A White House official says this is for real and Olivia Rodrigo will be there tomorrow to meet with Biden and Fauci and record videos for young people about getting vaccinated. pic.twitter.com/f7Xl5FISCA
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) July 13, 2021
Yup, it’s extremely normie, and also cringe. Because President ‘Everybodys’ Favorite Uncle Joe’ Biden is leaning into his strengths…
Pop star and actress Olivia Rodrigo, singer of summer hits "Drivers License," "Good 4 U," and "Déjà Vu" is heading to the White House Wednesday to do her part to increase Covid-19 vaccination outreach to the crucial demographic of young people. https://t.co/vvvxFj7pps
— CNN (@CNN) July 13, 2021
The US administered 449,000 vaccine shots yesterday, bringing the total to 335 million, or 100.8 doses per 100 people. The 7-day moving average rose slightly to 527,000 shots per day. pic.twitter.com/k23XYZ6bMk
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) July 13, 2021
"Because the pandemic is over." Well, if we had all gotten our shots, it would be. But a lot didn't, so maybe it's not.
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) July 13, 2021
An acceptable number of deaths in exchange for heightened cultural division.
— ExecutedForTreasonHat (@Popehat) July 13, 2021
Report: Vaccines Saved Hundreds Of Thousands Of U.S. Lives https://t.co/rGnCwQ6xfY
— Global Health Observ (@GlobalPHObserv) July 13, 2021
According to Worldometer, the US reported +129 coronavirus yesterday, bringing the total to 623,029. But several states, including Florida, are still missing. The 7-day moving average rose slightly to 216 deaths per day. CDC still isn't posting a number for yesterday. pic.twitter.com/l3FKGHaB7O
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) July 13, 2021
The US reported +14,715 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 yesterday. The data is more complete than deaths, but Florida, Michigan, and a few others still missing. Still, the 7-day moving average rose to above 20,000 new cases per day, for the first time since late May. pic.twitter.com/sUtuLJjL7z
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) July 13, 2021
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Regular reminder that the COVID pandemic is …. NOT OVER. Shocked myself back into awareness this morning by consulting THAT @FT
Graph of COVID deaths. For Latin America, in particular, this is an ongoing disaster of huge scale. https://t.co/zPYDryT252 pic.twitter.com/abFBPp9Pc2— Adam Tooze (@adam_tooze) July 13, 2021
India reports 38,792 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours https://t.co/jtm09Dc7Xn pic.twitter.com/32IcNWHABI
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 14, 2021
Malaysia sees record 11,618 new coronavirus cases https://t.co/iUogR7EnRM pic.twitter.com/PqyMt2Irph
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 14, 2021
Concern grows over Indonesia's regions as Delta variant ravages Java https://t.co/bM8kF6DPHJ pic.twitter.com/6TPPqtFMxw
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 14, 2021
South Korea has confirmed a record 1,615 new coronavirus infections as authorities struggle to curb a viral resurgence that has placed its capital region under the toughest distancing rules. https://t.co/N8NVRmwRwI
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 14, 2021
Singapore:
excellent.gif pic.twitter.com/gosyGutvax
— Gerry Doyle (@mgerrydoyle) July 14, 2021
Australia extended a lockdown in Sydney by at least 14 days, after three weeks of initial restrictions failed to stamp out an outbreak of COVID-19, fueled by the highly infectious Delta variant, in the country's largest city https://t.co/xXA9spxfJo by @barrett_ink pic.twitter.com/LIqbwh3wkH
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 14, 2021
#Saudi Arabia registers 1,295 new cases of #COVID19 and 14 virus-related deaths in 24 hours, according to Kingdom’s Ministry of Health.https://t.co/EKjXii43fq
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) July 13, 2021
Russia blames increase in deaths in June on delta variant. The head of Russia's #coronavirus task force says the number of deaths in June rose nearly 14% compared w/ June 2020. Delta variant caused infections to soar & a record spike in deaths https://t.co/gyaKmaN1oR
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) July 13, 2021
Typical. But are no numbers worse than fake numbers? Domestically, this is part of the policy to get people to pretend the pandemic doesn't exist so Putin can't be failing to stop it. https://t.co/QJ9MIMBT9K
— Mig Greengard (@chessninja) July 13, 2021
Long lines formed outside Moscow vaccination sites over the weekend as demand for Russia’s third registered coronavirus jab outstripped supply and caused yet another shortage of the jabhttps://t.co/syyJq4cf5G
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) July 14, 2021
The Dutch public health institute says coronavirus infections in the Netherlands increased by more than 500% in the last week. The surge, mostly among young people, comes after the end of nearly all lockdown restrictions and the opening of night clubs. https://t.co/tm846bECT9
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 13, 2021
Colombia bets on privately funded Covid vaccinations https://t.co/AuBzcwF8rQ
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) July 14, 2021
The Covid incidence in a Brazilian regional soccer league is one of the highest in a country besieged by the virus https://t.co/KzOn0G7NGF via @medical_xpress
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) July 14, 2021
Released right after the Copa America final…
A study conducted at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil shows that the incidence of infections by the novel coronavirus among professional soccer players in São Paulo state during the 2020 season was 11.7%, the same as among health workers in the front line of the response to the pandemic…
“This is a cause of concern,” Gualano said. “The few severe cases, one of which ended in death, were reported among members of staff. Although our data suggest players tend to manifest only mild symptoms or none at all, they can of course transmit the virus to others in the community. Most have a very active social life.”
