This is amazing. Look what we managed to do by June. Or look at the Navajo reservation early on. They learned, unlike far too many others. https://t.co/3ngrWIavPQ
— Cheryl Rofer (@CherylRofer) September 13, 2021
CNN Poll: 88% of college graduates have received at least one dose of the COVID vaccine while just 64% of non-college grads have.
87% of those who approve of Biden's job have received at least one dose against 57% of those who disapprove of Biden's job.
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) September 13, 2021
An international panel of experts, including two key members of @US_FDA vaccines evaluation branch, say the general public doesn't need #Covid19 boosters at present. @DrewQJoseph reports. https://t.co/aS63rF6Xdp
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) September 13, 2021
I somehow doubt ‘the general public’ will listen:
I agree wholly with this thread by @EricTopol
There's a lot of nonsense going around about how there's supposedly no data to support a 3rd shot
There is for people >60
Global vaccine equity is critical. We don't need to sacrifice vulnerable people here in order to achieve it https://t.co/fecWQx6CmH
— Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@ashishkjha) September 14, 2021
After Delta Airlines told its employees they would get charged $2,400/year if they didn't get the free vaccine, they had… wait for it… zero people quit over the policy.
Instead 4,000 more of their workers chose to get vaccinated. People are all talk. Mandates work. https://t.co/ZhnQzbLWFi
— Arlen Parsa (@arlenparsa) September 11, 2021
COVID-19 outbreaks have already forced some school closures, especially in states with low vaccination rates. But in many states, schools and local officials are not promoting vaccines, fearing political fallout from parents. https://t.co/KcHQGpxdkz
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 13, 2021
You can have legitimate objections to a federal workplace vaccine mandate as the way forward. But you have to offer another way forward, because accepting what's happening now is unacceptable.
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) September 13, 2021
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Which countries are giving children the Covid vaccine and why? https://t.co/mMeLAq202z
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) September 14, 2021
China's latest Covid outbreak linked to primary school https://t.co/NNn1lhVTWR
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 14, 2021
… The suspected source of the outbreak is a student’s father who tested positive for the virus on 10 September – 38 days after returning from Singapore on 4 August.
He had served 21 days in quarantine, during which he had taken nine nucleic acid and serologic tests, all of which were negative, said a report in the state-run Global Times newspaper.
It is not clear if the student’s father was indeed infected overseas, as such a long incubation period is very unusual…
Some 32 virus cases were identified in Xiamen on Monday, with most of them traced back to Putian. According to the Global Times, primary studies suggest the cases are that of the Delta variant.
The cases come ahead of a week-long National Day holiday on 1 October, known as Golden Week that sees millions travel across the country.
The Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, which runs for three days, is also set to begin on Sunday.
South Korea, which just started widespread vaccinations this summer, has surpassed the United States for the portion of its population that has received at least one dose pic.twitter.com/HDHHPX74eA
— Bryan Pietsch (@bybryanpietsch) September 13, 2021
Reuters reporter, US expat in Singapore:
singapore is not struggling. cases are rising, and will most likely rise further, but serious illness and death are in check. there are 54 serious cases in the whole country and 50 of them are over 60 https://t.co/FhSO74eL3Q
— Gerry Doyle (@mgerrydoyle) September 13, 2021
this is singapore pic.twitter.com/bW8DBGnklU
— Gerry Doyle (@mgerrydoyle) September 13, 2021
Grateful for vaccines, Taiwan minister to lead Europe investment delegation https://t.co/lMbzPR5GQH pic.twitter.com/nRyYacIw0Y
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 14, 2021
Philippines to test localised lockdowns in capital region https://t.co/imOdQNFzNx pic.twitter.com/FGJlPl4VV2
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 14, 2021
The government of the Australian state of New South Wales said the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations slowed as first-dose coverage neared 80% and urged the unvaccinated to get shots soon or risk missing out on freedoms when curbs ease https://t.co/4B8ESLpAwN pic.twitter.com/Z52MMpn9uJ
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 14, 2021
New Zealand looks to boost COVID-19 vaccinations as new cases ease https://t.co/aIHS1ZIc63 pic.twitter.com/WGuTUun5zq
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 14, 2021
More than 300,000 suspected of breaking UK quarantine rules https://t.co/gQEgNLdKA9
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 13, 2021
All 12 to 15-year-olds should be offered one dose of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, UK’s chief medical officers recommend https://t.co/upfG2IZTgs
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) September 13, 2021
WHO says Africa's weak vaccine supply to drop by a whopping 25%. The COVAX effort that provides vaccines for poor nations is cutting its delivery forecast partially bc of boosters in rich countries. ~3% of people on the continent have been fully vaccinated https://t.co/O7OxH018Ba
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) September 13, 2021
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Thanks to commentor Nicole, potential superwoman. The rest of us are advised to get a booster shot, for the same (potential) effect:
New studies find that people who had COVID in 2020 and later received an mRNA vaccine mount an exceptionally powerful immune response, which likely protects them from all circulating coronavirus variants — as well as ones that may emerge in the future.https://t.co/RB8mR74lKK
— NPR (@NPR) September 7, 2021
IIRC (from a link some weeks ago), Betadine as a nasal spray *is* actually being investigated as a weapon against COVID infection. Dilute, buffered iodine is cheap, easy to produce, won’t cause germs to become immune, and is safe to handle — but not to gargle!
