imagine being a bigger asshole than the delta variant of covid-19
— World Famous Art Thief (@CalmSporting) October 20, 2021
Triple header: FDA authorizes 1.) Moderna booster 2.) J&J booster & 'mix and match' booster strategy.
The latest approvals arrive amid a busy stretch of vaccine decisions. Also, FDA is expected in the coming weeks to decide on Pfizer shots for kids 5 to 11 https://t.co/n1AyTBxWVZ— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) October 20, 2021
The Biden administration has purchased 65 million pediatric doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and will have 20 million doses available to order in this first wave. States will be able to order an amount allocated based on their population of children.https://t.co/0bKPsabY2O
— Benjy Renton (@bhrenton) October 20, 2021
The percent of vaccinated people hospitalized is slightly rising as UNvaccinated hospitalizations surge.
This suggests that the increase isn't due to vaccines wearing off, but rather higher rates of Covid in the surrounding community, mainly among the unvaccinated. https://t.co/owSzx3kzjs
— Amy Maxmen, PhD (@amymaxmen) October 20, 2021
Speaking of bigger a-holes than the virus:
Travelers are confessing to using fake vaccine cards to their travel advisers https://t.co/ZhjZvX3qt3
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 19, 2021
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WHO warns pandemic will drag on into 2022 https://t.co/CybVlgUwPt
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 21, 2021
Parts of northern China brace for more COVID-19 lockdowns and curbs https://t.co/0Ict5uh6TZ pic.twitter.com/JUaajija43
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 21, 2021
India celebrated the milestone of administering one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses, with the government promoting the achievement in song and video even as a recent drop in inoculations worries healthcare providers https://t.co/wMpprw4b30 pic.twitter.com/ifS5TMGcHZ
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 21, 2021
India has administered 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine, passing a milestone for the South Asian country where the delta variant fueled its first surge this year. About 75% of India’s total eligible adult population have received at least one dose. https://t.co/Hxjqs4KDS6
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 21, 2021
Australia overtakes the U.S. in vaccinating its population against Covid https://t.co/i2YCncsMmA
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) October 20, 2021
Millions in Melbourne are readying to come out of the world's longest COVID-19 lockdown even as cases hover near record levels, with pubs, restaurants and cafes rushing to restock supplies before opening their doors https://t.co/TbZ62UeOcP pic.twitter.com/uqtpKsRSHc
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 21, 2021
New Zealand's COVID-19 cases hit record for second time this week https://t.co/OG0qjcsVUl pic.twitter.com/HhabLpa7zb
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 21, 2021
Egypt has imposed a vaccine mandate for all govt workers, teachers & university students. Health officials are awaiting delivery of 10s of millions of Covid vaccines, & have issued sweeping mandates. The govt also has begun producing a Chinese vax, Sinovac https://t.co/g9qtLjMpjH
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) October 21, 2021
⚡️BREAKING: Russia on Thursday reported a record-high number of both new coronavirus cases and deaths. Officials reported 36,339 new coronavirus cases and 1,036 fatalities from Covid-19 over the last 24 hours.https://t.co/QFOV8NkobM
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) October 21, 2021
Announcing new anti-Covid measures, Putin said he "can't understand” why Russians are reluctant to get jabs, claiming the vaccines are "effective." Problem is many here don’t trust what those in power tell them. @BBCNews @BBCWorld https://t.co/BqJHO2Vbwn Camera @mattgodtv pic.twitter.com/v9DGbZnYW6
— Steve Rosenberg (@BBCSteveR) October 20, 2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a government proposal for a week-long workplace shutdown at the start of November to combat a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases and deaths https://t.co/bHsgvShl7e pic.twitter.com/VQBACEeERS
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 20, 2021
At the overcrowded Covid wards in Russia, dying patients are regretting not getting the jab. https://t.co/xS19vQCFoO
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) October 21, 2021
Quite a graph from The Times https://t.co/1oKis278D5 pic.twitter.com/CvzzokQD31
— Julia Macfarlane ????????? (@juliamacfarlane) October 20, 2021
French parliament approves extension of COVID health pass measures https://t.co/yYJhCm3E27 pic.twitter.com/2WLtGSLtMU
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 21, 2021
