Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

People identifying as christian while ignoring christ and his teachings is a strange thing indeed.

Someone should tell Republicans that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent, or possibly the first.

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

Republicans don’t lie to be believed, they lie to be repeated.

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

Fundamental belief of white supremacy: white people are presumed innocent, minorities are presumed guilty.

Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

I’m starting to think Jesus may have made a mistake saving people with no questions asked.

Celebrate the fucking wins.

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

’Where will you hide, Roberts, the laws all being flat?’

Republicans: “Abortion is murder but you can take a bus to get one.” Easy peasy.

It is possible to do the right thing without the promise of a cookie.

Giving in to doom is how authoritarians win.

Radicalized white males who support Trump are pitching a tent in the abyss.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

Dear legacy media: you are not here to influence outcomes and policies you find desirable.

Giving in to doom is how we fail to fight for ourselves & one another.

Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.

SCOTUS: It’s not “bribery” unless it comes from the Bribery region of France. Otherwise, it’s merely “sparkling malfeasance”.

Petty moves from a petty man.

It’s all just conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership.

75% of people clapping liked the show!

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COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Tuesday / Wednesday, Nov. 23-24

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The next ‘Daily Update’ will be on Monday, Nov. 29.
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Murphy the Trickster God willing, there won’t be much news for me to aggregate over the holiday weekend… and if there were, you probably wouldn’t have time to read it!

(I will still be posting over the weekend, maybe even some longer pandemic articles that I’ve got bookmarked.)


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… India reported on Wednesday 9,283 new COVID-19 cases, a day after recording 7,579 infections – the lowest in 543 days. But testing has hovered around 1 million per day for the past few weeks, less than half the capacity. read more

“In the absence of sustained levels of sufficient testing, it is very difficult to determine the true level of infection spread in a geography,” Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said in a letter sent to the northeastern state of Nagaland, which has reduced testing by more than a third in two months…

India has so far reported 34.5 million infections. The United States has the only higher total number of cases. Deaths in India rose by 437 on Wednesday to 466,584.

Health workers have started a door-to-door vaccination campaign in India as tens of millions of Indians have not taken their second dose by the due date.

India has so far administered 1.18 billion vaccine doses – at least one dose in 82% of its 944 million adults and two in 44%.

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  2. 2.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s Ministry of Health reports 5,755 new Covid-19 cases today in its media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 2,602,835 cases. It also reports 47 deaths as of midnight, for an adjusted cumulative total of 30,110 deaths – 1.16% of the cumulative reported total, 1.19% of resolved cases.

    Based on cases reported yesterday, Malaysia’s nationwide Rt is at 1.00.

    426 confirmed cases are in ICU, 158 of them on ventilators. Meanwhile, 5,082 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 2,503,427 patients recovered – 96.2% of the cumulative reported total.

    Eight new clusters were reported today, for a cumulative total of 5,906 clusters. 234 clusters are currently active; 5,672 clusters are now inactive.

    5,732 new cases today are local infections. 23 new cases today are imported.

    The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 135,631 doses of vaccine on 23rd November: 5,233 first doses, 10,473 second doses, and 119,925 booster doses. As of midnight, the cumulative total is 52,232,576 doses administered: 25,696,859 first doses, 25,028,412 second doses, and 1,695,746 booster doses. 78.6% of the population have received their first dose, while 76.6% are now fully vaccinated.

  3. 3.

    YY_Sima Qian

    On 11/23 China reported 4 new domestic confirmed (none previously asymptomatic) & 0 new domestic asymptomatic cases.

    Dalian in Liaoning Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed cases (1 mild & 1 moderate), both traced close contact already under centralized quarantine since 11/12 & 11/17, respectively. 9 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 2 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 253 active domestic confirmed & 26 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 2 communities are currently at High Risk. 4 Medium Risk sites were re-designated to Low Risk. 15 sites are currently at Medium Risk.

    At Ejina Banner in Alxa League, Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region there currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case remaining.

    At Xi’an in Shaanxi Province 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed cases remaining.

    At Yinchuan in Ningxia “Autonomous” Region 1 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 3 active domestic confirmed cases remaining.

    At Gansu Province 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 5 active domestic confirmed cases remaining (all at Lanzhou).

    At Hebei Province 3 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 45 active confirmed & 2 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.

    • At Shijiazhuang 3 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 13 active domestic confirmed & 2 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining.
    • At Xinji  there currently are 32 active domestic confirmed cases remaining.

    Jilin City in Jilin Province 1 domestic confirmed case recovered & 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case remaining.

    Beijing Municipality did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 residential compound remains at Medium Risk.

    At Rizhao in Shandong Province there currently are 5 active domestic confirmed & 5 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.

    At Sichuan Province there currently are 20 active domestic confirmed cases remaining (19 at Chengdu & 1 at Zigong).

    Chongqing Municipality there currently are 5 active domestic confirmed & 3 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining.

    At Changzhou in Jiangsu Province 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently is 1 active domestic confirmed cases remaining. 

    At Xining in Qinghai Province 3 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 4 active domestic confirmed cases (all mild) remaining.

    At Heihe in Heilongjiang Province 17 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 114 active domestic confirmed cases in the province. All areas in the city are low are now at Low Risk.

