Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

Prediction: the GOP will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

If you’re pissed about Biden’s speech, he was talking about you.

You cannot shame the shameless.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

Republicans do not pay their debts.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

I’m pretty sure there’s only one Jack Smith.

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

Let there be snark.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

Come on, man.

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

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  2. 2.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s Ministry of Health reports 11,034 new Covid-19 cases today in its media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 2,925,254 cases. It also reports nine deaths as of midnight, for an adjusted cumulative total of 32,034 deaths – 1.10% of the cumulative reported total, 1.12% of resolved cases.

    Based on cases reported yesterday, Malaysia’s nationwide Rt is at 1.27.

    84 confirmed cases are in ICU, 38 of them on ventilators. Meanwhile, 6,036 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 2,818,650 patients recovered – 96.4% of the cumulative reported total.

    10 new clusters were reported today, for a cumulative total of 6,509 clusters. 366 clusters are currently active; 6,143 clusters are now inactive.

    10,957 new cases today are local infections. 77 new cases today are imported.

    The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 69,601 doses of vaccine on 6th February: 16,325 first doses, 759 second doses, and 52,517 booster doses. As of midnight, the cumulative total is 63,985.709 doses administered: 26,108,028 first doses, 25,720,902 second doses, and 12,361,663 booster doses. 80.0% of the population have received their first dose, 78.8% their second dose, and 37.9% their booster dose.

  4. 4.

    YY_Sima Qian

    On 2/6 China reported 45 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic) & 10 new domestic asymptomatic cases.

    At Guangdong Province reporter 4 new domestic confirmed cases. As the province does not breakdown recoveries between domestic & imported cases, I cannot track the count of active cases in parts of the province.

    • At Zhuhai 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 18 active domestic confirmed & 2 active domestic asymptomatic cases (all presumed Omicron) in the city.
    • Shenzhen reported 3 new domestic confirmed cases (1 mild & 2 moderate), a traced close contact already under centralized quarantine & 2 from screening of all residents in areas under movement restrictions. Since the initial discovery of the Omicron cluster on 1/31, Shenzhen has a recorded 16 domestic confirmed cases to date, w/ spill overs to Yunfu, Huizhou, Meizhou & Heyuan in Guangdong, Shaoyang in Hunan, as well as a large & growing secondary cluster at Baise in Guangxi. 2 residential buildings have been elevated to Medium Risk. 4 residential & 1 office buildings are currently at Medium Risk.
    • Guangzhou reported 1 new domestic confirmed case, a person who returned from Baise in Guangxi on 2/5, tested positive on the same day (all persons returning from out of province are required to be tested w/in 24 hrs, this is currently common across China).
    • Yunfu did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 7 active domestic confirmed (all mild) & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city, all part of the Omicron transmission chain spreading from Shenzhen.
    • Huizhou did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 6 active domestic confirmed cases in the city, part of the Omicron transmission chain spreading from Shenzhen.
    • In the rest of the province there currently are 2 active domestic confirmed cases (1 each at Heyuan & Meizhou), both part of the Omicron transmission chain spreading from Shenzhen.

    Guangxi “Autonomous” Region reported 37 new domestic confirmed & 5 new domestic asymptomatic cases cases. There currently are 44 active domestic confirmed & 6 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.

    • Baise reported it 37 new domestic confirmed & 4 new domestic asymptomatic cases, most in the rural Debao County, all part of the transmission chain spreading from a case that returned from Shenzhen in Guangdong on 1/26. Even though the initial introduction took place at Shenzhen, & the index case at Baise traveled from Shenzhen to Baise on 1/26, Shenzhen discovered the cluster on 1/31 while Baise did not do so until 2/5. As soon as the cluster was found at Shenzhen, community workers at Baise should have been following up w/ recent arrivals from the city (a number of whom were returning home for Chinese New Year) & requesting them to be tested. Though people who drive private cars sometimes do not report their returns to local community workers, Baise’s pandemic response teams should have identified such persons based on cell tower location tracking. Now that there has been cryptic transmission for a week & half, during the frequent familial gatherings associated w/ the Chinese New Year holidays, we are probably looking at an Omicron outbreak exceeding that of Anyang in Henan or Tianjin Municipality. No wonder Baise was placed under lock down immediately, w/ all residents confined to homes (except for testing & purchasing supplies), all venues closed (except for supermarkets, produce markets, pharmacies & hospitals). Expect heads to roll at the municipal government w/in a week or two. Hopefully there will not be repeat of the mismanagement & personal tragedies seen at Xi’an in Shaanxi back in Dec. At least most families should have already stocked up on food & supplies for Chinese New Year, but a lot of that stock might have been consumed during the holidays. There currently are 43 active domestic confirmed & 4 active domestic asymptomatic cases (all presumed Omicron) in the city, all part of the transmission chain spreading from Shenzhen in Guangdong. 1 village at Debao County has been elevated to High Risk, & a hotel there has been elevated to Medium Risk.
    • Nanning reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic cases, a person who returned from Baise on 2/5.
    • At Chongzuo there currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases.