Contact tracing has never been implemented in Brazil as a public health policy, he added, so it is not possible to measure the impact of the secondary infections caused by players in their households or social circles…
Guatemala tightens restrictions after COVID-19 cases surge https://t.co/ZyvtoU7IcR pic.twitter.com/Oh24ZbBOug
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 14, 2021
El Salvador restricts large gatherings amid rise in COVID-19 cases https://t.co/2EsArygS0l pic.twitter.com/qYhzXSE1sU
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 13, 2021
Mexico reports biggest jump in COVID-19 cases since February https://t.co/Hlpyex09cz pic.twitter.com/d9Nlx0lXZN
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 14, 2021
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Milder Covid symptoms are apparently linked to T cells from previous #coronavirus infections. New study suggests CD8+ T cells “remember” previous bouts w/ seasonal coronaviruses that cause the common cold & mobilize quickly against SARSCoV2 https://t.co/XbiB52or44
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) July 13, 2021
SARSCoV2's #Lambda variant is spreading rapidly in South America. The variant has 7 mutations in the spike gene & a deletion in the ORF1a gene, the same deletion observed in other variants of concern, including Alpha (B.1.1.7), Beta (B.1351) & Gamma (P.1) https://t.co/1XsUAlYR3p
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) July 13, 2021
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U.S. COVID-19 cases are rising again after months of decline. Experts blame the fast-spreading delta variant, lagging vaccination rates and 4th of July gatherings. https://t.co/ugUkINZMtT
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 13, 2021
If this were a joking matter, I’d say Tennessee got jealous of Missouri hogging all the ‘Anti-Vaxxer for Life — oops, Death’ cred…
TN @GovBillLee fired our top vaccine prevention official yesterday with no explanation, following @tnsenate @TNHouseReps committee meeting accusing her of undermining parental authority over #covid19 #vaccinations. https://t.co/N4HF4ITrG7
— Dan Kassis (@DanKassis) July 13, 2021
The agency will also end all COVID-19 vaccine events at schools, even though they've mostly served adults. And, if teens get a two-dose vaccine, it won't remind them to go back for their second dose. Teens are intentionally stripped from the mailing list for reminder postcards.
— Brett Kelman (@BrettKelman) July 13, 2021
Cases in Tennessee have gone up more than 400% in the last two weeks and deaths have increased by 9%. Only 38% of the state has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 https://t.co/GOEPuu7vi4
— Heather Timmons (@HeathaT) July 14, 2021
Of course, when it comes to officially encouraging Delta superspreading, you can’t sleep on Florida:
DeSantis sells “Don’t Fauci My Florida” merch as new coronavirus cases near highest in nation https://t.co/o6ynzwcHr9
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 14, 2021
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings sues Florida over vaccine passports ban https://t.co/CE3FUwJvXL
— Daniel Uhlfelder (@DWUhlfelderLaw) July 14, 2021
YY_Sima Qian
On 7/13 China reported 1 new domestic confirmed & 0 new domestic asymptomatic cases.
Yunnan Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (moderate, a Burmese national), at Jiegao sub-district in Ruili, Dehong Prefecture. There currently are 61 domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases. 1 community remains at Medium Risk.
