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COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Wednesday / Thursday, March 2-3

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Japan is set to loosen border controls to allow more people to enter the country, especially students, while extending infection control measures to limit the spread of the coronavirus in several areas, including Tokyo…

Some 150,000 foreign students have been kept out of Japan since 2020, along with workers desperately needed by an ageing nation with a shrinking population, prompting warnings of labour shortages and damage to Japan’s international reputation.

While the number of new coronavirus cases has started to fall, hospitals remain under stress as they battle the Omicron variant of COVID-19. February was also the deadliest month of the pandemic so far, with 4,856 fatalities, a tally by national broadcaster NHK showed.

The central government has received requests from five prefectures, including Kyoto and Osaka in western Japan, to extend infection control measures set to expire on Sunday, chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on Wednesday.

Ten other prefectures, including Tokyo, are expected to seek an extension of two to three weeks of measures that include shorter business hours for restaurants and limits on alcohol sales, local media reported…

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern sought to cool simmering resentment over the slow unlocking of the country’s pandemic restrictions on Thursday, a day after police cleared a weeks-long Canada-style protest outside parliament…

In a special session of parliament to discuss the protest, the most violent in decades in the normally peaceful city, Ardern promised things would change, but gave no timeframe for easing curbs…

A one-time poster child for tackling the coronavirus, New Zealand’s swift response to the pandemic and its geographic isolation kept the country largely COVID-19 free until the end of last year, winning Ardern strong support. Total deaths stand at just 56.

However, anger over vaccine mandates for people working in sectors such as health and education and strict border closures have put pressure on the government to now soften its stance in line with much of the rest of the world…

The country of 5 million has a high COVID vaccination rate, with more than 95% of the eligible population double vaccinated. More than 70% of people have had a booster dose.

COVID-19 cases were restricted to fewer than 15,000 in total by end-2021 through a strict elimination approach, but the arrival of the Omicron variant has seen cases top 20,000 a day, reaching a cumulative total of nearly 150,000 on Thursday.

The government says restrictions that have frayed the public’s patience are set to stay in place until at least mid-March, when the Omicron surge is expected to peak…

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… The expert panel conditionally recommended the pill, molnupiravir, for patients with non-severe disease who are at high risk of hospitalisation, such as the immunocompromised, the unvaccinated, older people and those with chronic diseases.

The recommendation was based on new data from six clinical trials involving 4,796 patients.

Since molnupiravir’s U.S. authorization in December, demand for the pill among COVID-19 patients has taken a hit from comparatively low efficacy and potential safety issues for certain groups…

The panel said that young and healthy patients, including children, and pregnant or breastfeeding women should not be given molnupiravir due to potential risks such as defects in a developing fetus, as shown in animal studies.

The WHO guidelines, published in the British Medical Journal, said no recommendation on molnupiravir’s use has been made for patients with severe or critical illness as there was no trial data for the group.

The panel also updated its guidance for the use of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc’s (REGN.O) COVID-19 antibody cocktail. It now recommends the drug only for people who are not infected with Omicron as new preclinical data has shown it is not effective against the variant…

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Anna Sorokin, a German woman convicted of posing as a wealthy heiress to scam banks, hotels and New York socialites, has sued federal immigration authorities for refusing to provide COVID-19 booster shots to her and other detainees facing deportation.

Sorokin, who is the subject of Netflix’s new drama, “Inventing Anna,” and three other detainees represented by the American Civil Liberties Union filed the complaint in Washington, D.C. federal court on Tuesday. They say U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is violating the constitutional rights of medically vulnerable detainees by ignoring their requests for booster shots…

According to Tuesday’s complaint, Sorokin tested positive for COVID-19 in January, a month after her written request for a booster shot was ignored, and suffered from a high fever, persistent cough and other symptoms. Sorokin has a chronic kidney infection and other medical issues, according to the lawsuit.

The plaintiffs are seeking to represent a nationwide class of detainees who are 55 or older or who have medical conditions that place them at higher risk of serious illness or death from COVID-19…

ICE has said that tens of thousands of its detainees have received COVID-19 vaccines, but Tuesday’s lawsuit says the agency has not adopted any policy regarding booster doses…

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  3. 3.

    OzarkHillbilly

    Shit like this is getting people killed: China gave us Covid

    And the GOP gave us the stupid.

  5. 5.