    At Shangrao in Jiangxi Province 1 domestic confirmed case recovered & 2 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 10 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 township & 1 residential compound remain at Medium Risk.

    At Henan Province 3 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 68 active domestic confirmed cases in the province.

    • At Zhengzhou 2 domes confirmed case recovered. There currently are 51 active domestic confirmed cases remaining. All areas in the city are currently at Low Risk.
    • At Zhoukou 1 domestic domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 17 active domestic confirmed cases remaining. All areas in the city are currently at Low Risk.

    Dehong Prefecture in Yunnan Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed cases, 1 each at Ruili & Longchuan County (via screening of persons under centralized quarantine). 1 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 31 active domestic confirmed & 32 active domestic asymptomatic cases at the prefecture. 1 zone & 1 village at Ruili are currently at Medium Risk.

    Imported Cases

    On 11/23, China reported 18 new imported confirmed cases (1 previously asymptomatic), 16 imported asymptomatic cases:

    • Shanghai Municipality – 5 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from the DRC (via Paris CdG), Brazil (via Zürich), Mexico (via Frankfurt) & the Ukraine (via Zürich), & a Jordanian national coming from Jordan (via Vienna)
    • Guangxi “Autonomous” Region (location not specified) – 5 confirmed & 2 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Yunnan Province (location not specified) – 3 confirmed cases, all Chinese national returning from Myanmar; 2 asymptomatic cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Laos & Myanmar
    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 2 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Myanmar & Nigeria (via Nairobi); 4 asymptomatic cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Malaysia, Ethiopia & Ghana (via Nairobi), & a foreign crew member off a cargo ship w/ last port of call in Japan
    • Foshan in Guangdong Province – 2 asymptomatic cases, both coming from Malaysia, off a flight that landed at Guangdong
    • Zhongshan in Guangdong Province – 2 asymptomatic cases, both coming from Sierra Leone, off a flight that landed at Guangdong 
    • Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 2 confirmed cases (1 previously asymptomatic), 1 Chinese national each returning from Cambodia & Egypt 
    • Dandong in Liaoning Province – 1 confirmed case, no information released
    • Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province – 2 asymptomatic cases, 1 each coming from Romania & the UAE

    Overall in China, 70 confirmed cases recovered (18 imported), 20 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (14 imported) & 1 was reclassified as confirmed case (imported), & 3,898 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 958 active confirmed cases in the country (383 imported), 7 in serious condition (2 imported), 489 active asymptomatic cases (360 imported), 3 suspect cases (all imported). 24,708 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.

    As of 11/23, 2,449.427M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 6.641M doses in the past 24 hrs.

    On 11/24, Hong Kong reported 1 new positive case, all imported.

  4. 4.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    So the head of the program was a Muslim is the reason for all the Wingnut butthurt over the vaccine.

  5. 5.

    marklar

    Matt Schlapp just announced that Superman had been disinvited from this year’s CPAC convention.  He added, “I hope US Customs and Border Patrol do a thorough investigation into how this illegal alien has been permitted to stay in the US without deportation back ton Krypton.”

  6. 6.

    New Deal democrat

    Nationwide US cases again increased slightly, as did deaths. There has been no increase in the West or the Deep South. Cases in the upper South increased slightly. Every State in the Northeast continued to increase.

    One year ago this week the winter wave in the Midwest peaked. There was a small increase today, but no significant increase in the past 5 days. States with increased cases include MI, WI, OH, IN, KS, and IL. ND, SD, NE, and MN show no increase week over week. MO shows a big increase, but it appears to be solely due to a data dump 6 days ago.

    Last year there were big decreases right after Thanksgiving, followed by a big surge in the next 14 days. In the past 2 weeks this year, cases have risen nowhere near as fast as one year ago. The next two weeks ought to give us a big indication of how big, or (relatively) muted, the winter wave this year will be.

    If the situation in the Midwest warrants, I’ll post before Monday. Otherwise the data will have big holiday distortions between now and then.

  7. 7.

    John S.

    I’m sure the MAGA crowd will decry DC Comics for trying to “indoctrinate” our children about vaccination.

    Which is pretty amusing considering that the same people who championed Nancy Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger telling kids what to do in the name of health and safety in the 80s are now against the government telling kids what to do in the name of health and safety.

  8. 8.

    Kalakal

    Now here is a politician saying it like it should be said. A bill was put to the Australian parliament trying to stop vaccine mandates because they are discriminatory.

    Here’s a senator’s response

    tiktok.com/@sbsnews_au

    The bill was rejected. I think she’s wonderful.

    The image to click is the “god damn bloody adult”

  9. 9.

    debbie

    Before the Thanksgiving holiday even begins, Ohio’s new cases yesterday totaled 6,143. This state is beyond redemption at this point.

  10. 10.

    rikyrah

    Have a good break, AL.
    This beat, this COVID beat, has helped so many.
    I remember where we were a year ago, and I am very thankful.
    The information you gave us is part of that.

  12. 12.

    Soprano2

    Enjoy your well-earned break from these posts, AL. I’ve learned so much from them – sometimes I felt I knew more about Covid than anyone else around me, and that’s because of these posts! I read through them faithfully every day.

  13. 13.

