Amid drop in covid rates, Fauci encourages outdoor trick-or-treating and says “enjoy Halloween” https://t.co/iGCK5dt0fu
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 11, 2021
Bottom line on COVID = progress
— nationally cases and hospitalizations are down;
— 39 states see hospitalizations down;
— vaccinations are up, nearing 80% of adults w/ at least one shot
— 95% of seniors have one shot, 10% have booster— Ronald Klain (@WHCOS) October 11, 2021
Boosters are complicating efforts to persuade the unvaccinated to get shots. The number of people still weighing whether to get a Covid vaccination has sharply dwindled, leaving an unvaccinated population that is mostly hard-core refusers https://t.co/98Axxo0JhA pic.twitter.com/YF4spfd6Tw
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) October 12, 2021
… About 56 percent of the U.S. population is fully vaccinated, a level that exceeds some early estimates about what it could take to achieve so-called herd immunity against the coronavirus. That percentage will surely rise once the shots are authorized for children under 12. But Delta is so contagious that experts have revised their optimum coverage estimates to 90 percent or higher.
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation’s vaccine surveys, those who say they will never get the vaccine — the “definitely nots” — have held steady for months between 15 and 12 percent of respondents. The rising vaccination rates of late reflect the steady shrinking of a different group — those who say they had been waiting to decide and could be convinced. They now total just 7 percent, down from 39 percent in December.
(An additional 4 percent of respondents say they would get vaccinated only if their workplace or school mandates it.)…
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Women are less likely to be vaccinated in many low-& middle-income countries, according to a new study. Less than 2% of people in low-income countries have been vaccinated — & among those who have, women are often less likely than men to have access to vaccines. From WaPost pic.twitter.com/OfKbxv714I
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) October 11, 2021
The #WHO has recommended that immunocompromised people be given an additional dose of #coronavirus vaccine, due to their higher risk of breakthrough infections after standard immunization.https://t.co/a0iHSDZ5Uo
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) October 11, 2021
Moderna's chairman, Noubar Afeyan, says the company won't share the recipe for its COVID-19 vaccine because scaling up its own production is the best way to increase the global supply. The U.N. health agency has pressed Moderna to share its formula. https://t.co/IZWlR5qm8t
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 11, 2021
India's Everest Organics starts making ingredient for Merck's COVID-19 pill https://t.co/RqfGwC7kP3 pic.twitter.com/r3OE1rdBsA
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 12, 2021
S.Korea to donate 1.1 mln doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam, 470,000 doses to Thailand https://t.co/BgGTPuZrfs pic.twitter.com/tggBQv2SBo
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 12, 2021
Thailand to re-open for some vaccinated visitors on 1 November https://t.co/n9OUTtQrnV
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 11, 2021
Sydney's COVID-19 cases fell to the lowest in two months as authorities rolled out support measures for businesses, shifting their focus to rejuvenating the economy after the city exited a nearly four-month lockdown a day earlier https://t.co/J10NCSnM2v pic.twitter.com/VZsTk9qsQa
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 12, 2021
New Zealand seeks to ramp up COVID-19 vaccinations amid persistent cases https://t.co/uhGPfCIzpB pic.twitter.com/I3ISqo6cw6
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 12, 2021
Russia’s daily coronavirus infections and deaths hovered near all-time highs in the country amid sluggish vaccination rates and the Kremlin's reluctance to toughen restrictions. https://t.co/ZpGOzs90dU
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) October 11, 2021
The numbers might not be accurate, but they’re exquisitely calibrated…
#BREAKING Russia on Tuesday reported 28,190 new coronavirus cases and 973 deaths from Covid-19, a new record number of daily fatalitieshttps://t.co/W17KfJa2vK
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) October 12, 2021
The Kremlin on Monday described Russia's Covid fatality toll as "high" and the country's vaccination rate as "unacceptably" low, even as it rejected new restrictions so as to protect the economyhttps://t.co/Mq74btWMxR
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) October 12, 2021