    Matt McIrvin

    I’ve been wondering about all the reports about Vladimir Putin taking extreme COVID precautions, basically completely isolating himself from human contact. Only just occurred to me that he might be unvaccinated out of mistrust of anyone sticking a needle in him.

  6. 6.

    New Deal democrat

    Nationwide cases are down to 58,000. This is slightly below the worst peak in 2020 up until November, but is lower than at any point in 2021 except for March and May through July. Deaths declined to 1725, a 1/3rd decline from peak, but still well above average for 2020 and 2021. Aside from holiday distortions, deaths have recently been declining at roughly 50 per day. This is nevertheless a much slower rate of decline than in cases. For deaths the best region is the Northeast, down 65% from peak. The worst is the South, down less than 30%. The South was the region that clearly did the worst during Omicron, with a higher death rate at peak compared with any other region, which only ended 2 weeks ago.

    US Census regions vary between 13 (Northeast) to 20 (West) cases per day per 100,000. This is on par with most Canadian provinces, which vary between 8(BC) and 24(NS) cases.

    PR has resumed its place as the best US jurisdiction, at 7 cases, followed by LA, IN, MD, CT, OH, SD, NY, PA, and DC with 11 cases. The worst State (leaving aside NE’s huge data dump) is ID, at 82 cases, followed by ME, MT, AK, KY, WV, NH, IA, NV, and NC with 25 cases.

    The only States showing increases are IA, ID, NV, and WA. Several of these appear to be data dumps.

    Other noteworthy States include CA at 17, TX at 16, FL at 17, IL at 13, and NJ at 14. In general even the best Jurisdictions remain above their summer 2020 and 2021 levels.

    Since deaths have tended to have longer peaks than cases, it may be that the laggard South is the reason why deaths in the US have not declined more.

  7. 7.

    OzarkHillbilly

    things continue to go extremely well for Milo Yiannopoulos as he now has COVID dementia, for which he blames the vaccine he didn’t get

    As best I can tell, he’s been demented for a long long time.

  9. 9.

    Baud

    The South was the region that clearly did the worst during Omicron, with a higher death rate at peak compared with any other region, which only ended 2 weeks ago.

    I wonder why.

  10. 10.

    YY_Sima Qian

    On 3/2 Mainland China reported 54 new domestic confirmed (2 previously asymptomatic), 37 new domestic asymptomatic cases.

    Guangdong Province reported 28 new domestic confirmed & 6 new domestic asymptomatic 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.

    • Dongguan reported 5 new domestic confirmed (all mild) & 3 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 7 at  the epicenter Dalang Township & 1 at Humen Township, all are traces close contacts already under centralized quarantine. The outbreak is of the Omicron BA.2 Variant. 1 factory compound at Dalang Township is currently at High Risk. 1 zone, 1 residential compound & 1 factory compound at Dalang Township are currently at Medium Risk, as is 1 zone at Humen Township.
    • Shenzhen reported 23 new domestic confirmed & 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 7 are traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine, 17 are found from mass screening in areas under movement restrictions, & 1 from screening of persons deemed at risk of exposure. The currently outbreak in the city is of the Omicron BA.2 Variant. 2 residential buildings have been elevated to Medium Risk. 3 residential buildings, 1 office building, 1 factory & a shopping center are currently at Medium Risk.
    • Huizhou reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, a person who had contact w/ person in Dongguan who are at risk of exposure. The case had previously tested negative on 2/15 & 2/26.
    • Zhuhai did not report any new domestic positive cases.

    Guangxi “Autonomous” Region reported 2 new domestic confirmed (both previously asymptomatic, both mild) & 6 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all at Fangchenggang, all the new domestic positive cases are traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine. The outbreak at Fangchenggang is of Omicron BA.2 Variant. 32 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 153 active domestic confirmed (108 at Baise, 44 at Fangchenggang & 1 at Nanning) & 12 active domestic asymptomatic cases (all at Fangchenggang) in the province. 1 zone at Fangchenggang is currently at Medium Risk.

    At Shaoyang in Hunan Province there currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case in the city, part of the transmission chain spreading from Shenzhen in Guangdong.

    Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region reported 7 new domestic confirmed cases. 27 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 320 active domestic confirmed cases in the province.

