People have decided the pandemic should be over, unfortunately:
News: the US & Pfizer amended their vaccine donation contract to add time to find takers. Joe Biden bought a billion vaccines at cost to donate to the world but world demand is lower. Target is now 600m this year, maybe more later.
with @rileyraygriffin:https://t.co/EYNn431HP2
— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) September 22, 2022
… The White House said more than 5 million people received the new boosters by its own estimate that accounts for reporting lags in states.
Health experts said it is too early to predict whether demand would match up with the 171 million doses of the new boosters the U.S. ordered for the fall…
A temporary shortage of Moderna vaccine caused some pharmacies to cancel appointments while encouraging people to reschedule for a Pfizer vaccine. The issue was expected to resolve as government regulators wrapped up an inspection and cleared batches of vaccine doses for distribution.
“I do expect this to pick up in the weeks ahead,” said White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha. “We’ve been thinking and talking about this as an annual vaccine like the flu vaccine. Flu vaccine season picks up in late September and early October. We’re just getting our education campaign going. So we expect to see, despite the fact that this was a strong start, we actually expect this to ramp up stronger.”…
Some Americans who plan to get the shot, designed to target the most common omicron strains, said they are waiting because they either had COVID-19 recently or another booster. They are following public health advice to wait several months to get the full benefit of their existing virus-fighting antibodies.
Others are scheduling shots closer to holiday gatherings and winter months when respiratory viruses spread more easily…
Dr. Anthony Fauci, asked Thursday by a panel of biodefense experts what still keeps him up at night, noted that half of vaccinated Americans never got an initial booster dose.
“We have a vulnerability in our population that will continue to have us in a mode of potential disruption of our social order,” Fauci said. “I think that we have to do better as a nation.”…
People who had COVID-19 are at higher risk for a host of brain injuries a year later compared with people who were never infected by the coronavirus, a finding that could affect millions of Americans, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. https://t.co/AGCU6KwgwQ
— Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) September 23, 2022
Bad news for the country, and the world. But before you panic, keep in mind it’s a (depressingly) large increase in a small percentage of cases:
… The year-long study, published in Nature Medicine, assessed brain health across 44 different disorders using medical records without patient identifiers from millions of U.S. veterans.
Brain and other neurological disorders occurred in 7% more of those who had been infected with COVID compared with a similar group of veterans who had never been infected. That translates into roughly 6.6 million Americans who had brain impairments linked with their COVID infections, the team said…
Memory impairments, commonly referred to as brain fog, were the most common symptom. Compared with the control groups, people infected with COVID had a 77% higher risk of developing memory problems.
People infected with the virus also were 50% more likely to have an ischemic stroke, which is caused by blood clots, compared with the never infected group.
Those who had COVID were 80% more likely to have seizures, 43% more likely to have mental health issues, such as anxiety or depression, 35% more likely to have headaches and 42% more likely to suffer movement disorders, such as tremors, compared with the control groups…
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New #COVID19 epidemiological report available from @WHO
Good to see declining trends among reported deaths, but as we have said many times, our goal is to end the emergency of COVID-19 in all countries.
We are not there yet, there is more work* to do.
* https://t.co/x5kHLtbD0m pic.twitter.com/tgYd95zACn
— Maria Van Kerkhove (@mvankerkhove) September 21, 2022
We've bet that the long-term (10 year) cost of living with COVID, will be higher than the immediate cost of Zero-COVID. So far, the numbers support that theory. But it's the long-term costs of healthcare and a reduced workforce that will really validate one approach over another.
— Naomi Wu 机械妖姬 (@RealSexyCyborg) September 22, 2022
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The bafflement continues. Coronavirus pandemic pushs Australian deaths to highest number in 40 years. Chair of inquiry into long COVID said he was “very concerned” about higher-than-normal deaths in the pandemic & more research was needed to ascertain why. https://t.co/5ABM5iE7FO
— Sharell Cook (@AboutIndia) September 22, 2022
At least 17 million people in Europe have suffered #LongCovid in the 1st 2 years of the pandemic, according to a WHO report. ~10% to 20% of all Covid cases in 2020 & 2021 across the region resulted in lingering affect-effects lasting at least 3 months https://t.co/4Ff3meY8Qw pic.twitter.com/Rp16rWjo12
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) September 20, 2022
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From a long, very technical thread:
You can read more here:
•Updated COVID booster tied to strong Omicron immune response: https://t.co/AIy0EArC5K
•A Bivalent Omicron-Containing Booster Vaccine against Covid-19: https://t.co/iZ9MW5bzv4— Chise 🧬🧫🦠🔬💉🥼🥽 (@sailorrooscout) September 20, 2022
Having seen so many of my fellow COVID awareness advocates get sick while speaking unmasked at events, even though cases here are nearly non-existent I built a wearable Far-UVC device for tonight's event at @Indiegogo. It projects in front of my face and inactivates any pathogens pic.twitter.com/LybtG2aqoC
— Naomi Wu 机械妖姬 (@RealSexyCyborg) September 22, 2022
Signs of autoimmune disease, difficulty exercising noted 1 year after COVID
One study reveals signs of autoimmune disease in 41% of blood samples 1 year after #COVID19 recovery, and in the other 23% still had difficulty exercisinghttps://t.co/ntxcqISGWr pic.twitter.com/Ma292RFUYI
— CIDRAP (@CIDRAP) September 22, 2022
Testing is a critical tool for ending the pandemic, but research on tests has been difficult to access. Now, for the first time, anyone interested in data about Covid-19 tests can easily find it. Introducing the @asuhealth–@RockefellerFdn Evidence Commons: https://t.co/gLDVB8HDPm
— The Rockefeller Foundation (@RockefellerFdn) September 20, 2022
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This is in Chicago right now. Meanwhile, a bunch of doctors at rich hospitals and clinics are publicly mocking ongoing mask use and loudly calling for its discontinuation in clinical contexts, because, you know, “the pandemic is over” and “my patients want to see my whole face.” pic.twitter.com/PjbkKHSKPY
— Eric Reinhart (@_Eric_Reinhart) September 22, 2022
On The Road – Benw – Lead, South Dakota
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY:
169 new cases on 9/21/22.
150 new cases on 9/22/22.
This doesn’t look good.
Baud
That’s what I’m doing.
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s Ministry of Health reported 2,245 new Covid-19 cases yesterday, for a cumulative reported total of 4,826,220 cases. It also reported 12 deaths for an adjusted cumulative total of 36,342 deaths – 0.75% of the cumulative reported total, 0.76% of resolved cases.
35,269 Covid-19 tests were conducted on 20th September, with a positivity rate of 6.8%.
There were 25,659 active cases yesterday, 332 more than the day before. 1,163 were in hospital. 55 confirmed cases were in ICU; of these patients, 35 confirmed cases were on ventilators. Meanwhile, 1,901 more patients recovered, for a cumulative total of 4,764,219 patients recovered – 98.7% of the cumulative reported total.
2,239 new cases reported yesterday were local infections. Six new cases were imported.