A Brazilian senator has formally presented a report recommending President Jair Bolsonaro be indicted on criminal charges for allegedly bungling Brazil’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and pushing the country’s death toll to second-highest in the world. https://t.co/qnwyK413vh
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 20, 2021
Canada to unveil vaccine passport plans Thursday -source https://t.co/kWGMel41Dx pic.twitter.com/6g07jPRrDE
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 21, 2021
Hospitals in Canadian province Saskatchewan face prolonged COVID-19 crisis, modelling shows https://t.co/7N2rtvJGTX pic.twitter.com/bt4Uawd9qt
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 21, 2021
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.@US_FDA is throwing open the doors to heterologous boosting surprisingly widely in the newly issued/revised EUAs for the #Covid19 vaccines. People who are eligible for boosters can select which of the 3 approved/authorized vaccines they want. https://t.co/mSsCmeXL83
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) October 20, 2021
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) October 21, 2021
2 vaccine doses boost antibody levels in the airways after Covid infection, scientists at Sweden's Karolinska Institute have found. The boost in post-vax antibodies in the lungs is more potent than antibody levels detected after natural infection https://t.co/TBHLaIiaPA
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) October 20, 2021
The remarkably high effectiveness (VE) of vaccination for teens vs the Delta variant in over 94,000 vaccinees and 94,000 matched controls: 93% VE vs symptomatic infection (95% CI 88,97) https://t.co/wwoXlw7PH9@NEJM pic.twitter.com/8m3fJ7avc5
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) October 20, 2021
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New survey shows most Americans continue to support vaccine mandates, and want more. The survey was conducted by a consortium of universities & shows a majority of people support vaccine mandates for kids in schools & colleges https://t.co/k5lEvzeVXn
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) October 20, 2021
The vaccination push by the Winnebago and Omaha tribes has led to an eye-opening fact: Tiny Thurston County, by far the poorest county in Nebraska, is also its most vaccinated. https://t.co/y4wd4wZdft
— Indian Country Today (@IndianCountry) October 20, 2021
660,000 white flags vs. 127 hats https://t.co/wY1zGv6JA5 pic.twitter.com/jGjqRzKHtF
— Apocalyptica (@ApocalypticaNow) October 19, 2021
??NEW | NYPD cops are disciplined for ejecting a subway rider who complained that the cops were not wearing masks:
“Absolutely inexcusable,” Commissioner Shea described it.
They received command disciplines. The MTA responded, too.https://t.co/M82iHQc8dC
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) October 20, 2021
Jim Walsh is the same fuckwit who compared trying to prevent THE SPREAD OF COVID to the actual Holocaust. https://t.co/UD4wiekfpB
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) October 21, 2021
Ken
Presidential ambitions?
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY:
Monroe County website says 235 new cases yesterday.
NYSDOH says we had 215 new ones yesterday.
I knew that case count in the low 100s from the day before was too good to be true.
Bruce K in ATH-GR
Greece’s Health Ministry is now warning that a fourth wave of COVID infections is “all but inevitable” (source: https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1170277/fourth-covid-wave-unavoidable-says-health-ministry-official/).
Normally Monday’s the spike day, compensating for the undercount on Sunday, but Tuesday’s numbers were worse than Monday’s (Sunday: 1689 new cases; Monday: 3334; Tuesday: 3739). Wednesday was down a bit to 3252, but if things keep going the way they are, we’ll be back up to the summer spike numbers soon.
I suppose I should be grateful that my workplace is continuing the work-from-home program. They’re going to go with a plan for people to be in the office 60 percent of the time, work-from-home 40%, but one, that’s a rule of thumb rather than a hard-and-fast rule, and two, it’s not going to go into effect until the pandemic emergency is over, which my bosses made absolutely clear is not currently the case. (I also learned that my workplace is now 100% vaccinated.)
YY_Sima Qian
On 10/20 China reported 13 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic) & 7 new domestic asymptomatic cases.
Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region reported 2 new domestic confirmed cases. There currently are 14 active domestic confirmed cases in the region.
Xi’an in Shaanxi Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 8 active domestic confirmed cases in the city, all members of the tour group that had recently traveled through Gansu & Ejina Banner in Inner Mongolia.
