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Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

When I was faster i was always behind.

Lick the third rail, it tastes like chocolate!

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Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

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Their boy Ron is an empty plastic cup that will never know pudding.

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This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.

… gradually, and then suddenly.

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COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Sunday / Monday, October 10-11

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Thread — until we’re all immunized, the numbers will remain dire:


Southern Maine is vaccinated, northern Maine is… Trump country, unfortunately.

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Egypt’s public prosecution said on Sunday it had ordered the arrest of three people after thousands of unused COVID-19 vaccines were found dumped along a water channel.

It said the vaccines had been allocated to the health directorate in the city of Minya, about 220 km (137 miles) south of Cairo, where 18,400 vaccine packages with a value of more than 5 million Egyptian pounds ($319,000) were found to be missing.

An inventory found nearly 5,000 more packages had been lost from the depot because of storage at improper temperatures, a prosecution statement added. It did not give the number of doses or type of vaccine, but an earlier official statement said they were made by China’s Sinopharm…

The vaccines that were dumped went missing after being given by an authorised pharmacist to the driver of a Health Ministry vehicle to deliver to the Minya directorate, the prosecution said.

Initial investigations held the pharmacist and an official at the directorate’s depot responsible for gross negligence, and they were ordered detained for investigations along with the driver after giving conflicting accounts, the statement said.

Egypt is aiming to vaccinate 40 million of its population of more than 100 million by the end of the year, but has struggled to ramp up its vaccination rate amid delays in supplies and some vaccine hesitancy.

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Tomorrow’s Wingnut Wurlitzer sonata today!

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  1. 1.

    NeenerNeener

    Monroe County, NY:

    The Monroe County website is taking the weekend off again.
    NYSDOH says 217 new cases.

  2. 2.

    Cermet

    People like West really try my patience about not wanting anyone to die; but I certainly want him to get gravely ill and then only recover after many weeks. Then to have long covid. That this fool thinks being a Lieutenant colonel at some time means he gets the horrific of colonel like its some type of honor is funny – he couldn’t even make it to a full bird colonel – what a fucking loser: LOLOLOL.)

  3. 3.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s Ministry of Health reports 6,709 new Covid-19 cases today in its media statement, continuing the decline in daily new cases, for a cumulative reported total of 2,346,303 cases. It also reports 64 new deaths as of midnight, for a cumulative total of 27,329 deaths – 1.16% of the cumulative reported total, 1.22% of resolved cases.

    Based on cases reported yesterday, Malaysia’s nationwide Rt is at 0.87.

    702 confirmed cases are in ICU, 298 of them on ventilators. Meanwhile, 10,833 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 2,206,502 patients recovered – 94.0% of the cumulative reported total.

    Nine new clusters were reported today, for a cumulative total of 5,597 clusters. 794 clusters are currently active; 4,803 clusters are now inactive.

    6,703 new cases today are local infections. Six new cases today are imported.

    The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 129,518 doses of vaccine on 10th October: 31,932 first doses and 97,586 second doses. As of midnight yesterday, the cumulative total is 45,650,714 doses administered: 24,457,378 first doses and 21,305,196 second doses. 74.9% of the population have received their first dose, while 65.2% are now fully vaccinated.

  4. 4.

    Baud

    California, the U.S. coronavirus hot spot early this year, in recent weeks has recorded some of the lowest case rates in the country — lower than some states that are more vaccinated.

    It’s almost as if waves of the virus hit different places at different times.

  5. 5.

    Amir Khalid

    @Cermet:

    West was booted out of the US Army for some kind of misconduct involving torture of Iraqi civilians, as I recall. I’m surprised he’s still allowed to use fis old rank, let alone embellish it to full colonel.

  6. 6.

    YY_Sima Qian

    On 10/10 China reported 0 new domestic confirmed & 0 new domestic asymptomatic cases.

    Fujian Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 11 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 148 active domestic confirmed cases.

    • At Putian 6 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 39 active domestic confirmed cases in the city.
    • At Quanzhou there currently are 5 active domestic confirmed cases remaining.
    • At Xiamen 4 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 104 active domestic confirmed cases in the city.
    • At Zhangzhou the last domestic confirmed case recovered.

    Heilongjiang Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 8 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 56 active domestic confirmed & 5 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.

    • At Harbin 7 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 56 active domestic confirmed (46 at Bayan County, 4 at Songbei District, 2 each at Xiangfang & Echeng Districts, & 1 each at Mulan County & Nan’gang District) & 2 active domestic asymptomatic cases (both at Bayan County) in the city. Xinglong Township in Bayan County remains at High Risk. 2 residential compounds have been re-designated as Low Risk. 9 residential compounds & 1 residential building remain at Medium Risk.
    • At Suihua the domestic confirmed case recovered & 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. The currently are 3 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city (all at Beilin District).