    Fair Economist

    I was looking at the San Diego data and noticed they show a big wave among the unvaccinated a few months ago which passed, leaving unvaccinated cases relatively flat. Vaxxed cases stayed pretty flat throughout. San Diego is not enforcing vax or mask mandates. So I think in Southern California at least almost everyone has had it or been vaxxed and we have reached endemicity. The cases we are seeing now are roughly the steady state from immunity decaying over time. The rest of the country is either already there or going through its last wave.

    We will still see a holiday wave because holiday behavior favors transmission. But it won’t be huge, because there won’t be many naive people to infect, and it will end quickly once the holidays are over.

  14. 14.

    Betty

    Thanks for your relentless efforts to provide us with such valuable information, Annie Laurie. Enjoy the holiday.

  16. 16.

    Nelle

    You, Anne Laurie, are on my “I’m thankful for..” list and have been for nearly two years. These posts have affected my behavior throughout and have provided steady ballast for my emotions by being a consistent basis of reliable information. Have a wonderful weekend.

  17. 17.

    NotMax

    Looks as if the U.K. will pass 10,000,000 cumulative cases by this time tomorrow, joining the U.S., India and Brazil in reporting an 8-digit number.

    (More than likely Russia had already reached that level a while back but their officially released tally does not yet reflect that.)

    Meanwhile,

    An outbreak of COVID-19 on Saipan sent their case numbers soaring today.

    Health officials said there were 98 new cases confirmed, which is 17% of all known infections since the start of the pandemic, the Guam Pacific Daily News reported.
    [snip]
    The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands have had relatively low cases since March 2020 with only 572 known infections. Source

    Locally,

    Governor David Ige and the county mayors today announced the next phase of state and county measures related to COVID-19, giving the counties the ability to issue emergency orders without seeking approval of the state. After the current state of emergency expires on Tuesday, Nov. 30, the four county mayors will determine appropriate guidelines for their respective communities.
    [snip]
    Both Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi and Maui Mayor Michael Victorino said they would be getting rid of the six-foot distancing rule currently in place for restaurants, allowing eateries to resume full capacity for dining indoors, starting Dec. 1, 2021. Mayor Victorino said indoor dining will still be limited to those who show proof of vaccination or testing, as is currently the case.
    [snip]
    “For gyms and other high traffic areas, we’ll let them go up to 100% capacity, but physical distancing will still be required… I’m looking into with Dr. [Lorrin] Pang, and other medical people to make sure that we’re able to drop those other restrictions as far as physical distancing is concerned. Outdoors, there’s no restrictions. When it comes to sporting events, fans will now be able to get together, but if you’re indoors, the mandate for indoor wearing of masks still exists statewide, as well as in Maui County,” said Mayor Victorino….
    [snip]
    As of Dec. 1, counties will no longer be required to obtain the approval of the governor or the director of the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency prior to issuing county emergency orders, rules or proclamations.…

    Executive Order 21-08, issued on Nov. 2, 2021 regarding statewide limits for social gatherings, restaurants, bars, social establishments, and gyms will end on Dec. 1, 2021. The counties will implement appropriate measures for social gatherings, restaurant operations, social establishments and other venues within their own counties.
    [snip]
    State Rules that will Remain in Place:

    Gov. Ige said the following basic measures “have proven to be effective” and will remain unchanged in the next emergency proclamation relating to COVID-19:

    • The Hawaiʻi Safe Travels Program;
    • The indoor mask mandate;
    • The vaccination or testing requirements for state executive and county employees; and
    • The vaccination or testing requirements for contractors and visitors to state facilities.
    Source

    Of all the positions as role model where safest behavior ought to be a given, well, read it for yourself.

    Russell Hurd in Royse City, Texas, has been playing Santa since 2017, after he retired from the Army. He’ll be in his red suit to go with his long — and very real — white beard at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center near Dallas. His visits with the throngs are distanced and masks are required. He longs for that to end.

    “The way it used to be, it’s meaningful for us Santas, too. I mean, we’re human beings. We crave that interaction, but for now we do what we can,” Hurd said.

    Hurd is unvaccinated and tests regularly for COVID.

    “I know a lot of unvaxxed Santas across the country. I mean, it’s not just Texas,” he said.
    [snip]
    The pandemic has taken its toll on Santa in other ways.

    Stephen Arnold, the 71-year-old head of IBRBS (formerly the International Brotherhood of Real Bearded Santas) said his organization of about 2,000 Santas and Mrs. Clauses has lost 57 Santas to COVID.

    “Most of us are overweight, diabetic, with heart conditions,” said Arnold, a long-time Santa working this year both virtually and in person in Memphis, Tennessee. “I mean, we’re prime targets for a disease like COVID.” Source

  18. 18.

    Sloane Ranger

    Have a great holiday A/L and others.

    Yesterday (Wednesday) in the UK we had 42,484 new cases. The 7-day moving average is up by 8.7%. New cases by nation,

    England – 36,550 (up 72)

    Northern Ireland – 1476 (up 7)

    Scotland – 2527 (up 46)

    Wales – 1931 (down 2558, but Tuesday’s figures would have included a lot of catch up from the weekend as Wales does not report on Saturdays).

