Pre-orders of vaccines for children under age 5 have been slow, but Biden administration senior officials say they are not alarmed and expect the pace to pick up after federal approvals later this month. https://t.co/jyXY4mTC4E
— Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) June 9, 2022
Uptake of under-5 COVID-19 vaccines is expected to be lackluster. But experts tell @KatherineJWu that two and a half years into the pandemic, immunizing as many people as possible is still an urgent need.https://t.co/X6wLFEgmqw
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) June 10, 2022
The pandemic has reached a plateau, according to scientists at Johns Hopkins University. But for how long? One-third of the US isn't fully vaccinated & 2/3 haven't had a booster shot. On average ~265 people in the US die daily from Covid https://t.co/uViOi8Gu0w pic.twitter.com/poEOHDNMoj
— delthia ricks (@DelthiaRicks) June 9, 2022
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Shenzen resident scoffs:
“It's mild" https://t.co/asepXlNgNl pic.twitter.com/cp57Y7rSQS
— Naomi Wu 机械妖姬 (@RealSexyCyborg) June 9, 2022
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*Sigh*. This will be a big gift to the grifters conspiracy theorists:
… The report from the WHO expert panel said all available data showed the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 probably came from animals, likely bats, a similar conclusion to the U.N. agency’s previous work on the topic in 2021 that followed a trip to China.
The missing data, especially from China, where the first cases were reported in December 2019, meant it was not possible to identify exactly how the virus was first transmitted to humans.
The findings are likely to add to doubts it will be possible to determine how and where the virus emerged.
They will also inject urgency into the effort to overhaul the WHO and its health emergency procedures as the agency strives to reassert itself after years of criticism over its handling of the pandemic.
The WHO says the report, the first of several expected from the panel, is also about drawing up a better way to probe the origins of future outbreaks…
Reflecting the political wrangling that has dogged the drafting of the report, it includes a footnote outlining how members of the panel from Brazil, China and Russia disagreed that further studies were needed on the lab hypothesis and suggested nothing had changed since the previous WHO-China joint report on origins, published in March 2021.
The latest report also includes a framework for how to pinpoint the origins of future outbreaks, which WHO has said is the panel’s central aim, rather than drawing conclusions on COVID-19…
The report also includes a long list of recommendations for further studies that could shed more light on COVID-19’s origins.
They include seeking information on the earliest cases in Wuhan, China, as well as further studies around the animal market in Wuhan that was identified early on as a potential location for the virus’s jump to humans.
The 2021 report called a lab leak “highly unlikely” and suggested the most plausible theory was a spillover from animals. A later U.S. intelligence report said both theories remained plausible, although it too leaned towards natural origins.
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Speaking of conspiracy theorists / grifters…
Ohio Mom
The one thing I don’t hear any more is how stressed hospitals are. That part of the pandemic is over I guess, at least for now. That’s good.
Spanky
@Ohio Mom: Just because the press has moved on doesn’t mean there aren’t problems. I got no data, but anecdata has not been comforting.
Mamas, let your kids grow up to be nurses.
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s Ministry of Health reported 1,887 new Covid-19 cases yesterday, for a cumulative reported total of 4,520,852 cases. It also reported three deaths for an adjusted cumulative total of 35,708 deaths – 0.79% of the cumulative reported total, 0.79% of resolved cases.
There were 22,074 active cases yesterday, 485 more than the day before. 954 were in hospital. 25 confirmed cases were in ICU; of these patients, 17 confirmed cases cases were on ventilators. Meanwhile, 1,399 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 4,463,070 patients recovered – 98.7% of the cumulative reported total.
1,879 new cases reported yesterday were local infections. Eight new cases were imported.
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 8,039 doses of vaccine on 9th June: 540 first doses, 5,499 second doses, and 2,000 booster doses. The cumulative total is 71,018,677 doses administered: 28,004,905 first doses, 27,114,944 second doses, and 16,113,404 booster doses. 85.7% of the population have received their first dose, 83.0% their second dose, and 49.3% their booster dose.
rikyrah
Let’s get these babies vaccinated
Ohio Mom
@Spanky: It’s true I don’t know any people who work in hospitals, except my doctors and they aren’t going to talk about that in our allotted 10-15 minutes.