    Yili Prefecture in Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed (at Horgos) & 4 active domestic asymptomatic cases (2 each at Cocodala & Horgos) at the prefecture.

    Yunnan Province did not report any new domestic asymptomatic cases. There currently are 4 domestic asymptomatic cases remaining in the province, all at Ruili in Dehong Prefecture.

    At Henan Province there currently are 6 active domestic confirmed cases remaining, all at Shangqiu.

    Imported Cases

    On 10/10, China reported 25 new imported confirmed cases (1 previously asymptomatic), 8 imported asymptomatic cases:

    • Yunnan Province (location not specified) – 14 confirmed cases, all Chinese nationals returning from Myanmar, via land border crossing
    • Qingdao in Shandong Province – 4 confirmed cases (1 previously asymptomatic), 3 Chinese nationals returning from Nigeria (via Frankfurt) & South Korea
    • Shanghai Municipality – 3 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Tanzania (via Amsterdam Schiphol), the UK (via Helsinki) & the US
    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national coming from Bangladesh; 4 asymptomatic cases, 2 Chinese nationals returning from Bangladesh & 1 each from the DRC & the US 
    • Dongguan in Guangdong Province – 1 confirmed case, coming from Japan, off a flight that landed at Guangzhou
    • Hohhot in Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region – 1 confirmed case, off a flight diverted from Beijing
    • Guangxi “Autonomous” Region (location not specified) – 1 confirmed case, no information released
    • Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province – 3 asymptomatic cases, 2 crew members off a cargo ship w/ last ports of call at Angola & 1 case coming from  Bahrain
    • Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from the UAE; the case had arrived at Guangzhou on 9/18, passed through the 14 days of centralized quarantine & tested negative multiple times, upon release from quarantine on 10/3 the case flew back to Chengdu & re-entered centralized quarantine, testing positive on 10/10

    Overall in China, 43 confirmed cases recovered (24 imported), 15 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (14 imported) & 1 were reclassified as confirmed case, & 2,004 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 713 active confirmed cases in the country (501 imported), 1 in serious condition (imported), 362 active asymptomatic cases (345 imported), 1 suspect case (imported). 23,710 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.

    As of 10/10, 2,221.245M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 1.117M doses in the past 24 hrs.

    On 10/11 Hong Kong reported 7 new positive cases, all imported.

  8. 8.

    Geminid

    @Amir Khalid: West watched his soldiers beat an Iraqi prisoner. Then he staged a mock execution, counting down from five and firing his handgun past the prisoner’s head. After an administrative hearing that would have led to a court martial, West was allowed to resign his commission.

  9. 9.

    Suzanne

    Yeah, PA’s cases are still going up. It seems to be a better situation in the eastern part of the state. I would really like this Delta peak to happen already!

  11. 11.

    New Deal democrat

    Increasingly concerning evidence that the trend in declining cases has stopped almost everywhere outside of the originally hard-hit South, and at levels equivalent to the peak of the summer 2020 outbreak.

    Last year the winter wave really took off in October in all regions, although deaths did not pick up in the South and West until November. As of now the northern border States and West Virginia are the epicenter of new cases.

    On a personal note, I found out from the 17 year old across the street from me that neither he, nor his father who works for a lab company, nor his mother, nor his three siblings were vaccinated. I was gobsmacked. On yesterday I found out all three of his teenage siblings have COVID. Such completely unnecessary suffering.

  12. 12.

    Geo Wilcox

    @Cermet: The only folks who call my husband Colonel are the employees at USAA when he calls them up to talk to them. Other than that, I don’t think anyone outside of the family knows his rank.

  13. 13.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    California, the U.S. coronavirus hot spot early this year, in recent weeks has recorded some of the lowest case rates in the country — lower than some states that are more vaccinated.

    More aggressive HVAC filter standards because of SARS.

  14. 14.

    mrmoshpotato

    Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro complains he couldn’t attend a soccer match because he is not vaccinated

    Oh boo fucking throw yourself into the Sun.

  15. 15.

    mrmoshpotato

    Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro complains he couldn’t attend a soccer match because he is not vaccinated

    Oh boo fucking throw yourself into the Sun, President Plague Rat.

  17. 17.

    mrmoshpotato

    Cruz breaking new ground in being a liar.

    Canada, would you like Christmas to come early?  Take back Shithead Ted whenever you want (now, like now).

  18. 18.

    mrmoshpotato

    @New Deal democrat:

    On a personal note, I found out from the 17 year old across the street from me that neither he, nor his father who works for a lab company, nor his mother, nor his three siblings were vaccinated. I was gobsmacked. On yesterday I found out all three of his teenage siblings have COVID. Such completely unnecessary suffering. 

    Disgusted Obama shrugging.gif

  19. 19.

    Robert Sneddon

    @Geo Wilcox: A friend of mine got a promotion from corporal to colonel in one step.