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 3,092 doses of vaccine on 22nd September: 257 first doses, 416 second doses, 995 first booster doses, and 1,424 second booster doses. The cumulative total is 72,333,758 doses administered: 28,099,960 first doses, 27,505,345 second doses, 16,232,241 first booster doses, and 496,212 second booster doses. 86.0% of the population have received their first dose, 84.2% their second dose, 49.7% their first booster dose, and 1.5% their second booster dose.
OzarkHillbilly
Masks are still required at my physical therapists.
Mimi
I work for a medical school affiliated with a rich hospital in Chicago and I ‘m unaware of anyone I work with mocking anyone in healthcare for anything.
Princess
I didn’t know about the Moderna shortage. That’s the one I’m hoping to get. Not sure if I’ll wait or just go with Pfizer again.
Spanky
On that Reinhart tweet at the bottom,
Would be at the top of that sign, if I were allowed to edit it.
BenCisco 🇺🇸🎖️🖥️♦️
@OP:
Covid don’t care.
Scout211
Mr. Scout and I got our bivalent booster yesterday at CVS. The person administering the vaccination told us that demand was so high in the first week of availability that they were told by corporate that they could no longer accept walk-ins because the supply was running out. She said appointments are steady but earlier when they were taking walk-ins, it was overwhelming for the staff. That’s good news.
This vaccination was the first COVID vaccination (2 original, 2 boosters, previously) that I had almost zero reaction. I’m not sure what that means. We have had M,M,M,P,M.
I was happy that CVS makes group appointments now so I could book the appointment for both of us in the same time slot. Very convenient.
prostratedragon
I’m also waiting, since I had my 2nd booster late May and will see doctors in November (and get my flu shot then too).
I wonder which Chicago hospital Topol means. It’s not like there aren’t several, even if you count just the rich ones. I was at one of them just yesterday and masks were still in abundance apart from the food court, where you can still manage some social distancing.
geg6
I got my updated booster last weekend. Best experience so far with a jab. All my vaccines have been Moderna and I’ve had bad side effects each time, with muscle aches, fever and having to take at least a day off to get past it. This time it was just a sore arm for a day.
I wasn’t going to wait. What with being around students all day and rising cases in the county, I didn’t feel it was prudent to wait. Especially because I sometimes have to pick up my sister from her chemo treatments during weeks when her husband is working second shift.
Baud
@geg6:
Yeah, those are all good reasons for not waiting.
Baud
I can’t believe Biden can’t give the vaccines away to the rest of the world. Crazy.
Spanky
@geg6: So you scored Moderna again?
Like you, I’ve had Moderna 4 times. Unlike you, reactions were non-existent. I’d like to make it 5, but I’ve only seen Phizer around here.
New Deal democrat
Biobot shows a slight decline in wastewater particles in the past week. Particles are now 30% below their June peak, but had been almost 40% below that peak a month ago. There are big regional differences. In the West, particles are down 45% from their June peak, and are not rising. In the Northeast, particles have risen to new 6 month highs, above their BA.2.12.1 peak.
Confirmed cases nationwide are down 60% from their June peak, at 52,800, vs. 136,000 in June. Hospitalizations also continue to decline, at 28,800 vs. their summer peak of 46,400, a decline of close to 40%. Deaths are down to 403. Generally they had been as low as 275 in April, and as high as over 500 last month. The regional pattern in confirmed cases mirrors BIobot’s data, as the West has continued to decline significantly, with CA near 12 month lows; the South and Midwest slightly; but there has been a 30% increase in the Northeast, which is about 40% back to its June peak. The increases are most pronounced in NY, NJ, MA, and NH.
The CDC has not yet posted this week’s variant update. I will update with a comment once that is done.
It is impossible to tell what kind of autumn and winter wave might happen at this point. If I had to throw a dart, I would guess that it will be similar to this past spring’s BA.2.12.1 wave.
Finally, like many of the experts, I have been looking for data on how important age vs. vaccination status is for death rates. Via a commenter in a thread by Eric Topol, I finally found such a breakout, that was done by KY for the last 12 months, in which they had almost 9000 deaths in total.
Applying that to the national death toll of 400/day, here’s what that looks like:
Age unvaxxed fully vaxxed
70+ 34.5% (138) 22.2% (89)
60-69 17.2% (69) 5.3% (21)
50-59 11.2% (45) 1.9% (8)
40-49 5.0% (20) 0.3% (1)
30-39 2.0% (8) 0.2% (1)
29- 0.8% (3) 0.05% (0)
Basically, the unvaxxed over 40 are still at risk, and unvaxxed seniors are sitting ducks. Only vaxxed who are seniors are still at substantial risk.
Basically I think fully vaxxed seniors should still take all the precautions they would during a bad flu season, while younger people who are fully vaxxed can probably engage in full pre-pandemic normal activities.
The one thing I have not done yet, which I suspect is very important, is to check how much of the death toll among vaxxed seniors is from residential care facilities. Excess deaths are now very low, suggesting that it is among those already in poor health that COVID is taking its biggest death toll.
WereBear
@Scout211: We’re up this Tuesday. I’m also vigilant about the Vitamin D because I keep reading papers on how D-status is a big factor in severity.
rikyrah
Long COVID is something that we are just beginning to grapple with as a country. We haven’t fully accepted its ramifications on our society.
rikyrah
@Baud:
That is Lunacy to me too 😡
R-Jud
The NHS just invited me to book an autumn booster appointment, so I’ve done that. Am actually looking forward to the 24 hours of sweating and shivering that come afterward, if it means I’m better protected for the winter.
WereBear
@rikyrah: If it is like other viral syndromes, we’ve been neglecting this angle since the 1950’s.
Partner has CFS/ME and he still gets doctors saying, “I don’t believe in that.”
Even with his diagnosis from a prominent endocrinologist.
Rachel Bakes
Last booster (1st) on 12/23. I have time now so Booster plus flu shot today. Our 2 kids are among a small handful still masking at their respective schools.
debit
I work in a long term care facility. I’m not a caregiver, don’t even interact with patients (I’m in HR) and still must wear not just a mask but also protective glasses if I leave my office. And I’m happy to do it.
JFC, who, at this stage, is still whining about masks?
OzarkHillbilly
Conservatives everywhere.
BenCisco 🇺🇸🎖️🖥️♦️
@OzarkHillbilly:
Fix’t.
mrmoshpotato
@WereBear:
Naked sunbathing weekend in Hellhole, IL!
Soprano2
@WereBear: I hope it doesn’t join things like Chronic Fatigue Syndrome as something many doctors think is all in people’s heads. And as much as we all dislike Ross Douthat, hearing him talk about his battle with Lyme disease is something else. Too many things like this are dismissed by doctors because they don’t have an obvious cause.
Soprano2
Every hospital and doctor’s office here that I know about still requires everyone to wear a surgical or N-95 type mask, and this is a 65% TFG area. I suspect Topol is talking about some isolated instance he’s heard about from someone.
As for Naomi Wu, she can fuck right off with that “we care more about life than the West does”. The Chinese government does not care about life, just ask the Uyghurs how much they care about “life”. I’m not sure what is motivating the zero Covid policy (perhaps they are trying to save face with the rest of the world because they know Covid originated in China), but I don’t think it’s that they care about life.
OzarkHillbilly
@BenCisco 🇺🇸🎖️🖥️♦️: I’m thinking I misspelled “idiots” again.
