God doesn't give a damn whether you get vaccinated or not. But She thinks you're an idiot if you don't and then blame Her.
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) August 14, 2021
51% of all American #COVID19 hospitalizations now are in just 8 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada and Texas.https://t.co/hXein2Dio3
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) August 16, 2021
.@NIH Director Francis Collins warns that the continuing rise of #COVID19 cases propelled by the #DeltaVariant could return the US to the worst days of the pandemic.
“This is going very steeply upward with no signs of having peaked out.”https://t.co/B4DtWJT9lj
— MicrobesInfect (@MicrobesInfect) August 15, 2021
"This was a race and we lost": How US doctors really feel about Covid surge https://t.co/bGq3DyH0Zr
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 15, 2021
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India reports 32,937 new coronavirus infections https://t.co/uz73SJmD3e pic.twitter.com/ORc3uhko2m
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 16, 2021
China's new local COVID-19 infections fall for sixth day https://t.co/CVr7XtJJpv pic.twitter.com/S6nf11Dm7w
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 16, 2021
Hong Kong reclassifies 15 countries as 'high risk' for COVID-19 https://t.co/A7m8DKM7qU pic.twitter.com/Au9CWIdBeb
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 16, 2021
Hong Kong’s government said it would upgrade 15 overseas places including the United States, Spain and France to “high risk” from “medium risk” by Aug. 20, meaning international arrivals from those countries will face lengthened quarantine due to a resurgence of the coronavirus.
The government said arrivals from Bangladesh, Cambodia, France, Greece, Iran, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and the United States would all face the new restrictions, according to a statement released on Monday.
Hong Kong has some of the most stringent coronavirus entry requirements globally, with arrivals from countries considered “high risk” mandated to undergo compulsory quarantine for 21 days in a designated quarantine hotel, even those who are vaccinated…
Hong Kong has largely controlled the virus with hardly any locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, but has seen a steady inflow of imported coronavirus cases over the past two months. The city has recorded around 12,000 COVID-19 cases in total.
Taiwan denies approval for UBI's COVID-19 vaccine candidate https://t.co/lwXIewQDTO pic.twitter.com/z5XdgdkwjE
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 16, 2021
Japan to extend COVID-19 "state of emergency" lockdown through mid-Sept -report https://t.co/OFWzzmkjOI pic.twitter.com/KDnUGegKMe
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 16, 2021
With more than 3.7 million confirmed cases and over 100,000 deaths, Indonesia is battling one of the worst coronavirus epidemics in Asia. The 'AD-19 programme' launched last month helps pets left in limbo while their owners deal with COVID-19 infections https://t.co/lMczXiwkLp pic.twitter.com/cvj5SQIuXy
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 16, 2021
The Australian city of Sydney recorded its deadliest day of the COVID-19 pandemic, while residents in Melbourne face a nightly curfew and a further two weeks of lockdown amid a surge in infections https://t.co/LmTDuoBXoW pic.twitter.com/W3tgZuu6XG
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 16, 2021
Australia extends COVID-19 lockdown in Melbourne, reinstates night curfew https://t.co/kzfreJjVf6 pic.twitter.com/QvzLZ98SOz
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 16, 2021
Emergency vaccine summit needed to help Africa, says UK's ex-PM Brown https://t.co/genPwpGOZJ pic.twitter.com/FW1Qn78QL1
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 16, 2021
Amid extreme vaccine shortages on the continent, African nations are scrambling to be fully immunized against Covid. The quest for vaccines is occurring as rich countries, such as the U.S., allow unused doses to be trashed https://t.co/AO1GEuWG8O via @medical_xpress
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 15, 2021
Mexico's third wave, thanks to Delta, the biggest the country has seen since pandemic began. https://t.co/IpyCK9yERH
— David Luhnow (@davidluhnow) August 16, 2021
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Curious about the new US policy allowing moderately to severely immunocompromised people to get an additional dose of mRNA vaccine? I explore the who, what, why, when of it all — and why it could turn into a free-for-all. https://t.co/Gd3JeX4fP2
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) August 15, 2021