    Deaths – There were 165 deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday. The rolling 7-day average is down by 5.5%. 140 deaths were in England, 4 in Northern Ireland, 17 in Scotland and 4 in Wales.

    Testing – 979,922 tests took place on Monday, 22nd. The rolling 7-day average was up by 3.7%. The PCR testing capacity reported by labs on that date was 661,324.

    Hospitalisations – As of Monday, 22nd, there were 8088 people in hospital and 928 on ventilators. The rolling 7-day average for hospital admissions as of 18th November, was down by 9.5%.

    Vaccinations – As of Monday, 22nd, 50,800,732 people had had 1 shot of a vaccine, 46,186,817 had had 2 shots of a vaccine and 15,629,477 had had a 3rd shot/booster. This means that 88.3% of all people in the UK aged 12+ have had 1 shot, 80.3% had had 2 and 27.2% had had a 3rd shot/booster.

  19. 19.

    Mousebumples

    Thanks, as always for this, AL. And especially for that Reuters link on who should get a booster, with the Fauci quotes, today. Happy Thanksgiving! ???

  20. 20.

    New Deal democrat

    @Fair Economist: “Southern California at least almost everyone has had it or been vaxxed and we have reached endemicity. The cases we are seeing now are roughly the steady state from immunity decaying over time. The rest of the country is either already there or going through its last wave.

    “We will still see a holiday wave because holiday behavior favors transmission. But it won’t be huge, because there won’t be many naive people to infect, and it will end quickly once the holidays are over.”

    That strikes me as a pretty good guess. You probably have already seen the chart comparing EU countries’ vaccination rates vs. death rates. It really looks like there is an inflection point at about 75% fully vaccinated where death rates fall dramatically to below 15 or even 10 per million over a 14 day period. New England is close to that point in vaccinations, and CT, MA, NY, and NJ are close to or at that point with deaths

  22. 22.

    otmar

    @New Deal democrat: I wouldn’t be so sure about the situation in Europe. The effects of vaccines is mixing with the seasonal effects and a the spread from east to west. I would not bet on any outcome. Yet.

    Let’s see how this will play out over the next 10 weeks.

  24. 24.

    JaneE

    Our county numbers took a surge a month or so ago, and the public health officer instituted and indoor mask mandate again for everyone.  The number of people wearing masks on the street went way up, from none to most.  Guess what?  Our case numbers went down.  I think the first death in months did it.  The most recent death was the guy who was the best tile man in the valley, the “only” tile man most contractors and customers wanted.  Another set of jobs that will go away, to be replaced by out-of-town contractors at least temporarily.

  25. 25.

    Scout211

    California numbers are good, except for the except for the red counties.

    Ahead of the Thanksgiving holidays, California officials are raising the alarm about a winter Covid surge as hospitals in some parts of the state remain overwhelmed with patients, despite overall progress.

    California’s coronavirus infection rate is one of the lowest in the country but the burden of infection remains unevenly distributed. In central California, a region that struggled with resistance to masks and vaccines throughout the pandemic, the strained public health system has been pushed to the brink. Hospitals this week are over-capacity and officials are seeking to transfer more patients out of the region for treatment in Los Angeles.

    We’re just running around like crazy,” said Rachel Spray, a nurse at the Kaiser hospital in Fresno. “Call lights are going off, alarms are going off. We just don’t have the resources.” The hospital’s emergency room, intensive care unit, coronavirus overflow zones, and tent are not enough to accommodate the surge of sick patients, she said. “It’s not slowing down.”

     

    In central California, resistance to public health measures including masks has run high throughout the pandemic and the region experienced the highest support for recalling Newsom over his pandemic-era restrictions.

    Meanwhile agricultural workers in California’s Central Valley – many of whom lack legal status and easy access to medical care – remain the most vulnerable. The rate of Covid-19 positivity among California farm workers was four times that of the rest of the country, according to a report published in the journal Jama Network Open earlier this year. “The area we live in, that’s a higher-poverty area. There’s a lack of access to medical care. People have more co-morbidities,” said Spray. “And that leads to a higher chance of people getting sicker.”

    Staffing shortages and burnout among health workers have further strained the region’s medical system. At Doctors Hospital of Manteca, nurses have been assigned up to nine patients at a time, “which normally is just unheard of”, said Brittany Smith, a surgical nurse at the center. The state’s guidelines recommend one nurse for every two ICU patients and every five surgical patients. “We’re essentially in a state of crisis,” Smith said. “And we’re being forced to work in conditions that are completely unsafe.”
     

  26. 26.

    Fair Economist

    @New Deal democrat: Right, death rates drop a lot, suggesting we’re seeing mostly patients who already have some immunity. But they are still horrific, if you look at the UK – #3 cause of death, about half that of cancer. People would rightly respond with panic if we faced cancer mortality jumping by 50%.

    Likely mortality will fall further on tertiary infection – the immune system *does* continue to learn. But still it will probably be “bad flu season” all the time.

  27. 27.

    J R in WV

    I want to tell everyone who participates in this news gathering operation, along with senior editor Anne Laurie, how thankful I am for the sharing of information on this nearly daily posting. My paranoia was facilitated by you all, and that helps me remember to wear a mask when I’m out of the hollow.