    Shaoyang in Hunan Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently is 1 active domestic confirmed cases in the city, part of the transmission chain spreading from Shenzhen in Guangdong.

    Tianjin Municipality reported 1 new domestic confirmed case, at Hebei District (a traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine). 5 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 55 active domestic confirmed cases (all presumed Omicron). 2 residential buildings are currently at High Risk. 5 residential buildings remain at Medium Risk.

    Beijing Municipality reported 3 new domestic confirmed cases (all moderate), both of the new domestic positive cases are traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine, 1 part of the transmission chain from the outbreak at cold storage warehouses at Fengtai District & the other is a medical staff at a designated COVID-19 hospital. As Beijing does not separate recoveries between imported & domestic cases, I cannot track the number of active cases on the city. 1 High Risk community was re-designated to Low Risk. 1 community, 1 village & 1 residential building remain at High Risk. 3 communities & 2 residential compounds remain at Medium Risk.

    At Liaoning Province there currently are 1 active domestic confirmed (at Shenyang) & 4 active domestic asymptomatic (3 at Dalian & 1 at Shenyang) cases in the province.

    At Shandong Province there currently at 2 active domestic confirmed (at Jinan) & 1 active domestic asymptomatic (at Liaocheng) cases in the province, all part of the transmission chain from the cold storage warehouses outbreak at Fengtai District in Beijing.

    At Shanxi Province 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed cases in the province (both at Datong).

    Hebei Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 18 active domestic confirmed cases (5 at Xiong’an, 5 at Hengshui, 6 at Langfang & 2 at Baoding) in the province, all part of the transmission chain from the cold storage warehouses outbreak in Fengtai District in Beijing. 1 village at Hengshui & 1 village at Xiong’an are currently at Medium Risk.

    At Yili Prefecture in Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region 3 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There currently are 9 active domestic confirmed (6 at Horgos & 3 at 4th Div. of XPCC) & 19 active domestic asymptomatic (15 at Horgos & 4 at 4th Div. of XPCC) cases at the border crossing. 2 residential compounds & 1 residential building were re-designated to Low Risk. 2 residential compounds remain at Medium Risk.

    Heilongjiang Province reported 5 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all at Heihe, a family cluster found during regular mass screening (once every 5 days) of all residents in the city. There currently are 29 active domestic confirmed (all at Mudanjiang) & 49 active domestic asymptomatic (5 at Heihe, 39 at Mudanjiang, 4 at Qiqihar & 1 at Suihua) cases in the province. 2 residential buildings at Heihe have been elevated to Medium Risk. 5 residential compounds, 7 residential buildings, 4 residential building units, 4 office buildings & a produce market at Mudanjiang remain at Medium Risk.

    At Shanghai Municipality 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed & 8 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. All areas of the city are now at Low Risk.

    Zhejiang Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. As the province does not regularly publish recoveries, I can no longer trace the count of active cases on there. 1 shop at Hangzhou is currently at High Risk. 8 residential compounds & 4 businesses at Hangzhou are currently at Medium Risk.

    At Huanggang in Hubei Province there currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic case in the city, party of the transmission chain from Hangzhou in Zhejiang.

    At Anshun in Guizhou Province there currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case in the city, party of the transmission chain from Hangzhou in Zhejiang.

    At Shangrao in Jiangxi Province there currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic case, part of the transmission chain from the factory outbreak at Hangzhou in Zhejiang.

    At Henan Province 33 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 371 active domestic confirmed cases in the province. 

    At Yunnan Province there currently are 8 active domestic confirmed (3 at Kunming & 5 at Sipsongpanna Prefecture) & 6 active domestic asymptomatic (all at Sipsongpanna Prefecture) cases remaining. 1 zone at Mengla County in Sipsongpanna Prefecture remains at Medium Risk.