It’s also used (like bleach) at very low concentrations to purify water during emergencies, which may have given some covidiots the idea:
Here are just a few examples of people pushing this dangerous treatment. pic.twitter.com/hCifXjfHOE
— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) September 13, 2021
The J&J Conundrum
Should people who received the single-shot #johnsonandjohnson #COVID vaccine be getting a booster shot?https://t.co/flISht65fb
— MicrobesInfect (@MicrobesInfect) September 13, 2021
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The University of Virginia Medical Center is currently reporting the highest seven-day average for COVID-19 hospitalizations it has ever seen. https://t.co/sFka7kxHzX
— NBC29 (@NBC29) September 13, 2021
Florida has 11,701 people hospitalized with Covid, the @MiamiHerald reports.
The UK, w/ 3x the population, has only 8,000 people hospitalized with Covid.
My fellow journalists should be making comparisons like this to point out the awful results of @GovDeSantis policies.
— David Cay Johnston (@DavidCayJ) September 13, 2021
BREAKING: A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Iowa law banning school districts from mandating masks to fight the coronavirus. Judge Robert Pratt said the law increases the risk of children with health conditions of contracting COVID-19. https://t.co/0MFhYXtXST
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 13, 2021
What role did the Sturgis Biker Rally play in S. Dakota's coronavirus outbreak? Apparently a big one. Daily reports of new cases grew 10-fold in August w/ the worst outbreaks in western S. Dakota. Hospitalizations have grown swiftly in the last few weeks https://t.co/tJekmKSIw2
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) September 13, 2021
???????????? https://t.co/x8B3W77nCI pic.twitter.com/tMESb9oUKk
— Adam Serwer ? (@AdamSerwer) September 14, 2021
Is this Peak Stupid? Or should I wait? pic.twitter.com/OWP6ZK1BcJ
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) September 14, 2021
imagine cheating on your fiancee and getting venereal syphilis and then your buddy tells his cousin, who has twenty two million twitter followers and a big mouth.
i am begging you people to mind your own business.
— World Famous Art Thief (@CalmSporting) September 14, 2021
lowtechcyclist
There’s no Peak Stupid, any more than there was Peak Wingnut.
The Thin Black Duke
Joe Rogan is another idiot who played Vaccination Roulette.
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY:
NYS Dept of Health says 143 new cases for 9/12, Monroe County website says 128. Most of the cases over the last week were women in their 20s, followed by women in their 30s. Of the total of 1129 cases 23% were children 0 – 19.
Still at 1379 deaths.
61.5% fully vaccinated.
61 patients in an ICU, 190 patients total hospitalized.
Cermet
I may get my third Covid vaccination today – they are indicating that for people over sixty it makes sense; I guess if they (the pharmacy) say’s yes, I will. Otherwise, I will get the flu shoot but I can’t do both – not because that is an issue in general but I have only one arm I can risk – so it isn’t because mixing might be an issue, per se; however, I suspect mixing might even be beneficial but that is certainly not based on any scientific studies to date. So, if I delay the flu shot I guess I’ll go as per our BJer suggested Oct. 1st or there about.
Tony Jay
I’d like to take this opportunity to make it absolutely clear that no UK Government Minister has physically seen, with their eyes, any complete, ring-bound and properly titled plan to bring Great Britain back under Lockdown over the October school holidays. Therefore, it’s very important to understand that no UK Government Minister can be held responsible for lying to their chums in the Press about the UK Government’s plans when we go back into Lockdown in October, because, as has been made clear, that wasn’t the question any UK Government Minister chose to answer.
The simple fact that they’ve leaked the story this far in advance is testament to how bad they’re expecting things to get leading up to Winter. Never mind, though, not their fault, is it? They told us all to be ‘careful’, we obviously didn’t listen. Shame on us!
rikyrah
@Cermet:
Go get it??????