    I’m sure this daily thread has saved a lot of lives by encouraging vaccination and mask wearing.

    Thanks, everyone !!

  28. 28.

    AlaskaReader

    Curious if anyone has the expertise to know if there is a test where one can tell if someone who is vaccinated has ever contracted a previous case of Covid?

    Follow on question would be can that previous infection, if detectable, can that infection be given a time line?

    Would some type of blood test reveal different types of antibodies or would the antibodies from vaccination mimic possible earlier Covid antibodies and make it impossible to determine if there had been Covid infection at some point?

  29. 29.

    Matt McIrvin

    @New Deal democrat: The New Hampshire wave has definitely come to Essex County, MA. Would not be surprised to see us hit triple digits/100k/day in cases in the next few weeks. Our vaccination rate is not that good for Massachusetts.

    Well, I’m at the Manchester, NH airport now, boosted and N95’d and fast antigen tested this morning, headed down to see my parents in Virginia. Bringing more of those Abbott tests with me for one and all, doing all I can to not bring the plague. Ho ho ho.

  30. 30.

    LongHairedWeirdo

    I am typically a fierce critic of Trump, so I must say this: After having read a few such book, my impression is that Operation Warp Speed did contribute significantly to the realization of a successful vaccine. Not so much in speeding R&D, but approval and production.

    As a person who tries to be excruciatingly fair, I’ll grant that this is accurate.

    It’s also pretty pathetic. “There’s a global emergency, where being able to approve a good vaccine, and produce it in sufficient quantities is a literal matter of life or death. So, uh… let’s see, would faster approval, and greater production capacity help, or hurt, once a worthwhile vaccine candidate exists?”

    I mean, this isn’t like congratulating the Trump admin for wiping after pooping. This is like praising them for dropping trou before pooping.

    That said: if someone out there thinks my claim is “Operation Warp Speed was completely useless.” I’m saying that it’s actual accomplishments weren’t something a normal person would proclaim as a victory, in and of themselves – you don’t get a Safe Driving medal for stopping for a traffic light that was red on your approach!

    If Trump had actually been trying to protect the American people from Covid-19, and just very stupidly bungled things, sure, I’d force myself to be fair, and acknowledge Operation Warp Speed was a fine idea… but it’s literally nothing, given the active harm he caused.

  31. 31.

    YY_Sima Qian

    On 11/24 China reported 2 new domestic confirmed & 0 new domestic asymptomatic cases.

    Dalian in Liaoning Province did not report any new domestic confirmed cases. 20 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 233 active domestic confirmed & 25 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 2 communities are currently at High Risk. 4 Medium Risk sites were re-designated to Low Risk. 11 sites remain at Medium Risk.

    At Ejina Banner in Alxa League, Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region there currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case remaining.

    At Xi’an in Shaanxi Province 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case remaining.

    At Yinchuan in Ningxia “Autonomous” Region there currently are 3 active domestic confirmed cases remaining.

    At Lanzhou in Gansu Province 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 3 active domestic confirmed cases remaining.

    At Hebei Province 4 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 41 active confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.

    • At Shijiazhuang 1 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 12 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining.
    • At Xinji 3 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 29 active domestic confirmed cases remaining.

    At Jilin City in Jilin Province there currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case remaining.

    Beijing Municipality did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 residential compound remains at Medium Risk.

    At Rizhao in Shandong Province there currently are 5 active domestic confirmed & 5 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.

    At Sichuan Province 3 confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 17 active domestic confirmed cases remaining (16 at Chengdu & 1 at Zigong).

    Chongqing Municipality there currently are 5 active domestic confirmed & 3 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining.

    At Changzhou in Jiangsu Province there currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case remaining. 

    At Xining in Qinghai Province the remaining 4 domestic confirmed cases recovered.

    At Heihe in Heilongjiang Province 21 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 93 active domestic confirmed cases in the province.

    At Shangrao in Jiangxi Province 4 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 6 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 township & 1 residential compound remain at Medium Risk.

    At Henan Province 3 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 65 active domestic confirmed cases in the province.

    • At Zhengzhou 2 domes confirmed case recovered. There currently are 49 active domestic confirmed cases remaining.
    • At Zhoukou 1 domestic domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 16 active domestic confirmed cases remaining.

    Dehong Prefecture in Yunnan Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed cases, both at Ruili (via screening of persons under centralized quarantine). 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 33 active domestic confirmed & 32 active domestic asymptomatic cases at the prefecture. 1 zone & 1 village at Ruili remain at Medium Risk.