Ningxia “Autonomous” Region reported 4 new domestic confirmed cases. There currently are 6 active domestic confirmed cases in the region.
Gansu Province reported 5 new domestic confirmed cases (1 previously asymptomatic). There currently are 9 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Zunyi in Guizhou Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case (moderate), a traced close contact of the domestic confirmed case reported on 10/19, the 2 had traveled together to Chongqing Municipality after the 1st case had returned from Gansu & Ejina Banner in Inner Mongolia. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases.
Xingtai in Hebei Province reported 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases, found via contact tracing. Both had recently traveled from Beijing, & are relatives of the domestic confirmed case reported there on 10/19.
Beijing Municipality did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case in the city, a person who had slept in adjacent bunk as the confirmed case reported by Yinchuan in Ningxia.
Tianmen in Hubei Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed cases, both tourists who had visited Gansu & Ejina Banner in Inner Mongolia in the 1st half of Oct., & were driving through Hubei on their way home in Guangdong.
Changsha in Hunan Province reported 1 domestic asymptomatic case. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city, both tourists who had recently returned from travel across Gansu & Ejina Banner in Inner Mongolia.
Dehong Prefecture in Yunnan Province reported 3 new domestic asymptomatic cases (2 at Mangshi & 1 at Ruili, all found via screening of persons under lockdown or quarantine). 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 13 active domestic asymptomatic cases at the prefecture.
At Fujian Province 8 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 21 active domestic confirmed cases remaining in the province, all at Xiamen.
At Heilongjiang Province 1 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed cases remaining in the province, both at Harbin.
At Ürumqi in Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region there currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic case remaining.
At Henan Province there currently are 5 active domestic confirmed cases remaining, all at Shangqiu.
Imported Cases
On 10/20, China reported 8 new imported confirmed cases (1 previously asymptomatic), 20 imported asymptomatic cases:
Overall in China, 34 confirmed cases recovered (24 imported), 9 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (6 imported) & 2 was reclassified as confirmed case (1 imported), & 1,300 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 492 active confirmed cases in the country (421 imported), none in serious condition, 372 active asymptomatic cases (352 imported), 1 suspect case (imported). 22,383 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 10/20, 2,238.325M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 2.099M doses in the past 24 hrs.
On 10/21 Hong Kong reported 6 new positive cases, all imported (4 had been fully vaccinated).
rikyrah
These are funny skits.
Tik Tok can be hilarious
https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPdYAd5xM/
NorthLeft12
OT but just wanted to report that I was able to read this entire thread and write this comment without the page auto-refreshing.
Whatever you (watergirl?) did to fix this, worked.
BTW Anne, this is my favourite read of the day and my thanks again to you for collecting and posting all this information.
rikyrah
LOL ?
https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPdYASqSd/
New Deal democrat
Now that the Columbus Day holiday artifacts are out of the weekly data, the nationwide US downward trend is shown to have continued, at almost 55% from Delta peak at 76,300. At current rate of decline, will be lower than 1 year ago within one week. That’s good news, as it indicates no winter wave so far. Deaths are still anomalously higher; I expect that to reverse.
Only 2 States clearly rising: CT, ID.
Most other States flat to slightly declining.
Only HI and PR less than 10 cases per 100,000 vs. *all* States except WY and MO at their lows this June.
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s Ministry of Health reports 6,210 new Covid-19 cases today in its media statement, tfor a cumulative reported total of 2,413,592 cases. It also reports 76 deaths as of midnight, for an adjusted cumulative total of 28,138 deaths – 1.17% of the cumulative reported total, 1.21% of resolved cases.
Based on cases reported yesterday, Malaysia’s nationwide Rt is at 0.86.
501 confirmed cases are in ICU, 205 of them on ventilators. Meanwhile, 7,562 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 2,303,583 patients recovered – 95.4% of the cumulative reported total.
Six new clusters were reported today, for a cumulative total of 5,705 clusters. 591 clusters are currently active; 5,114 clusters are now inactive.
6,168 new cases today are local infections. 42 new cases today are imported.
