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COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Sunday / Monday, Aug. 29-30

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… After donating or selling 66 million doses to nearly 100 countries, India barred exports in the middle of April to focus on domestic immunisation as infections exploded, upsetting the inoculation plans of many African and South Asian countries.

India’s daily vaccinations surpassed 10 million doses on Friday, with national vaccine production more than doubling since April and set to rise again in the coming weeks. New production lines have been set up, a vaccine developed by Cadila Healthcare (CADI.NS) won recent approval, and commercial production of Russia’s Sputnik V is starting in India.

The Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s biggest vaccine maker, is now producing about 150 million doses a month of its version of the AstraZeneca (AZN.L) shot, more than twice its April output of about 65 million, a source with knowledge of the matter said…

The chief of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party said this month India could produce as many as 1.1 billion vaccine doses between September and December, enough to fully immunise all adults in the country this year. read more

India has so far given emergency authorisation to six COVID-19 shots, four of which are being produced locally. One more domestic vaccine is expected to be approved soon while many more are going through mid-stage trials.

… The latest reports of vaccine contamination came from Gunma prefecture near Tokyo and the southern prefecture of Okinawa, prompting the suspension on Sunday of two more lots in addition to the 1.63 million doses already pulled last week.

A tiny black substance was found in a Moderna vaccine vial in Gunma, an official from the prefecture said, while in Okinawa, black substances were spotted in syringes and a vial, and pink material was found in a different syringe.

Japan’s health ministry said some of the incidents may have been due needles being incorrectly inserted into vials, breaking off bits of the rubber stopper. Other vials from the lots can continue to be used, the ministry said on Monday.

The contamination cases followed a government report on Saturday that two people died after receiving Moderna shots that were among lots later suspended…

“It is unlikely, in my opinion, that contamination of foreign substances led directly to sudden deaths,” said Takahiro Kinoshita, a physician and vice chair of Cov-Navi, a vaccine information group.

“If the contaminated substances were dangerous enough to cause death for some people, probably many more people would have suffered from some symptoms after the vaccination.

“However, further investigations are definitely needed to evaluate the harm of the particular doses in question.”…

Severe COVID-19 cases are at record levels in Japan, leaving many people to recuperate at home amid a shortage of critical care beds. Only 44% of its population has been fully vaccinated, lagging vaccination rates of several developed countries…

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As children’s hospitals in many parts of the United States admit more Covid-19 patients, a result of the highly contagious Delta variant, federal and state health officials are grappling with a sharp new concern: children not yet eligible for vaccination in places with substantial viral spread, who are now at higher risk of being infected than at any other time in the pandemic.

Nowhere is that worry greater than in Louisiana, which has among the highest new daily case rates in the country and where only 40 percent of people are fully vaccinated, putting children at particular risk as they return to school…

At Children’s Hospital New Orleans, the intensive care unit has been jammed with Covid-19 patients, and nurses have raced around monitoring one gut-wrenching case after another. One child was getting a complicated breathing treatment known as ECMO, a last resort after ventilators fail, which nurses said was almost unheard-of for pediatric cases. About half a dozen others were in various stages of distress.

Medical staff throughout the hospital said the causes of illness in children were often simple: parents, family members and friends who were unvaccinated and not wearing masks…

Most children with Covid-19 have only mild symptoms, however, and there is not enough evidence to conclude that Delta makes some of them sicker than other variants do, scientists say. Doctors and nurses at Children’s Hospital New Orleans agreed with that assessment.

Theresa Sokol, Louisiana’s top epidemiologist, said that people younger than 18 had among the highest test positivity rates in the state and were responsible for a significant share of transmission, with many cases probably undetected.

“I don’t want any kids to get this, because I can’t guarantee that it’s not going to be your kid that’s going to have a problem,” she said. “But overall, statistically, most of them are doing fairly well.”

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… Republicans are (probably subconsciously) trying to use the fact that most Republicans are White to imply that most Whites are Republican, which isn’t true. The reality is that Black vaccination rates do reflect a greater hesitancy than is true of Whites overall, but Blacks are less hesitant that White Republicans, the focal point of the aforementioned criticism.

