Dr. Anthony Fauci testified remotely before the Senate Health committee regarding America’s ongoing response to COVID and said that more federal funding was needed to develop ‘new vaccine platforms’ to combat an ‘ever-changing’ coronavirus pic.twitter.com/l6j7vZBnYm
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 16, 2022
Predictably:
Video of the three-hour-long meeting (which also covers the baby-formula crisis) here. Via Laurie Garrett, Young Prince Rand was not the only Repub to cover himself with… the opposite of glory:
Ergo:
Thanks, Republicans!
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… Researchers at King’s College London, using data from the ZOE COVID Symptom study app, found the odds of developing long COVID after infection were 20% to 50% lower during the Omicron wave in the UK compared to Delta. The figure varied depending on the patient’s age and the timing of their last vaccination.
Long COVID, which includes prolonged symptoms ranging from fatigue to ‘brain fog’, can be debilitating and continue for weeks or months. It is increasingly being recognised as a public health problem, and researchers have been racing to find out if Omicron presents as big a risk of long COVID as previously dominant variants.
The study from King’s is believed to be the first academic research to show Omicron does not present as great a risk of long COVID, but that does not mean long COVID patient numbers are dropping, the team said…
While the risk of long COVID was lower during Omicron, more people were infected, so the absolute number now suffering is higher.
“It’s good news, but please don’t decommission any of your long COVID services,” lead researcher Dr Claire Steves told Reuters, appealing to health-service providers…
While the study – published in The Lancet journal on Thursday – compared Delta and Omicron, Dr Steves said previous work had showed no substantial difference in long COVID risk between other variants.
More work was needed to establish why Omicron may have a lower long COVID risk, the team added.
A review of what we know about 3 theories that may represent underpinnings of #LongCovid @ScienceMagazine: (1) microclots, (2) persistent virus, and (3) immune system gone haywirehttps://t.co/KuY8N9dVp6
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) June 17, 2022
You just recovered from either of #Omicron‘s two subvariants in the US, BA.2 or BA.2.12.1. Are you now immune to the two up and coming Omicron strains BA.4 or BA.5? Answer: No, you’re probably not protected and yes you can get infected again doctors say https://t.co/YGzcoAOc5Z pic.twitter.com/epFV3E2Ff6
— delthia ricks ?? (@DelthiaRicks) June 17, 2022
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Pro-life! (for GOP Death Cult definitions of ‘life’)
On The Road – Wag – The Elk Range and Snowmass Mountain
NotMax
Locally,
Baud
Someone tuned in global italics.
rikyrah
Florida and the non-order of the vaccine for children, because, of course
NotMax
‘@Baud
Welcome to Fontasy Island.
;)
YY_Sima Qian
On 6/16 Mainland China reported 23 new domestic confirmed (2 previously asymptomatic), 41 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 0 new domestic suspect cases, & 0 new deaths.
At Guangdong Province there currently are 2 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.
Fangchenggang in Guangxi “Autonomous” Region reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, at Dongxing. 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 33 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
At Weihai in Shandong Province there currently are 9 active asymptomatic cases remaining.
Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Regionreported 6 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic) & 13 domestic asymptomatic cases. 4 domestic confirmed & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 314 active domestic confirmed & 284 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region.
At Jiuquan in Gansu Province there currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic case remaining.
Hebei Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed case, at Langfang, a traced close contact of domestic positive cases in Beijing & under centralized quarantine. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed & 6 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.
Liaoning Province reported 4 new domestic confirmed & 5 new domestic asymptomatic (all at Dandong) case. 2 domestic confirmed & 12 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 26 active domestic confirmed & 48 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 Dandongare currently at Medium Risk.
Jilin Province reported 6 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 1 domestic asymptomatic case 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 11 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, all mild) & 11 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all traced close contacts under centralized quarantine, all but 1 connected to the night club outbreak. 9 domestic confirmed & 7 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The municipality is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there. 4 sites are currently at Medium Risk.
Shanghai Municipality reported 2 new domestic confirmed & 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all persons under centralized quarantine. There were 0 new deaths. 21 domestic confirmed & 143 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 118 active domestic confirmed (4 serious & 5 critical) in the city. The city is no longer publishing the number of active asymptomatic cases. 35 sites are currently at Medium Risk.