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 256,497 doses of vaccine on 20th October: 28,406 first doses, 212,496 second doses, and 15,595 booster doses. As of midnight yesterday, the cumulative total is 48,437,608 doses administered: 25,285,399 first doses, 23,265,448 second doses, and 47,728 booster doses. 77.4% of the population have received their first dose, while 71.2% are now fully vaccinated.
NotMax
A bit more out of Russia.
Ken
@NotMax: Somehow I’m not expecting press releases from Sen. Cruz or segments on Fox criticizing Russia and Putin for using facial recognition software to enforce mask mandates.
NotMax
Locally,
Mary G
Orange Co. had 219 new cases today, and test positivity is at 2.5%. Hospitalizations up a bit, unknown why.
The mask and vaccine requirements in schools are really working well. For all schools in the county between Oct. 3 – Oct. 9, there were only 33 cases for all students, teachers, and staff in all schools from kindergarten to state universities and colleges. 29 of the 33 were elementary students, which makes sense as they are not vaccinated.
Disneyland reports for all its restaurants in the parks, and maybe Downtown Disney, too, that reservations are full for months ahead. Bring us that nice tourist cash!
Geo Wilcox
@New Deal democrat: Same here in rural SE IN. Our local hospital Covid population halved in a week. 90% of those with Covid are unvaccinated of course. I rescheduled my left hip replacement (set for Oct 6th, the height of the Covid hospital run) for Nov. hoping it will miss the uptick due to winter and people heading indoors for stupid shit.
rikyrah
Can’t wait for the children to be able to get their shots????
Matt McIrvin
Daughter has a sore throat. I managed to score a six-pack of BinaxNow tests a little while ago so I was able to give her one and it came out negative, but she’s staying home from school out of an abundance of caution.
We’re going to see my parents for Thanksgiving; everyone’s vaccinated but I’m hoping to use some of these tests for belt-and-suspenders sureness before we actually go to their house. My wife got the J&J vaccine and is happy about new booster guidance, will definitely take advantage.
NotMax
OT. Non-COVID medical story.
Baud
@NotMax:
Damn. That is nuts. I wonder how she got caught.
lowtechcyclist
Are there any major countries left that haven’t?
NotMax
@Baud
In this case the nurse is a he.
mrmoshpotato
Throw them out the emergency exits with fake parachutes.
Baud
@NotMax:
My bad.
Matt McIrvin
People crowing about Florida’s low case rate remind me of Zapp Brannigan explaining how he defeated the killbots by throwing wave after wave of his own men at them until they met their preset kill limit.
Baud
@Matt McIrvin: Right. A case rate in any moment of time isn’t a valid basis of comparison.
Bruce K in ATH-GR
@mrmoshpotato: Nah, just put them on do-not-fly and do-not-travel lists. For ten years. And don’t start counting until they get their shots.
Then start the fraud/forgery prosecutions for falsifying government documentation.
Soprano2
@NotMax: That’s good; your big problem is that for a significant part of the year residents are outnumbered by tourists!
Betty
A new twist here that has me questioning this rule. Families of the so far 30 people who were confirmed to have died from Covid are not even allowed to view the person’s body. Doesn’t that seem unnecessary on a scientific basis? Anyone see this anywhere else?
Soprano2
@New Deal democrat: We’re seeing the same thing here. Our 7-day case average is almost in the “yellow” area, and hospitalizations are dropping every day. It makes me sad when I look back at May, we almost had it licked then Delta happened and too many idiots here won’t get vaccinated. I think there are 5-6 people in my office who still haven’t gotten the shots based on how many people I see wearing face masks every day. Our vaccination rate here is still going up, we have over 56% with at least one shot. I thought we’d be over 70% by September. Oh, well…..too many MAGA idiots here.
Soprano2
@Betty: Yes, that seems unnecessarily harsh and cruel.
Matt McIrvin
@New Deal democrat: Most of New England is experiencing the usual punishment for flattening the curve, which is that the curve takes longer to clear. Meanwhile, the two rural counties in NH that were having monster outbreaks might actually have peaked.
Cermet
@Baud: I believe she is a he; do recall nurse isn’t a gender
rikyrah
@Matt McIrvin:
If she can, BOOSTER WITH MODERNA.
Most bang for the buck for her.