A poll from NBC News released on Tuesday offers an interesting lens on the question. It broke out self-reported vaccination rates by a number of demographic groups. People who voted for President Biden last year, for example, overwhelmingly say they’ve been vaccinated. Republicans largely say they haven’t. In this poll, unlike many others, Whites are less likely to report having been vaccinated than Blacks…

… Yes, Black Americans are both more likely to express hesitation about getting vaccinated than Whites and (in part due to structural challenges) are less likely to have gotten a shot. But by focusing on Black vaccination rates, Republicans are simply trying to draw a false equivalence with the left broadly, using those higher rates among Whites to cast Blacks as laggards — even though White rates are higher because of White Democrats. If you remove White Democrats from the White totals, Black vaccination rates would almost certainly be higher…

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  1. 1.

    NotMax

    And the beat goes on.

    Yet another conservative radio host who publicly spoke out against COVID-19 vaccines has died from the coronavirus. Marc Bernier, 65, a prominent conservative radio host from Daytona Beach, Florida, died Saturday after a nearly month-long battle with the virus. He is now the third conservative radio host to die from COVID-19 after publicly questioning the need for vaccines. Bernier wasn’t just a vaccine skeptic, he had even characterized himself as “Mr. Anti-Vax” at one point. Source

  2. 2.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    Well had the first death in the family from COVID, sort of. Aunt’s husband’s brother; his wife is anti-vaccer and forbid him from getting the vaccine.  Mind you she can’t drive so he was he sole bread winner for the family.

  5. 5.

    JPL

    All they want is parental choice, and the right to embarrass and bully those who choose to wear a mask.

  6. 6.

    mali muso

    My kiddo turns 5 in late November. Hope to have her vaccinated the moment she is eligible.

  8. 8.

    JPL

    @satby:  The restricition is for those who are unvaccinated.  Whether your vaccine card is proof though, I don’t know.

     

    What Baud said!

  9. 9.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    @satby: thanks, though I never knew the guy. I was wondering about why didn’t he just ignore her. Just tell her he has to work late and got to a CVC for the jab.

    Now one of uncle’s; his wife tried that stunt on him, he ignored her and got vaccinated anyway.  On the other hand my aunt’s refuse to be around him anyway because of his wife.

  10. 10.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    even though White rates are higher because of White Democrats. If you remove White Democrats from the White totals, Black vaccination rates would almost certainly be higher…

    It is refreshing to find a member of the press who can do math.

  12. 12.

    Baud

    @Enhanced Voting Techniques:

    I wonder what the vaccination percentage is for Black Democrats.

    People keep conflating being black with being Democrat because the vast majority of black voters vote for Democrats.  But I suspect many black people aren’t registered as Democrats and many aren’t regular voters.

    The whole thing is racist on multiple levels.

  13. 13.

    Kay

    Ron Filipkowski
    @RonFilipkowski
    PA GOP Gov candidate Steve Lynch today: “Forget going into these school boards with freaking data. You go in to these school boards to remove them. I’m going in with 20 strong men and I’m gonna give them an option – they can leave or they can be removed.”

  14. 14.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s Director-General of Health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 19,268 new Covid-19 cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 1,725,357 cases. He also reports 295 new deaths today, for a cumulative total of 16,382 deaths — 0.95% of the cumulative reported total, 1.12% of resolved cases.

    There are currently 265,713 active and contagious cases; 1,033 are in ICU, 476 of them on ventilators. Meanwhile, 21,257 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 1,443,262 patients recovered – 83.65% of the cumulative reported total.

    36 new clusters were reported today, for a cumulative total of 4,709 clusters. 1,487 clusters are currently active; 3,222 clusters are now inactive.

    19,252 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 3,567 cases: 154 in clusters, 2,198 close-contact screenings, and 1,215 other screenings.

    Sabah reports 2,310 cases: 37 in clusters, 1,342 close-contact screenings, and 931 other screenings. Johor reports 2,265 cases: 329 in clusters, 1,292 close-contact screenings, and 644 other screenings. Kedah reports 2,084 cases: 88 in clusters, 1,349 close-contact screenings, and 647 other screenings. Sarawak reports 2,028 cases: 289 in clusters, 1,285 close-contact screenings, and 454 other screenings.