Robert Sneddon
@Tony Jay: The epidemiological modellers are predicting a Flu Season From Hell this year since we missed out on influenza last year. Couple that with a predicted rise in COVID-19 cases (including some people who will be getting their second or third case) then the NHS is going to get hammered.
Most new COVID-19 cases in the UK will be “mild” because of vaccination levels and immunity from previous infections but there’s going to be a lot of them, maybe as many as last winter, filling up a lot of hospital beds. Fewer deaths, I can only hope.
rikyrah
Phucking idiot???
YY_Sima Qian
On 9/13 China reported 59 new domestic confirmed cases (12 previously asymptomatic) & 1 new domestic asymptomatic cases.
Fujian Province reporter 59 new domestic confirmed (12 previously asymptomatic) & 1 new domestic asymptomatic cases. There currently are 102 active domestic confirmed cases & 21 active domestic asymptomatic cases.
Guangzhou in Guangdong Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 3 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city, all associated w/ leak at a quarantine hotel for overseas arrivals.
Yunnan Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 7 active domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases there. 1 village in Ruili remains at Medium Risk.
At Jiangsu Province the remaining 3 domestic confirmed cases have recovered.
Hunan Province did not reported any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There are currently are 53 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Henan Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 15 active domestic confirmed cases in the province.
Hubei Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There currently are 16 active domestic confirmed (9 mild & 8 moderate) & 11 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
At Shanghai Municipality 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 6 active domestic confirmed cases in the city.
Imported Cases
On 9/13, China reported 33 new imported confirmed cases (5 previously asymptomatic), 19 imported asymptomatic cases:
Overall in China, 33 confirmed cases recovered (24 imported), 13 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (11 imported) & 17 were reclassified as confirmed cases (12 imported), & 639 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 810 active confirmed cases in the country (606 imported), 4 in serious condition (all imported), 401 active asymptomatic cases (362 imported), 0 suspect cases. 14,601 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 9/13, 2,152.52M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 4.4M doses in the past 24 hrs.
On 9/14, Hong Kong report 2 new positive cases, both imported (from the Philippines & Qatar, both had been fully vaccinated).
Cermet
@rikyrah: I’ll leave early this morning to see if they’ll give me the shot – I’m not yet in the 65 category so, will see..
As for the death of Bob Enyart the radio minister that thought Aids death’s were funny and made a lawsuit that got mask mandates thrown out for this area, all I say is if anyone could further the Covid vaccination efforts by dying of Covid, he did. Again, I wish death upon no one via Covid but this fucker was about as lowlife as any U.S. radio host could generally manage.
NotMax
FYI.
New Deal democrat
Eric Topol tweeted a summary of a paper from the Annals of Internal Medicine estimating that as of July 15, 62% of Americans had immunity from COVID, either as a result of being vaccinated (45%) or of having been infected, which they estimate to be 115 million (about 35%).
https://mobile.twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1437529317014048768
Note that even this is already out of date, as since July 15 another 5% of the population has been fully vaccinated, and another 2.5% has had *confirmed* cases of Delta (so probably about another 2.5% on top of that), for a total over 70%.
Wvng
@Cermet: Team Moderna may not be getting boosters anytime soon, it would seem. For some reason the Modern jabs seem to deliver a longer lasting immune response than the Pfizer jabs do. Based on personal observations, more people had a reaction to moderna than pfizer and maybe that was an indication of potency?
Geo Wilcox
I don’t think Betadine is powerful enough to kill off Covid, they should try Hibiclens just to be sure. As eyedrops or ear wash.
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s Ministry of Health reports 16,073 new Covid-19 cases today in its media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 1,995,771 cases. It also reports 413 new deaths as of midnight, for a cumulative total of 21,124 deaths – 1.05% of the cumulative reported total, 1.18% of resolved cases.
Based on cases reported yesterday, Malaysia’s nationwide Rt is at 0.98.
964 confirmed active and contagious cases are in ICU, 432 of them on ventilators. Meanwhile, 18,058 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 1,764,579 patients recovered – 87.7% of the cumulative reported total.
29 new clusters were reported today, for a cumulative total of 5,182 clusters. 1,448 clusters are currently active; 3,734 clusters are now inactive.
15,652 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 2,626 local cases: 133 in clusters, 1,426 close-contact screenings, and 1,067 other screenings.