UK's early Covid response was "one of the most important public health failures" the country has ever experienced, report by MPs findshttps://t.co/xtJwqudaj4
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) October 12, 2021
Brazil's Bolsonaro says he is 'bored' by questions on COVID-19 deaths https://t.co/sH0VNKLHe4 pic.twitter.com/SJcxjvN2tU
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 12, 2021
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With more Covid booster shots on the horizon (J&J & Moderna likely to get recommendations this week for boosters) mixing & matching shots may become relatively common https://t.co/hr6JrtcG4t pic.twitter.com/fJSrf0t89U
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) October 12, 2021
Research at a hospital swamped by people with COVID-19 has confirmed that portable air filters effectively remove SARS-CoV-2 particles from the air https://t.co/OT3JKIxWhB
— nature (@Nature) October 11, 2021
Merck seeks FDA emergency use authorization for antiviral Covid drug molnupiravir. If authorization is granted, the medication, made by Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, would be the 1st oral antiviral to fight Covid. It comes in capsule form https://t.co/kERabzS2NI
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) October 11, 2021
For the unvaccinated, reinfection by SARSCoV2 is likely. New Yale research is the 1st to examine reinfection after natural infection & w/out the benefit of vaccination. Reinfection can reasonably happen w/in ~3 months. Study analyzes other viruses, too https://t.co/ysavGd18f0
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) October 11, 2021
Long Covid now has an official definition from the World Health Organization. Lingering fatigue, shortness of breath & brain fog are among the symptoms people may experience months after clearing the virus, according to the WHO https://t.co/YmNAKeznIE pic.twitter.com/33JlfJz1Yc
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) October 11, 2021
A new study offers the worrisome suggestion that the coronavirus not only can shrink the brain, but also reduce “gray matter thickness,” damage tissue in areas associated with the sense of smell, and cause more than 60 other long-term changes. https://t.co/bEnPytk0dQ
— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) October 10, 2021
#DeltaVariant will continue to circulate and cause serious outbreaks unless vaccination reaches high coverage levels in adults & children, a team of Australian scientists predicts based on results of a mathematical modeling study https://t.co/UCJ6ldaylF
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) October 11, 2021
Unvaccinated patients are getting kicked off organ transplant waitlists. But here's why: Transplant recipients must take immune-suppressing drugs & that raises the Covid risk https://t.co/7DUesjHs7c
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) October 12, 2021
Could fractional doses of #Covid vaccine be enough to boost immunity? @CEPIvaccines wants to find out and will fund studies to examine the question. https://t.co/EdwAChdQ7Q
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) October 11, 2021
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Lancet paper – if Texas and Florida had matched Massachusetts' vaccination rate, as of August 31 they would have avoided roughly:
1,311,900 Covid cases
95,000 hospital admissions
22,000 deathshttps://t.co/paFaCinZDp— ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper) October 11, 2021
Ron DeSantis is himself vaccinated, and yet he is fighting masks in classrooms and trying to ban the most notoriously disease-prone businesses on Earth from requiring vaccination. it's a deliberate strategy pic.twitter.com/XKTk2aDo2A
— ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper) October 11, 2021
"At bottom, a huge chunk of movement conservatives would rather die than admit they live in a society with other human beings who also deserve consideration and respect, and these radio hosts did just that." https://t.co/WpeCl92fZs
— ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper) October 11, 2021
The mandates will continue until freedom improves
— Hallowete Spookeeley (@PETEKEELEY) October 11, 2021
it's like that simpsons episode where a meteor almost wipes out springfield, and afterward an angry mob takes torches to the observatory, screaming "let's burn it down so this never happens again!" https://t.co/TuvMlG40fV
— Gerry Doyle (@mgerrydoyle) October 11, 2021
Latest social-media chant for the right-wing chorus:
We are really quite dumb. pic.twitter.com/MiYae8LNW8
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) October 11, 2021
So I see #FreedomFlu is trending. It's a confusing hashtag but in one sense it's true, since it can free you from the burden of living.