At Jiangsu Province there currently are 3 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. 8 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The province is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there.
At Fujian Province there currently are 8 active domestic asymptomatic (5 at Zhangzhou & 3 at Fuzhou) cases remaining.
At Jiangxi Province there currently are 5 active domestic asymptomatic cases (4 at Yichun & 1 at Shangrao) remaining.
At Henan Province there currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 2 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 reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, at Leshan, a person coming from elsewhere & under at home health monitoring. 3 domestic confirmed & 7 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The province is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there.
Chongqing Municipality reported 1 new domestic confirmed case (previously asymptomatic). There currently are 3 active domestic confirmed & 2 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
Yunnan Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, at Luoping County in Qujing, a recent arrival coming from elsewhere & under at home health monitoring. There currently are 17 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 6/16, Mainland China reported 31 new imported confirmed cases (2 previously asymptomatic), 63 imported asymptomatic cases, 0 imported suspect cases:
Overall in Mainland China, 51 confirmed cases recovered (16 imported), 251 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (68 imported) & 4 were reclassified as confirmed cases (2 imported), & 16,033 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 951 active confirmed cases in the country (236 imported), 10 in serious/critical condition (all domestic), 1,652 active asymptomatic cases (464 imported), 0 suspect cases. 108,407 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 6/16, 3,393.119M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 1.164M doses in the past 24 hrs. 1,292.344Mindividuals have taken at least 1 shot (91.66% of the overall population), 1,259.184M individuals are fully vaccinated (89.31% of the overall population), & 785.696M individuals have been boosted (55.54% of the overall population). For the > 60 y.o. cohort, 231.449M individuals have taken at least one shot (87.66% of the cohort), 219.389M individuals are fully vaccinated (83.09%), & 171.217M individuals are boosted (64.85%).
On 6/17 Hong Kong reported 1,145 new positive cases, 131 imported & 1,014 domestic (379 via RT-PCR & 635 from rapid antigen tests), 1 death (58 y.o., unvaccinated).
On 6/17, Taiwan reported 55,261 new positive cases, 74 imported & 55,187 domestic (including 446 moderate or serious). There were 154 new deaths (ages ranging from 40+ y.o. to 90+ y.o., actual dates of death range from 5/11 – 6/15, 144 having a range of underlying conditions, 58 fully vaccinated & boosted).
YY_Sima Qian
My daily update for China seems to have failed to upload.
Baud
@Baud:
Tuned = turned
BruceFromOhio
@Baud:
Press (1) for Cyrillic
Press (2) for Esperanto
Press (3) for Interpretive Dance
Baud
@Baud:
In = on
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY:
NYSDOH says 74 new cases yesterday(PCR tests only).
Bruce K in ATH-GR
“Have you tried turning it off and on again?”
Just seeing if an italic comment will clear it further down the page. (Edit: apparently not.)
Meanwhile, Greece: Thursday’s report announced 7,158 new cases, down from Wednesday’s 9,288 but still significantly higher than last Thursday’s 4,500. The Thursday report also announced 8 deaths and a total of 102 patients being treated in ICUs.
I really do count myself among the fortunate ones for not having caught this thing.
JPL
@Baud: As long as the site stays up, I’m fine no matter the print. All italics is annoying though.
Baud
@JPL:
It’s just this post.
Steeplejack
Test.
Steeplejack
Test 2.
New Deal democrat
Nationwide cases declined slightly to 105,000. Cases have ranged between 100-110,000 for the past month, and there may be a slight declining trend as cases are down 5% from one week ago. This slight decline is also shown in the latest Biobot wastewater data. Hospitalizations continue to slowly increase, now at 31,400. Deaths declined to 309. Deaths have also been in a range of 280 to 335 for the past 1.5 months.
Regionally the trends remain the same. In New England, NY, NJ, the Midatlantic, and the upper Midwest cases are down up to 50% from their peaks roughly 3.5 weeks ago. Cases are trending slowly higher or have plateaued in the southern half of the country and the northern High Plains and Rockies. The trends generally correlate with whether Ba.2.12.1 or Ba.4/5 have been the relatively dominant variants.