NEW INVESTIGATION: A six-month probe by POLITICO found the U.S. could not adequately contain Covid-19 because state public health departments relied on outdated data systems and struggled to staff enough people to investigate and isolate positive cases. https://t.co/GDm3mN6wIY
— Erin Banco (@ErinBanco) August 15, 2021
A survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that about half of parents are holding off on coronavirus vaccinations for their children, taking a wait-and-see attitude or, for many, outright opposing the shots https://t.co/ITfi4nV3Kq
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 11, 2021
Are #DeltaVariant's symptoms different? In areas w/ lower vaccination rates, like Louisiana, Texas & Arkansas, unvaccinated children & young adults are being sent to hospitals w/severe symptoms. Doctors don't yet know if Delta alone is responsible https://t.co/PteYJXM80n
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 15, 2021
… Among vaccinated adults, “the symptoms we are seeing now are much more commonly identified with the common cold,” Dr. Chan said. “We are still seeing people presenting with a cough, but we are also seeing a higher prevalence of things like runny nose and sneezing.” Headaches and sore throat are other top complaints, he added. Fever and loss of taste and smell are being reported to a lesser degree…
Pediatricians in New York City, where 67 percent of adults are fully vaccinated, say they are seeing many of the same symptoms in children that they have seen since the start of the pandemic, and that the more severe cases tend to be among unvaccinated adolescents, especially those with underlying conditions like diabetes or obesity. Some toddlers or school-age children can get very ill from Covid too, but doctors don’t always know why one kid gets much sicker than another, said Dr. Sallie Permar, pediatrician-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine.
Fever, cough, fatigue, headache and sore throat are the “classic presentation of Covid” among symptomatic children, she added…
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Southern states face dire Covid surges because:
A.) Disproportionate number of people swallowed political arguments about the pandemic
B.) Disproportionate number of anti-vaxxers/anti-maskers
C.) Too many believers in quack cures: ivermectin (horse de-worming paste); HCQ https://t.co/FtgohIxDJB pic.twitter.com/ZAF4h0dmmu— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) August 16, 2021
Online videos of local government meetings have emerged as the latest vector of COVID-19 misinformation. Misleading claims made at public hearings create challenges for tech companies weighing the potential harm against the need for government openness. https://t.co/e4p7R6gBun
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 15, 2021
U.S. banks walk tightrope of encouraging, but not mandating vaccines https://t.co/V55XDol4FX pic.twitter.com/kPCXypoUHP
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 16, 2021
One wonders about the Delta-variant readiness of states with #GOP governors who have needlessly sent @NationalGuard troops to the border for a big political stunt. @KristiNoem, @GovRonDeSantis, @GregAbbott_TX, others. https://t.co/iUnfWVFIO2
— Xerophile (@segmentis) August 15, 2021
Perspective: The GOP is reviving the old history of blaming outsiders for disease https://t.co/qLE657KBnZ
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 15, 2021
One of writers of I Am Legend clarifies its fictional nature amid rumours Covid vaccines would turn people into zombieshttps://t.co/8NWL3rYDWc
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 11, 2021
On The Road – Albatrossity – Summer in Flyover Country – week 3
lowtechcyclist
“This was a race and we lost”? Yeah, because we were betrayed, stabbed in the back, by those pro-Covid Quislings of Fox News and its political arm, the Republican Party.
Those treasonous fucks ought to have to spend the remainder of their pathetic lives in Gitmo.
p.a.
Hoo boy. Jews know where this is heading, especially since Rethug ‘leadership’ has the backbone of flatworms.
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY:
141 new cases on 8/14 based on NYS Dept of Health data.
I should qualify for a booster shot of Moderna since the MS med I’m on is a variety of chemotherapy.
Cermet
Interesting that so early in AGW, some of the chickens are already home to roost; in the future, as forced mass migrations due to unbearable heat (vast numbers at some point), food shorts due to damaged infrastructure (weather caused) and failed crops, along with brown outs & then black outs will just be the side issue as future virus’s further teach us just how stupid people can be. The next thirty years will see a lot of changes and zero will be for the better – yes, a steadily falling total world population might be useful in the more distant future but the process will be beyond ugly.