Sarawak reports 1,983 cases: 80 in clusters, 1,386 close-contact screenings, and 517 other screenings. Johor reports 1,970 local cases: 239 in clusters, 993 close-contact screenings, and 738 other screenings. Sabah reports 1,782 local cases: two in clusters, 905 close-contact screenings, and 875 other screenings. Penang reports 1,651 cases: 44 in clusters, 620 close-contact screenings, and 987 other screenings.
Kelantan reports 1,406 local cases: 47 in clusters, 927 close-contact screenings, and 432 other screenings. Kedah reports 1,207 cases: two in clusters, 728 close-contact screenings, and 477 other screenings.
Perak reports 856 cases: 103 in clusters, 420 close-contact screenings, and 333 other screenings.
Pahang reports 762 local cases: 189 in clusters, 474 close-contact screenings, and 99 other screenings.
Terengganu reports 483 cases: seven in clusters, 359 close-contact screenings, and 117 other screenings. Kuala Lumpur reports 407 local cases: nine in clusters, 173 close-contact screenings, and 225 other screenings.
Melaka reports 329 cases: 65 in clusters, 155 close-contact screenings, and 109 other screenings.
Negeri Sembilan reports 143 cases: three in clusters, 76 close-contact screenings, and 64 other screenings.
Perlis reports 30 cases: 12 close-contact screenings and 18 other screenings. Putrajaya reports 14 cases: seven close-contact screenings and seven other screenings. Labuan reports three cases: one in a cluster, one close-contact screening, and one other screening.
17 new cases today are imported: six in Selangor, four in Kuala Lumpur, four in Johor, two in Sabah, and one in Pahang.
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 227,147 doses of vaccine on 13th September: 69,235 first doses and 157,912 second doses. As of midnight yesterday, the cumulative total is 38,990,335 doses administered: 21,573,348 first doses and 17,480,766 second doses. 66.0% of the population have received their first dose, while 53.5% are now fully vaccinated.
Suzanne
@Geo Wilcox: My healthcare clients have switched from normal bleach water for disinfecting surfaces to these healthcare-only super-concentrated wipes sold by Clorox that have bleach and other stuff. One of my clients calls them “death wipes” because they absolutely destroy surfaces…. tabletops, upholstered chairs, wood, plastics…… they should use those to make sure they don’t get the Rona!
sab
Happy to report that the 16 year old in our family who caught Covid at school is much better. Her mother wouldn’t let her get the vax, and her school had masks as optional. She was among the 30 % masking. Brought it home to her 8 month old baby brother, who ended up in the hospital on oxygen. He is home too now.
Everyone is so far okay, but why the hell put your family through that?
sab
@Suzanne: I bought a similar product a few years ago. It warned not to use it around pets, so pretty useless for kitchen counters what with the cats strolling along up there all night. Amazing on the stovetop exhaust fan, however.
mrmoshpotato
@lowtechcyclist:
You beat all of us to it.
mrmoshpotato
@rikyrah: Is that in general or specific?
lowtechcyclist
@The Thin Black Duke:
I like the writer’s description of Florida as “the viral equivalent of Chernobyl.”
Matt McIrvin
Looks like around here we might be seeing the beginning of the spike from schools opening, after the late-summer wave seemed to be leveling out. My (vaccinated) kid’s attending in person and I’m feeling kind of fatalistic about it–not at all convinced the measures that worked last spring will continue to work. Oh, well, we’re all vaxxed here.
dmsilev
@Wvng: One possible explanation: The Moderna vaccine uses a much higher dosage than the Pfizer, around 3x as much active ingredient. The disparity has certainly been mentioned as a likely cause for the stronger reactions that people have tended to have to Moderna, and maybe it also helps with longevity of the immune response?
(I am in no way an expert. Wild amateur speculation)
smith
Last Saturday I learned that my sister had tested positive for covid. She’s fully vaxxed, and reasonably careful with masking. She’s also quite knowledgeable, having worked as a contact tracer off and on for more than a year, and also having a doctorate in medical anthropology, which is basically epidemiology.
However, she lives in a small town in intensely red rural WI, with a low vaccination rate, a correspondingly high infection rate, and very few people willing to mask or socially distance. Like a lot of other vaccinated people my sister didn’t resume limiting her activities when the delta surge started to the extent she that had during previous surges. She started wearing masks again but continued to go out with friends, volunteering, going to church, and traveling. Probably most significantly, she joined a gym and worked out without a mask.
She got her diagnosis within the window that allowed her to get a monoclonal antibody treatment, and so far she’s had a reasonably mild case, just a bad head cold and some mental fuzziness.