    Imported Cases

    On 11/24, China reported 22 new imported confirmed cases (none previously asymptomatic), 22 imported asymptomatic cases, 1 imported suspect case:

    • Shanghai Municipality – 4 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from the Germany, the UK (via Helsinki), Israel & Nigeria (via Frankfurt); 1 suspect case, no information released
    • Guangxi “Autonomous” Region (location not specified) – 4 confirmed & 1 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Shenzhen in Guangdong Province – 2 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Indonesia & the US
    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from Myanmar; 2 asymptomatic cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Iraq (via Tehran) & Vietnam
    • Foshan in Guangdong Province – 1 confirmed case, coming from the UK; 1 asymptomatic case, coming from the US, off flights that landed at Guangdong
    • Yunnan Province (location not specified) – 3 confirmed cases, 2 Chinese national returning from Myanmar & 1 from Laos; 2 asymptomatic cases, both Chinese nationals returning from Laos
    • Qingdao in Shandong Province – 2 confirmed cases, a Chinese national returning from South Korea & a Filipino crew member off a cargo ship w/ last port of call in South Korea
    • Weihai in Shandong Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from South Korea
    • Xi’an in Shaanxi Province – 2 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Pakistan & Singapore; 2 asymptomatic cases,  Chinese national & a foreign national returning from Kazakhstan (via Baku)
    • Changchun in Jilin Province – 1 confirmed case, coming from South Korea
    • Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 1 confirmed & 1 asymptomatic cases, both Chinese nationals returning from Egypt 
    • Xiamen in Fujian Province – 1 confirmed case,
    • Fuzhou in Fujian Province – 1 asymptomatic case, coming from Japan
    • Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province – 5 asymptomatic cases, 2 each coming from Nigeria & the UAE & 1 from Jamaica
    • Beijing Municipality – 2 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Changsha in Hunan Province – 1 asymptomatic case, no information released
    • Wuhan in Hubei Province -1 asymptomatic case, coming from the South Sudan
    • Tianjin Municipality – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from the DRC (via Paris CdG)
    • Hefei in Anhui Province  – 1 asymptomatic case, no information released

    Overall in China, 68 confirmed cases recovered (14 imported), 17 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (14 imported) & none were reclassified as confirmed cases, & 3,074 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 914 active confirmed cases in the country (391 imported), 8 in serious condition (3 imported), 494 active asymptomatic cases (368 imported), 2 suspect cases (both imported). 27,693 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.

    As of 11/24, 2,456.617M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 7.19M doses in the past 24 hrs.

    On 11/25, Hong Kong reported 1 new positive case, imported (from South Korea).

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    On 11/25 China reported 4 new domestic confirmed & 3 new domestic asymptomatic cases.

    Shanghai Municipality reported 3 new domestic confirmed cases. 1 case had traveled from Xiamen in Fujian to Beijing on 11/12, & then arrived at Shanghai on 11/15. The 3 cases also traveled together to Suzhou in Jiangsu from 11/18 – 11/21. Not sure why they were screened on 11/25, which one is the index case of the cluster, or the source of the infection. As of 8 AM on 11/26, 337 F1 & F2 close contacts in Shanghai have been traced & have all tested negative. Further 54,759 individuals have been screened & have all tested negative. 1,260 environmental samples have been collected & tested, 29 collected from the temporary residence of one of the cases (the one from Xiamen?) are positive. 3 residential compounds have been elevated to Medium Risk.

    Xuzhou in Jiangsu Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, a traced close contact of the party at Shanghai (having shared a meal w/ the party from Shanghai while at Suzhou on 11/20, returning to Xuzhou on 11/21). The last domestic confirmed case at Changzhou recovered. 76 traced close contacts have been placed under centralized quarantine & have tested negative so far.

    Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province reported 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases, both traced close contacts of the party at Shanghai (having shared a meal w/ the party from Shanghai while at Suzhou on 11/20, returning to Xuzhou on 11/22). Neither has been vaccinated. 1 is a worker at a university museum. The university campus has been placed under lock down. 408 F1 & F2 close contacts have been traced so far.

    Dalian in Liaoning Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed case, a traced close contact already under centralized quarantine since 11/13. 17 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 217 active domestic confirmed & 24 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 High Risk community has been re-designated to Low Risk. 1 community remains at High Risk. 3 Medium Risk sites were re-designated to Low Risk. 9 sites remain at Medium Risk.

    At Ejina Banner in Alxa League, Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region the last domestic confirmed case recovered.

    At Xi’an in Shaanxi Province there currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case remaining.

    At Yinchuan in Ningxia “Autonomous” Region 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed cases remaining.

    At Lanzhou in Gansu Province there currently are 3 active domestic confirmed cases remaining.

    At Hebei Province 7 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 34 active confirmed (12 at Shijiazhuang & 29 at Xinji) & 1 active domestic asymptomatic (at Shijiazhuang) cases in the province.

    At Jilin City in Jilin Province there currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case remaining.

    Beijing Municipality did not report any new domestic positive cases. The last Medium Risk residential compound has been re-designated to Low Risk.

    At Rizhao in Shandong Province 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 4 active domestic confirmed & 5 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.

    At Sichuan Province 1 confirmed case recovered. There currently are 16 active domestic confirmed cases remaining (15 at Chengdu & 1 at Zigong).

    Chongqing Municipality there currently are 5 active domestic confirmed & 3 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining.

    At Heihe in Heilongjiang Province 19 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 74 active domestic confirmed cases remaining.

    At Shangrao in Jiangxi Province the last domestic confirmed case recovered & 4 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There currently are 2 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining. 1 township & 1 residential compound remain at Medium Risk.

    At Henan Province 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 64 active domestic confirmed cases remaining (48 at Zhengzhou & 16 at Zhoukou).

    Dehong Prefecture in Yunnan Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered & 1 asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 32 active domestic confirmed & 31 active domestic asymptomatic cases at the prefecture. 1 zone & 1 village at Ruili remain at Medium Risk.