Ken
I’m torn. I really want to make a snarky remark about the horse paste, something like “They’re not using it right. You have to really pack that stuff into your sinuses, to keep the virus out.” But what if that gets picked up, and I hear in a couple of weeks about people dying from doing such an idiotic thing? I’d feel bad, probably.
YY_Sima Qian
On 8/15 China reported 13 new domestic confirmed cases (6 previously asymptomatic) & 3 new domestic asymptomatic cases.
Yunnan Province did not reported any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered & 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 45 active domestic confirmed cases there. 1 community at Ruili remains at High Risk. 3 zones & 2 villages at Ruili, & 1 village at Longchuan County, are currently at Medium Risk.
Jiangsu Province reported 6 new domestic confirmed cases. 7 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 739 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Hunan Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed case. There are currently are 108 active domestic confirmed (including 3 serious) & 18 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Henan Province reported 6 new domestic confirmed (all previously asymptomatic) cases. 1 domestic suspect case was cleared of COVID-19. There are currently 166 active domestic confirmed & 6 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Hubei Province did not reported any new domestic positive cases. 3 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 4 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There currently are 84 active domestic confirmed & 67 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
At Hulun Buir in Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region there currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case (at Hailar), who had stayed at the same floor in same hotel at the same time as the confirmed case reported by Yinchuan. 1 residential compound remains at Medium Risk.
At Haikou in Hainan Province there currently are 2 active domestic confirmed cases, a person who had crossed paths w/ the party from Huai’an in Jiangsu Province on company outing at Jingzhou high speed rail station & a worker at the airport. 1 residential compound was re-designated as Low Risk. 1 industrial park remains at Medium Risk.
At Ningbo in Zhejiang Province there is 1 domestic asymptomatic case, a dock worker at the port there.
Alashankou border crossing in Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region reported 3 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all found via tri-daily regular screening of all residents there. Sources of transmission not yet clear. As soon as the cases were reported, cities across Xinjiang started mass screening of all residents, including Yili (which is adjacent to the border crossing), Kashgar & Ürumqi (which are hundreds of miles away).
Imported Cases
On 8/15, China reported 38 new imported confirmed cases (3 previously asymptomatic), 17 imported asymptomatic cases:
Overall in China, 35 confirmed cases recovered (23 imported), 20 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (16 imported) & 9 were reclassified as confirmed cases (3 imported), & 2,444 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 1,938 active confirmed cases in the country (753 imported), 70 in serious condition (12 imported), 495 active asymptomatic cases (392 imported), 2 suspect cases (1 imported). 45,325 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 8/15, 1,862.928M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 9.089M doses in the past 24 hrs.
On 8/16, Hong Kong reported 3 new positive cases, imported (from Switzerland, Japan & Malaysia).
YY_Sima Qian
Chinese media is shedding more light on what had happened at Yucheng County in Shangqiu city, Henan Province. The 1st 2 domestic confirmed cases at Shangqiu was a person who had cared for an ill relative at Zhengzhou’s #6 Hospital (where a significant nosocomial outbreak occurred) un 7/27, who works at a shopping mall & then infected a colleague. Case #1 was identified on 7/31, Case #2 was sent to centralized quarantine on the same day, testing positive on 8/3. Case #2 came in unmasked close contact with a visitor to the shopping mall on 7/30, & the visitor’s mother also went to the shopping mall together. A woman who had just given birth on 8/7 tested positive while still at the hospital on 8/12. The 2 visitors to the shopping mall turned out to be the woman’s sister-in-law & mother-in-law.
Based on media interviews w/ members of the family cluster, the SiL & the MiL went to get tested at the county hospital on 8/2, upon learning on 8/1 that the shopping mall had been elevated to Medium Risk. Shangqiu authorities had requested all person who had visited the shopping mall from 7/27 – 7/31 to alert the local community, stay home & wait to be tested. The SiL & the MiL claimed that they did not understand the requirement, & thought getting tested on their own volition was enough. Since 7/31, the then pregnant women lived w/ her in-laws (including husband, MiL, FiL & 2 SiLs) under the same roof.