New Deal democrat
Nationwide cases were flat at 110,250. Cases have essentially plateaued between 100-116,000 cases for the past month. Hospitalizations increased to 29,900. Deaths are at roughly 340, excluding yesterday’s data dump from NC.
The regional pattern remains intact. Cases are generally in slow decline in the Northern tier of States and rising in the Southern tier and the Rockies and parts of the High Plains.
Suzanne
@Ohio Mom:
I’ve been in hospital user group meetings all week, and all of the providers have been talking like it’s over. One doctor literally said that he wore the hospital’s scrubs during COVID “but now I’m back to wearing my own”.
Soprano2
I don’t know how China is going to keep from absolutely destroying their economy if they keep doing their zero Covid policy without also insisting people get vaccinated.
Matt McIrvin
@Ohio Mom: Hospital admissions around here are up from April but they’re nowhere near the level of the winter. The worst of it was pre-vaccine times when hospital staff were putting themselves in mortal danger.
NotMax
FYI.
@Ohio Mom
WA state hospitals ‘remarkably strained’ by COVID-19 community spread, officials say
YY_Sima Qian
On 6/9 Mainland China reported 30 new domestic confirmed (2 previously asymptomatic), 43 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 0 new domestic suspect cases, & 0 new deaths.
At Guangdong Province there currently are 2 active domestic confirmed & 4 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
Guangxi “Autonomous” Region reported 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases, both at Fangchenggang. There currently are 29 active domestic asymptomatic (28 at Fangchenggang & 1 at Chongzuo) cases remaining.
At Tianjin Municipality 4 domestic confirmed & 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 6 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining.
At Shandong Province 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed cases & 10 active asymptomatic cases in the province.
Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region reported 15 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic) & 20 domestic asymptomatic cases. There currently are 148 active domestic confirmed & 256 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region.
At Hebei Province 1 active domestic confirmed & 40 active asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 24 active asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks. 1 industrial park at Langfang is currently at Medium Risk.
Liaoning Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic) & 7 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all at Dandong. 6 asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 26 active domestic confirmed & 117 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks. 2 residential compounds at Dandong are currently at Medium Risk.
Jilin Province reported 7 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 1 domestic confirmed & 8 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. As the province does not consistently break down recoveries by confirmed & asymptomatic cases or by jurisdictions, I can no longer track the count of active case counts in the different jurisdictions.
Beijing Municipality reported 7 new domestic confirmed (5 mild & 2 moderate) & 1 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all via community screening (all persons who frequented the same bars in the evening of 6/6,). 19 domestic confirmed & 6 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The municipality is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there. 2 sites remain at Medium Risk.
Shanghai Municipality reported 6 new domestic confirmed & 5 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 5 were already under centralized quarantine & 6 via community screening (including 3 employees at a beauty parlor). There were 0 new deaths. 103 domestic confirmed & 393 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 232 active domestic confirmed (12 serious & 11 critical) in the city. The city is no longer publishing the number of active asymptomatic cases. 23 sites are currently at Medium Risk.
At Hubei Province there currently is 1 active domestic confirmed (mild, at Wuhan) case remaining.
At Jiangsu Province 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 4 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in each administrative division, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
Zhejiang Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic confirmed & 10 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The province is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there.
Fujian Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, at Zhangzhou, a traced close contact under centralized quarantine. There currently are 6 active domestic asymptomatic (5 at Zhangzhou & 1 at Fuzhou) cases in the province.
At Jiangxi Province 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 11 active domestic asymptomatic cases (10 at Yichun & 1 at Shangrao) remaining.
Henan Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 17 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 6 active domestic confirmed & 47 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
Sichuan Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 13 domestic confirmed & 30 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The province is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there.