BenCisco 🇺🇸🎖️🖥️♦️
@OzarkHillbilly: This works!
WereBear
@Soprano2: Exactly.
Cutting edge science suggests it is all the body fighting off the virus, then not getting what they need to repair the mitochondrial damage. Then our cell powerhouses limp along, unable to fully power any system.
We are working with some doctors who are aware of this, and finally making progress, even during the Pandemic. So I hope all these threads can get woven, faster.
Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)
It may also be that Vit. D is a marker for sunlight exposure and that Near infrared IR may be another iportant thing we get from sunlight. Near-IR is reflected from green vegetation (Paging BillinGlendale) and it passes through clothing to some extent and fairly deep into our bodies. There is evidence that it makes antioxidant melatonin at the sub-cellular level in our mitochondria where most oxidative radicals are produced. This melatonin never leaves the cell. See the 2nd half of this Medcram video for more detail. p.s. Thanks to whichever Jackal recommended Medcram in the comments back at the beginning of COVID it is one of my favorites.
Percysowner
I got the Pfizer booster when it came out because that was what was available in my area. I wish I had waited now, but oh, well.
Masking continues in all my physicians offices. I read one article (so anecdotal only) that employees of medical facilities, especially doctors offices want the mask requirement to continue because they are getting sick less from things other than COVID and, conservative talking points to the contrary, getting the flu is no fun.
New Deal democrat
The CDC has now updated its variant surveillance.
There was very little change. BA.4.6, BA.5.2.1.7(a/k/a BF.7), and BA.2.75 all increased slightly, by less than 1% each. BA.5 is still responsible for 83% of all cases. Since the total number of cases is slowly declining, in essence the *number* of cases from the new variants is flat, while BA.5 is decreasing.
All things considered, in terms of any autumn or winter wave, good news.
VaoR
@Percysowner: the Republican candidate for Governor in Minnesota is a medical doctor. His role in spreading COVID disinformation on Fox (Ingraham’s show) brought him to prominence. He is not vaccinated. I do not know if he is anti mask. Recently he took some flak for comparing COVID public health measure to Kristallnacht.
WereBear
@Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!): Thanks, much fascination there.
I’ve resumed hiking at the best time of the year, too!
The Moar You Know
if nobody wants the damn vaccine how come i can’t get an appointment for a shot? They’re booked out a month here in my part of San Diego.
jonas
Covid will, frankly, never “be over.” This is it. This is how it’s going to be from here on out. We’ll need seasonal boosters, just like with flu or pneumonia. The very elderly will be most vulnerable, just as they’ve always been with flu or pneumonia. Masks will probably remain required in all medical settings, but that actually makes sense regardless of whether there’s a Covid outbreak. The unvaxxed will continue to play roulette for a Darwin Award. For the fully vaxxed/boosted, given the very, very small risk of serious complications, life can pretty much go on as normal, I think, just as New Deal Democrat observed above. We live every day negotiating a wide range of very small and varied risks. At this point, I’m more concerned about the risk of getting in a car wreck on my morning commute.
smith
Really? In 2021, we had about 43,000 deaths from car crashes. Currently, we’re averaging about 400 deaths per day from covid, or 146,000 deaths per year. That death rate has been stubbornly stable over the last few months, so if this is what endemic covid looks like, the risks from the two going forward are not in any way comparable.
CaseyL
Got my booster last week, through my employer: there was no Moderna available, so I got my very first Pfizer shot. Sore arm for a day. Then I got my flu shot, and spent most of last Saturday sleeping. I joked that the booster and the flu shot were fighting it out.
I still mask up when I’m out and about. And I work at a medical facility (though in a Department office; not patient-facing at all) where we are still required to be masked. It doesn’t bother me at all: after almost 3 years, wearing a mask is SOP.
Ohio Mom
@Scout211: Me too, I had the same experience — I had my third booster on Wednesday and only had a slightly sore arm for half a day.
In contrast, the very first shot way back when made me feel sick enough to spend most of the next day in bed, and the next three left me exhausted for all the next day.
It’s almost as if the powers of the universe are rewarding me.
YY_Sima Qian
On 9/22 Mainland China reported 121 new domestic confirmed (21 previously asymptomatic), 627 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 0 new domestic suspect cases, & 0 new deaths.
Guangdong Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed (1 each at Guangzhou & Shenzhen) & 4 new domestic asymptomatic (all at Guangzhou) cases. 3 of the cases at Guangzhou are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine, & 2 are recent arrivals from out of province on 9/21 & tested positive upon arrival. The case at Shenzhen is a person under centralized quarantine. 29 domestic confirmed & 17 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 118 active domestic confirmed & 60 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot traced the active domestic cases in each jurisdictions due to multiple clusters at the same time. 1 site at Shenzhen is currently at High Risk. 3 sites at Shenzhen & 2 at Dongguan are currently at Medium Risk.
Guangxi “Autonomous” Region reported 8 new domestic asymptomatic (5 at Napo County in Baise, 2 at Dongxing in Fangchenggang, & 1 at Pingxiang in Chongzuo) cases. 10 domestic confirmed & 68 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 34 active domestic confirmed (30 at Fangchenggang & 4 at Wuzhou) & 365 active domestic asymptomatic (292 at Fangchenggang, 31 at Chongzuo, 19 at Baise, 12 at Yulin, & 11 at Wuzhou) cases in the region. 4 sites at Fangchenggang are currently at High Risk, & 6 at Medium Risk.
At Hainan Province 9 domestic confirmed & 17 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 612 active domestic confirmed & 1,085 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot traced the active domestic cases in each jurisdictions due to multiple outbreaks at the same time. 12 sites at Wanning & 2 at Sanya are currently at High Risk. 10 sites at Wanning & 2 at Sanya are currently at Medium Risk.
Hunan Province reported 4 new domestic confirmed (3 at Loudi & 1 at Yueyang) & 2 new domestic asymptomatic (2 at Loudi) cases, all recent arrivals from out of province. There currently are 13 active domestic confirmed & 4 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations.
Hubei Province reported 16 new domestic asymptomatic (9 at Laifeng County in Enshi Prefecture, 4 at Jianli in Jingzhou, & 3 at Echeng District in Ezhou) cases. The cases at Enshi Prefectures & Ezhou are persons under centralized quarantine. The cases at Jingzhou are persons coming from out of province & under centralized quarantine since arrival. 24 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed (1 each at Wuhan & Enshi Prefecture) & 285 active domestic asymptomatic (254 at Enshi Prefecture, 10 at Wuhan, 7 at Ezhou, 5 each at Jingzhou & Xiaogan, 3 at Suizhou, & 1 each at Jingzhou & Xiangyang) cases in the city. 31 sites at Enshi Prefecture are currently at High Risk, & 33 at Medium Risk.
Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region reported 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 2 domestic confirmed & 7 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 230 active domestic confirmed & 259 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region.
Gansu Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Jingyuan County in Baiyin) case, a person coming from out of province & under home quarantine since arrival. 22 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed & 101 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations. 1 site at Baiyin is currently at High Risk. 5 sites at Linxia Prefecture, & 3 each at Jiuquan & Longnan, & 2 at Baiyin are currently at Medium Risk.