    Imported Cases

    On 2/6, China reported 34 new imported confirmed cases (4 previously asymptomatic), 41 imported asymptomatic cases, 1 imported suspect case:

    • Yangjiang Port in Guangdong Province – 15 confirmed & 3 asymptomatic cases, all Chinese crew members off a cargo ship w/ last port of call in the Philippines
    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 6 confirmed cases (1 previously asymptomatic), 2 Chinese nationals returning from Russia & 1 each from Bosnia-Herzegovina (via Istanbul), the DRC (via Nairobi), Kenya & Japan; 7 asymptomatic cases, 2 Chinese nationals returning from Russia & 1 each from Kazakhstan (via Istanbul), Japan, the UAE & Ethiopia, & a foreign national coming fro Turkey
    • Shanghai Municipality – 8 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Finland, Georgia (via Amsterdam Schiphol), the UK (via Helsinki) & the US, 3 South Korean nationals coming from South Korea & a Spanish national coming from Spain (via Helsinki); 1 suspect case, no information released
    • Beijing Municipality – 1 confirmed case, an Icelandic national coming from Italy; 9 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province – 1 confirmed case (previously asymptomatic); 1 asymptomatic case, coming from Iraq
    • Fuzhou in Fujian Province – 1 confirmed case (previously asymptomatic), coming from South Korea
    • Zhengzhou in Henan Province – 1 confirmed case, no information released
    • Guangxi “Autonomous” Region (location not specified) – 1 confirmed (previously asymptomatic) & 3 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Yunnan Province (location not specified) – 7 asymptomatic cases, all Chinese nationals returning from Laos, via land border crossings
    • Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 4 asymptomatic cases, 3 Chinese nationals returning from Thailand & 1 from Nigeria
    • Guangyuan in Sichuan Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from the Netherlands; the case arrived at Guangzhou in Guangdong on 1/9, passed through the 21 days of centralized quarantine & tested negative multiple times, upon release from quarantine on 1/29 the case flew to Nanchong in Sichuan & was transferred to Guangyuan & underwent at home health monitoring; during at home health monitoring period a person is supposed to only venture outside for testing or purchasing daily necessities, but it seems the case joined a 10 person family gathering during this time; infection might have happened during hotel quarantine at Guangzhou
    • Rizhao in Shandong Province –  1 asymptomatic case, coming from Canada

    Overall in China, 94 confirmed cases recovered (47 imported), 35 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (20 imported) & 5 were reclassified as confirmed cases (4 imported), & 2.101 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 1,495 active confirmed cases in the country (681 imported), 6 in serious condition (1 imported), 876 active asymptomatic cases (764 imported), 2 suspect cases (both imported). 43,234 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.

    As of 2/6, 3,006.862M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 2.181M doses in the past 24 hrs.

    On 2/7, Hong Kong reported 614 new positive cases, 7 imported & 607 domestic. The city is seeing exponential growth, likely driven by the Chinese New Year gatherings. This may spell the end of Hong Kong’s “Dynamic Zero COVID” efforts.

    On 2/7, Taiwan reported 51 new positive cases, 49 imported & 2 domestic (both from persons already under quarantine).

  5. 5.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    i mean, under my socialism, not only are you getting vaccinated whether you like it or not, but you’re also putting in mandatory time emptying bed pans in the covid ward.

    Lovely, now a dumb ass on the Left who doesn’t understand how infectious disease works.

  9. 9.

    PaulB

    *Sigh* Hernia operation now postponed until further notice due to regional hospital (in the Pacific Northwest) overwhelmed by Covid patients and staff Covid-related absences. Looks like I’ll be wearing this hernia belt and curtailing my activities until mid-March or even later. It’s honestly not that bad but it really is inconvenient. And frustrating.

    One thing I am happy about is that I don’t have to be part of the triage process where they figure out who they’re going to treat and in what order. How does my hernia repair rank against, say, my neighbor’s knee replacement?

  10. 10.

    PaulB

    I still haven’t received my federal Covid test kits but, thankfully, the state decided to offer its own free test kits and they arrived two days after I ordered them.

  12. 12.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    @satby: Some random mutation of COVID by passes the vaccine, lands someone in an ICU and then he would expose everyone, irregardless of their health status to it.

  13. 13.

    NorthLeft12

    Sounds like the Ottawa police are finally doing their jobs. Parking violations, excessive noise events, and other tickets are being issued. Apparently they are also investigating numerous incidents of harassment and assault.