On 8/4, the SiL who had visited the Medium Risk shopping mall was notified by the county hospital that the result was negative but w/ irregularities, so that she needed to be tested again. She went to the same hospital to get tested again, claimed not to have received the results. In the afternoon of 8/4, an ambulance showed up to take her into medical isolation at the county hospital, to test all of the family members, as well as disinfect the house. The rest of the family were told to quarantine at home.
On 8/5 the pregnant woman started going into labor, & on 8/6 a county hospital ambulance took her & her husband to the Shangqiu municipal hospital. The ambulance stopped curbside (as opposed to driving to the ER), the staff furnished a negative PCR report for the pregnant woman, & advised them not to tell the medical staff at the municipal hospital of their situation. They claimed that, under such direction, they withheld from the municipal hospital that they had immediate family members who had visited a Medium Risk area, 1 of whom was under medical isolation, or that they themselves had been under home quarantine. Both tested negative at hospital intake. After delivery, the woman 1st developed a fever on 8/7, but quickly subsided. On 8/12, she tested positive, which set off the chain of events since. To date, at least 11 members of the extended family have tested positive. However, Shangqiu authorities have yet to release the detailed case information from the cluster.
Most of the published information so far reflect the claims of members of the family cluster, who may be motivated to minimize their culpability in the situation. There are also gaps in their narrative (& officially released information so far). 11 members of an extended family could not have gotten infected if the core family had strictly followed home quarantine procedures. The actions taken by the authorities on 8/4 is consistent w/ treating the SiL as a positive case, rather than an F1 close contact. (Close contacts are quarantined at special purpose hotels, not isolated at hospital.) The rest of the family, even as F2 close contacts, should have been sent to centralized quarantine.
The family claims that all they did was to follow specific instructions offered, but I doubt that is the whole story. Only someone w/ connections could have had every step of the way green lighted (not identified as close contact & sent to centralized quarantine, getting an ambulance to the municipal hospital, advise on how to answer questions at intake, etc.), so as to give birth at the municipal hospital, while the region is under heightened pandemic alert. No bureaucrat would do so much & stick their necks out so far for the benefit of a random family, not w/ the intense scrutiny during an active outbreak or the severe consequences of any lapses. My speculation is that the family (understandably) wanted the best conditions for child birth, & activated their connections to make it possible. Confirmed cases give birth at designated COVID-19 hospitals, regular hospitals otherwise. The situation w/ close contacts is awkward, as neither are appropriate. The policy appears to be giving birth at the quarantine location, w/ medical staff from a COVID-19 hospital on hand, which is less than ideal.
YY_Sima Qian
@Ken:
Tell them to pack the paste into their anuses, since the virus is reliably found in the digestive tract. :-P
New Deal democrat
A few thoughts, more or less the same as from a few days ago:
Good (or relatively “good”) news:
1. Cases in almost all the States earliest hit with Delta have plateaued in the last 10 days – including AR, MO, NV, and UT. In OK they have nearly so. Only WY has continued increasing.
2. Cases in CA and maybe even TX have also nearly plateaued.
3. In the U.K., deaths from the first Delta wave have plateaued at about 11x their recent low vs. 23x for cases – so vaccinations have been working. Their echo wave due to completely reopening in late July also looks to be plateauing.
Bad news:
1. Deaths in the US almost up to 700/day, and can be expected to increase for at least several more weeks.
2. Do not be politically smug about Blue States. Even States like NY and IL have less than 60% fully vaccinated, and their cases are continuing to increase. Only 3 States – VT, MA, and CT- have over 60% of the population fully vaccinated. While in CT cases appear to have plateaued at a low level, in VT cases are rising sharply, and are presently at levels seen nationally in last year’s summer surge. In other words, there is a big enough pool of the unvaccinated in even the best States to allow a Florida-like catastrophe.
JPL
The hospital near me had stopped taking patients a few days ago, but today is back to normal, except for the ICU. ICU patients are still being diverted to other hospitals.
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s Director-General of Health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 19,740 new Covid-19 cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 1,424,639 cases. He also reports 274 new deaths today, for a cumulative total of 12,784 deaths — 0.90% of the cumulative reported total, 1.09% of resolved cases.
There are currently 249,277 active and contagious cases; 1,047 are in ICU, 520 of them on ventilators. Meanwhile, 17,450 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 1,162,578 patients recovered – 81.61% of the cumulative reported total.