The *relative* “good news” is that it does not appear that Ba.4/5 is going to spark another wave, rather than just prolonging the current status. The continued low death count is particularly encouraging. Whether it is vaccination or recent prior infection, the new variants do not seem to be resulting in a spike of severe cases with fatal outcomes.
lowtechcyclist
Didn’t expect italicization to do anything to emojis! :D
Soprano2
That Mom_In_Dystopia tweet *rolleyes* Yes, Covid is a serious disease that can kill people, but it doesn’t help when people exaggerate. Most people who get Covid don’t have a “decimated immune system” or “irreparable brain damage”. I’m pretty sure I don’t have either of those things. Get vaccinated and take whatever precautions you want to take, but don’t exaggerate the problem!! It’s discrediting.
lowtechcyclist
It seems to start with “United Kingdom:” in AL’s post.
NotMax
‘@lowtechcyclist
Provides a different slant on things, doesn’t it?
Baud
It’s fixed!
debbie
Fucking Republicans. They should not be allowed to receive any future vaccines or boosters.
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s Ministry of Health reported 2,033 new Covid-19 cases yesterday, for a cumulative reported total of 4,534,665 cases. It also reported five deaths for an adjusted cumulative total of 35,730 deaths – 0.79% of the cumulative reported total, 0.79% of resolved cases.
There were 23,886 active cases yesterday, 691 more than the day before. 959 were in hospital. 32 confirmed cases were in ICU; of these patients, 18 confirmed cases were on ventilators. Meanwhile, 1,337 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 4,474,358 patients recovered – 98.7% of the cumulative reported total.
All 2,033 new cases reported yesterday were local infections. No new cases were imported.
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 11,272 doses of vaccine on 16th June: 486 first doses, 9,260 second doses, and 1,526 booster doses. The cumulative total is 71,095,737 doses administered: 28,014,948 first doses, 27,170,913 second doses, and 16,124,630 booster doses. 85.8% of the population have received their first dose, 83.2% their second dose, and 49.4% their booster dose.
WaterGirl
@Baud: Yes, Steep texted me to tell me that you guys weren’t fond of all italics, all the time. Who knew? :-)
Baud
@WaterGirl:
Now that’s service!
kalakal
@Baud: It’s English Jim, but not as we know it
Bruce K in ATH-GR
@Baud: Well, one of the rotating tags does proclaim that this is a full-service blog…
lowtechcyclist
:D
lowtechcyclist
@Soprano2:
And most people who contract Covid survive, so I guess we shouldn’t refer to it as a lethal virus, no matter how many millions it’s killed.
YY_Sima Qian
2nd try:
On 6/16 Mainland China reported 23 new domestic confirmed (2 previously asymptomatic), 41 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 0 new domestic suspect cases, & 0 new deaths.
At Guangdong Province there currently are 2 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.
Fangchenggang in Guangxi “Autonomous” Region reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, at Dongxing. 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 33 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
At Weihai in Shandong Province there currently are 9 active asymptomatic cases remaining.
Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region reported 6 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic) & 13 domestic asymptomatic cases. 4 domestic confirmed & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 314 active domestic confirmed & 284 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region.
At Jiuquan in Gansu Province there currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic case remaining.
Hebei Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed case, at Langfang, a traced close contact of domestic positive cases in Beijing & under centralized quarantine. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed & 6 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.
Liaoning Province reported 4 new domestic confirmed & 5 new domestic asymptomatic (all at Dandong) case. 2 domestic confirmed & 12 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 26 active domestic confirmed & 48 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 6 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 1 domestic asymptomatic case 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 11 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, all mild) & 11new domestic asymptomatic cases, all traced close contacts under centralized quarantine, all but 1 connected to the night club outbreak. 9 domestic confirmed & 7 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The municipality is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there. 4 sites are currently at Medium Risk.
Shanghai Municipality reported 2 new domestic confirmed & 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all persons under centralized quarantine. There were 0 new deaths. 21 domestic confirmed & 143 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 118 active domestic confirmed (4 serious & 5 critical) in the city. The city is no longer publishing the number of active asymptomatic cases. 35 sites are currently at Medium Risk.
