zhengzhou Municipal Health Commission confirmed that the outbreak is of the Delta Variant. 1 community remains at High Risk & 3 residential compounds remain at Medium Risk.
    • Shangqiu reported 1 new domestic confirmed case, a person who had cared for a family member who was under in-patient care at the #6 hospital at Zhengzhou until 7/27, returning to Shangqiu on the same day. This case dates the nosocomial outbreak at Zhengzhou #6 Hospital to 7/27 at the latest. 1 residential compound, 1 community & a shopping mall remain Medium Risk.
    • Zhumadian reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, a person who had cared for a family member who was under in-patient care at the #6 hospital at Zhengzhou until 7/30, returning to Zhumadian on the same day.

    Hubei Province

    • Huanggang reported 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases, both traced close contacts of the domestic confirmed case reported on 7/31. There currently are 1 domestic confirmed & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city, all at Hong’an County & are traced of the company outing cluster reported by Huai’an in Jiangsu Province. 1 township remains at Medium Risk.
    • Jingzhou reported 2 new domestic confirmed cases (both mild), 1 case whose path intersected w/ the group from Huai’an in Jiangsu Province at Jinzhou high speed rail station on 7/27, & the other is a close contact. The 1st case had traveled to Jianshi County in Enshi Prefecture & returning on 7/29. The case developed fever on 7/30 but did not seek medical attention, & went to get tested on 8/1 after reading the local authorities’ announcement calling attention to people who might have come in contact w/ the group from Huai’an. As the case has been infectious since 7/30 at the latest & was moving about freely until 8/1, both Jinzhou & Jianshi County will be anxious to see if the case has seeded clusters there.

    Chongqing Municipality did not report any new domestic positive cases. There are currently 2 domestic confirmed cases in the city, both had traveled to Xi’an in Shaanxi Province from 7/21 – 7/24.

    Beijing Municipality reported 2 new domestic confirmed (1 mild & 1 moderate) & 1 new domestic asymptomatic cases, a family that had traveled to Zhangjiajie in Hunan Province during 7/22 – 7/28. The family also traveled to Sanya in Hainan Province from 7/28 – 7/30, before returning to Beijing. Due to their visit to Zhangjiajie, the family was tested on 7/31. There currently are 4 domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city, all w/ travel history to Zhangjiajie in late Jul.

    Yantai in Shandong Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed case (moderate), a traced close contact of the domestic confirmed case reported on 7/31. There currently are 2 domestic confirmed cases in the city, both traced to the outbreak in Nanjing.

    Yinchuan in Ningxia “Autonomous” Region did not report any new domestic positive cases. There is 1 domestic confirmed case in the city, a person who had traveled from Changde in Hunan Province on 7/28, & a traced close contact w/ the boat cruise super-spreading event there.

    Haikou in Hainan Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed case (mild), a person who had traveled to Jingzhou in Hubei Province in the 2nd half of Jul., & crossed paths w/ the party from Huai’an in Jiangsu Province on company outing to Zhangjiajie, at Jingzhou high speed rail station.

    Xiamen in Fujian Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 2 domestic confirmed & 3 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city, all of whom are close contacts of the imported confirmed case (cargo flight crew) reported on 7/30. 2 residential compounds remain at Medium Risk.

    Imported Cases

    On 8/1, China reported 43 new imported confirmed cases, 16 imported asymptomatic cases:

    • Yunnan Province (locations not specified) – 16 confirmed cases, all Chinese nationals returning from Myanmar via land border crossings
    • Beijing Municipality – 4 confirmed cases, all Chinese nationals returning from the Philippines; 2 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Fuzhou in Fujian Province – 3 confirmed cases (2 previously asymptomatic), 2 Chinese nationals returning from Indonesia & 1 from Japan 
    • Xiamen in Fujian Province – 1 confirmed & 1 asymptomatic cases, both Chinese nationals returning from the US
    • Hohhot in Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region – 3 confirmed cases, off a flight diverted from Beijing, no further information released
    • Jiangsu Province (location not specified) – 3 confirmed cases, no information released
    • Xi’an in Shaanxi Province – 3 confirmed cases 
    • Shanghai Municipality – 2 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Japan & Russia
    • Qingdao in Shandong Province – 2 confirmed cases (1 previously asymptomatic), a Chinese national returning from South Korea & a Japanese national coming from Japan
    • Zhengzhou in Henan Province – 2 confirmed cases, no information released
    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 2 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Egypt & Congo (Brazzaville) (via Paris CdG); 7 asymptomatic cases, 3 Chinese nationals returning from the Philippines, 2 from Morocco (via Paris CdG) & 1 each from Malaysia & Madagascar (via Paris CdG)
    • Foshan in Guangdong Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Côte d’Ivoire, off a flight that landed at Guangzhou
    • Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 2 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Egypt & Gabon (via Cairo); 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Egypt
    • Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province – 2 asymptomatic cases, both coming from Spain
    • Taiyuan in Shanxi Province – 1 asymptomatic case, coming from Poland

    Overall in China, 29 confirmed cases recovered, 20 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation & 7 were reclassified as confirmed cases, and 662 individuals were released  from quarantine. Currently, there are 1,091 active confirmed cases in the country (686 imported), 24 in serious condition (16 imported), 476 asymptomatic cases (379 imported), 1 suspect case (imported). 28,648 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.

    As of 8/1, 1,669.527M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 16.708M doses in the past 24 hrs.

    On 8/2, Hong Kong reported 3 new positive cases, all imported (1 each from Spain, the US & the UAE, all had been fully vaccinated w/ the BioNTech/Fosun vaccine in Hong Kong before traveling overseas).

  6. 6.

    YY_Sima Qian

    Today, Wuhan in Hubei Province reported 7 new domestic positive cases, which will be reported in tomorrow’s data dump. During the evening of 8/1, the municipal authorities identified a construction worker whose paths had intersected w/ the group on company outing from Huai’an in Jiangsu Province, having been in Jingzhou high speed rail station at the same time on 7/27. Contact tracing identified 6 coworkers who tested positive. They are in Hanyang District, across the Yangtze River from where we live. These are the 1st positive cases Wuhan has registered in over a year. A residential compound next to the university campus my wife works at is under lock down, apparently due to presence of traced close contact(s). Not sure for how low, may just long enough for the close contact(s) to be taken to quarantine & the remaining residents to be tested, or maybe for the full 14 days.

    Fortunately, my wife, daughter & in-laws are still at Enshi Prefecture in western Hubei Province, in a fairly sparsely populated area (by Chinese standards). I have advised them to wear KN95 masks when visiting the supermarket, avoid the country fairs, avoid going into the nearest township as much as possible, & avoid going to the nearest regional city except under medical emergencies. When they choose to return to Wuhan, I told them to drive back, rather than taking the high speed rail. The area should be safer than Wuhan under the circumstances, but the downsides are that vaccination rate, masking rate & alertness to COVID-19 symptoms are also likely to be much lower than in Wuhan.

    After the news of the positive cases was reported, people across the city (but especially in Hanyang District) rushed to stock up for potential lock downs. I myself made some purchases, and the delivery in the afternoon took much longer than in the morning. Municipal authorities had to announce that the city has abundant supplies & that anxious buying is unnecessary.

  7. 7.

    Brachiator

    Loved that BBC News story about Sky News being barred from YouTube because it was putting out disinformation.

    Sky News Australia is owned by a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp and has 1.85 million YouTube subscribers. The ban could affect its revenue stream from Google.

    A YouTube statement said it had “clear and established Covid-19 medical misinformation policies based on local and global health authority guidance”.

    Sky News Australia is right up their with its American counterpart Fox News. I’ve seen news clips reporting on BREXIT or American politics which were just straight up lies. You could find a news clip of a MP in Parliament saying something and the Sky News piece would just be a bald face lie. Not slanted. Not biased. Just a straight up lie.