    Imported Cases

    On 11/25, China reported 9 new imported confirmed cases (1 previously asymptomatic), 15 imported asymptomatic cases, 2 imported suspect cases:

    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 5 confirmed cases, all Chinese nationals returning from Vietnam; 3 asymptomatic cases, 2 Chinese nationals returning from Vietnam & 1 from Sri Lanka
    • Foshan in Guangdong Province – 2 asymptomatic cases, 1 each coming from Iran & Nigeria, off flights that landed at Guangdong
    • Shanghai Municipality – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from Thailand; 2 suspect cases, no information released
    • Guangxi “Autonomous” Region (location not specified) – 1 confirmed & 1 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Tianjin Municipality – 1 confirmed case (previously asymptomatic); 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from the Philippines
    • Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province – 2 asymptomatic cases, 1 each coming from Tanzania & Jamaica
    • Changsha in Hunan Province – 2 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Zhengzhou in Henan Province – 2 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Kunming in Yunnan Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Cambodia
    • Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Egypt 

    Overall in China, 67 confirmed cases recovered (17 imported), 62 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (10 imported) & 1 was reclassified as confirmed case (imported), & 4,492 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 860 active confirmed cases in the country (387 imported), 8 in serious condition (3 imported), 449 active asymptomatic cases (372 imported), 4 suspect cases (all imported). 28,342 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.

    As of 11/25, 2,464.33M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 7.713M doses in the past 24 hrs.

    On 11/26, Hong Kong reported 4 new positive cases, all imported.

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    On 11/26 China reported 5 new domestic confirmed & 0 new domestic asymptomatic cases.

    Shanghai Municipality did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 3 active domestic confirmed cases in the city. 3 residential compounds are currently at Medium Risk.

    Xuzhou in Jiangsu Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic case in the city, a traced close contact of the party at Shanghai (having shared a meal w/ the party from Shanghai while at Suzhou on 11/20, returning to Xuzhou on 11/21).

    Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 2 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city, both traced close contacts of the party at Shanghai (having shared a meal w/ the party from Shanghai while at Suzhou on 11/20, returning to Hangzhou on 11/22).

    Dalian in Liaoning Province reported 3 new domestic confirmed cases, all traced close contact already under centralized quarantine since 11/13. 37 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 183 active domestic confirmed & 23 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. The last High Risk community has been re-designated to Low Risk. 2 Medium Risk sites were re-designated to Low Risk. 7 sites remain at Medium Risk.

    At Xi’an in Shaanxi Province the last domestic confirmed case recovered.

    At Yinchuan in Ningxia “Autonomous” Region there currently are 2 active domestic confirmed cases remaining.

    At Lanzhou in Gansu Province 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed cases remaining.

    At Hebei Province 3 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 31 active confirmed (6 at Shijiazhuang & 25 at Xinji) & 1 active domestic asymptomatic (at Shijiazhuang) cases in the province.

    At Jilin City in Jilin Province the last domestic confirmed case recovered.

    At Rizhao in Shandong Province 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 3 active domestic confirmed & 5 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.

    At Sichuan Province 2 confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 14 active domestic confirmed cases remaining (13 at Chengdu & 1 at Zigong).

    Chongqing Municipality there currently are 5 active domestic confirmed & 3 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining.

    At Heihe in Heilongjiang Province 12 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 62 active domestic confirmed cases remaining.

    At Shangrao in Jiangxi Province the last 2 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. All areas of the city are now at Low Risk.

    At Henan Province there currently are 64 active domestic confirmed cases remaining (48 at Zhengzhou & 16 at Zhoukou).

    Dehong Prefecture in Yunnan Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed cases, 1 each at Ruili & Yingjiang County (via screening of persons under quarantine). There currently are 34 active domestic confirmed & 31 active domestic asymptomatic cases at the prefecture. 1 zone & 1 village at Ruili remain at Medium Risk.

    Imported Cases

    On 11/26, China reported 20 new imported confirmed cases (4 previously asymptomatic), 15 imported asymptomatic cases, 0 imported suspect cases:

    • Shanghai Municipality – 5 confirmed cases, 2 Chinese nationals returning from Nigeria (via Frankfurt) & 1 each from Spain, Surinam (via Amsterdam Schiphol) & the UAE
    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 3 confirmed cases, 2 Chinese nationals returning from Vietnam & 1 from Singapore; 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Singapore 
    • Shenzhen in Guangdong Province – 2 asymptomatic cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Lesotho (via Johannesburg) & South Africa
    • Foshan in Guangdong Province – 1 asymptomatic case, coming from the US, off a flight that landed at Guangdong
    • Yunnan Province (location not specified) – 3 confirmed cases, 2 Chinese nationals returning from Laos & 1 from Myanmar; 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Myanmar; all via land border crossings
    • Qingdao in Shandong Province – 2 confirmed cases, both Filipino crew members off a cargo ship w/ last port of call in South Korea
    • Changsha in Hunan Province – 2 confirmed cases (both previously asymptomatic) & 1 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Guangxi “Autonomous” Region (location not specified) – 2 confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic) & 2 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Tianjin Municipality – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from Hungary (via Warsaw); 3 asymptomatic cases, 2 Chinese nationals returning from Senegal & 1 from Cameroon (all via Paris CdG)
    • Shenyang in Liaoning Province –  1 confirmed case, no information released
    • Zhengzhou in Henan Province – 1 confirmed case (previously asymptomatic), no information released
    • Shijiazhuang in Hebei Province – 2 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province – 1 asymptomatic case, coming from Kazakhstan
    • Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Cambodia 