This story will probably end well, but we were a little worried for a while, as my sister is 71 and has underlying lung problems. I’m focusing on her activities not to apportion blame but to harp once again on the fact that people deciding how much risk to take after they’re vaccinated really should weigh heavily the level of community transmission in their locality, certainly at least as much as they think about the statistics for overall risk in the vaccinated.
Robert Sneddon
Scotland — There were 3,375 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday (Monday) with 21 new reported deaths of someone who had tested. Test positivity rate is 11.4%. ICU bed occupancy numbers are 89, down one from yesterday while hospitalisations are 1,064, up 18.
There were just under 5,500 vaccinations carried out in Scotland yesterday with about 40% of them being first-doses. This brings the total in the adult (16+) population to 90.9% first-dose and 83.3% fully vaccinated. The first-dose vaccination rate for 16 and 17-year-olds is now 64.6%.
Information about the planned rollout of vaccines to 12-15 year olds in Scotland is expected imminently as the First Minister is going to be speaking to the Scottish Parliament in a few minutes. It’s likely to involve a single dose of Pfizer vaccine with a decision on a second dose delayed until next year at the earliest. There’s also going to be a booster vaccination program for those over 50 and people at higher risk, a single shot which may accompany the annual influenza vaccination program if the schedules align. This is again likely to be the Pfizer vaccine but it’s not yet clear.
Sloane Ranger
Monday in the UK we had 30,825 new cases. This is a decrease of 8.4% in the rolling 7-day average, but offices may still be catching up after the weekend closures. New cases by nation,
England – 21,077 (up 1164)
Northern Ireland – 1199 (up 168)
Scotland – 4241 (down 1671)
Wales – 4308 (up 1991).
Deaths – There were 61 deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday. This is an increase of 25.1% in the rolling 7-day average. 32 deaths were in England, 8 in Northern Ireland, 0 in Scotland and 21 in Wales.
Testing – There were 1,079,196 tests conducted on Sunday, 12 September. This is an increase of 16.9% in the rolling 7-day average. The PCR testing capacity reported by labs on that date was 771,562.
Hospitalisations – There were 8256 people in hospital and 1055 people on ventilators on Friday, 10 September. As of 7 September, the rolling 7-day average for hospital admissions was up by 4.7%.
Vaccinations – As of Sunday, 12 September, 48,439,272 people had had 1 shot of a vaccine and 44,048,093 had had both. This means that 89.1% of all UK residents aged 16+ had had 1 shot as of that date and 81% were fully vaccinated.
General – AL has already reported that the government plans to offer 1 shot of vaccine to 12-15 year olds in England. They also plan to start booster shots for the over 50’s and some other vulnerable groups from next week. Other national governments are expected to follow suit. In addition, they have unveiled contingency plans for England during the winter if hospitals begin to be overrun. This involves re-imposing the mask mandate in certain settings, returning to WFH, actually introducing the vaccine passports they shied away from yesterday and, as a final resort, lockdowns. His reference to re-introducing mask mandates (possibly) was jeered by his own backbenchers. What happens in the US Republican Party happens in the UK Conservative Party about five years later and here we have the first signs.
I have booked my flu shot for this year. Boots the Chemist on Monday, 27 September at 12.30pm, available free from the NHS.
sdhays
I have to marvel that not only did Fucker Carlson think that the absurd Nicki Minaj tweet was worth reading in its entirety on air, but the Fox Lose chyron writer lacked the reading comprehension to note that it was her cousin’s friend, not her cousin, who tried to blame the vaccine for his std.
Miss Bianca
@Wvng: I certainly had a reaction to the Moderna vaccine – both times! (out for a couple of days with extreme fatigue, some muscle aches, and fever). It wasn’t horrible, kind of like my flu vaccine reactions, but hoping that that means I got a good strong immune reaction going on. (I *really* hope so, because getting that third shot seems extremely unappealing to me for some reason).
J R in WV
I had a really strong reaction to my second Moderna shot back in March. Slept for two days, was OK, then woke up with total muscular cramps all over my body. Still wake up stiffer than before. Got the third shot at a local Health Department which needed to use up vaccine doses nearing their expiration date.
No severe reaction to that third shot, much relief to be more resistant to the the TrumpianPlague, though… I hear that local health dept caught a lot of static because the FDA/CDC haven’t approved those third shots.
I must admit I’m totally disappointed by the FDA and CDC both acting as if their standard operating procedures, added to and made more complex every year since their founding, are still completely appropriate now that we have a real plague going on! At least they had a [ really slow and overly complex ] emergency approval process… but couldn’t speed typical approval even though a hundred miliion people were vaccinated with like 100 dangerous reactions. Just Sad!