    Sky News digital editor Jack Houghton wrote some nonsense in which he suggested that Sky News is not responsible for presenting facts, but in helping Australia have a conversation about Covid-19.

    This is where we are, and it ain’t just America.

  8. 8.

    eclare

    According to the intertubes, the Home Depot seven miles from me has 3M N95’s with some sort of cooling valve.  Off in thirty minutes.

  10. 10.

    Cermet

    @Brachiator:  While true, it is primarily Murdoch and his fake news empire; too bad no terrorist target them. The world would be a far better place.

  11. 11.

    NotMax

    @eclare

    Dunno about where you are but masks continue to be required indoors here (requirement was never lifted). Masks with valves have all along been specifically deemed by the state as one of the types unacceptable for entry.

  12. 12.

    eclare

    @NotMax:  Really?  My city, Memphis, had a mask mandate, but TN never did.  I never stopped wearing them though.  A friend of mine recommended these.  Why are these not allowed

    Eta:  up til now I’ve been double masking with surgical masks.

  13. 13.

    NotMax

    @eclare

    I don’t know why, nor if there’s anything unique to them that landed them on the naughty list. It may have arisen from a superabundance of caution, as I think it may be more involved for the average person to insure a proper fit.

  15. 15.

    NotMax

    @eclare

    If it provides peace of mind, great. Otherwise I’ve never seen much significantly added benefit to double masking, stemming from the idea ‘it’s the quality not the quantity’ (and of course taking the effort to securely fit for safety and protection). One is generally okay with operating room personnel; I choose to follow that lead. YMMV.

  16. 16.

    Erin

    @NotMax:  the valves allow breath to escape. They make the airflow one-way, air is filtered going in, unfiltered going out. Yours might be a different model though.

  17. 17.

    NotMax

    @eclare

    I most certainly wasn’t not recommending them (have nothing approaching any expertise to broach that), just pointing out something gleaned from local regulations here.

  19. 19.

    NotMax

    @Erin

    Oh, I don’t have any. Although in years past have heard/seen nurses saying there’s a dozen different ways to wear them ineffectively and only one correct way. And that is the full and complete extent of personal knowledge regarding them.

  21. 21.

    satby

    @eclare: Valves allow covid to spread through them. Don’t waste your money, they aren’t safe against microbes, just large dust particles (which is what they were designed for).

  22. 22.

    mrmoshpotato

    A sizable faction of U.S. leaders are actively encouraging Americans to disregard the most basic of transmission-based precautions, so it’s hard to see this as anything but by design.

    “U.S. leaders” is an odd spelling of “Rethuglican, Trump-humping, murderous shitpiles.”

  25. 25.

    mrmoshpotato

    In France and Italy, plans to require vaccination cards for social activities are meeting pockets of very vocal resistance. @collbarry reports.

    Tell them about having to get licensed to drive, and watch their heads explode.

  27. 27.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s Director-General of Health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 15,764 new Covid-19 cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 1,146,186 cases. He also reports 219 new deaths today, for a cumulative total of 9,403 deaths — 0.82% of the cumulative reported total, 0.99% of resolved cases.

    There are currently 199,051 active and contagious cases; 1,063 are in ICU, 532 of them on ventilators. Meanwhile, 11,767 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 937,732 patients recovered – 81.81% of the cumulative reported total.

    29 new clusters were reported today, for a cumulative total of 3,731 clusters. 1,128 clusters are currently active; 2,603 clusters are now inactive.

    15,758 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 6,065 local cases: 199 in clusters, 3,556 close-contact screenings, and 2,310 other screenings. Kuala Lumpur reports 1,534 local cases: 324 in clusters, 663 close-contact screenings, and 547 other screenings. Johor reports 1,221 local cases: 279 in clusters, 701 close-contact screenings, and 241 other screenings. Sabah reports 1,166 cases: 147 in clusters, 674 close-contact screenings, and 345 other screenings. Kedah reports 1,108 cases: 94 in clusters, 665 close-contact screenings, and 349 other screenings.