    • Baotou reported 1 new domestic confirmed case, a traced close contact already under centralized quarantine. There are currently 20 active domestic confirmed cases in the city (all presumed Delta). 1 zone, 5 residential compounds & 2 villages are currently at Medium Risk.
    • Hohhot reported 6 new domestic confirmed cases, 4 are traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine & 2 from mass screening of all persons in areas under movement restrictions. 27 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 291 active domestic confirmed cases (all presumed Delta) in the city. 1 zone, 3 communities & 4 villages are currently at High Risk. 70 communities, 20 villages, 1 residential compound, 1 shopping center & a plantation are currently at Medium Risk.
    • In the rest of the province there currently are 9 active domestic confirmed (7 at Manzhouli in Hulun Buir & 2 at Bayan Nur) & 1 active domestic asymptomatic (at Bayan Nur) cases remaining. 

    Tianjin Municipality reported 1 new domestic confirmed case (mild), a traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine. There currently are 21 active domestic confirmed cases (15 mild & 6 moderate) in the city. 1 massage parlor is currently at High Risk.

    Shandong Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 6 active domestic confirmed cases (all at Qingdao) & 1 active asymptomatic (at Yantai) cases in the province. 1 residential compound at Qingdao has been elevated to Medium Risk.

    Shanxi Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed case. There currently are 18 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining in the province, all part of the transmission chain spreading from Hohhot in Inner Mongolia.

    • Jinzhong reported 1 new domestic confirmed case (moderate), a traced close contact already under centralized quarantine. There currently are 13 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
    • In the rest of the province there there currently are 5 active domestic confirmed cases (4 at Taiyuan & 1 at Xizhou) remaining.

    Hebei Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed case, at Handan, There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed (at Handan) & 1 active asymptomatic case (at Shijiazhuang) in the province.

    Huludao in Liaoning Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 191 active domestic confirmed cases in the city (all presumed Delta). 1 village at Suizhong County is currently at High Risk.

    Heilongjiang Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed & 3 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 21 active domestic confirmed& 43 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.

    • Suifenhe in Mudanjiang reported 3 new asymptomatic cases, all are traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine. 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 11 active domestic confirmed & 16 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 residential compound has been elevated to Medium Risk. 1 residential compound, 7 residential buildings & 1 business are currently Medium Risk.
    • Harbin reported 1 new domestic confirmed case, at Daowai District, a traced close contact already under centralized quarantine. There currently are 3 active domestic confirmed & 6 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city, all part of the transmission chain spreading from Suifenhe.
    • Heihe did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 14 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city (all presumed Omicron BA.2). 1 residential compound has been elevated to Medium Risk.
    • At Jidong County in Jixi here currently are 6 active domestic confirmed & 4 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 2 residential compounds & a hospital are currently at Medium Risk.
    • Jiamusi did not reported any new domestic positive cases. There currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic case in the city, part of the transmission chain spreading from Suifenhe.
    • At Baiquan County in Qiqihar there currently are 2 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining.

    Hunchun in Yanbian Prefecture Jilin Province reported 3 new domestic confirmed (all mild) & 7 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 1 from voluntary screening & 9 are traced close contacts. There currently are 7 active domestic confirmed & 11 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.

    Hainan Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 1 active confirmed (at Sanya) & 1 active domestic asymptomatic (at Chengmai County) cases in the province.

    Shanghai Municipality reported 3 new domestic confirmed & 5 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 7 traced close contacts of the domestic confirmed case reported on 3/2, all members of the same old lady dance group, who have been practicing in the activity center designated as Medium Risk on 3/2. 1 domestic asymptomatic case is a quarantine hotel worker, a traced close contact of a domestic asymptotic case reported on 2/27. There currently are 4 active domestic confirmed & 15 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 supermarket has been elevated to Medium Risk. An activity center & a supermarket are currently at Medium Risk.

    Hubei Province reported 4 new domestic confirmed cases (1 mild & 3 moderate), all at Wuhan, 3 are traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine & 1 is a bus driver that tested positive during regular screening. There currently are 32 active domestic confirmed (24 mild & 8 moderate, all at Wuhan) & 8 active domestic asymptomatic (7 at Wuhan & 1 at Huanggang) cases in the province. 4 residential buildings & 1 hotel at Wuhan are currently at Medium Risk.

    Jiangsu Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed case. 18 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 78 active domestic confirmed & 30 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.