    Penang reports 1,777 local cases: 118 in clusters, 645 close-contact screenings, and 1,014 other screenings. Kelantan reports 1,308 cases: 133 in clusters, 854 close-contact screenings, and 321 other screenings. Perak reports 1,144 cases: 160 in clusters, 513 close-contact screenings, and 471 other screenings.

    Pahang reports 788 cases: 215 in clusters, 461 close-contact screenings, and 112 other screenings.

    Kuala Lumpur reports 659 cases: 18 in clusters, 307 close-contact screenings, and 334 other screenings.

    Terengganu reports 544 cases: 19 in clusters, 419 close-contact screenings, and 106 other screenings.

    Melaka reports 395 cases: 113 in clusters, 135 close-contact screenings, and 147 other screenings.

    Negeri Sembilan reports 269 cases: 11 in clusters, 128 close-contact screenings, and 130 other screenings.

    Perlis reports 71 cases: 12 in clusters, 30 close-contact screenings, and 29 other screenings. Putrajaya reports 41 cases: 22 close-contact screenings and 19 other screenings. Labuan reports two cases, both close-contact screenings.

    16 new cases today are imported: 13 in Kuala Lumpur and three in Penang.

    The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 302,804 doses of vaccine on 29h August. As of midnight yesterday, the cumulative total is 34,027,548 doses administered: 19.4 million first doses and 14.6 million second doses. 59.4% of the population have received their first dose, while 44.9% are now fully vaccinated.

  16. 16.

    YY_Sima Qian

    On 8/29 China reported 0 new domestic confirmed cases & 0 new domestic asymptomatic cases.

    Yunnan Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 22 active domestic confirmed cases there. 1 community & 2 villages at Ruili remain at Medium Risk. 

    Jiangsu Province did not report any new positive confirmed cases. 55 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 252 active domestic confirmed cases in the province.

    • At Nanjing 8 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 53 active domestic confirmed (7 mild & 46 moderate) cases in the city.
    • At Yangzhou 45 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 193 active domestic confirmed (20 mild, 173 moderate) cases in the city, though more than half are actually being treated in Nanjing. 6 zones/sites are currently at Medium Risk.
    • At Huai’an 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently is 1 active confirmed case in the city.

    Hunan Province did not reported any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There are currently are 93 active domestic confirmed (including 1 serious) & 11 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.

    • At Changde there currently are 3 active domestic asymptomatic cases
    • At Xiangtan there currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
    • At Changsha there currently are 2 active domestic confirmed cases.
    • At Yiyang 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 3 active domestic confirmed & 4 active domestic asymptomatic case.
    • At Zhuzhou there currently are 24 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases.
    • At Zhangjiajie 1 domestic confirmed case recovered & 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 63 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.

    Henan Province did not report any new domestic positive case. 4 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 85 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.

    • Zhengzhou did not report any new domestic positive cases. 5 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 69 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. The Medium Risk sub-district has been re-designated as Low Risk.
    • Shangqiu did not report any new domestic positive case. There currently are 15 active domestic confirmed cases in the city. 2 High Risk sites have been re-designated as Low Risk. 2 sites remains at Medium Risk.

    Hubei Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 8 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 9 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There currently are 69 active domestic confirmed (31 mild & 38 moderate) & 41 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.

    • At Huanggang 1 domestic confirmed case recovered, There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 2 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
    • At Jingzhou, there currently are 2 active domestic confirmed cases.
    • At Jingmen there are currently 40 active domestic confirmed & 11 active domestic asymptomatic cases. 1 township remains at Medium Risk.
    • At Wuhan 7 domestic confirmed case recovered & 8 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There currently are 25 active domestic confirmed & 26 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
    • At Ezhou 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 2 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.

    Shanghai Municipality did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 9 active domestic confirmed cases in the city, 7 from the airport cluster & 2 from the hospital cluster. 5 residential compounds remain at Medium Risk.