At Shanxi Province 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed (at Taiyuan) & 2 active domestic asymptomatic (both at Taiyuan) cases in the province.
Shaanxi Province reported 2 new domestic asymptomatic (1 each at Baoji & Hanzhong) cases, both coming from out of province & under centralized quarantine since arrival. 4 domestic confirmed & 8 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 27 active domestic confirmed & 156 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot traced the active domestic cases in each jurisdictions due to multiple outbreaks at the same time. All areas of the province are now at Low Risk.
Ningxia “Autonomous” Region reported 59 new domestic asymptomatic (50 at Zhongwei, 7 at Wuzhong, & 2 at Yinchuan) cases, are persons under quarantine or movement control. The outbreak spread from a market exchange for Chinese wolfberries at Zhongning County in Zhongwei since 9/17, which appears to be a super spreading event. There currently are 4 active domestic confirmed & 78 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 6 sites at Zhongwei are currently at High Risk, & 1 at Medium Risk.
Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region reported 8 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 1 domestic confirmed & 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 255 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region. As the province no longer separates recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations.
Shandong Province reported 12 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 5 domestic confirmed & 42 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 60 active domestic confirmed & 334 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Hebei Province reported 7 new domestic asymptomatic (6 at Shijiazhuang & 1 at Xinji) cases, all persons under centralized quarantine. 3 asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 3 domestic confirmed & 54 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot traced the active domestic cases in each jurisdictions due to multiple outbreaks at the same time. 6 sites at Tangshan & 1 at Shijiazhuang are currently High Risk. 5 sites at Tangshan, 3 at Shijiazhuang, 2 each at Baoding & Xinji are currently at Medium Risk.
Henan Province reported 2 new domestic asymptomatic (1 at Shihe District in Xinyang, & a person transferred from out of province) cases. The case at Xinyang is a person under centralized quarantine. 1 domestic confirmed & 7 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 8 active domestic confirmed & 57 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province no longer separates recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations. 3 sites at Zhoukou are currently at Medium Risk.
At Liaoning Province 3 domestic confirmed & 72 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 19 active domestic confirmed & 286 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations. 3 sites at Shenyang is currently at Medium Risk.
At Changchun in Jilin Province 19 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 6 active domestic confirmed & 80 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
Heilongjiang Province reported 15 new domestic confirmed (6 previously asymptomatic, 10 at Jiamusi & 5 at Xiangfang District in Harbin) & 221 new domestic asymptomatic (141 at Jiamusi, 74 at Aihui District in Heihe, 4 at Xiangfang District in Harbin, & 2 at Longfeng District in Daqing) cases. 6 of the cases at Jiamusi were previously asymptomatic, the others are persons under home/centralized quarantine. 63 of the cases at Heihe are persons under home/centralized quarantine & 11 via community screening. The cases at Harbin & Daqing are persons under centralized quarantine. 1 domestic confirmed & 123 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 43 active domestic confirmed (24 at Jiamusi, 10 at Harbin, 8 at Daqing, & 1 at Heihe) & 712 active domestic asymptomatic (345 at Jiamusi, 222 at Daqing, 139 at Heihe, & 6 at Harbin) cases in the province. 112 sites at Jiamusi, 40 at Heihe, & 10 at Harbin are currently at High Risk. 75 sites at Jiamusi, 45 at Heihe, 13 at Harbin, & 4 at Daqing are currently at Medium Risk.
Beijing Municipality reported 2 new domestic confirmed (both at Chaoyang District) cases, both persons under centralized quarantine. 10 domestic confirmed cases recovered. The municipality is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there. 1 site is currently at Medium Risk.
Tianjin Municipality reported 1 new domestic confirmed & 10 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 10 persons under centralized quarantine & 1 via community screening. 7 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The municipality is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there. 25 sites are currently at High Risk, & 63 at Medium Risk.
Shanghai Municipality reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Qingpu District) case, a person under centralized quarantine. 1 domestic confirmed & 8 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed case in the city. The city is no longer publishing the number of active asymptomatic cases. 2 sites are currently at High Risk, & 1 at Medium Risk.
Taihe County in Fuyang, Anhui Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, a person coming from out of province.
Jiangsu Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Xuzhou) case, a recent arrival from out of province & under centralized quarantine. 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 7 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations. 9 sites at Nantong are currently at Medium Risk.
Zhejiang Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported & domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there. 1 site at Wenzhou is currently at Medium Risk.
Fujian Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 8 active domestic confirmed & 14 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining. As the province does not separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations. 1 site at Xiamen are currently at Medium Risk.
At Jiangxi Province 1 domestic confirmed & 72 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 8 active domestic confirmed (6 at Ji’an & 2 at Yingtan) & 322 active domestic asymptomatic (249 at Ji’an, 66 Ganzhou, & 7 at Yingtan) cases in the province. 17 sites at Ji’an & 11 at Ganzhou are currently at High Risk. 56 at Ji’an & 31 at Ganzhou are currently at Medium Risk.
Sichuan Province reported 43 new domestic confirmed (13 previously asymptomatic) & 30 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 129 domestic confirmed & 88 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. As the province had not broken down recoveries by imported & domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there.
Chongqing Municipality reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Dadukou District) case, a person under centralized quarantine. There currently are 10 active domestic confirmed & 12 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 sites are currently at High Risk, & 3 at Medium Risk.
Guizhou Province reported 43 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic) & 103 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 2 domestic confirmed & 105 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 272 active domestic confirmed & 2,555 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Qinghai Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Haixi Prefecture) case. 1 domestic confirmed & 5 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 7 active domestic confirmed & 474 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region. As the province does not break down recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot traced the active domestic cases in each jurisdictions due to multiple outbreaks at the same time. 1 site at Haixi Prefecture is currently at High Risk, & 3 at Medium Risk.
Tibet “Autonomous” Region reported 9 new domestic confirmed & 131 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all persons under centralized quarantine or via screening of residents under movement control. 19 domestic confirmed & 365 asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 131 active domestic confirmed & 2,337 active domestic asymptomatic cases. The region is not breaking the counts of active domestic positive cases by administrative region.
Yunnan Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, 1 at Yongsheng County in Lijiang, & a person coming from out of province) & 4 new domestic asymptomatic (2 from Zhenkang in Lincang & 1 each from Ruili in Dehong Prefecture & Jinping in Honghe Prefecture) cases. The cases at Dehong & Honghe Prefectures & Lijiang are persons under centralized quarantine. 1 of the cases at Lincang is a person under centralized quarantine & 1 via community screening. 2 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 22 active domestic confirmed & 34 active domestic asymptomatic cases there. As the province does not break down recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot traced the active domestic cases in each jurisdictions due to multiple outbreaks at the same time. 4 sites at Honghe Prefecture, 2 at Dehong Prefecture, & 1 at Lincang are currently at High Risk. 4 sites at at Dehong Prefecture, 3 at Honghe Prefecture, & 2 at Lincang are currently at Medium Risk.