    • Suzhou reported 1 domestic confirmed case. 17 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 78 active domestic confirmed & 24 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 12 Medium Risk residential buildings & a tea house have been re-designated to Low Risk. 2 residential compounds, 23 residential buildings, a dormitory, a factory & a business are currently at Medium Risk.
    • At Wuxi 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 6 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city, all part of the transmission chain spreading from Suzhou.

    Sichuan Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed case. There currently are 36 active domestic confirmed & 13 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.

    • Chengdu reported 1 new domestic confirmed case, a traced close contact already under centralized quarantine since 2/21. There currently are 35 active domestic confirmed & 3 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city (all presumed Omicron). 14 residential compounds are currently at Medium Risk.
    • Mianyang did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 4 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city, part of the transmission chain spreading from Chengdu.
    • At Meizhou there currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case in the city, part of the transmission chain spreading from Chengdu.
    • At Deyang there currently are 2 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city, part of the transmission chain spreading from Chengdu.
    • At Luzhou there currently are 4 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.

    At Xiamen in Fujian Province there currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case in the city, a person who entered centralized quarantine to care for in under aged child arriving from overseas.

    At Henan Province 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 3 active domestic confirmed cases remaining. 

    Yunnan Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed & 9 new domestic asymptomatic cases. There currently are 47 active domestic confirmed & 109 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining in the province.

    • Honghe Prefecture reported 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases, both at Hekou County, both traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine. There currently are 15 active domestic confirmed & 17 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city (all presumed Omicron BA.2), all at Hekou County. 1 residential compound & 1 plantation are currently at Medium Risk.
    • Lincang reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, at Gengma County, found via screening of persons in high risk occupations. There currently are 10 active domestic confirmed & 58 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 zone is currently at Medium Risk.
    • Dehong Prefecture reported 1 new domestic confirmed & 6 new asymptomatic cases, 6 at Ruili & 1 at Yingjiang County, 3 from mass screening of residents in border villages, 2 from mass screening of residents in areas under movement restrictions, a traced close contact already under centralized quarantine, & 1 from regular screening of persons in high risk occupations. There currently are 17 active domestic confirmed & 19 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city (all presumed Omicron BA.2). 2 communities have been elevated to Medium Risk.
    • In the rest of the province there currently are 5 active domestic confirmed (3 at Malipo County in Wenshan Prefecture & 2 in Sipsongpanna Prefecture) & 15 active domestic asymptomatic (all at Malipo County in Wenshan Prefecture) cases remaining.

    Imported Cases

    On 3/2, Mainland China reported 160 new imported confirmed cases (24 previously asymptomatic, 12 in Guangdong), 106 imported asymptomatic cases, 5 imported suspect cases:

    • Shenzhen in Guangdong Province – 37 confirmed cases, 2 Chinese nationals returning from Japan & 1 from Thailand, & 34 Mainland Chinese residents returning from Hong Kong; 3 asymptomatic cases, all Mainland Chinese residents returning from Hong Kong
    • Zhuhai in Guangdong Province – 9 confirmed & 4 asymptomatic cases, 8 Mainland Chinese & 5 Hong Kong residents coming from Hong Kong
    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 6 confirmed cases (1 previously asymptomatic), 3 Chinese nationals returning from Nigeria, 2 from Vietnam & 1 from Kuwait; 13 asymptomatic cases, 9 Chinese nationals returning from Nigeria, 2 from Bangladesh & 1 each from Australia & Kuwait
    • Huizhou in Guangdong Province – 6 confirmed & 1 asymptomatic cases, all coming from Hong Kong
    • Jiangmen in Guangdong Province – 3 confirmed & 2 asymptomatic cases, all coming from Hong Kong
    • Dongguan in Guangdong Province – 2 confirmed & 15 asymptomatic cases, all coming from Hong Kong
    • Foshan in Guangdong Province – 2 confirmed & 1 asymptomatic cases, all coming from Malaysia, all off a flight that landed at Guangzhou
    • Zhongshan in Guangdong Province – 1 confirmed & 5 asymptomatic cases, all coming from Hong Kong
    • Shanghai Municipality – 39 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Japan, South Korean & the UAE, 29 Mainland Chinese residents returning from Hong Kong, 2 Taiwanese residents coming from Taiwan, 3 South Korean nationals coming from South Korea, a Japanese national coming from Japan, & an Indian national coming from Singapore; 19 symptomatic cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Papua New Guinea (via Sydney), Switzerland (via Copenhagen) & the US, & 16 Mainland Chinese residents returning from Hong Kong; 5 suspect cases, no information released
    • Beijing Municipality – 11 confirmed cases, 4 Chinese nationals returning from Denmark & 1 from Russia, & 2 Mainland Chinese & 4 Hong Kong residents returning from Hong Kong; 9 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Changchun in Jilin Province – 9 confirmed cases, all coming from South Korea
    • Chongzuo in Guangxi “Autonomous” Region – 8 confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic) & 17 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 8 confirmed (6 previously asymptomatic) & 5 asymptomatic cases, all Mainland Chinese residents returning from Hong Kong
    • Zhengzhou in Henan Province – 5 confirmed (all previously asymptomatic) & 3 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Xiamen in Fujian Province – 4 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Canada, Malaysia & Romania (via Amsterdam Schiphol), & a Taiwanese resident coming from Taiwan
    • Qingdao in Shandong Province – 4 confirmed cases, 3 Chineses & 1 South Korean nationals returning from South Korea
    • Wuhan in Hubei Province – 2 confirmed & 2 asymptomatic cases, all coming from Pakistan
    • Tianjin Municipality – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from Poland
    • Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province – 1 confirmed case, coming from Brunei
    • Hefei in Anhui Province – 1 confirmed case, no information released
    • Lanzhou in Gansu Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from Russia
    • Yunnan Province (location not specified) – 2 asymptomatic cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Laos & Myanmar, via land border crossings
    • Dalian in Liaoning Province –  2 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Shenyang in Liaoning Province –  1 asymptomatic case, no information released