— Phil your house with spiders s'il vous Plait (@BadAstronomer) October 12, 2021
lowtechcyclist
A question for the legal beagles: could the U.S. use its eminent domain powers to take ownership of any American company’s vaccine patent?
Sure, the government would have to provide compensation, but we need to get the world vaccinated
Barbara
@lowtechcyclist: Yes, most likely, but count me skeptical that it would actually speed things up.
Cermet
Finally allowed to get my booster; a bit of arm pain the next morning but no other issues at all – kinda disappointed ;)
Central Planning
Spectrum news here in Rochester just played a piece on a woman at a local healthcare consortium that who wants a religious exemption for getting the vaccine. She’s done her research and feels like her natural immunity is Bette (she has had covid). She’s ready to be fired.
I wonder what she thinks of that Yale study mentioned in the post. Covid says fuck your feelings.
Lacuna Synecdoche
Reuters via Anne Laurie @ Top:
I hope the press’s response was the Portuguese equivalent of, “Do you not think we’re tired of asking them?”
YY_Sima Qian
On 10/11 China reported 0 new domestic confirmed & 0 new domestic asymptomatic cases.
Fujian Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 14 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 134 active domestic confirmed cases.
Heilongjiang Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 15 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 41 active domestic confirmed & 5 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
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 10/11, China reported 12 new imported confirmed cases (1 previously asymptomatic), 14 imported asymptomatic cases:
Overall in China, 46 confirmed cases recovered, 10 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (9 imported) & 1 were reclassified as confirmed case, & 929 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 669 active confirmed cases in the country (486 imported), none in serious condition, 364 active asymptomatic cases (349 imported), 1 suspect case (imported). 23,400 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 10/11, 2,222.666M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 1.421M doses in the past 24 hrs.
No reporting yet from Hong Kong on 10/12.
Hoodie
@lowtechcyclist: There is a statute that indirectly deals with this. Feds would have to contract for someone else to produce the vaccine, and that mfr would be indemnified against patent infringement. Frequently comes up in DOD contracts.
mrmoshpotato
So wordy. Fixed.
mrmoshpotato
Phil Plait for the win.
mrmoshpotato
@Cermet:
Should’ve asked for the arm-on-fire booster.
mrmoshpotato
@Central Planning:
Fired into the Sun.
mrmoshpotato
@Lacuna Synecdoche: What’s Portuguese for “Go fuck yourself, you plague rat shitstain!”?
debbie
@Central Planning:
Similarly, I listened to an interview with a woman requesting a religious exemption. Asked if she had ever received a vaccination, she replied that yes, she had, up until she found the lord. ??♀️ I wonder how orange that lord is?
NotMax
Texas governor orders ban on private company COVID-19 vaccine mandate
How about them apples, Tesla?
Baud
@Central Planning:
If your an outlier on the right, the media treats your story with respect.
If you are an outlier on the left, you’re a kook and a radical.
Baud
@NotMax:
Rand Paul has ripped the Texas governor a new one for his heavy handed socialist policies.
Oh, wait, no he hasn’t.
NotMax
@Baud
Trickle down death.
NotMax
@NotMax
No edit function. Amend that:
Trickle down necronomics.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@NotMax: How about military bases in Texas? Can they enforce a vaccine mandate?
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s Ministry of Health reports 7,276 new Covid-19 cases today in its media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 2,353,579 cases. It also reports 93 new deaths as of midnight, for a cumulative total of 27,422 deaths – 1.17% of the cumulative reported total, 1.22% of resolved cases.
Based on cases reported yesterday, Malaysia’s nationwide Rt is at 0.88.