    Overall in China, 76 confirmed cases recovered (17 imported), 21 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (13 imported) & 4 were reclassified as confirmed cases (all imported), & 1,858 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 809 active confirmed cases in the country (390 imported), 7 in serious condition (3 imported), 439 active asymptomatic cases (370 imported), 4 suspect cases (all imported). 30,826 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.

    As of 11/26, 2,472.847M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 8.517M doses in the past 24 hrs.

    On 11/27, Hong Kong reported 3 new positive cases, all imported.

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    On 11/27 China reported 3 new domestic confirmed & 4 new domestic asymptomatic cases.

    Shanghai Municipality reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, a traced close contact already under centralized quarantine since 11/25. There currently are 3 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 3 residential compounds are currently at Medium Risk.

    Xuzhou in Jiangsu Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic case in the city, a traced close contact of the party at Shanghai (having shared a meal w/ the party from Shanghai while at Suzhou on 11/20, returning to Xuzhou on 11/21).

    Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 2 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city, both traced close contacts of the party at Shanghai (having shared a meal w/ the party from Shanghai while at Suzhou on 11/20, returning to Hangzhou on 11/22).

    Dalian in Liaoning Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed case, a traced close contact already under centralized quarantine since 11/8. 18 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 2 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 166 active domestic confirmed & 21 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 Medium Risk site was re-designated to Low Risk. 6 sites remain at Medium Risk.

    Manzhouli in Hulun Buir, Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region reported 3 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all workers at a local industrial park, found via regular surveillance screening.

    At Yinchuan in Ningxia “Autonomous” Region there currently are 2 active domestic confirmed cases remaining.

    At Lanzhou in Gansu Province the last 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered.

    At Hebei Province 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 29 active confirmed (6 at Shijiazhuang & 23 at Xinji) & 1 active domestic asymptomatic (at Shijiazhuang) cases in the province.

    At Rizhao in Shandong Province there currently are 3 active domestic confirmed & 5 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.

    At Sichuan Province 1 confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 13 active domestic confirmed cases remaining (12 at Chengdu & 1 at Zigong).

    Chongqing Municipality there currently are 5 active domestic confirmed & 3 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining.

    At Heihe in Heilongjiang Province 11 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 51 active domestic confirmed cases remaining.

    At Henan Province there currently are 64 active domestic confirmed cases remaining (48 at Zhengzhou & 16 at Zhoukou).

    Dehong Prefecture in Yunnan Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed cases, both at Ruili (via screening of persons living in restricted movement zones). There currently are 36 active domestic confirmed & 31 active domestic asymptomatic cases at the prefecture. 1 zone & 1 village at Ruili remain at Medium Risk.

    Imported Cases

    On 11/27, China reported 20 new imported confirmed cases (1 previously asymptomatic), 18 imported asymptomatic cases, 2 imported suspect cases:

    • Yunnan Province (location not specified) – 6 confirmed cases, 5 Chinese nationals returning from Myanmar & 1 from Laos; 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Laos; all via land border crossings
    • Shanghai Municipality – 5 confirmed cases, 2 Chinese nationals each returning from the UK (1 each via Frankfurt & Helsinki) & the US, & 1 from Tanzania (via Addis Ababa); 2 suspect cases, no information released
    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 2 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Vietnam & Laos; 2 asymptomatic cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Vietnam & Laos 
    • Foshan in Guangdong Province – 1 confirmed case, coming from Malaysia; 1 asymptomatic case, coming from the Ecuador; all off flights that landed at Guangdong
    • Qingdao in Shandong Province – 2 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national returning from Germany & a Filipino crew member off a cargo ship w/ last port of call in India
    • Guangxi “Autonomous” Region (location not specified) – 2 confirmed & 1 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 2 confirmed cases (1 previously asymptomatic), 1 Chinese national each returning from Cambodia & Ethiopia
    • Tianjin Municipality – 9 asymptomatic cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Italy, Cape Verde (via Paris CdG) & the DRC (via Paris CdG), no information released yet for the other 6
    • Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province – 1 asymptomatic case, coming from Mexico
    • Fuzhou in Fujian Province – 1 asymptomatic case, coming from Japan
    • Xi’an in Shaanxi Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Singapore
    • Jiangsu Province (location not specified) – 1 asymptomatic case, no information released

    Overall in China, 47 confirmed cases recovered (12 imported), 11 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (9 imported) & 1 was reclassified as confirmed case (imported), & 1,974 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 785 active confirmed cases in the country (398 imported), 7 in serious condition (3 imported), 449 active asymptomatic cases (378 imported), 3 suspect cases (all imported). 32,830 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.

    As of 11/27, 2,482.895M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 10.048M doses in the past 24 hrs.

    On 11/28, Hong Kong reported 3 new positive cases, all imported.

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