    I don’t expect this to have an immediate impact on ending this farce/circus but the truckers that are getting ticketed know how this will impact their future ability to work. Particularly when they go to renew their licenses or a trucking company has a look at their record.

    That should have started a week ago. Total failure by the Ottawa police department in the protection of their citizens.

  14. 14.

    New Deal democrat

    The vast majority of US States didn’t bother to report yesterday, so no updates today. But a follow-up comment to the tweet about hospitalizations and ICU admissions above: when it comes to deaths, the typical US State had something like 1/2 the number of cases per capita as some other western countries like Ireland, Portugal, Denmark, and Canada, but *double* the rate of deaths. In other words, the US had 4* the number of deaths per Omicron case compared with some of the better-vaccinated countries in the West. Only California stands out as having a death rate per case no higher than those other countries.

    That’s about 75,000 needless deaths from Omicron in the last two months.

  15. 15.

    lowtechcyclist

    @NorthLeft12:  I guess they started getting enough bad media attention that they realized they’d finally better do their jobs, no matter how much they favored the convoy truckers.

  16. 16.

    delk

    I received an email last night informing me that my tests will arrive on Thursday. This morning another email said they will be arriving on Tuesday.

  18. 18.

    Matt McIrvin

    @New Deal democrat: The thing that’s struck me is that even places in the US with very high levels of “full vaccination,” such as New York City, often have rather low levels of booster shots. While they were readily available in most places once the initial rush after approval cleared, there really was not much of an effort anywhere to push them to the people who weren’t itching to get them, and I’ve even heard anecdotes of people who were conscientiously “waiting their turn” unaware that their turn had come. I think boosters have made a substantial difference in the Omicron wave. Just having two shots is more protective against Omicron than most people seem to think, but having three is way beyond that.

  19. 19.

    Nicole

    My cousin, age 56, died suddenly two weeks ago- wasn’t feeling well, went to take a nap and never woke up.  Yesterday I found out his body tested positive for Covid.  He was vaccinated and boosted, but had all kinds of other health issues, including lung and heart problems.  He left behind an 18-year-old son he’d just finalized adopting.  I’m so sad, and while I know Omicron is incredibly contagious and he could have gotten it from anywhere (also, in all fairness, because it was so sudden, we can’t know 100% that Covid was the cause), I’m also so sad and frustrated, because I can’t help but think if someone else out there had been more diligent in their mask usage…  It’s a reminder that it’s not what the right-wingers would spout- the “If you get vaccinated then you don’t have anything to worry about so checkmate libtards!”- you can get vaccinated but there’s no guarantee the shot will offer enough protection.

    In other news we got word yesterday one of my kid’s close contacts at school tested positive, so it’ll be PCR tests all around later this week for us.  At least, in NYC, they’re easy to get; I swear it feels like there’s a pop-up Covid testing tent on every other corner.  And, thanks to vaccination, the kiddo is still attending school as long as he’s not showing symptoms.

  21. 21.

    sab

    Still waiting for our test kits in NE Ohio. My guess is the weather is the reason for the delay. It jas been really cold here for a month. Those kits have liquid in them, don’t they?

  22. 22.

    Nicole

    @Baud: Thanks, Baud. I don’t know; his/my aunt was unsure if they continued with the autopsy after getting the Covid positive.  I’ll ask his sister next time I see her; she’s the one who had to fly out to deal with everything.  I agree that it doesn’t follow the usual Covid route, but I also don’t know how he was feeling in the days leading up to when he died.  He did have a lot, a lot of health problems (the vaccines themselves put him in the hospital for a couple of days each time he got a dose) so it could also just have been coincidence.  But the Covid definitely couldn’t have helped.

  23. 23.

    Matt McIrvin

    …The thread on Omicron-specific boosters and “original antigenic sin” is interesting in that I’d seen original antigenic sin touted in that newspaper op-ed as a reason NOT to give people boosters. But here it seems to be the opposite, a reason to get one and not wait– the OAS from whatever immunity you built up from your previous vaccinations apparently makes the functional difference between a wild-type booster and an Omicron-specific booster small.

    It does make me worry that this is all an obstacle to giving people really good immunity against future COVID variants, by any means (tailored vaccines or pan-coronavirus vaccines). On the other hand, it suggests that the same vaccines we’ve already got might be about the best we can do for a while, which simplifies matters and reduces the “scientific Whac-A-Mole” aspect. It is remarkable that the same vaccines we’ve been getting since early 2021 are so good at keeping people out of the hospital from a weird variant like Omicron. I do wonder if it suggests it might be better to reserve tailored vaccines for kids, who don’t have a response conditioned by earlier variants already, so that we get some variation in immune response into the population.