Imported Cases
On 9/22, Mainland China reported 54 new imported confirmed cases (4 previously asymptomatic), 99 imported asymptomatic cases, 0 imported suspect cases:
Overall in Mainland China, 300 confirmed cases recovered (67 imported), 1,188 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (90 imported) & 25 were reclassified as confirmed cases (4 imported), & 24,094 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 3,058 active confirmed cases in the country (564 imported), 31 in serious/critical condition (all domestic), 14,289 active asymptomatic cases (771 imported), 0 suspect cases. 143,014 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 9/22, 3,435.855M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 136K doses in the past 24 hrs.
As of 9/22, Hong Kong reported 5,387 new positive cases, 156 imported & 5,231 domestic, & 12 new deaths (45 – 93 y.o., 4 un-boosted).
On 9/22, Taiwan added 40,025 new positive cases, 256 imported & 39,769 domestic (including 185 moderate & serious). There were 41 new deaths (ages ranging from 20+ y.o. to 90+ y.o., 17 fully vaccinated & boosted).
Johnny C. Lately
@smith:
Depending on Jonas age and underlying health, I think he’s spot on (at least regarding fatality risk and not something like long covid, which is less understood)
You can pull case and death stats by age and vaccine status from the cdc ( https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#rates-by-vaccine-status ) — not just look at the charts but download the raw data. FWIW, you can also get the hospitalization data from https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#covidnet-hospitalizations-vaccination
with that data you can get a crude estimate of per-case hospitalization and per-case death rates just by dividing total deaths by total cases. There is some issue with lag (people who die of covid usually do so several weeks after being diagnosed with covid) but since the ends of the calculation were in the slow times, the effect on the calculation isn’t that big.
bottom line is that per case fatality in omicron period for vaxxed+boosted 18-49 was like 11 per 100000 versus annual chance of car crash death 15 per 100000
if you have the big risk factors (diabetes, hypertension, etc.), it’s a lot worse, if you don’t have those risk factors, your odds are even better (cf. https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/72/5/e162/6017811?login=false , https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7586862/
YY_Sima Qian
@Soprano2: I am pretty sure Naomi Wu was being facetious. Given that her girlfriend is an Uighur (& being Lesbian herself), I think she knows full well how cruel the CCP regime can be to people that it perceives as potential threats. However, this pandemic has really obliterated any belief I might have had that governments in general, including those in liberal democracies, really prioritized individual lives over monied interests. Frankly, some of the decision made by the Biden administrations has been quite questionable IMHO.
I do believe the CCP regime, however cynical & amoral it is, does often have clear understandings of its long term interests & is capable of executing consistent strategies to pursue those long term interests (& has proven capable of course adjustment when necessary), & it has to align its long term interests w/ that of the significant majority of the Chinese population in order to stay in power. When that is longer true is when the regime will be in mortal danger.
Most governments in democracies cannot see past the next election, & most authoritarian regimes are incapable of thinking strategically or do not have the capacity to execute a consistent strategy.
J R in WV
Wife and I got Pfizer bosters last week on successive days. No side effects, all Moderna in the past, not yet available at the Health Dept, which runs a very professional vaccination program for anything I can think of… Walk in, shot, wait 10 minutes, out in 20 or 30 minutes. ONe page form to fill out… Masks required, of course!
Twice a week we go to the CAMC Sports MEdicine clinic for Wife’s PT, masks required, some people will hold the F’in mask in their hand rather than putting it on. We wear a mask a lot, nearly everywhere indoors. Esp Kroger’s which can be crowded with folks NOT wearing masks! Grrrr. At least NO one says anything about it, which is a good thing as my patience with maskless assholes is about gone.
Johnny C. Lately
@Johnny C. Lately:
sorry, I had the rates swapped (although the real take away is that they’re comparable and things like underlying health conditions start to determine the relative risk)
my calculations actually showed
age 18-49, vaxxed and boosted, omicron period fatalities per cases: 15 per 100000
as compared to 11 per 100000 for annual auto fatality rate
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RaflW
FWIW in the Minneapolis – St Paul area one does have to schedule out anywhere from five to 20 days at the various vaccine outlets (clinics, also walgreens, costco pharmacy, etc) that we checked last night.
But we’re above average in vaccine uptake around this liberal hellhole.
StringOnAStick
@WereBear: I had a doctor tell me once that there was “no way” anyone who spends any time in the outdoors is deficient in Vitamin D, which is complete and utter BS and I have the blood tests to prove it. I suspect that a lot of fatigue gets written off as “oh, you’re just getting older, that’s the way it is” is actually low Vitamin D levels.
KenK
Lovely bride and I, both > 65 (I’m also immuno-compro) received Moderna bivariant tips jabs Wednesday. Get flu shot next month and I’m viruses up for a while. Believing in modern medical science is a wonderful thing.
YY_Sima Qian
On 9/23 Mainland China reported 129 new domestic confirmed (24 previously asymptomatic), 624 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 0 new domestic suspect cases, & 0 new deaths.
Guangdong Province reported 5 new domestic confirmed (3 previously asymptomatic, 4 at Guangzhou & 1 at Shenzhen) cases. 3 of the cases at Guangzhou were previously asymptomatic, the new domestic positive case came from out of province on 9/20 & tested positive on 9/22, was identified as a traced close contact of domestic positive cases elsewhere. The case at Shenzhen was found via community screening. 22 domestic confirmed & 13 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 101 active domestic confirmed & 44 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot traced the active domestic cases in each jurisdictions due to multiple clusters at the same time. 3 sites at Shenzhen are currently at High Risk. 5 sites at Shenzhen & 1 at Dongguan are currently at Medium Risk.
Guangxi “Autonomous” Region reported 5 new domestic asymptomatic (3 at Napo County in Baise & 2 at Pingxiang in Chongzuo) cases. 10 domestic confirmed & 66 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 24 active domestic confirmed (21 at Fangchenggang & 3 at Wuzhou) & 304 active domestic asymptomatic (228 at Fangchenggang, 33 at Chongzuo, 22 at Baise, 12 at Yulin, & 9 at Wuzhou) cases in the region. 1 sites at Fangchenggang are currently at High Risk, & 9 at Medium Risk.
Hainan Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (at Wanning) case, a person under centralized quarantine. 10 domestic confirmed & 13 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 603 active domestic confirmed & 1,072 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot traced the active domestic cases in each jurisdictions due to multiple outbreaks at the same time. 8 sites at Wanning & 2 at Sanya are currently at High Risk. 12 sites at Wanning & 2 at Sanya are currently at Medium Risk.
Hunan Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (at Loudi) & 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Yiyang) cases, both recent arrivals from out of province. There currently are 14 active domestic confirmed & 5 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations.
Hubei Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Qianjiang) case, a person coming from Tibet & under centralized quarantine since arrival. 26 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed (1 each at Wuhan & Enshi Prefecture) & 260 active domestic asymptomatic (230 at Enshi Prefecture, 8 at Wuhan, 7 at Ezhou, 5 each at Jingzhou & Xiaogan, 3 at Suizhou, & 1 each at Jingzhou, Qianjiang & Xiangyang) cases in the city. 31 sites at Enshi Prefecture are currently at High Risk, & 26 at Medium Risk.
Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 229 active domestic confirmed & 258 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region.