    Imported Cases

    On 8/29, China reported 23 new imported confirmed cases (4 previously asymptomatic), 24 imported asymptomatic cases, 4 imported suspect cases:

    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 6 confirmed cases (1 previously asymptomatic), a Chinese & a foreign nationals returning from Bangladesh & 1 Chinese national each from the UK (via Amsterdam Schiphol), Japan, Myanmar & Thailand; 7 asymptomatic cases, 2 Chinese nationals each returning from Myanmar & the UAE, & 1 each from Costa Rica (via Los Angeles) & Egypt, & a foreign national coming from Japan
    • Foshan in Guangdong Province – 2 confirmed cases, 1 each coming from Malaysia & Egypt; 2 asymptomatic cases, both coming from Japan; all off flights that landed at Guangzhou
    • Shenzhen in Guangdong Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from the US; 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Sierra Leone (via Nairobi)
    • Dongguan in Guangdong Province – 1 asymptomatic case, coming from Kazakhstan, off a flight that landed at Guangzhou
    • Shanghai Municipality – 5 confirmed cases, 2 Chinese nationals returning from the UK (1 each via Frankfurt & Helsinki) & 1 from Thailand, a Mexican national coming from Mexico (via Amsterdam Schiphol), & a German national coming from Germany; 3 suspect cases, no information released
    • Yunnan Province (locations not specified) – 3 confirmed cases, all Chinese nationals returning from Myanmar via land border crossings
    • Tianjin Municipality – 2 confirmed cases, north Chinese nationals returning from Guinea (via Paris CdG); 2 asymptomatic cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Mauritania & Ghana (both via Paris CdG)
    • Taiyuan in Shanxi Province – 1 confirmed & 3 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province – 1 confirmed case (previously asymptomatic), coming from Spain; 3 asymptomatic cases, 1 each coming from Mali, the UK & the US
    • Xiamen in Fujian Province – 1 confirmed case, coming from Canada
    • Jinan in Shandong Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from Pakistan
    • Beijing Municipality – 1 asymptomatic & 1 suspect cases, no information released
    • Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Algeria
    • Xi’an in Shaanxi Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Portugal
    • Dalian in Liaoning Province – 1 asymptomatic case, no information released
    • Jiangsu Province (location not specified) – 1 asymptomatic case, no information released

    Overall in China, 107 confirmed cases recovered (40 imported), 23 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (13 imported) & 4 were reclassified as confirmed cases (all imported), & 2,446 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 1,175 active confirmed cases in the country (624 imported), 7 in serious condition (6 imported), 443 active asymptomatic cases (381 imported), 1 suspect case (imported). 22,529 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.

    As of 8/29, 2,044.625M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 11.691M doses in the past 24 hrs.

    On 8/30, Hong Kong reported 3 new positive cases, all imported (from Turkey & Egypt, 2 of whom had been double vaccinated). 

  17. 17.

    satby

    @Baud: @JPL: well, hope so, but the last time the US was off the “safe” list even vaccinated travellers had to quarantine, depending on country. For a while both France and Ireland required quarantine of everyone entering, at least until a second negative covid test some x days later. The omens aren’t good.

  18. 18.

    mrmoshpotato

    @NotMax:

    he had even characterized himself as “Mr. Anti-Vax” at one point. 

    And now the slapdick is Mr. No-Longer-Alive.

    Hopefully he didn’t infect anyone.

  19. 19.

    MomSense

    Well my former student’s son Griffin looked a little better yesterday in the video.  He was doing a nebulizer treatment with his new stuffed lion.  Mama still looks exhausted and worried.

  20. 20.

    rikyrah

    Today is Peanut’s first day of school.
    Sort of nervous ?
    I have been going over with her the importance of the mask. The school district says that they have those air filters that Kay has been writing about.
    Hoping for the best ??????

  29. 29.

    MomSense

    @rikyrah:

    Griffin is 2 and mama is furious, rightfully so.  They have done everything right but this Delta variant is a beast and too many people don’t care.

  30. 30.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    @Baud: The writer seems to be implying blacks who voted for Biden, not blacks registered as Democrats. But it probably worth checking his math to make sure he isn’t playing any games.

    And that’s a good point too Baud, my few run in with journalists on twitter I noticed a lot these guys just love to imply rather than make a fact supported argument.

  31. 31.

    rikyrah

     

    ??⚖️ Kenneth of House Pfizer™?, 1st of His Name (@Needle_of_Arya) tweeted at 6:56 AM on Mon, Aug 30, 2021:
    Yall motherfuckas need to listen to these crazy-ass white folks threatening violence over mask mandates.

    “…when good people are motivated to do bad things,” they say to school administrators & city council members.

    It’s literally 1866 and they are promising Klan activity.
    (https://twitter.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/1432311284192759814?s=03)

  34. 34.