    He left the British Army with the rank of corporal, went to university and eventually got a Ph. D. in Psychology. Later he got an appointment to Sandhurst, the British military college as a lecturer and as such he was given the honorary rank of colonel for administrative purposes (mostly protocol and precedence in formal affairs).

  20. 20.

    dr. bloor

    @Baud: You’d think Californians of all people would know the difference between a raging forest fire and a relatively controlled burn.

  21. 21.

    Suzanne

    @Enhanced Voting Techniques:

    More aggressive HVAC filter standards because of SARS.

     

    So this is a super-important topic that is getting next to no coverage. We still do not really know how many air changes per hour is needed to control Covid. The building science and mechanical engineering profession has sorta-kinda said around 6 ACH, but I have not yet seen any rigorous research around that. The six-foot-distance metric is also a WAG (wild-ass guess) that has proven to not really be sufficient in many situations.

    I can tell you that the vast majority of commercial buildings come nowhere close to 6 ACH. And commercial air handling equipment can’t just be “turned up” or “another filter added” very easily. And big air handler replacement projects on buildings like hospitals or office high-rises or shopping malls are incredibly expensive and disruptive and time-consuming. But this is absolutely critical to figure out.

  22. 22.

    Scout211

    Looking at the county by county statistics in California, the picture is not so rosy in the rural part of the state. In June, when Newsom opened up the state and rescinded the statewide mask mandate, most of the rural counties’ case rates slowly started rising and most are staying high. Many of the urban areas reinstated their own local mask mandates and some added vaccine mandates for bars and restaurants and other gatherings. The rural counties  stayed totally open.

    From the Covid tracking site for the state of California:

    The state as a whole has a rate of new cases of 13.1 per 100k (7-day average).

    Inyo County is 57.3 per 100k

    Mariposa is 51.3 per 100k

    Calaveras is 35.8 per 100k (where we live)

    San Francisco County is  8.6 per 100k

  23. 23.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    @Suzanne: It’s not just airflow and filtration, the ionization of the air cuts down on COVID transmission too.  The British NHS has a big write up on because they implemented a lot of stuff after SARS.

  24. 24.

    Uncle Cosmo

    @Cermet: That this fool thinks being a Lieutenant colonel at some time means he gets the horrific of colonel like its some type of honor is funny – he couldn’t even make it to a full bird colonel – what a fucking loser: LOLOLOL.

    In my ~25 yrs working with active and former US military, the failure to bump midrange officers to Full Bird upon retirement was a clear signal they were terminal fuckups, e.g.:

    I worked with a LTC (USAF retired), allegedly a former navigator,** who was a total suckup to the division head.*** Once I provided him a charge number for a couple of hours to solve a simple trig problem I didn’t have time for. He couldn’t do it. One of the other guys with a HS degree cleaned up his mess.

    ** Also a dead ringer for Gaylord the Buzzard in the comic strip Broom-Hilda. “Turkey Buzzard” was his office nickname (behind his back of course).

    *** The division head was a card-carrying sociopath who looked like Jabba The Hutt with greasy longish hair and glasses. When Corporate HR banished him to a distant office after abusing the wrong subordinate, the T.B. followed right along like the mindless parasite he was. (Do I sound bitter? Talk to my Guangdong lawyer, Su Mi.)

  27. 27.

    Suzanne

    @Enhanced Voting Techniques: Yes 100%. In short, “better ventilation!!!!” is a really complex thing but is critical to this effort. I wish it got more attention besides “set up a residential HEPA filter thing in the corner of the office and call it good”.

  29. 29.

    UncleEbeneezer

    @Scout211: Not surprised about Inyo County.  We were in Bishop last week and every place we had to go inside (gas stations, supermarket etc) NOBODY was wearing masks except us.  :(

  30. 30.

    Fair Economist

    @Suzanne: Neither air exchange rates nor physical distance alone can provide a “safe” level. As each improves, the chance of transmission gradually drops. In combination with other measures, you could reach a point where R0 was below 1, but that depends on the other measures. But neither one can do it alone, and there are no cliffs in the improvement.

    It’s worth doing cheap easy measures like free standing HEPA filters because they’ll help *some* and it doesn’t take much to make them worth it. But yeah, not even close to fixing the problem alone.

  31. 31.

    Comrade Colette

    @UncleEbeneezer:

    Not surprised about Inyo County.  We were in Bishop last week and every place we had to go inside (gas stations, supermarket etc) NOBODY was wearing masks except us.  :(

    Ugh. Good point. We’ve been toying with going to the Eastern Sierra for a few days to see some fall color (if it’s not too late by the time Monsieur Colette finishes his big project), but I didn’t really consider that problem.

    Maybe a cabin with a kitchen, so we don’t have to go to restaurants or breathe anyone else’s air?  ?

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