683 confirmed cases are in ICU, 297 of them on ventilators. Meanwhile, 10,555 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 2,217,057 patients recovered – 94.2% of the cumulative reported total.
14 new clusters were reported today, for a cumulative total of 5,611 clusters. 783 clusters are currently active; 4,828 clusters are now inactive.
7,266 new cases today are local infections. 10 new cases today are imported.
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 184,486 doses of vaccine on 11th October: 52,302 first doses and 132,184 second doses. As of midnight yesterday, the cumulative total is 45,835,200 doses administered: 24,510,702 first doses and 21,437,380 second doses. 75.0% of the population have received their first dose, while 65.6% are now fully vaccinated.
Baud
@Dorothy A. Winsor:
Yeah, easily.
NotMax
@Dorothy A. Winsor
Those are federal, so not applicable there AFAIK. Presumably mandates would also apply on bases for contracted private companies such as McD’s, Subway, etc. which lease space within the perimeter.
New Deal democrat
Lots of States in the Northeast and Midwest did not report yesterday due to the holiday, causing an anomalous decline in the nationwide numbers. This will probably be reversed tomorrow. On the other hand, almost all the States in the South and West *did* report, and those numbers also declined, with the South now having the lowest rate of new cases of all 4 regions. But I suspect this is also an artifact of the holiday.
Of note, PA has finally declined w/w, but VT is close to the worst State in the Northeast. ND, MI, MN, and WI also declined, but again I suspect this an artifact of the holiday.
NotMax
re: Texas
Wonder if Abbott would’ve thought twice had not Luby’s announced they’re going bye-bye by year’s end.
Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes
@Lacuna Synecdoche:
I’m actually rooting for Bolsonaro to win, if only to put the kibosh on Greenwald’s book sales.
dr. bloor
#FreedomFlu? Whoever is running the misinformation troll farms is just fucking around at this point, and running office contests to see who can come up with the stupidest, most nihilistic meme that the idjits will still bite on.
Betsy
@New Deal democrat: The South doesn’t observe Columbus Day. It was not a holiday weekend here.
NotMax
@dr. bloor
Except it’s not a flu virus, it’s a corona virus.
Might as well call an Impossible Burger a Freedom Steak.
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MomSense
My middle son texted me that he really wanted to comment on something his cousin, my niece, posted on Instagram but he wasn’t sure if he should. So of course I found my niece on Instagram and now I’m really wishing I hadn’t. She is not only an anti-vaxxer but also a full on trumper. WTAF My son didn’t reply even though the post was as offensive as he described. I decided not to follow her. All of her friends out there in Montana are also horrible. I don’t understand how she could get brainwashed like this.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@MomSense: Good decision not to follow.
debbie
@MomSense:
Report her.
NotMax
@Betsy
“‘Yes, but not in the South,’ with slight adjustments, will do for any argument about any place, if not about any person.”
– Richard Usborne
(Described by its coiner as “a formula that let me off the boredom of finding out facts and retaining knowledge.”)
;)
MomSense
@debbie:
Ooh- good idea. I will
Amir Khalid
@debbie:
Does the Lord forbid Covid-19 vaccines? If you ask her, can she point to where in the Bible it says that?
NotMax
@Amir Khalid
Nutball 3:13.
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Joe Falco
I looked up that hashtag and now I’m wishing I didn’t. That it’s being promoted by propaganda “artist”, Jack “POS”-obiec, makes me want to wish him and everyone responsible for making it trend to push his BS narrative to go die in a fire.
mrmoshpotato
@dr. bloor:
Why put in the effort when your marks have shown how very, very stupid they are?
Also, #Beingsuicidialdumbfuckstoownthelibs is a bit on the nose. Not that the suicidal dumbfucks would notice.
mrmoshpotato
@Betsy: Who “discovered” the South – white Jesus?
The Oracle of Solace
@NotMax:
Brilliant. >chef’s kiss< I must find a way to include this in a future video.