    HeleninEire

    @satby: Oh no.

    ETA: Thank you Baud. I should go read!

    The Irish gov’t is going to make an announcement in a few days. Let’s see what they say.

  35. 35.

    Kay

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):

    Schools have really taken a beating from the Right over the last 3 months. I wish all the pundits who were screaming that they had to open last year would defend them now, but they’ve mysteriously gone missing. Moved on to screaming about Afghanistan. They care deeply about schools until they care deeply about Afghanistan.

    Biden’s been good on it. It’s extraordinary in the US for the President to go directly after GOP governors on schools – we have a local/state tradition on K-12 public education that is unlike any other country- and Biden did that. I was really pleased he defended them. Biden’s public education approach has been excellent. Broad local latitude on expending (lots and lots) of federal funds along with an aggressive bully pulpit.

  36. 36.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    @Enhanced Voting Techniques:

    And that’s a good point too Baud, my few run in with journalists on twitter I noticed a lot these guys just love to imply rather than make a fact supported argument.

    “We can do “The Innuendo”, we can dance and sing…”

  39. 39.

    Kay

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):

    The polling for them in the GOP Governor’s race in VA isn’t good. Virginia was kind of ground zero for their attacks on public schools. I wonder if they’ll recalibrate or continue to encourage violence against school board members.

    That’s just an ordinary candidate for governor now in the GOP. The guy who gives screaming speeches encouraging “strong men” to “remove” elected offocials. The “strong men” seems to be a formulation they’re adopting more and more. Seems designed to reach a certain group of extremists.

  40. 40.

    Baud

    @Kay:

    It’s why I don’t like internet denizens who wish the Dems acted “strong” like Republicans.  Machismo is a cover for weakness and insecurities.  We should find our own strength, which isn’t as flashy, but is more real.

  41. 41.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    @Kay:

    Did you mean Virginia or PA? Either one would be welcome news. I know last year a Republican woman was elected to statewide office (Treasurer?) for the first time in several years

    And I agree with you about Biden re: schools. He’s doing an excellent job using federal public education funds to fight these psychopaths

  45. 45.

    PST

    @Baud: I wondered what my Trumpist brother has been yammering about. They sure are committed, this week, to the proposition that somehow Democrats and/or African-Americans are somehow responsible for low vaccination rates. I should have known when I heard his confusing “statistics” that this must be the current talking point. I also had trouble understanding why he insisted over and over that the COVID problem is worse in Texas than in Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, or Mississippi. [Headslap!] Oh, of course, it’s because of the hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants streaming across the border, 90 percent of whom are infected. Another currently circulating Fox lie. If you don’t have one in your family sometimes you don’t know what’s going on in the alternative reality.

  46. 46.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    @PST: Your brother’s argument makes as much sense as the “it’s a bio weapon!” theory; all the more reason to get vaccinated to protect yourself.

    Tell your bother you know it’s only hundreds of infected illigals because you’ve been doing volunteer work for Big Liberal and it’s not that easy to organize chartered midnight flights to small towns to get these illegals to lick doorknobs and then complain about how many illegal virus mules have been dying.

  47. 47.

    The Moar You Know

    They can approve the 5-11 ASAP or close all the schools for another year.  Their choice.

    My wife’s school was without a principal for the first week – she had COVID.  She was of course vaccinated.  By the end of the first week, they had five separate COVID clusters involving kids coming to school who were known by their parents to be sick but got sent anyway.

    Since the parents refuse to do the right thing, the kids can either get the shots or stay the fuck home and do remote learning again – or the teachers go out on strike.  I’m estimating less than a month before that happens.  Teachers are no longer willing to die for the kids anymore.

  48. 48.

    lowtechcyclist

    @The Moar You Know:

    Teachers are no longer willing to die for the kids anymore.

    More to the point, they’re not willing to die for the kids’ parents’ whims and bullshit notions.

  50. 50.

    Robert Sneddon

    Scotland — There were 3,893 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday with zero new reported deaths of someone who had tested positive (note that Register Offices are now generally closed at weekends and Monday this week is a public holiday in Scotland). Test positivity rate is 14.1%. ICU bed occupancy numbers are the same at 52, while hospitalisations have increased by 44 to 551.