    Overall in Mainland China, 119 confirmed cases recovered (40 imported), 28 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (27 imported) & 26 were reclassified as confirmed cases (24 imported), & 3,757 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 3,094 active confirmed cases in the country (1,843 imported), 20 in serious condition (2 imported), 1,298 active asymptomatic cases (951 imported), 9 suspect cases (all imported). 86,697 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.

    As of 3/2, 3,141.473M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 5.875M doses in the past 24 hrs.

    On 3/3, Hong Kong reported 56,827 new positive cases (2 imported & 58,825 domestic), 144 deaths (only 10 fully vaccinated).

    On 3/3, Taiwan reported 71 new positive cases, 66 imported & 5 domestic.

  11. 11.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s Ministry of Health reported 27,500 new Covid-19 cases yesterday in its media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 3,496,090 cases. It also reported 115 deaths for an adjusted cumulative total of 32,942 deaths – 0.94% of the cumulative reported total, 1.03% of resolved cases.

    Malaysia’s nationwide Rt stands at 1.00.

    139 confirmed cases are in ICU, 79 of them on ventilators. Meanwhile, 27,557 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 3,169,669 patients recovered – 90.7% of the cumulative reported total.

    Nine new clusters were reported yesterday, for a cumulative total of 6,798 clusters. 475 clusters are currently active; 6,323 clusters are now inactive.

    27,072 new cases reported yesterday were local infections. 428 new cases were imported.

    The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 97,534 doses of vaccine on 2nd March: 26,923 first doses, 1,389 second doses, and 69,222 booster doses. The cumulative total is 67,416,313 doses administered: 27,059,395 first doses, 25,753,663 second doses, and 14,810,832 booster doses. 82.9% of the population have received their first dose, 78.9% their second dose, and 45.4% their booster dose.

  12. 12.

    Anyway

    Bullshit AP radio reporter- “Desantis is strongly against mask mandates” without mentioning the students he yelled at were wearing masks voluntarily. $$^%$+%

    Fuck the MSM

  13. 13.

    YY_Sima Qian

    Inevitably, as the cost of maintaining “Dynamic Zero COVID” mounts in face of Omicron BA.2, the Chinese authorities are starting to evaluate when & how to start relaxing restrictions.

    “Dynamic Zero” & strict controls/quarantines at the border absolutely should still be maintained when there is a tsunami in Hong Kong & very high prevalence across most of SE Asia & NE Asia, as well as only 50% of the > 80 cohort have been fully vaccinated. However, since the CCP party state dominates all levers of power in China, it is the regime’s responsibility to get the vaccination rate of the elders much higher, just like it is the regime’s responsibility to negotiation for licensed production of Paxlovid pills, approve & ramp up the domestic production of the BioNTech vaccine, accelerate the development of pan-coronavirus vaccines (or approve foreign ones), etc.

  14. 14.