Gansu Province reported 3 new domestic asymptomatic (2 at Jingyuan County in Baiyin & 1 at Yongfeng County in Lanzhou) cases, 2 persons under centralized quarantine & a person from out of province that tested positive upon arrival. 12 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed & 92 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations. 3 sites at Baiyin are currently at High Risk. 5 sites at Linxia Prefecture & 3 each at Jiuquan & Baiyin are currently at Medium Risk.
At Taiyuan in Shanxi Province 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
Shaanxi Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Xi’an) case, found via regular screening of persons in high risk occupations. 8 domestic confirmed & 5 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 19 active domestic confirmed & 152 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot traced the active domestic cases in each jurisdictions due to multiple outbreaks at the same time.
Ningxia “Autonomous” Region reported 121 new domestic asymptomatic (97 at Zhongwei, 10 at Wuzhong, 8 at Yinchuan, & 3 at Guyuan) cases, all persons under quarantine or movement control. There currently are 4 active domestic confirmed (2 at Zhongwei & 1 each at Wuzhong & Yinchuan) & 199 active domestic asymptomatic (156 at Zhongwei, 17 at Yinchuan, 16 at Wuzhong, & 10 at Guyuan) cases in the city. 6 sites at Zhongwei are currently at High Risk, & 1 at Medium Risk.
Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region reported 1 new domestic confirmed (previously asymptomatic) & 9 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 33 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed & 219 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region. As the province no longer separates recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations.
Shandong Province reported 7 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 3 domestic confirmed & 23 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 57 active domestic confirmed & 318 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Hebei Province reported 4 new domestic asymptomatic (all at Yuhua District in Shijiazhuang) cases, all persons under centralized quarantine. 1 asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 3 domestic confirmed & 57 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot traced the active domestic cases in each jurisdictions due to multiple outbreaks at the same time. 6 sites at Tangshan & 2 each at Shijiazhuang & Xinji are currently High Risk. 5 sites at Tangshan, 3 at Shijiazhuang, 2 at & Xinji, & 1 at Baoding are currently at Medium Risk.
Henan Province reported 7 new domestic asymptomatic (2 at Xinyang, & 1 each at Laocheng District in Luoyang, Hualong District in Puyang & Erqi District in Zhengzhou, & 2 persons transferred from out of province) cases, all persons under centralized quarantine. 1 domestic confirmed & 7 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 7 active domestic confirmed & 57 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province no longer separates recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations. 2 sites at Zhoukou are currently at High Risk, & 3 at Medium Risk.
At Liaoning Province 6 domestic confirmed & 52 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 13 active domestic confirmed & 234 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations. 1 site at Shenyang is currently at Medium Risk.
At Changchun in Jilin Province 2 domestic confirmed & 20 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 4 active domestic confirmed & 60 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
Heilongjiang Province reported 21 new domestic confirmed (6 previously asymptomatic, 10 at Jiamusi & 11 at Xiangfang District in Harbin) & 209 new domestic asymptomatic (90 at Jiamusi, 111 at Aihui District in Heihe, & 8 at Xiangfang District in Harbin) cases, all of the new domestic positive cases are persons under home/centralized quarantine. 1 domestic confirmed & 89 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 63 active domestic confirmed (34 at Jiamusi, 21 at Harbin, 7 at Daqing, & 1 at Heihe) & 826 active domestic asymptomatic (428 at Jiamusi, 135 at Daqing, 248 at Heihe, & 14 at Harbin) cases in the province. 141 sites at Jiamusi, 95 at Heihe, & 13 at Harbin are currently at High Risk. 85 sites at Jiamusi, 87 at Heihe, 14 at Harbin, & 1 at Daqing are currently at Medium Risk.
Beijing Municipality did not report any new domestic positive cases. 7 domestic confirmed cases recovered. The municipality is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there. 1 site is currently at Medium Risk.
Tianjin Municipality reported 3 new domestic confirmed & 3 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 5 persons under centralized quarantine & 1 via community screening. 1 domestic confirmed & 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The municipality is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there. 24 sites are currently at High Risk, & 53 at Medium Risk.
Shanghai Municipality did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed case in the city. The city is no longer publishing the number of active asymptomatic cases. 2 sites are currently at High Risk, & 1 at Medium Risk.
Fuyang in Anhui Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Yingzhou District) case, a person coming from out of province & under centralized quarantine since arrival. There currently are 2 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
Jiangsu Province reported 3 new domestic asymptomatic (all at Xuzhou) case, 2 persons under centralized quarantine & 1 via screening of residents in Medium Risk areas. 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 9 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations. 9 sites at Nantong & 3 at Xuzhou are currently at Medium Risk.
Zhejiang Province reported 5 new domestic asymptomatic (all at Jinhua) cases, a person under centralized quarantine & 4 via community screening. 1 domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported & domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there. 1 site at Wenzhou is currently at Medium Risk.
At Fujian Province there currently are 8 active domestic confirmed & 14 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining. As the province does not separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations. 1 site at Xiamen are currently at Medium Risk.
At Jiangxi Province 2 domestic confirmed & 65 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 6 active domestic confirmed (4 at Ji’an & 2 at Yingtan) & 257 active domestic asymptomatic (198 at Ji’an, 54 Ganzhou, & 5 at Yingtan) cases in the province. 17 sites at Ji’an & 11 at Ganzhou are currently at High Risk. 56 at Ji’an & 31 at Ganzhou are currently at Medium Risk.
Sichuan Province reported 51 new domestic confirmed (9 previously asymptomatic) & 51 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 59 domestic confirmed & 63 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. As the province had not broken down recoveries by imported & domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there.
Chongqing Municipality did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 10 active domestic confirmed & 12 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 sites are currently at High Risk, & 3 at Medium Risk.
Guizhou Province reported 32 new domestic confirmed (4 previously asymptomatic) & 70 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 3 domestic confirmed & 36 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 301 active domestic confirmed & 2,586 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Qinghai Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic confirmed & 363 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 6 active domestic confirmed & 111 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region. As the province does not break down recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot traced the active domestic cases in each jurisdictions due to multiple outbreaks at the same time. 1 site at Haixi Prefecture is currently at High Risk, & 3 at Medium Risk.
Tibet “Autonomous” Region reported 11 new domestic confirmed & 111 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all persons under centralized quarantine or via screening of residents under movement control. 6 domestic confirmed & 1,595 asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 136 active domestic confirmed & 853 active domestic asymptomatic cases. The region is not breaking the counts of active domestic positive cases by administrative region.
Yunnan Province reported 3 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, 1 each at Ruili in Dehong Prefecture & Yongsheng County in Lijiang, & a person coming from out of province) & 12 new domestic asymptomatic (6 from Zhenkang in Lincang, 5 at Heqing County in Dali, & 1 at Jinping in Honghe Prefecture) cases. The cases at Dehong Prefectures was found via screening of residents in High Risk areas, & the rest are persons under centralized quarantine. 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 23 active domestic confirmed & 45 active domestic asymptomatic cases there. As the province does not break down recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot traced the active domestic cases in each jurisdictions due to multiple outbreaks at the same time. 4 sites at Honghe Prefecture, 2 at Dehong Prefecture, & 1 at Lincang are currently at High Risk. 4 sites at at Dehong Prefecture, 3 at Honghe Prefecture, & 2 at Lincang are currently at Medium Risk.
