(h/t DAW)
the spread of COVID-19 visualized pic.twitter.com/zIaSkQrqr2
— John B. Holbein (@JohnHolbein1) October 9, 2021
The rate of Covid-19 cases is dropping nationally but rising in these 5 states: Montana, Colorado, Minnesota, Michigan and Pennsylvania. All had at least 10% more new cases this past week, according to data from Johns Hopkins University https://t.co/mb1cc2LM7q pic.twitter.com/v7d5PbDnZR
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) October 10, 2021
"The constant adjustments over the last 18 months have been draining." As the virus pandemic continues to cause disruption, small business owners are left trying to strike a balance between staying safe and getting back to being fully open. https://t.co/7SMTiTgeZa
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 10, 2021
Thread — until we’re all immunized, the numbers will remain dire:
California, the U.S. coronavirus hot spot early this year, in recent weeks has recorded some of the lowest case rates in the country â lower than some states that are more vaccinated.
One clear example is the New England states of Vermont and Maine. https://t.co/1jz4gEgzoy pic.twitter.com/00UUCsy7JW
— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) October 8, 2021
As horrific as the winter surge was, with hospitals overwhelmed and death rates hitting pandemic peaks, experts say California emerged from it with a relatively significant amount of natural immunity. https://t.co/1jz4gEgzoy
— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) October 8, 2021
Maine, with a vaccination rate just under Vermontâs at 69%, has been struggling the hardest in the region, breaking its single-day record in daily new cases last week. https://t.co/1jz4gEgzoy pic.twitter.com/yrJOaKPm86
— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) October 8, 2021
Southern Maine is vaccinated, northern Maine is… Trump country, unfortunately.
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Singapore is opening its borders to more countries for quarantine-free travel as the city-state seeks to rebuild its status as an international aviation hub, and prepares to reach a 'new normal' to live with COVID-19 https://t.co/sbgiYQ6aKZ pic.twitter.com/fyp4GX3s2t
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 11, 2021
Sydney hairdressers, gyms, cafĂ©s and bars have reopened to fully vaccinated customers for the first time in more than 100 days after Australiaâs largest state exceeded its vaccination target. https://t.co/DOAo5dex4s
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 11, 2021
New Zealand reports fall in local COVID-19 cases, all in Auckland https://t.co/y5UPnnqxKY pic.twitter.com/zHLgO3faYY
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 11, 2021
Most of New Zealandâs health care workers and teachers will be legally required to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. The COVID-19 Response minister says many in those professions are already vaccinated but the country canât leave anything to chance. https://t.co/vXwIli7ZQ3
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 11, 2021
Three detained in Egypt after coronavirus vaccines found dumped https://t.co/uc4DV5Dfg7 pic.twitter.com/jR96vVUqaQ
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 11, 2021
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.
#COVID19 update in Africa as of 10/10/2021 at 6 PM (EAT).
More at https://t.co/fvcEaCYXUF#AfricaResponds #TestTraceTreat #FactsNotFear pic.twitter.com/45DdfTQbR5— Africa CDC (@AfricaCDC) October 10, 2021
Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro complains he couldn't attend a soccer match because he is not vaccinated: "I wanted to watch Santos now and they said I needed to be vaccinnated. Why should that be?" The club says he had not asked to attend.
https://t.co/ENUZNpecJK— AP Sports (@AP_Sports) October 11, 2021
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New data have shed light on breakthrough infections across all age groups and multiple vaccines
1. The Israel data on restoration of protection vs severe illness with Pfizer booster shots among 4.6 million peoplehttps://t.co/Yju9B9V6Bl pic.twitter.com/XgNVgOXXat— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) October 10, 2021
6. Bottom line:
To prevent symptomatic infections, a 3rd shot (booster) will be needed at ~6 months from vaccination in many people.
To prevent hospitalizations and deaths, a booster is necessary for people over age 60.— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) October 10, 2021
The hot new back-to-school accessory? An air quality monitor. Parents are sneaking CO2 monitors into their childrenâs schools to determine whether the buildings are safe. An aerosol scientist says they work best when not sealed away in a backpack https://t.co/0u5x3a70vX
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) October 10, 2021
AstraZeneca drug cocktail succeeds in late-stage study to treat COVID-19 https://t.co/keW3HFJSLX pic.twitter.com/rsLLBdkPBk
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 11, 2021
T cells are normal in kids w/ MIS-C.