Yunnan Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed & 7 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
Imported Cases
On 6/9, Mainland China reported 15 new imported confirmed cases (3 previously asymptomatic), 63 imported asymptomatic cases, 1 imported suspect case:
Overall in Mainland China, 156 confirmed cases recovered (12 imported), 548 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (33 imported) & 5 were reclassified as confirmed cases (3 imported), & 10,051 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 795 active confirmed cases in the country (194 imported), 27 in serious/critical condition (all domestic), 3,058 active asymptomatic cases (487 imported), 1 suspect case (imported). 106,051 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 6/9, 3,387.446M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 799K doses in the past 24 hrs.
On 6/10 Hong Kong reported 672 new positive cases, 59 imported & 613 domestic (232 via RT-PCR & 381 from rapid antigen tests), 0 deaths.
On 6/10, Taiwan reported 68,347 new positive cases, 36 imported & 68,311 domestic (including 553 moderate or serious). There were 213 new deaths (ages ranging from 40+ y.o. to 90+ y.o., actual dates of death between 5/11 – 6/8, 197 having a range of underlying conditions, 78 unvaccinated & unboosted).
YY_Sima Qian
I am pretty certain Taiwan is using different definitions for ” moderate” & “serious” than Mainland China (either Shanghai or elsewhere). For the past few weeks it has been adding about as many new “serious” cases per day as new deaths. Of course, many of the deaths reported each day are backlogged ones from the past 2 – 3 weeks. The average time between initial testing positive & death is only 3 days, which suggests testing infrastructure that has been overwhelmed, & as health care system that is under severe stress.
The Taiwanese authorities have not yet published calculated detailed breakdowns on vaccination status for the deaths (unvaccinated, partially vaccinated, fully vaccinated, or boosted). An inordinate percentage of deaths have had at least 1 shot, & data out of Hong Kong suggests even 1 shot provides moderate level of protection against hospitalizations & deaths. Taiwan has been using a hodgepodge of difference vaccines – Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AZ-Oxford, Novavax, local Medigen vaccine. There also appears to be a surprising number of deaths among apparently healthy children & young adults (relative to the total), which could just be the local press & the authorities highlighting such cases, but more data would be welcome.
Not sure if we have commenters/lurkers based in Taiwan or is plugged in to the local scene.
Percysowner
I got a bad respiratory infection last week. Tested negative 3 times. When it got bad I called the nurse and she said that they were really only seeing people who had COVID, otherwise the advice was to wait it out. So, I’m guessing that even if hospitals and doctors aren’t overwhelmed completely, they are pretty stacked up.
Skepticat
@Percysowner:
I fear your guess is spot on. A friend who had a positive result for abnormal DNA from polyps from a Cologuard test immediately scheduled a colonoscopy. The first available appointment is in four months, though naturally she’s scrambling for alternatives.
I just had my second booster, having waited until a bad fibromyalgia flare subsided, and it took a while to schedule it, as they were booked for two weeks. The pharmacist who administered it told me they’ve been almost overwhelmed by demand. He said that he expects (and hopes) that before long, the booster will be an annual shot and we’ll have the COVID shot in one arm and a flu shot in the other the same day.
StringOnAStick
@Ohio Mom: Our town’s hospital covers a huge chunk of eastern Oregon, plus the central Oregon area where there’s actually significant population (and fairly blue here in Bend). The hospital is laying off staff, mostly the positions they haven’t been able to fill, and closing about half the community blood draw/lab locations due to financial losses from Covid. They are trying to not increase salaries for workers in an area with skyrocketing housing costs and availability issues (AirBnB taking tons of stock off the rental market). The housing issue is why they haven’t been able to fill a lot of positions, but the layoffs are more than just the empty positions.
smith
@StringOnAStick: Some of the difficulty in filling positions could stem from health care professionals leaving the field due to the stress and abuse they’ve experienced during the pandemic.
Origuy
I’m not sure how I feel about this.
U.S. to lift coronavirus testing requirement for flyers returning to the country
I am flying back from Rome July 21. I’ve already signed up for a test at the airport the day before. It is a big hassle to get this done, but I don’t want to be in a plague-filled plane. Of course, the two flights after the international one won’t require testing anyway. I’m not going to cancel the test just yet.
Bill Arnold
The results page for a google search for “Patriot Detox Tea” is glorious. The search results include at least one AI-generated review.