    Kay

    Sen. Tim Kaine got covid-19 in the spring of 2020, and nearly two years later he still has mild symptoms.
    “I tell people it feels like all my nerves have had like five cups of coffee,” Kaine said Wednesday of his “24/7” tingling sensation, just after introducing legislation intended to expand understanding of long covid.
    The Virginia Democrat is one of the thousands or even millions of Americans who could have long covid, the little-understood phenomenon in which symptoms linger for weeks or months after a coronavirus infection. There is no agreed-upon understanding of its root causes, or even its official name, making treatment of the long-term symptoms difficult — including for Kaine.

    It’s good, I think that’s he’s doing this. Kind of the flip side of shrieking at high school students and demanding they take off their masks for a photo op. A lot of people say they have lingering effects. They should at least be taken seriously.

  15. 15.

    Anyway

    Oz and his opponent in the PA senate primary are ruining my Jeopardy experience with their outlandish and nasty ads. I am good at hitting mute but sometimes can’t reach the remote on time.

  16. 16.

    Peale

    @germy: before COVID his senses were so strong that he could apparently see what kind of virus he had.

    I’m so glad he’s no longer gay. Was an embarrassment to my tribe. He can go and embarrass someone else’s tribe now.

  18. 18.

    Baud

    @Peale:

    I’m so glad he’s no longer gay. Was an embarrassment to my tribe. He can go and embarrass someone else’s tribe now.

     
    ?

  19. 19.

    Kay

    @Anyway:

    The worst part of that video is the DeSantis aides grinning as he pitches his hissy fit. They love bullies on the Right. They admire that.

  22. 22.

    Peale

    @Baud: haven’t you heard. Milo cured himself. The gay fascist thing wasn’t paying the bills so much. So now he’s an ex gay fascist.

  25. 25.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    @Baud: Yes, what Oz’s point? A lot of pandemics start out in China, 1/4 of the worlds population and all that.

  27. 27.

    YY_Sima Qian

    @Baud: Anti-Chinese red-baiting looks to be the centerpiece of the GOP’s strategy for the mid-terms, again, disguised as anti-CCP & anti-autocracy, but in reality more of their brand of authoritarianism, militarism & crony capitalism.

  28. 28.

    Anyway

    @debbie:

    Wikipedia says DeSantis has 3 kids.

    If a Dem politician had yelled at kids it would be covered so differently. I can’t stand the different standards for Rethugs.

  30. 30.

    Baud

    @Anyway:

    If a Dem politician had yelled at kids it would be covered so differently. I can’t stand the different standards for Rethugs.

     
    QFT.

  33. 33.

    YY_Sima Qian

    @Baud: & yet a portion of Chinese Americans (including some of those originating from Hong Kong & Taiwan) are all in on Trumpism, due to a combination of cultural conservatism, economic libertarianism, anti-CCPism & brainwashing by Falun Gong media. That will not protect them from harassment/threats by the racists & xenophobes, however.

  37. 37.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    @YY_Sima Qian: Probably a big hunk of religion along with that.  American God Botherers here believe as a matter of faith that disease is the Wrath of God, all Chines are godless Commies in their mind so therefor China must be a minion of Satan and Covid was made in the same factory in China were  dinosaur fossils are faked.

  39. 39.

    Ken

    @germy: (screenshot of his statement about losing IQ points)

    Creates the funny image of him taking twice-daily tests to monitor his IQ level, like it was blood sugar or O2 levels.

    (Well, I thought it was funny.)

  40. 40.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    @Anyway: If a Dem politician had yelled at kids it would be covered so differently. I can’t stand the different standards for Rethugs.

    On the positive side; if DeSantis is that easily to troll  that a bunch of kids can do it by accident I suspect DeSantis’ 2024 presidential ambitions will end up in a Cris Christie style face plant.

  42. 42.

    Kay

    Justin Schecker
    @WFLAJustin
    “I would tell (the governor) to stop bullying kids.”
    Kevin Brown says Gov. DeSantis had no right to tell his son and the other high school students to take off their masks.
    His son decided to keep his mask on during the press conference at USF

    Go dad.

  43. 43.

    sdhays

    @YY_Sima Qian: It’s been really amazing and depressing to see how people see Tramp as “tough on China” when he was and is nothing more than racist and a load mouth.

    The Tramp years have a been a horrible lesson in how much humans can just see what they want to see.