    Negeri Sembilan reports 862 cases: 36 in clusters, 526 close-contact screenings, and 300 other screenings.

    Perak reports 748 cases: 297 in clusters, 199 close-contact screenings, and 252 other screenings.

    Penang reports 667 cases: 92 in clusters, 321 close-contact screenings, and 254 other screenings.

    Kelantan reports 552 cases: 177 in clusters, 202 close-contact screenings, and 173 other screenings.

    Pahang reports 475 cases: 94 in clusters, 300 close-contact screenings, and 81 other screenings. Melaka reports 463 cases: 123 in clusters, 253 close-contact screenings, and 87 other screenings. Terengganu reports 425 cases: 84 in clusters, 248 close-contact screenings, and 93 other screenings. Sarawak reports 410 local cases: 96 in clusters, 248 close-contact screenings, and 66 other screenings.

    Putrajaya reports 46 cases: 17 close-contact screenings and 29 other screenings. Perlis reports nine cases: seven close-contact screenings and two other screenings. Labuan reports seven cases: four close-contact screenings and three other screenings.

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

    The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 480,122 doses of vaccine on 1st August: 298,236 first doses and 181,886 second doses. As of midnight yesterday, the cumulative total is 21,200,473 doses administered: 14,247,659 first doses and 6,952,814 second doses. 21.3% of the population are now fully vaccinated.

    Seven vaccination centres in the Klang Valley began accepting walk-ins today, alongside people with appointments. The Klang Valley in Selangor, which includes the federal territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, is the most heavily populated region in Malaysia and a current hotbed of Covid-19 infection.

  29. 29.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    About time on Sky News Australia from You Tube, those clowns make OAN look positively sober. Sky News is more like Q-Annon TV.

  31. 31.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    @Brachiator: Sky News Australia is right up their with its American counterpart Fox News. I’ve seen news clips reporting on BREXIT or American politics which were just straight up lies. You could find a news clip of a MP in Parliament saying something and the Sky News piece would just be a bald face lie. Not slanted. Not biased. Just a straight up lie.

    Yes,  the one I noticed was that exchange between Ron Paul and Fauchi were Sky News just edited out Fauchi rebuttal to Paul and made it look like Fauchi had nothing to say to Paul’s dumbass accusations.

  32. 32.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    Meanwhile, the anti-vaccers are taking an animal med in attempt to avoid COVID

    https://www.livescience.com/ivermectin-deworming-drug-covid-19.html

    People are taking dangerous doses of an anti-parasitic drug as a COVID-19 treatment, even though there is no solid evidence that it has any benefit for the disease.

    The drug, called ivermectin, is often used to treat or prevent parasitic diseases in animals, such as heartworm, according to the Food and Drug Administration. In humans, some forms of the drug are used to treat parasitic worms, and a topical version of it is sometimes used to treat head lice.

  34. 34.

    Freemark

    @Amir Khalid: Because they protect the user. They are still great for uses other than preventing spread of disease from person wearing them. Not that it matters in the US. The idiots most likely to spread the disease aren’t wearing masks anyway and the few that do wear them below their nose. They also lower them as they lean towards you and talk to you.

  36. 36.

    mrmoshpotato

    @Cermet:

    what so many here in the US think they want this type of medical system till it bites them in the ass. 

    And then it’s back to the hospital for a bad case of bit-in-the-ass!

  40. 40.

    eclare

    @satby:  Wow.  No I’d never heard that.  CDC or OSHA or some agency really needs to step up, I think I follow news pretty well, and if I had no idea…

  41. 41.

    evodevo

    @NotMax: ​
    Try downtown Naples LOL – back when Garmin was a thing, it took us off the Autostrada and right into downtown Naples and through to Herculaneum on back streets for no particular reason…

  42. 42.