Cermet
The US is leading vaccine donations massively; what is wrong with Europe? Still, far too low for the US but Europe – really? You’re the people that colonized most of those countries (looking at you, England/France.)
Cermet
@rikyrah: The Moderna vaccine will be half its normal dose so not necessarily any better than Pfizer. Also, it may take time for Moderna to produce those new lower doses so might have to wait awhile. Pfizer’s are already on the self.
Robert Sneddon
Scotland — 2,355 new COVID-19 cases reported today. The test positivity rate is 7.4%. There were 32 new deaths reported (noting that Register Offices are now generally closed at weekends). ICU bed occupancy numbers are 58, up seven from yesterday while hospitalisations are 917, up 27.
There were approximately 5,200 vaccinations carried out in Scotland yesterday (Tuesday) with about 60% of these being first vaccinations. 91.8% of 16+ adults are now vaccinated with their first dose and 85.4% are fully vaccinated. 74.3% of 16 and 17-year-olds have now received their first vaccination, up 0.1% from yesterday. 49.6% of 12-15 year olds have now received their first vaccination, up 0.6% from yesterday.
There were about 29,000 booster vaccinations carried out yesterday with a total of just over 400,000 boosters to date.
Skepticat
One of my sisters has profound Alzheimer’s and just had a bad fall that resulted in broken facial bones, many stitches, and a cerebral hemorrhage. She spent four days in the hospital in the emergency room, as unvaccinated idiots seem to be taking up a lot of the rooms in Maine Medical Center.
Scout211
@Cermet:
We have to wait for today’s meeting for the official decision but it will likely be a half dose of Moderna. (50 mcg instead of 100 mcg in the original dose).
But I am confused about your statement.
Can’t they just add to the injection a 50 mcg dose instead of the 100 mcg dose of the original shot? It is shipped in multi-shot vials to the providers who measure the doses for injection, right?
And doesn’t 30 mcg X 3 = 90 mcg (Pfizer) versus 100 mcg + 100 mcg + 50 mcg = 250 mcg (Moderna)? 90 mcg vs 250 mcg seems like a difference to me. And the studies have found a stronger immune response with the higher dose of Moderna over time.
Edited for clarity.
rikyrah
DCist (@DCist) tweeted at 7:44 AM on Wed, Oct 20, 2021:
Nearly every person who died of COVID-19 in D.C. since June was a Black resident, according to an analysis of DC Health data by https://t.co/3tKYI5JTjY. https://t.co/WuchfQniYI https://t.co/oObF4d7lw5
(https://twitter.com/DCist/status/1450805190299369473?t=NFdkKeLt7Kh7Fs1vPiR1FQ&s=03)
Another Scott
Meanwhile, at the Capitol, … RollCall:
(A problem with the story is that it doesn’t say how common the masklessness is.)
People who break the rules and the norms, like TFG, cause a lot of damage that continues long after they’re gone. It’s always easier to destroy than to build.
They want us to get discouraged – we need to do what we can so that they don’t win. We have to keep our eyes on the prize and keep moving forward.
Cheers,
Scott.
Matt McIrvin
@rikyrah: She’ll probably get either Pfizer or Moderna, whatever is available. Given the recommended booster doses I doubt there is much difference either way.
rikyrah
@Matt McIrvin:
I don’t know about the difference between Pfizer or Moderna, but, the study was done that the difference in antibodies between a booster of J&J and Moderna was VAST. Moderna by a mile.
NotMax
@Another Scott
Would be curious if and by how much compliance varies on the House side versus the Senate side.
Matt McIrvin
@rikyrah: The flip side is that according to some studies, J&J may confer more durable long-term protection against severe disease.
mrmoshpotato
@NotMax: Has Vlad considered painting his face orange and bellowing for months that the virus is a hoax?
smith
@mrmoshpotato: I’m hoping this is a case of Vlad being hoisted by his own petard. To the extent that a lot of anti-vax propaganda in this country has a Russian troll farm origin, it may very well be the case that that propaganda has leaked back to Russia and convinced a lot of people there not to trust the vaccines.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
s@smith: Same thing as the Flat Earthers; repeat a lie enough times they ended up believing it.
mrmoshpotato
@Bruce K in ATH-GR:
Fraud/forgery prosecutions for falsifying government documentation first. Let those play out.