At Jiangsu Province there currently are 3 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. 8 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The province is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there.
At Fujian Province there currently are 8 active domestic asymptomatic (5 at Zhangzhou & 3 at Fuzhou) cases remaining.
At Jiangxi Province there currently are 5 active domestic asymptomatic cases (4 at Yichun & 1 at Shangrao) remaining.
At Henan Province there currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 2 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 reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, at Leshan, a person coming from elsewhere & under at home health monitoring. 3 domestic confirmed & 7 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The province is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there.
Chongqing Municipality reported 1 new domestic confirmed case (previously asymptomatic). There currently are 3 active domestic confirmed & 2 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
Yunnan Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, at Luoping County in Qujing, a recent arrival coming from elsewhere & under at home health monitoring. There currently are 17 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 6/16, Mainland China reported 31 new imported confirmed cases (2 previously asymptomatic), 63imported asymptomatic cases, 0 imported suspect cases:
Overall in Mainland China, 51 confirmed cases recovered (16 imported), 251 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (68 imported) & 4 were reclassified as confirmed cases (2 imported), & 16,033 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 951 active confirmed cases in the country (236 imported), 10 in serious/critical condition (all domestic), 1,652 active asymptomatic cases (464 imported), 0 suspect cases. 108,407 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 6/16, 3,393.119M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 1.164Mdoses in the past 24 hrs. 1,292.344M individuals have taken at least 1 shot (91.66% of the overall population), 1,259.184M individuals are fully vaccinated (89.31% of the overall population), & 785.696M individuals have been boosted (55.54% of the overall population). For the > 60 y.o. cohort, 231.449M individuals have taken at least one shot (87.66% of the cohort), 219.389M individuals are fully vaccinated (83.09%), & 171.217M individuals are boosted (64.85%).
On 6/17 Hong Kong reported 1,145 new positive cases, 131 imported & 1,014 domestic (379 via RT-PCR & 635 from rapid antigen tests), 1 death (58 y.o., unvaccinated).
On 6/17, Taiwan reported 55,261 new positive cases, 74 imported & 55,187 domestic (including 446 moderate or serious). There were 154 new deaths (ages ranging from 40+ y.o. to 90+ y.o., actual dates of death range from 5/11 – 6/15, 144 having a range of underlying conditions, 58 fully vaccinated & boosted).
Fair Economist
@New Deal democrat:
A widebody airplane crash of deaths every day isn’t low.
Fair Economist
@Soprano2: Even in mild cases COVID can cause detectable brain damage.
Matt McIrvin
@Soprano2:
Maybe they do have irreparable brain damage, it’s just very subtle and hard to detect short of an autopsy.
JPL
@WaterGirl:
Suzanne
I am boarding a plane, flying through O’Hare, and almost no one is masking.
Spawns have doctor appointments when we get back from this trip. If the Covid vaccine is approved for littles next week, Youngest will be getting hers!
New Deal democrat
@Fair Economist: That’s why I usually begin sentences or (in this case) paragraphs like that with qualifiers like “relatively.”
Relatively speaking, one widebody jet crash a day is better than another 9/11 each day.
eachother
I would not want to be the one asked to predict the future path of Covid-19.
What the future seems may quickly become unseemly.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
On the anecdotal side, we had three people get COVID in the last month at work, but all three were much more mild than what was going around last Winter. Two had a fever but they never get got the raspy voice. I would say the important point with COVID awareness right now is being careful around people who are high risk because it’s quite easy to be carrying COVID without knowing it.
Matt McIrvin
Sudden spike up in the Boston-area wastewater counts today–could just be an outlier but I’d guess it’s BA.4/BA.5 calling.
Matt McIrvin
(Whatever it is, it’s not showing up in the case counts yet–it’ll be interesting to see what’s up in the next few days, though I will not be in the area.)
Villago Delenda Est
The tribble on Rand’s head needs to be transported to the engine room of a Klingon battle cruiser…with Rand still attached.
WaterGirl
@YY_Sima Qian: I think it was especially long this morning, so it went into SPAM.