Nanjing in Jiangsu Province did not report any new domestic positive cases, there is 1 domestic confirmed cases there. As of 10 PM on 7/13, 10 F1 & 31 F2 close contacts have been traced & quarantined, all have tested negative so far. 150 environmental samples have been collected & tested, all negative. 30,433 individuals deemed at risk have been tested, all negative.
Imported Cases
On 7/12, China reported 23 new imported confirmed cases, 9 imported asymptomatic cases:
Overall in China, 15 confirmed cases recovered, 13 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation & 3 were reclassified as confirmed cases, and 542 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 501 active confirmed cases in the country (438 imported), 4 in serious condition (all imported), 464 asymptomatic cases (458 imported), 4 suspect cases (all imported). 7,389 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 7/12, 1,402.019M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 9.587M doses in the past 24 hrs.
On 7/13, Hong Kong reported 3 new positive case, all imported (from Namibia, Ghana & Cyprus).
Anya
They should get pop stars, Youtube and TikTok influencers (the non-greedy), sports figures and get promoted trending topics on social media. Facebook should do way more. I am sure the Facebook demographic is the most resistant to vaccine (I don’t have hard data) but Facebook seems to have evolved into a complete disinformation.
Matt McIrvin
My daughter has personally convinced at least two of her friends to get vaccinated. I wonder how much of this word of mouth over teenage Discord chats and such is happening.
Anya
I once worked on a project to educate young teenagers on consent. We put a puzzle in various youth hangouts where they can text their answers and then we sent them texts and invited them to various fun events. I always felt uneasy about it because it’s ethically murky but it was a successful campaign.
germy
Something I don’t understand about Cuba:
One reason given by the U.S. media for the recent demonstrations down there is the lack of COVID vaccines.
But I read last week that Cuba developed two vaccines. Scientists in Cuba say both vaccines are highly effective.
There was even an article about Cuba shipping its vaccines to countries in Africa to help them out.
Marmot
My fam and I stopped in Nashville two weeks ago on a road trip. The bars were rocking on a weekday with exceedingly few masks on anyone but staff. At a restaurant, my wife saw some patron pointing at my kids and shaking her head disapprovingly to her husband (I assume it was her husband).
*Coincidentally*, I have never seen so many Confederate flags in my life than in TN.
mrmoshpotato
Mmmmm early morning jet black humor.
OzarkHillbilly
@germy:
Is this the same US media that uncritically repeats everything Republicans say?
Matt McIrvin
The thing about Florida is that vaccination levels are not that terrible in some of the more populated areas of the state. Miami-Dade is doing pretty well, Central Florida is… well, not the worst, and of course almost everyone in The Villages is vaccinated. But then they’ve got these rural areas where it’s like Missouri, and it seems like the virus is spreading out of there.
mrmoshpotato
Lalalalalalala!!!!!!! There are no diseases!
My vocabulary isn’t up to the task for how appalling this is.
germy
@OzarkHillbilly:
One and the same.
Chris T.
Tennessee: Smallpox was great, let’s bring it back!
mrmoshpotato
And Florida walks in all “Fuck you, Tennessee and Missouri!”
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s Director-General of Health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports another new record: 11,618 new Covid-19 cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 867,567 cases. He also reports 118 new deaths today, for a cumulative total of 6,503 deaths — 0.75% of the cumulative reported total, 0.85% of resolved cases.
There are currently 101,359 active and contagious cases; 878 are in ICU, 432 of them intubated. Meanwhile, 6,377 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 759,705 patients recovered – 87.57% of the cumulative reported total.
26 new clusters were reported today, for a cumulative total of 3,142 clusters. 876 clusters are currently active; 2,266 clusters are now inactive.
11,592 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 5,044 local cases: 179 in clusters, 3,083 close-contact screenings, and 1,782 other screenings. Kuala Lumpur reports 1,749 cases: 339 in clusters, 766 close-contact screenings, and 632 other screenings. Negeri Sembilan reports 1,536 local cases: 192 in clusters, 299 close-contact screenings, and 1,045 other screenings.
Melaka reports 526 cases: 224 in clusters, 210 close-contact screenings, and 92 other screenings. Kedah reports 504 cases: 133 in clusters, 249 close-contact screenings, and 122 other screenings.
Pahang reports 400 cases: 138 in clusters, 189 close-contact screenings, and 73 other screenings.
Johor reports 391 local cases: 156 in clusters, 177 close-contact screenings, and 58 other screenings.