Then slap in their plague rat faces with a ten-year flying ban after they’re out of prison/paid off their massive fines.
mrmoshpotato
@smith:
Same here.
MoCaAce
I hear there is a cheap and effective way you can defeat that insidious facial recognition software.
NotMax
@MoCaAce
Obligatory.
;)
rikyrah
@NotMax:
I honestly believe that he began the anti-vax propaganda campaigns in order to throw shade and doubt on the Western vaccines, so that people would step up and want to take the Russian vaccine.
He didn’t think that through, at least not in the USA. I don’t know any anti-vaxxer who is like….
” I won’t take Moderna, Pfizer, J&J, but, sign me up for that Russian vaccine.”
Maybe it worked in other parts of the world, but, not in America or the West.
What it did though, was make his own people vaccine-resistant.
smith
@Matt McIrvin: People crowing over current low case numbers in the South are looking at the wrong variable. The impact of covid post-vaccine availability should be measured by death rates, not case rates. That’s what the vaccines are primarily intended to prevent. The South still has a much higher death rate per capita than any other region, and Florida still has a death rate more than twice that of Vermont.
Lacuna Synecdoche
WaPo via Anne Laurie @ Top:
Of course they’re not being shy about it. Their whole movement, and identity, is predicated on the idea that the law is for libtards.
By being open about their law-breaking, they demonstrate membership in a group that refuses to obey libtard laws. Showing contempt for the concept that laws could apply to themselves is a badge of group membership – you’re not really in the tribe if you don’t display the tribal markers.
wenchacha
Is there a chance this Garland hearing will be something that if makes me feel better about things?
Lacuna Synecdoche
@smith:
Maybe, but I’m pretty sure Russian distrust of gov’t dates back to routine Soviet disinformation and totalitarianism.
Lacuna Synecdoche
@rikyrah:
Which is actually kind of surprising, given the GOP’s love for all things Putin.
Peale
That CDC chart seems powerful, but I’m not certain if I’m reading it right.
Is that the rates vs 100,000 in each group, or the total population? So for every 100,000 unvaccinated people, 90 were in the Hospital on August 31 and for every 100,000 vaccinated people, 4 were in the hospital on August 31. Or is it 94 out of 100,000 people were hospitalized and of those 90 were unvaccinated and 4 were vaccinated. Its a slightly different story each way. If the former, then that 100,000 includes the uneligible children who are unlikely to need to be hospitalized. Its a more powerful story that way.
Miss Bianca
@Matt McIrvin: I just ordered my own set of rapid tests from the state. They are giving away an eight pack for free. And on the personal COVID front, just got a negative result back from the one I took this morning. Whee!
Miss Bianca
@Skepticat: Damn, my sister was lucky then, back in September (if “lucky” is really the word you want for being able to get into a room at Maine Medical after a stroke.)
Death Panel Truck
Got a Pfizer booster on Monday at Walgreens, along with a flu shot. I’m 58, but I have FSGS, so I qualified.
Technician said he could put both shots in the same arm. I had him do the right one, since I sleep on my left side. Fucking arm still hurts.
Betty
@Soprano2: The family has sued. They are in anguish.
Matt McIrvin
@Miss Bianca: The last time I wanted to give my kid a rapid test, the only ones I could get were the $30 apiece ones that work through a phone app. As far as I can tell, this is identical to the BinaxNow test except that instead of the little card it has a button-cell-powered unit that uses an LED and photodiode to read the test strip, and a BlueTooth transmitter that talks to the phone app. It’s kind of ridiculously wasteful.
rikyrah
@Miss Bianca:
What state is this, and how can you order some?
StringOnAStick
@Betty: I have read reports from funeral homes that people who die from Covid are so altered in physical appearance that viewings aren’t possible out of respect for the impacts on family members. I personally think some of these images should be in circulation, especially in low vax areas. Make it real.
Miss Bianca
@rikyrah: Way late back to the thread, but if you’re still here…
I’m in CO, and this is the link to the form for individuals – I don’t know if they will send to other states, tho, is the thing…
MomSense
@Skepticat:
Yip. I’ve been screaming about this for months. My cousin’s cancer surgery is delayed which is not helpful.