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in childrenâMIS-Câis a serious condition linked w/ recent Covid infection. A UC San Diego team has found in a new study that T cell responses are normal despite contrarian hypotheses https://t.co/WGh5uAd81h pic.twitter.com/3rVZ1I1Ipl— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) October 10, 2021
A low-cost ventilator is now set to help people in low-income countries. Ventilators are required in ICUs where patients are debilitated by respiratory diseases. Designed in the UK, the ventilator is a fraction of a conventional machine's cost https://t.co/I2EX002fyv
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) October 10, 2021
A snow leopard has died of suspected Covid at the South Dakota Zoo. The Sioux Falls zoo said Baya had a cough a week ago & was lethargic. Other big cats at the zooâs feline complex have displayed similar symptoms. A necropsy will provide a definitive cause https://t.co/wXuuV7a6gY
— delthia ricks ?? (@DelthiaRicks) October 9, 2021
Delta variant nearly killed a lion during National Zooâs covid outbreak https://t.co/LjCVsDbswe
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 8, 2021
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Hawaii just became the first state to administer COVID vaccines to 90% of its residents 12 and older.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 10, 2021
100s of 1000s of US military are unvacc'ed or partially so, as #Pentagonâs 1st #COVID19 deadline nears, w/"a spike in deaths amng military reservists illustrating how political division over shots has seeped into a nonpartisan force w/unambiguous orders."https://t.co/WzuWDyjBG7
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) October 10, 2021
14% of NYC home health aides missed the City's #COVID19 #vaccine deadline.
The tragedy is that these are low-paid, hard workers, mostly immigrants and people of color. They can't afford to lose work, but disinformation targeted them.https://t.co/vfjF2IkhWb— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) October 10, 2021
In addition to a medal, some water and maybe a banana, volunteers will be handing out masks to the Boston Marathon finishers as they leave the socially distanced course on Monday. https://t.co/jm6z9wgpLN
— AP Sports (@AP_Sports) October 10, 2021
after explaining that he has Covid & is maxing out on crazy with hydroxychloroquine & invermectin, West feels necessary to clarify that while his wife is vaxed he is not. So apparently he got barraged by nutballs disappointed he got vaxed. https://t.co/vWPhi5So6q
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) October 9, 2021
Eli-Lily is the largest supplier of monoclonal antibodies and charges $2100 for each treatment. I cannot get over the stupidity of this line of thinking pic.twitter.com/LJ5ebraBip
— maaronweber (@maaronweber) October 10, 2021
Tomorrow’s Wingnut Wurlitzer sonata today!
this is remarkable. the article literally says the issues have nothing to do with vaccine mandates. way down in the article says there were rumors abt it being tied to vax mandates but that's wrong. whether, non-vax staffing issues. Cruz breaking new ground in being a liar. https://t.co/WEKM1Gr3xZ
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) October 10, 2021
that kidâŠthat kid gets it https://t.co/TT7iHqwoWn
— kilgore trout, never attended a decision-point mtg (@KT_So_It_Goes) October 10, 2021
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY:
The Monroe County website is taking the weekend off again.
NYSDOH says 217 new cases.
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.)
Amir Khalid
Malaysiaâs 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 â 1.16% of the cumulative reported total, 1.22% of resolved cases.
Based on cases reported yesterday, Malaysiaâs 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 â 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.
Baud
It’s almost as if waves of the virus hit different places at different times.
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.
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.
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.
Yili Prefecture in Xinjiang âAutonomousâ 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:
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.
Taken4Granite
@Cermet:
Now that’s an inspired typo.
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.
Suzanne
Yeah, PAâs 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!
Patrianakos
@Amir Khalid: IIRC, he was allowed to retire rather than face a court-martial, so he gets his pension and has the right to his rank.
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.
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.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
More aggressive HVAC filter standards because of SARS.
mrmoshpotato
Oh boo fucking throw yourself into the Sun.
mrmoshpotato
Oh boo fucking throw yourself into the Sun, President Plague Rat.
NotMax
Serbia becomes the 36th country to report more than one million cases in total.
mrmoshpotato
Canada, would you like Christmas to come early? Take back Shithead Ted whenever you want (now, like now).
mrmoshpotato
@New Deal democrat:
Disgusted Obama shrugging.gif
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).
dr. bloor
@Baud: You’d think Californians of all people would know the difference between a raging forest fire and a relatively controlled burn.
Suzanne
@Enhanced Voting Techniques:
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 canât just be âturned upâ or âanother filter addedâ 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.
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 countiesâ 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
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.
Uncle Cosmo
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.)
Enhanced Voting Techniques
@Scout211: It also amusingly mirrors the GOP vote in the state too.
New Deal democrat
@mrmoshpotato: The decision is not in the control of the teens, the youngest of whom is 13. They are innocent victims.
Suzanne
@Enhanced Voting Techniques: Yes 100%. In short, âbetter ventilation!!!!â is a really complex thing but is critical to this effort. I wish it got more attention besides âset up a residential HEPA filter thing in the corner of the office and call it goodâ.
mrmoshpotato
@New Deal democrat: I know. I’m disgusted with the massively irresponsible parents.
UncleEbeneezer
@Scout211: Not surprised about Inyo County. Â We were in Bishop last week and every place we had to go inside (gas stations, supermarket etc) NOBODY was wearing masks except us. Â :(
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.
Comrade Colette
@UncleEbeneezer:
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? ?