Sarawak reports 289 cases: 38 in clusters, 177 close-contact screenings, and 74 other screenings. Sabah reports 285 local cases: 44 clusters, 134 close-contact screenings, and 107 other screenings. Kelantan reports 236 cases: 121 in clusters, 69 close-contact screenings, and 46 other screenings. Penang reports 210 cases: 41 in clusters, 105 close-contact screenings, and 64 other screenings.
Terengganu reports 189 cases: 114 in clusters, 49 close-contact screenings, and 26 other screenings. Perak reports 164 cases: 55 in clusters, 74 close-contact screenings, and 35 other screenings.
Putrajaya reports 40 cases: eight in clusters, 21 close-contact screenings, and 11 other screenings. Labuan reports 38 cases: seven in clusters, 20 close-contact screenings, and 11 other screenings. Perlis reports three cases: two close-contact screenings and one other screening.
26 new cases today are imported: 12 in Kuala Lumpur, seven in Selangor, five in Johor, one in Negeri Sembilan, and one in Sabah.
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 424,541 doses of vaccine on 13th July, its highest one-day number so far. As of yesterday, Health Minister Dr Adham Baba tweeted, 8,364,354 people have received their first dose and 3,848,376 have received their second.
A vaccination centre in Shah Alam, Selangor is closed today, 14th July, after a Covid-19 outbreak affecting over 80% of its 453 staff, who are now all self-isolating. Other staff will be assigned to the centre, which is now being decontaminated and will reopen tomorrow. Those who had appointments today are urged to check their text messages for their rescheduled dates. This is the first closure of a vaccination centre because of an outbreak.
Marmot
@Marmot: oops! She pointed and shook her head at my *masked* kids. You know, like we were kinda cruel parents or something.
Amir Khalid
@mrmoshpotato:
That’s frightening.
OzarkHillbilly
Matt McIrvin
@Marmot: Last weekend, I went with my daughter up to the giant Funspot arcade in Laconia, NH, which is pretty much Live Free or Die libertarian-land. We were both vaxxed and masked and went in heavy on the hand sanitizer, but I’d say I only saw about two or three other people in there wearing masks. (Nobody gave us any crap about it, though.)
I’ve been wondering if the CDC should rescind their recommendation that fully vaccinated people can go unmasked indoors. I never thought it was a good idea, and to me there’s enough evidence from things like Singapore’s contact tracing that transmission of the virus by vaccinated people with mild or no symptoms happens often enough to be a thing to worry about. But I’m sure the CDC sees it as an incentive to get vaccinated. And rescinding it would also logically imply that indoor restaurants should shut down again, which is politically radioactive.
Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes
@Marmot:
I’d have likely approached her and said “why are you disapproving of my kids, asshole?”
MomSense
@mrmoshpotato:
Meanwhile the law the Maine legislature passed several years ago to end the religious and philosophical exemptions for immunizations that allowed unvaccinated children to go to school is now in effect. Kids will either be vaccinated or they will stay home. Good.
Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes
@Matt McIrvin:
It wouldn’t matter. These are the same kind of dumbfucks who’d arrange a rat circus during a bubonic plague outbreak. If the zombie outbreak started, they’d whine about the costs of containment and eagerly devour WSJ opinion pieces on why having more zombies among us is an economic plus.
Bruce K in ATH-GR
Greece: daily numbers have gone from 206 on June 26 to 3,019 on July 13. Mostly Delta variant cases, mostly among younger people (who were at the back of the vaccination line, and also tend to be the most likely to be vaccine-hesitant). They’re ruling out another general lockdown (citing less pressure on ICUs and medical facilities) but leaning towards mandating vaccination in various professions (it’s now mandatory for health care workers and anyone working in nursing homes).
It’s kind of scary watching the numbers shoot up; last month it looked like things were under control, and then the case numbers exploded. Ten-fold in the last month, approaching the levels at the worst of the third wave. I hate to say it, but it looks like Greece’s fourth wave may be underway now.
New Deal democrat
Sadly, the post-July 4 upsurge in cases even in better vaccinated States like NJ, NY, PA, and CA (and many others) appears to be real and not just an artifact of the daily reporting around the holiday. I say this because as of yesterday, that artifact should have largely disappeared from the averages. In many States it has, but in many more it has not.