  24. 24.

    New Deal democrat

    @Matt McIrvin: Speaking strictly in terms of cases, some of the most vaccinated States had some of the worst outbreaks, e.g., NY, NJ, RI. But their case numbers have also fallen at the steepest rate to the lowest current rate of infections, below where they were before Omicron hit. In RI, between vaccinations (about 80% now) and infections (probably over 50% after Omicron), probably over 90% of the population has resistance against severe outcomes. Keeping my fingers crossed that maybe those States go all the way back to last June’s lows in the next few weeks.

  25. 25.

    Matt McIrvin

    @New Deal democrat: Last June was so low that I’m skeptical we can get there. Once my whole family was finally vaxxed, at that point I was basically treating the pandemic as over. But I have noticed that in my area, case rates have now dropped below where they were in the late-fall, early-December rise that was probably mostly Delta, before the crazy Omicron spike. I was worried that when Omicron cleared we’d discover that Delta had been there all along and was once again our main problem, with little resistance conferred by Omicron infection. We will see where it goes.

  26. 26.

    Soprano2

    @Nicole: My feeling would be more anger at the unvaxxed, because they’re the reason this wave is so bad. If 85-90% of people were vaxxed, the Omicron wave would not be as bad as it is, and people like your cousin wouldn’t be in nearly as much danger as they are now. I’m sorry for your loss, that’s so sad. Did they say they can’t determine why he died? Even if Covid didn’t kill him directly, it was likely a contributing factor with that many other health problems.

  27. 27.

    Matt McIrvin

    The age-adjusted NYC data still implies that just being fully vaccinated, deep into the Omicron wave, conferred nearly tenfold protection against being a “case” (which in most cases probably means getting sick enough that you are motivated to get tested), about 25-fold against hospitalization and about 20-fold against death–and that’s with most vaccinated people NOT boosted:

    https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page#daily

    It suggests to me that we’ve been underplaying how protective the vaccines really are against Omicron. Sure, if you do a tracking study where you test people every day and see how many get infected, the protection against infection isn’t great. But the vaccines are doing a lot beyond that.

  28. 28.

    Soprano2

    Did anyone else hear this story on “Morning Edition” this morning? I cringed when I heard her say that this study shows that people under 50 who had symptomatic Covid have relatively robust protection against reinfection, and that it reduced their risk of hospitalization if they got Delta covid by more than 50 times compared with unvaccinated people who hadn’t had any prior Covid infection, because I know the anti-vaxxers will use that to say “See, we told you ‘natural immunity’ was better”, even though that’s not what this study shows. It shows the same thing as other reports, which is that if you had Covid and then got vaccinated and boosted that’s the absolutely best protection against severe illness from Covid.

  29. 29.

    Starfish

    Interestingly enough, they are having more humanity with the school shooter drills in our school district this year. They are not making the kids hide. They are saying it is for the emotional well-being of the children, but I think it is partially because they are relying on seating charts to reduce the spread of COVID. Telling everyone to hide in the closet exposes them all to one another.

  30. 30.

    Starfish

    @Nicole: I am so sorry about your cousin. The kid my child plays with the most was out for a week. We learned he had COVID when he came back. My kid was fine. I hope it works out that way for you too.

  32. 32.

    Matt McIrvin

    @Soprano2: Even if “natural immunity” were stronger, the fact remains that to have “natural immunity” you have to get the disease, presumably unvaccinated. It’s absolutely insane that anyone would prefer that.

  33. 33.

    Robert Sneddon

    Scotland — 5,809 new cases and zero new deaths of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 reported today (noting that Register Offices are generally closed at the weekend). Still too many cases for my liking but about a third of the recent Omicron-driven peak back in early January this year.

    958 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19 with 23 people were in intensive care. The acute healthcare cases are trending downwards, but slowly.

  37. 37.

    Soprano2

    @Matt McIrvin: Oh, I totally agree, it’s crazy to try to get something that could kill you. Most people don’t play Russian Roulette with their life or the lives of their families. That’s why this is so insane.

  39. 39.

    Nicole

    @Soprano2:

    Did they say they can’t determine why he died? Even if Covid didn’t kill him directly, it was likely a contributing factor with that many other health problems.