    There have been reports of data collection delays over the past few days. Tomorrow’s (Tuesday) numbers should be more indicative of what’s happening around the country.

    There were just over 15,000 vaccinations carried out in Scotland yesterday (Saturday) with under 20% of them first-doses. This brings the total in the adult (18+) population to 91.1% first-dose and 82.4% fully vaccinated. The first-dose vaccination rate for 16 and 17-year-olds is now 47.8%.

  51. 51.

    MontyTheClipArtMongoose

    @rikyrah: & even if he’s technically no longer in school administration, jerry, jr, will be watching them to ensure compliance

  52. 52.

    MontyTheClipArtMongoose

    @Kay: glemm youngkins is both carlyle group (a la bush-41) & maga… he’s not ordinary. he’s dangerous.

  53. 53.

    Sloane Ranger

    Sunday in the UK we had 33,196 new cases. This is an increase of 5.8% in the rolling 7-day average. Case numbers and reported deaths are most probably depressed by weekend office closures. Also, this is a Bank Holiday so offices are closed today also. New cases by nation,

    England – 22,501 (down 2617)

    Northern Ireland – 1225 (down 205)

    Scotland – 7113 (up 1255)

    Wales – 2357 (includes Saturday’s numbers).

    Deaths – There were 61 deaths within 28 days of a positive test reported yesterday. This is an increase of 16% in the rolling 7-day average. 49 were in England, 9 in Northern Ireland, 3 in Wales and no deaths in Scotland.

    Testing – Not updated at weekends.

    Hospitalisations – Not updated at weekends.

    Vaccinations – As of Saturday, 28 August, 48,001,316 people had received 1 shot of a vaccine and 42,639,781 had received both. This means that 88.3% of all UK residents aged 16+ had received 1 shot as of that date and 78.4% were fully vaccinated.

  54. 54.

    Fair Economist

    Strange for Singapore’s Lee to say COVID 0 is now impossible even as China is in the end stage of achieving it. We all know China has become a nasty authoritarian state but it’s clearly possible and I wouldn’t consider China’s measures incompatible with a liberal state. NZ is close in stringency; remains to be seen whether their approach will be enough.

    Australia giving up now while their vaccination process is still so far from completion is a particularly dim choice.

  55. 55.

    arrieve

    Tonight I was supposed to have an in-person class — I’m going into the second year of my master’s program and have yet to set foot in a classroom. Everyone has to show proof of vaccination to go on campus, and wear a mask (NYC so compliance is already really good) but I was still nervous about being in a room with other students. But the professor just emailed that she has a sore throat so we’re online after all.

  57. 57.

    PST

    @Enhanced Voting Techniques:

    Tell your bother you know it’s only hundreds of infected illigals because you’ve been doing volunteer work for Big Liberal and it’s not that easy to organize chartered midnight flights to small towns to get these illegals to lick doorknobs and then complain about how many illegal virus mules have been dying.

    He might believe me. Once those people have their minds made up, they can only be persuaded by contrary evidence from sources they trust, and sources that offer contrary evidence are by definition not to be trusted. If I quoted Fox News he’d be devastated that Big Lib has gotten to Fox.

  59. 59.

    GrueBleen

    Don’t know if anybody else has mentioned it, but the picture accompanying the Reuters report headed “Australian state warns COVID-19 hospitalisations to peak in October” is actually of the Princes Bridge over the Yarra river in Melbourne, the capital of the state of Victoria whereas the “warning” actually comes from NSW which is having over a 1000 infection cases per day presently.

    Reuters were always just a bit like that though. I wonder how many other countries/states with populations of nearly 26 million have the huge number of about 1300 infection cases per day, and maybe as many as 4 or 5 deaths.

  60. 60.

    Uncle Cosmo

    @Enhanced Voting Techniques: …[In ]my few run-ins with journalists on twitter I noticed a lot these guys just love to imply rather than make a fact supported argument.

    Any of “those guys” who could add 2 and 2 and get 4 over half the time slunk into bidniz schools for MBAs. Their deeply innumerate brethren who can manage something near enough to a simple declarative sentence for grammar & syntax software to clean up after them are the ones who think they’re God’s gift to the written word and slouch toward “urinalism”, where they can whip out their willies and spray brazen showers over everyone but themselves. Fuckers.

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