35 new clusters were reported today, for a cumulative total of 4,218 clusters. 1,339 clusters are currently active; 2,879 clusters are now inactive.
19,721 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 5,691 local cases: 155 in clusters, 3,302 close-contact screenings, and 2,234 other screenings.
Sabah reports 1,728 cases: 134 in clusters, 962 close-contact screenings, and 632 other screenings. Kedah reports 1,592 cases: 84 in clusters, 756 close-contact screenings, and 752 other screenings. Sarawak reports 1,564 local cases: 312 in clusters, 904 close-contact screenings, and 348 other screenings. Johor reports 1,510 cases: 269 in clusters, 832 close-contact screenings, and 409 other screenings.
Kuala Lumpur reports 1,359 local cases: 53 in clusters, 687 close-contact screenings, and 619 other screenings. Penang reports 1,250 local cases: 80 in clusters, 390 close-contact screenings, and 780 other screenings. Kelantan reports 1,227 cases: 152 in clusters, 802 close-contact screenings, and 273 other screenings. Melaka reports 1,120 cases: 730 in clusters, 223 close-contact screenings, and 167 other screenings.
Perak reports 938 cases: 103 in clusters, 468 close-contact screenings, and 367 other screenings.
Terengganu reports 688 cases: 73 in clusters, 501 close-contact screenings, and 114 other screenings. Pahang reports 646 cases: 148 in clusters, 356 close-contact screenings, and 142 other screenings.
Negeri Sembilan reports 343 cases: 43 in clusters, 164 close-contact screenings, and 136 other screenings.
Putrajaya reports 43 cases: 36 close-contact screenings and seven other screenings. Perlis reports 20 cases: one in a clusters, 11 close-contact screenings, and eight other screenings. Labuan reports two cases, both found in other screenings.
19 new cases today are imported: 15 in Selangor, two in Sarawak, one in Kuala Lumpur, and one in Penang.
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 415,875 doses of vaccine on 15th August: 143,671 first doses and 272,204 second doses. As of midnight yesterday, the cumulative total is 27,810,855 doses administered: 17,076,440 first doses and 10,734,415 second doses. 52.3% of the population have received their first dose, while 32.9% are now fully vaccinated.
MJS
@New Deal democrat: This seems low. Is this by state population, or state vaccine eligible population? The chart I saw from Mayo Clinic, with numbers similar to yours, seems to be based on overall population, which would be skewed given that those under 12 can’t get the vaccine yet.
Bluegirlfromwyo
@Ken: It probably would happen but I wouldn’t feel bad. Anyone who picks a horse dewormer over a vaccine isn’t really paying attention to how medicine should be administered.
Nelle
Iowa is throwing out doses. 80,000 recently and on track to throw out over 200,000 shortly. I’m 70, my husband is 77. We’re going to try for the third shot, even though we are not severely immunocompromised. We are six months past our second shot.
Yes, those doses should go to other countries. Part of my family is Congolese and we would love to send vaccines there. I would forgo the booster if the vaccines could be sent where needed and wanted. But if it is my arm or the rubbish pile, they might as well stick it in my arm.
Chris T.
I still like my Modest Proposal: everyone who is eligible for a shot must get a shot, or … get shot.
(Might reduce that Global Heating problem Cermet mentioned @ 4, too)
trnc
I’m all for getting data systems up to date, but it’s hard to imagine that this had more of an effect than the vaccine hesitant or deniers.
Matt McIrvin
@New Deal democrat: One frustrating thing in MA is the ~10% of eligibles who got the first shot but never did get around to getting the second. They’ve got some protection but with Delta, they’re a long way from the level of coverage they’d get with full vaccination. (Some may not realize that it’s not too late to get the second shot, in fact longer intervals may give even stronger protection once you get fully vaxxed.)
New Deal democrat
@MJS: It’s total State population. I think it’s a valid measure because Delta doesn’t inquire about vaccine-eligible status before infecting someone. ;-)
Matt McIrvin
@MJS: I’ve noticed that the CDC’s county numbers for vaccination in MA seem inconsistent with (and usually lower than) the state’s, and I’m not sure why.