    I don’t know a ton of details yet; I’ll ask his sister next time I see her.  But I agree with you that Covid certainly couldn’t have helped the situation- his lungs and heart were not in great shape to begin with (he had all kinds of immune system issues, rheumatoid arthritis among them).  Because he died in his sleep, I’m speculating he developed a blood clot and had a stroke, but I don’t know.  My dad died in his sleep (a few years pre-Covid), and the EMTs who came told my stepmom when someone dies in their sleep, almost all the time it can be chalked up to a heart attack or a stroke.

    He’s third guy in his 50s in my life that passed away suddenly in the month right after Christmas- 2 friends, ages 52 and 58, and then him at 56 (I am not a huge fan of 2022 so far).  I didn’t think the other 2 were Covid-related either, due to them also being sudden, but now I wonder.

  40. 40.

    Nicole

    @Ohio Mom:

    My condolences to you and your family, and extra sympathy for his 18 year old son.

    Thanks- I’m grieving hardest for his kid, who he took in as an older teenager to foster and then adopted just this year.  The kiddo has had a very topsy turvy life, finally got some stability, and then this.  My cousin’s sister brought him home with her and is enrolling him in school where she lives this week (he’s a senior). I don’t think kids were ever in her life plan, but she’s absolutely stepped up to be there for him.  And my aunt and uncle (his great-aunt and great-uncle) will be nearby now.

  41. 41.

    Sloane Ranger

    Sunday in the UK we had 54,095 new cases reported. This is a reduction of 5.2% in the rolling 7-day average, but, as usual, weekend figures should be taken with a pinch of salt. New cases by nation,

    England – 49,533 (down 7844)

    Northern Ireland – 2694 (down 507)

    Scotland – No longer reports at weekends

    Wales – 1868 (does not report on Saturdays).

    Deaths – There were 75 deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday. This is a reduction of 7.1% in the rolling 7-day average, but again, reach for the salt shaker. 61 deaths were in England, 1 in Northern Ireland, 2 in Scotland and 11 in Wales.

    Testing – Not updated at weekends.

    Hospitalisations – Not updated at weekends.

    Vaccinations – As at Saturday, 5 February, 91.2% of all UK residents aged 12+ had had 1 shot, 84.5% had had 2 and 65.3% had had a 3rd shot/booster.

  42. 42.

    Kent

    @PaulB:I still haven’t received my federal Covid test kits but, thankfully, the state decided to offer its own free test kits and they arrived two days after I ordered them.

    We got our Federal kits maybe 2 weeks ago.  My wife is a physician and I think she got the order in before the web site officially went live.

  43. 43.

    Kent

    @Starfish:Interestingly enough, they are having more humanity with the school shooter drills in our school district this year. They are not making the kids hide. They are saying it is for the emotional well-being of the children, but I think it is partially because they are relying on seating charts to reduce the spread of COVID. Telling everyone to hide in the closet exposes them all to one another.

    HS teacher here.  We haven’t had any shooter drills at all this year.  Haven’t thought about it until now.  We have had shelter in place drills which are different.  They are more just to clear the halls and get everyone inside in the event of a natural disaster or gas leak or something.  You just clear the halls and keep everyone in the room and keep going with class as usual.

  44. 44.

    Uncle Cosmo

    @Ohio Mom: Waiting for mine as well, completely convinced that Postbastard-Degenerate DeJerk has issued specific orders to withhold them from me…grrr… (ETA: I have in hand two free tests issued by Baltimore City via the Enoch Pratt Free Library, so it could be worse…)

  46. 46.

    Ruckus

    I think we all have to remember that the vaccine does not prevent you from getting the disease it’s for if you are exposed to it.

    It makes your body able to fight it off, and in the vast majority of cases will do so without you being hospitalized or extremely ill. That’s the way vaccines work. They massively help you fight off the cause of the infection. In the case of Covid we have no natural resistance to the disease, so it does it’s thing if you aren’t vaccinated. And this is not the first pandemic in the world and it will it likely not be the last, especially with much more rapid travel around the world and a large and growing world population. We, as it almost always ends up, our worst enemies.

  47. 47.

    dkinPa

    @Nicole: My condolences — that really is sad.  I share your frustration with the willfully unvaccinated.  A pox on all of them!

  48. 48.

    Eunicecycle

    @Kent: I ordered mine the first day, too, and received my test kits 4 days later! I told my daughters and they both ordered them right away the same day and one still hasn’t gotten hers. I have no idea why that would happen.

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