  44. 44.

    Bruce K in ATH-GR

    Greece: according to Kathimerini, yesterday’s 6pm report listed 15,557 new cases, 57 dead, and intubated ICU cases down to 399.

    The Minister of Health announced that outdoor masking mandates will be lifted on Saturday.

    I’m planning to restock my FFP2 masks and keep on using them whenever I know or suspect I’ll be in an indoor public place, and continue to use surgical masks routinely out of doors.

  45. 45.

    Soprano2

    @germy: That’s nuts, he says he got a “vaccine-enhanced” version of Covid. There is no such thing.

    I read an article about a new health clinic that opened here last November. It’s run by an orthopedic surgeon who was fired from Mercy because he refused to get vaccinated. They specialize in all those quack treatments for Covid. His wife, who runs the clinics (there are 2 of them now, and they’re going to try to go national with this idiocy) says she’ll go to jail before she’ll change the way she treats patients. I want to tell her lady, there are all kinds of holistic clinics everywhere and no one is closing them down. As long as they have an M.D. on staff they’ll be able to do pretty much whatever they want. I don’t know how long they’ll be viable since they don’t take any kind of insurance or Medicare/Medicaid in order to keep anyone from telling them how to treat patients.

  46. 46.

    Soprano2

    @Kay: I agree, good for him. I’m hoping this will help others with poorly-understood auto-immune diseases like chronic fatigue. I know someone my age who has that, and it’s debilitating. Doctors still don’t know much about it. I have another friend who became disabled from something the doctors were never able to figure out; she thinks it was from a tick bite.

  47. 47.

    Soprano2

    @Kay: Almost seems like it was planned, doesn’t it? I wish all of the students had kept their masks on, but it’s hard to stand up for yourself against the governor no matter what age you are.

  52. 52.

    Steeplejack

    @sdhays:

    Are we talking about the Donald “tough on China” Trump whose daughter was being awarded Chinese trademarks practically on a weekly basis?

  54. 54.

    VOR

    @Kay: They accuse liberals of wearing masks as a way of virtue signaling. But yelling at people wearing masks is vice signaling, a way to assure his intended voters that he is indeed the asshole they yearn for.

    Everyone knew TFG was an asshole back in 2015, but he was THEIR asshole who hated the same people they did. DeSantis seems to want some of that same flavor.

  55. 55.

    Soprano2

    The good news here is that the 7-day case average is 42, which is close to what it was in October 2021. Not good enough, but a lot better. The vaxx rate is slowly, slowly going up. However, they increased February deaths from 11 to 22. Omicron still wasn’t as fatal as Delta, but I figure the vast majority of those deaths were preventable.

  56. 56.

    Soprano2

    @OzarkHillbilly: Did you hear that our state lege must have slept at a Holiday Inn, because they’ve decided they can practice medicine? They’re trying to pass a law that would mandate that unvaccinated people couldn’t be denied organ transplants! Since when did they become doctors?

    And yeah, my first thought was what would happen when someone who got treated at that clinic dies? I wonder if that doctor can even get malpractice insurance.

  57. 57.

    lowtechcyclist

    @OzarkHillbilly: 

    Shit like this is getting people killed: China gave us Covid

    I used to wonder: if they say Covid is some sort of hostile action by China, why is it some sort of liberal plot to defend against it?

    Then I remembered: the libs are the true enemy, and the only way Russia or China or any other country matter is if they can be used to own the libs.

  58. 58.

    lowtechcyclist

    @Baud:  Conservative christians have money to burn. It’s a good financial move.

    And they love ex-gays. None of them seem to stay ‘ex’ all that long, but probably long enough for Milo to rake in some of that sweet grift money.

  60. 60.

    LongHairedWeirdo

    Wow – Sen. Tim Kaine has long covid.
    “I tell people it feels like all my nerves have had like five cups of coffee.” It’s a “24/7” tingling sensation, he says.

    Introduces legislation to study it:

    Respectfully, dickhead, there was plenty of cause to study long covid *BEFORE* it got personal.

    Want me to apologize? I’m sorry to any assgrabber who thinks with his dick, not his head, for using “dickhead” to describe something so *foul* that even a serial assgrabber gets to feel insulted by the comparison.

    WE HAVE BEEN SUFFERING ALL ALONG – THAT IS WHAT MAKES YOU A DICKHEAD. You just didn’t make it a priority, until if affected *you*.

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