Imported Cases
On 9/23, Mainland China reported 59 new imported confirmed cases (6 previously asymptomatic), 106 imported asymptomatic cases, 0 imported suspect cases:
Overall in Mainland China, 206 confirmed cases recovered (60 imported), 2,597 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (106 imported) & 30 were reclassified as confirmed cases (6 imported), & 28,821 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 3,040 active confirmed cases in the country (563 imported), 28 in serious/critical condition (all domestic), 12,392 active asymptomatic cases (765 imported), 0 suspect cases. 133,490 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 9/23, 3,436.001M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 146K doses in the past 24 hrs.
As of 9/23, Hong Kong reported 5,387 new positive cases, 156 imported & 5,231 domestic, & 12 new deaths (45 – 93 y.o., 4 un-boosted).
On 9/23, Taiwan added 38,371 new positive cases, 214 imported & 38,157 domestic (including 184 moderate & serious). There were 51 new deaths (ages ranging from 40+ y.o. to 90+ y.o., 48 w/ underlying conditions, 8 fully vaccinated & boosted).
Mel
@Mimi: Three medical facilities that I have to visit for essential care (in Ohio) have completely stopped any useful Covid screening, have ended all masking requirements for staff and patients, and currently allow people with active signs of respiratory disease (chesty coughing, sneezing, runny nose, fever, etc.) free range of the facilities.
In one facility last week, I watched a child with a deep, hacking cough and a visibly runny nose wipe his nose repeatedly with his hands and run his hands over the water dispenser, magazines, kleenex boxes, and chairs, while several other waiting patients actively coughed and one woman kept asking her companion “Is it hot in here, or is my fever back?” while she sniffled and snuffled and visibly sweated. And no, this was not a public clinic. It is a specialty facility that treats patients from all over the world. At the check in, there were two questions: “Have you traveled in the last few weeks?’ and “Are you sick today with Covid symptoms?’. I watched a man answer “No” to the second question, while coughing actively and sniffling. The receptionist said absolutely nothing to him, just nodded okay and told him which waiting area to go sit (and cough and wheeze and sniffle) in.
In another medical office, located within a hospital medical arts building which is fully signed requiring “all patients and all staff” to be fully and properly masked at all times, the gatekeeper at the entry, whose job is to ask Covid questions, screen patients and ensure that nobody enters the facility unmasked, sits at her desk with her mask hanging from one ear, and when asked to put it on properly, makes a chin-diaper, with her nose and upper lip entirely hanging out.
Meanwhile, individual offices in the facility completely ignore the hospital group’s masking mandates, with several practices taping handwritten “signs” over the facility signs, announcing that masking for them and their patients is “optional” if you “feel as though you have to”, but that no special accommodations will be made.
It’s not like it’s a restaurant or bar or concert venue, where choosing to go or not go is an option. These are facilities that provide necessary care to often vulnerable/ elderly / immunosuppressed patients. We have no choice but to go, and we are now being told that we have to risk our lives to do so because “people were so tired of masks”, and “the staff got complaints and some people got really upset about having to mask, because of their politics and things”.
So, the takeaway is that my life and the lives of many others are not worth losing a few MAGA nut patients, and my life and ability to stay alive is CERTAINLY worth less than a low-risk patient’s mild perceived inconvenience of having to wear a paper mask for an hour.
So while I am extremely thankful for and appreciative of medical facilities like the one where you work, which actually give a damn about keeping their at-risk patients alive and their staffs safe, rest assured that there are many out there that don’t care, that mock, minimize and ignore the presence and impact of Covid, and that make it clear that at-risk patients are, at best, on their own, and at worst, nothing more than disposable, worthless cannon fodder.
I wish it were not the case, but it is.
YY_Sima Qian
On 9/24 Mainland China reported 159 new domestic confirmed (19 previously asymptomatic), 601 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 0 new domestic suspect cases, & 0 new deaths.
Guangdong Province reported 6 new domestic confirmed (2 previously asymptomatic, 5 at Guangzhou & 1 at Shenzhen) cases. 2 of the cases at Guangzhou were previously asymptomatic, the new domestic positive case are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. The case at Shenzhen was found via screening of persons deemed at risk exposure. 18 domestic confirmed & 10 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 89 active domestic confirmed & 32 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot traced the active domestic cases in each jurisdictions due to multiple clusters at the same time. 8 sites at Shenzhen are currently at High Risk, & 10 at Medium Risk.
Guangxi “Autonomous” Region reported 1 new domestic confirmed (previously asymptomatic, at Fangcheng District in Fangchenggang) & 2 new domestic asymptomatic (1 each at Fangcheng District in Fangchenggang & Longzhou County in Chongzuo) cases. 5 domestic confirmed & 64 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 20 active domestic confirmed (18 at Fangchenggang & 2 at Wuzhou) & 241 active domestic asymptomatic (169 at Fangchenggang, 343 at Chongzuo, 22 at Baise, 10 at Yulin, & 6 at Wuzhou) cases in the region. 1 sites at Fangchenggang are currently at High Risk, & 9 at Medium Risk.
Hainan Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 2 domestic confirmed & 8 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The province is no longer publishing the count of active domestic positive cases. 5 sites at Wanning are currently at High Risk. 13 sites at Wanning & 2 at Sanya are currently at Medium Risk.
Hunan Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 12 active domestic confirmed & 5 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations.
Hubei Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 28 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed (1 each at Wuhan & Enshi Prefecture) & 232 active domestic asymptomatic (207 at Enshi Prefecture, 7 each at Ezhou & Wuhan, 5 at Jingzhou, 3 at Suizhou, & 1 each at Qianjiang, Xiangyang & Xiaogan) cases in the city. 8 sites at Enshi Prefecture are currently at High Risk, & 25 at Medium Risk.
At Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region 31 domestic confirmed & 54 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 198 active domestic confirmed & 204 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region.
Gansu Province reported 2 new domestic asymptomatic (both at Jingyuan County in Baiyin) cases, both traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. 5 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed & 89 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations. 6 sites at Baiyin are currently at High Risk. 5 sites each at Baiyin & Linxia Prefecture, & 3 at Jiuquan are currently at Medium Risk.
At Taiyuan in Shanxi Province the last domestic positive cases recovered.
Shaanxi Province reported 4 new domestic asymptomatic (2 each at Weinan & Xi’an) case, all persons returning from out of province & under home/centralized quarantine since arrival. 3 domestic confirmed & 4 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 16 active domestic confirmed & 152 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot traced the active domestic cases in each jurisdictions due to multiple outbreaks at the same time.
Ningxia “Autonomous” Region reported 1 new domestic confirmed (at Zhongwei) & 171 new domestic asymptomatic (151 at Zhongwei, 9 at Guyuan, 6 at Wuzhong, & 5 at Yinchuan) cases, all persons under quarantine or movement control. The regional authorities shared that both the BA.5.2 & the BA.2.76 strains are circulating there. 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 5 active domestic confirmed (3 at Zhongwei & 1 each at Wuzhong & Yinchuan) & 369 active domestic asymptomatic (156 at Zhongwei, 17 at Yinchuan, 16 at Wuzhong, & 10 at Guyuan) cases in the city. 6 sites at Zhongwei are currently at High Risk, & 1 at Medium Risk.
Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region reported 9 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 17 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed & 211 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region. As the province no longer separates recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations.
Shandong Province reported 3 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 2 domestic confirmed & 32 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 55 active domestic confirmed & 289 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Hebei Province reported 5 new domestic asymptomatic (3 at Yuhua District in Shijiazhuang & 2 at Xinji) cases, all persons under centralized quarantine. There currently are 3 domestic confirmed & 62 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot traced the active domestic cases in each jurisdictions due to multiple outbreaks at the same time. 4 sites at Tangshan, 3 at Shijiazhuang, & 2 at Xinji are currently High Risk. 7 sites at Tangshan, 3 at Shijiazhuang, 2 at & Xinji, & 1 at Baoding are currently at Medium Risk.
Henan Province reported 2 new domestic asymptomatic (1 at Huangchuan County in Xinyang & a person transferred from out of province) cases, both persons from out of province & under centralized quarantine since arrival. 9 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 7 active domestic confirmed & 50 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province no longer separates recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations. 2 sites at Zhoukou are currently at High Risk, & 3 at Medium Risk.
At Liaoning Province 1 domestic confirmed & 46 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 12 active domestic confirmed & 188 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations. All areas of the province are now at Low Risk.
At Changchun in Jilin Province 2 domestic confirmed & 8 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed & 52 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
Heilongjiang Province reported 11 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, 5 each at Xiangyang District in Jiamusi & Xiangfang District in Harbin, & 1 at Aihui District in Heihe) & 163 new domestic asymptomatic (89 at Jiamusi, 68 at Aihui District in Heihe, 5 at Xiangfang District in Harbin, & 1 at Huma County in Greater Hinggan Prefecture) cases, all of the new domestic positive cases are persons under home/centralized quarantine. 6 domestic confirmed & 56 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 68 active domestic confirmed (39 at Jiamusi, 26 at Harbin, 2 at Heihe, & 1 at Daqing) & 932 active domestic asymptomatic (517 at Jiamusi, 312 at Heihe, 83 at Daqing, 19 at Harbin, & 1 at Greater Hinggan Prefecture) cases in the province. 152 sites at Jiamusi, 120 at Heihe, 15 at Harbin, & 2 at Greater Hinggan Prefecture are currently at High Risk. 91 sites at Jiamusi, 97 at Heihe, 7 at Harbin, 2 at Daqing, & 1 at Greater Hinggan Prefecture are currently at Medium Risk.
Beijing Municipality did not report any new domestic positive cases. 24 domestic confirmed cases recovered. The municipality is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there. 1 site is currently at Medium Risk.
Tianjin Municipality reported 3 new domestic confirmed & 9 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all persons under centralized quarantine. 10 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The municipality is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there. 21 sites are currently at High Risk, & 42 at Medium Risk.
Shanghai Municipality did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic confirmed & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 0 active domestic confirmed case in the city. The city is no longer publishing the number of active asymptomatic cases. 2 sites are currently at High Risk.
Fuyang in Anhui Province reported 3 new domestic asymptomatic (all at Taihe) case, all persons from out of province & under centralized quarantine since arrival. There currently are 5 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
Jiangsu Province reported 2 new domestic asymptomatic (both at Xuzhou) case, a traced close contact under centralized quarantine & 1 via screening of residents in Medium Risk areas. 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 10 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations. 9 sites at Nantong & 3 at Xuzhou are currently at Medium Risk.
Zhejiang Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed (both at Wenzhou) cases, both persons under centralized quarantine. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported & domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there. 1 site at Wenzhou is currently at Medium Risk.
At Fujian Province 1 domestic confirmed & 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 7 active domestic confirmed & 11 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining. As the province does not separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations. 1 site at Xiamen are currently at Medium Risk.
Jiangxi Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Taihe County in Ji’an) case, via community screening. 1 domestic confirmed & 24 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 5 active domestic confirmed (3 at Ji’an & 2 at Yingtan) & 234 active domestic asymptomatic (184 at Ji’an, 46 Ganzhou, & 4 at Yingtan) cases in the province. 17 sites at Ji’an & 11 at Ganzhou are currently at High Risk. 56 at Ji’an & 31 at Ganzhou are currently at Medium Risk.
Sichuan Province reported 40 new domestic confirmed (11 previously asymptomatic) & 26 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 100 domestic confirmed & 72 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. As the province had not broken down recoveries by imported & domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there.
Chongqing Municipality reported 1 new domestic confirmed (at Changshou District) & 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Dadukou District) cases, both persons under centralized quarantine. There currently are 11 active domestic confirmed & 13 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 4 sites are currently at Medium Risk.
Guizhou Province reported 86 new domestic confirmed (4 previously asymptomatic) & 94 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 13 domestic confirmed & 192 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 374 active domestic confirmed & 2,484 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
At Qinghai Province 5 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 6 active domestic confirmed & 106 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region. As the province does not break down recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot traced the active domestic cases in each jurisdictions due to multiple outbreaks at the same time. 1 site at Haixi Prefecture is currently at High Risk, & 3 at Medium Risk.
Tibet “Autonomous” Region reported 8 new domestic confirmed & 103 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all persons under centralized quarantine or via screening of residents under movement control. 25 domestic confirmed & 281 asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 119 active domestic confirmed & 675 active domestic asymptomatic cases. The region is not breaking the counts of active domestic positive cases by administrative region.
Yunnan Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Ruili in Dehong Prefecture) case, found via regular screening of residents border communities. 1 domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 22 active domestic confirmed & 45 active domestic asymptomatic cases there. As the province does not break down recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot traced the active domestic cases in each jurisdictions due to multiple outbreaks at the same time. 4 sites at Honghe Prefecture, 3 at Dehong Prefecture, & 1 at Lincang are currently at High Risk. 3 sites each at Dehong & Honghe Prefectures, & 2 at Lincang are currently at Medium Risk.
Imported Cases
On 9/23, Mainland China reported 58 new imported confirmed cases (9 previously asymptomatic), 118 imported asymptomatic cases, 0 imported suspect cases:
Overall in Mainland China, 310 confirmed cases recovered (69 imported), 1,016 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (84 imported) & 28 were reclassified as confirmed cases (9 imported), & 19,290 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 2,947 active confirmed cases in the country (552 imported), 36 in serious/critical condition (all domestic), 12,067 active asymptomatic cases (790 imported), 0 suspect cases. 131,631 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 9/24, 3,436.132M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 131K doses in the past 24 hrs.
As of 9/24, Hong Kong reported 5,387 new positive cases, 156 imported & 5,231 domestic, & 12 new deaths (45 – 93 y.o., 4 un-boosted).
On 9/24, Taiwan added 38,980 new positive cases, 195 imported & 38,785 domestic (including 223 moderate & serious). There were 34 new deaths (ages ranging from 30+ y.o. to 90+ y.o., 48 w/ underlying conditions, 7 fully vaccinated & boosted).