Sloane Ranger
Sunday in the UK we had 26,750 new cases. This is an increase of 4.9% in the rolling 7-day average but bear in mind the weekend office closures which means this is most probably an undercount. New cases by nation,
England – 22,859 (down 3841)
Northern Ireland – 1294 (down 143)
Scotland – 1498 (up 115)
Wales – 1099 (includes Saturday’s cases).
Deaths – There were 61 deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday. This is an increase of 5.7% in the rolling 7-day average. Weekend warnings apply. 54 deaths were in England, 3 in Northern Ireland and 4 in Wales.
Testing – Not updated at weekends.
Hospitalisations – Not updated at weekends.
Vaccinations – As of Saturday, 14 August, 47,302,445 people had received 1 shot of a vaccine and 40,577,198 had had both. This means that, as of that date, 89.4% of adults in the UK had had 1 shot and 76.7% were fully vaccinated.
MJS
@New Deal democrat: Then it’s not valid data. You can’t include approximately 17% of the population that isn’t eligible to receive the vaccine when bemoaning the percentage who have received the vaccine. That population’s susceptibility to the variant doesn’t change the fact that as of now, they can’t receive the vaccine and shouldn’t be included in any assessment of the extent to which people are being vaccinated.
Matt McIrvin
@MJS: It depends on what the data is for. For figuring out how big a crisis we’re in for, we definitely need to include the under-12s until they can be vaccinated. For figuring out how badly we’re failing on vaccinating the people we can, we mustn’t include them (yet).
New Deal democrat
@MJS: Sorry, hard disagree. The issue is, are even the States with the best vaccination records susceptible to a surge? Moral issues about who is or is not eligible for the vaccines are irrelevant to that issue.
jonas
@New Deal democrat: Most of the cases in places like Vermont have been breakthrough cases in vaccinated people who aren’t getting seriously ill or being hospitalized — they’re essentially isolating at home with the equivalent of a mild cold. Right now, for example, only about 2 dozen people in all Vermont are hospitalized with Covid and only 7 are in the ICU. Vermont (and other NE states) are doing fine.
Matt McIrvin
@jonas: I don’t think we should extrapolate too strongly from, say, the Provincetown outbreak: I suspect most cases even in MA and VT are the unvaccinated. (Provincetown was, IIRC, just a little over half breakthroughs, and that was in a population that was very heavily vaccinated even for Massachusetts.) Vaccination has slowed down the overall spread of these cases, and they’re not dying because the unvaccinated tend to be younger. But you can see hospitalizations in MA going up
MA is more like the UK than like Florida–the places that are less vaccinated are more urban, poor and minority. We seem to be having problems with Hispanic outreach particularly.
MoCaAce
I have had it with idiot antivaxxers… especially the young folks who think they are invincible. Last week I spent the better part of a day with a young coworker (unmasked). The next day said coworker went home sick, then landed in the hospital with a positive COVID test. I’m fully vaxxed but went in for a PCR test to be sure… while waiting for the results I developed sinus symptoms along with a scratchy throat and dry cough (all mild). I would have bet I had a mild COVID breakthrough but the results came in this morning. NEGATIVE! Was it psychosomatic? Just a coincidence? My money is the stress of all this shit led to a flareup of a sinus infection I had two weeks ago. Yeah vaccines. Fuck antivaxxers!
Matt McIrvin
@MoCaAce: Or you had a mild COVID breakthrough but didn’t develop a detectable level of viral load until after your PCR test.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
How ever did they contain TB, Small Pox and the Mumps. Won’t anyone think about Big Data???
Enhanced Voting Techniques
Wrong orifice. As Colonel Kellog taught, 2 quarts of it go down there.
smith
@Matt McIrvin: Illinois has a problem with second shots as well. Our rate for the total population with at least one shot is 64.3%, nearly 5 percentage points above the national number, but for fully vaccinated it’s 49.7%, about 1% behind. In Illinois’ case the problem seems to be more with our ungovernable tribal regions to the South, rather than Chicago: In Chicago the numbers are 59.1% and 53.8%.
Stuart in Austin
Yesterday, at 4:05 CST, I was injected with with a Moderna booster shot. There was one other person getting one.