    Sloane Ranger

    Sunday in the UK we had 24,470 new cases. After case numbers went up for 2 days in a row they have now gone down for 3 days in a row. This has led to the moving 7-day average continuing to decrease. Yesterday the decrease was by 30%. The usual weekend warnings, however, need to be applied. New cases by nation,

    England – 21,645 (down 2304)

    Northern Ireland – 1072 (down 105)

    Scotland – 1034 (up 16)

    Wales – 719 (includes Saturday’s figures).

    Deaths – There were 65 deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday although this may be an undercount due to weekend office closures. The 7-day moving average has increased by 16.7%. New deaths by nation, 52 in England, 5 in Northern Ireland, 3 in Scotland and 5 in Wales (may include deaths which occurred on Saturday).

    Testing – not updated at weekends.

    Hospitalisations – Not updated at weekends.

    Vaccinations – As of Saturday, 31 July, 46,851,145 people had received 1 jab of a vaccine and 38,345,841 had had both. This means that 88.6% of all adults in the UK have had one shot and 72.5% were fully vaccinated.

  43. 43.

    Robert Sneddon

    Scotland — 799 new cases of COVID-19 reported with one new reported death of someone who had tested positive (noting that Register Offices are now generally closed at weekends). Test positivity rate is 6.5%. Hospitalisations and ICU bed occupancy numbers are slightly down from last week. The statistics reported today are probably undercounted due to the persisting weekend effect. Tomorrow’s released information will be more indicative of any real trends up or down.

    Just over 18,000 vaccinations were administered in Scotland yesterday (Sunday) with less than 10% of those being first doses. 72.2% of the adult population are now fully vaccinated with another 17.6% having received their first dose of vaccine. Weekend vaccination rates are usually down a little (5% to 10%) from weekday numbers.

  44. 44.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    @Chris Johnson: 
    That someone, I will bet, who is heavily invested in ivermectin stock.

    But I will point out it’s these dumbasses desperate need to preen as special and clever is why they would even try something as stupid as taking an anti-parasite designed for cow because of a virus.

  46. 46.

    frosty

    Bah! I just ordered a few new masks from Etsy along with the 3M N95s. I am so pissed at the stupid people in this country (and my county) who are causing the Delta outbreak. All my plans to go to lunch and happy hour with friends will be on the chopping block soon, I expect.

    We were so close!! Assholes!!!!

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    gvg

    @eclare: Valves are a no no. they make them useless for virus protection. 3M makes those for things like woodworking and paint fumes. Wrong kind

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    DB11

    @Amir Khalid: Because their intended purpose has nothing to do with limiting the spread of disease?

    I have worn valved N95 masks for the past 25-30 years for woodworking and renovation work to protect my lungs from all sorts of nasty air-born particles. They’re much more comfortable (and cooler) to wear all-day — especially in a shop environment— as compared to valveless N95 masks.

    They were never designed to restrict the respiratory outflow of microbes from the wearer, and that was never their intended purpose.

    That people have misconstrued their utility in a COVID context is likely related to the widespread misapprehension that mask wearing is self-protection vs incoming virus — rather than primarily about protecting the people around you from what might be lurking undetected in your lungs and nasal cavities.

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    ExpatDan

    Bad juju here in Bangkok. Tho’ it’s pretty much the fault of the gummint and their (lack of) vaccine policy. They’ve gone from one of the best places to be (last year) to one of the worst (now). Here’s an update from TAT (Tourism Authority of Thailand). Pretty much everything is locked down tight here until the end of the month at least… https://www.tatnews.org/2021/08/thailand-expands-lockdown-in-29-dark-red-zone-provinces-from-3-31-august-2021/

    A bit scary, since I left a third of my left lung in Afghanistan. And I’m into my 2nd round of chemo for stage 3 stomach cancer (if anyone cares to help, I could use it…)

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