Joe Falco
@Betsy:
It’s a state holiday in Georgia. State government offices were closed yesterday.
Wag
I have come to the conclusion that there are two separate national mottos, one for the GQP, and one for everyone else. For those who are sane, like us and those who resist fascism, the motto is “e pluribus unum,” out of many, one. I think the GQP has turned this on it’s head, and firmly believe the motto should be “e pluribus, divisio”. Out of many, division
Betsy
@mrmoshpotato: It has nothing to do with discovery. Columbus Day is not a thing in the South.
Betsy
@Joe Falco: Sounds like there’s an exception then.
Robert Sneddon
Scotland — 1,908 new COVID-19 cases reported today. The test positivity rate is 10.5%. There were 27 new deaths reported overnight (noting that Register Offices are now generally closed at weekends). ICU bed occupancy numbers are 51, down five from yesterday while hospitalisations are 933, up two.
There were approximately 6,300 vaccinations carried out in Scotland yesterday (Monday) with about 65% of these being first vaccinations. 91.6% of 16+ adults are now vaccinated with their first dose and 85.0% are fully vaccinated. 73.2% of 16 and 17-year-olds have now received their first vaccination, up 0.1% from yesterday. 40.6% of 12-15 year olds have now received their first vaccination, up 1.7% from yesterday.
MomSense
@NotMax:
I was going to say 2 Covidiots but I like yours better.
J R in WV
So, if you are too stupid to get vaccinated before you are infected, you will probably become even more stupid as a result of the viral infection? Just great, just what we need, RWNJs becoming more stupid!!
Tony Gerace
Fauci says that trick-or-treating is OK this year. Therefore, millions of anti-vaxxer Americans will refuse to let their kids trick-or-treat this year — as a protest against the Deep State.
J R in WV
@Amir Khalid:
Amir, I get the impression that daily infection counts in your nation are falling rapidly and are now at least 50% lower than very recent numbers. Is that correct?
My memory isn’t what it once was… so I’m asking rather than stating… IF so, congratulations, keep up the good work.
Matt McIrvin
@Wag: They prefer “In God We Trust” which they interpret not as an invocation of some anodyne, abstract civic God but in an intensely sectarian way.
Lobo
Freedomflu?
. . .
Is the next step
Freedompolio?
Freedommumps?
Freedommeasles?
At this point I got nothing!
Matt McIrvin
Current leading antivaxxer arguments seem to be that (1) getting infected with COVID and then being treated for it with new treatments is somehow actually superior to being vaccinated because it gives you super-immunity, and (2) vaccination and COVID control measures created the RSV epidemic by “weakening people’s basal immunity” which will kill many more people.
They are either actively trying to get infected, or at least trying to encourage other people to actively try to get infected.
I don’t have the time. Might as well give the heads-up.
Primer Gray (formerly Yet Another Jeff
@mrmoshpotato:
Curtain rods, sparrows, and immunity….
Royston Vasey
New Zealand Eligible Vaccinated/Booked (12 and over)
1st dose 84%
2nd dose 75%
…and counting.
YY_Sima Qian
On 10/12 China reported 0 new domestic confirmed & 0 new domestic asymptomatic cases.
Fujian Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 17 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 117 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 33 active domestic confirmed & 3 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
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 10/12, China reported 22 new imported confirmed cases (1 previously asymptomatic), 16 imported asymptomatic cases, 1 imported suspect case:
Overall in China, 46 confirmed cases recovered (21 imported), 20 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (19 imported) & 1 were reclassified as confirmed case, & 946 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 645 active confirmed cases in the country (487 imported), none in serious condition, 359 active asymptomatic cases (345 imported), 2 suspect cases (both imported). 22,802 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 10/12, 2,224.081M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 1.415M doses in the past 24 hrs.
On 10/13 Hong Kong reported 3 new positive cases, all imports (from Indonesia, the Philippines & Pakistan; all had been fully vaccinated).