Even more troublesome, at least some of that upsurge is almost certainly from exposures before July 4, I.e., before holiday gatherings. So we can expect the upsurge to continue to worsen.
And the worst States – AR and MO – are now all the way back to their worst levels of last summer, at roughly 30 cases per 100,000 daily. FL is probably close behind – but of course FL has decided that the pandemic is “over,” so it is only reporting once a week.
The only silver lining I can see is that, with 80% of seniors fully vaccinated, the death rate should be much less than it was last summer.
Personally, I continue to mask up indoors in public spaces.
SiubhanDuinne
@Marmot:
Tucker Carlson (or was it Sean Hannity?) stated on Fox a few weeks ago that children wearing masks was evidence of child abuse. I guarangoddamtee you the woman in the restaurant watched and internalised that message.
Betty
@germy: I read that a lack of needles is the problem.
Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes
@Bruce K in ATH-GR:
Hoping things don’t go off the rails further – we’re scheduled for Chania and Sfakion in Crete in about 6 weeks.
Amir Khalid
@Matt McIrvin:
I think that recommendation was the most bone-headed thing to come out of the post-TFG CDC. I get dose 2 of Sinovac on Friday and will be fully vaccinated at the end of July. Thereafter I plan to keep wearing a mask at all times when going out, until the pandemic is declared over — however long that may take.
Matt McIrvin
@New Deal democrat: I’ve been closely watching the situation in Massachusetts, and I think we actually hit our minimum and started increasing again back around June 25. I suspect the key thing was the Delta variant becoming dominant. The whole state was pretty much completely reopened already, but our vaccination levels were high enough that with Alpha as the dominant variant, the general amount of infection was dropping. But Delta is just more transmissible enough that that went from sufficient to insufficient.
rikyrah
New Day (@NewDay) tweeted at 5:28 AM on Wed, Jul 14, 2021:
“It was maybe a couple weeks after that second shot where I realized everything was gone. And I feel as healthy as I did before I got sick,” says Melissa Gerads Jones, who says she suffered more than 400 days with coronavirus long haul symptoms until she got vaccinated. https://t.co/HLfvcgkyju
(https://twitter.com/NewDay/status/1415256861490700288?s=03)
germy
@Betty:
I wonder if the U.S. embargo has anything to do with that.
Ksmiami
@Marmot: give it a week- the state will be a vacation land for Covid cells… And no at this point if the ole Confederacy wants to off itself, we’ll I just don’t care
sab
We went out to dinner last night to a newish restaurant, relocated from Cleveland. It was tiny but crowded. Packed full of Magats. Next table was public school teachers who had been surprised when the schools were shut down a year ago Spring. Were any jackals surprised? I don’t think so. A spouse of theirs had had Covid and easily survived so they decided no big deal.
I try not to hate, but sometimes it is hard. I had a niece who had Covid and survived March 2020, but it was hard and long recovery and she feels so lucky. Also too my husband’s opthamologist. My dad’s nurse’s aide lost her uncle to Covid and also a young nephew (who left a young wife with a preschool daughter and a new born son.) Also my daughter in law who got very sick in February 2020 before there was testing, and only got over the worst of her symptoms after vax in 2021. Long Covid? Who knows
ETA I don’t think we will be eating out again for a long while. It was shocking. Magats everywhere being idiots
ETA NE Ohio here.
Matt McIrvin
…I’m not as worried as I could be about Massachusetts, though, because our rate of vaccination among elderly and other high-risk people is very high. We will probably have another wave of COVID that is mostly unvaccinated people, with breakthrough infections as a secondary effect. But the unvaxxed tend to be young, and I don’t expect deaths or hospitalizations to be anything like they were. Deaths are still dropping even as cases rise–some of that is pure time lag but I also think increased vaccination contributes.
Sloane Ranger
Just to note that Northern Ireland has submitted headline figures only due to a Public Holiday. With that in mind, Tuesday in the UK we had 36,660 new cases were reported. This is an increase of 26.6% in the rolling 7-day average. New cases by nation,
England – 32,883 (up 2264)
Northern Ireland – 511 (down 17) But see above for context.
Scotland – 2529 (up 395)
Wales – 737 (down 453).
Deaths – There were 50 deaths within 28 days of a positive test reported yesterday. This is an increase of 50% in the rolling 7-day average. 45 were in England, 4 in Scotland and 1 in Wales.
Testing – On Monday, 12 July, 1,066,498 tests were conducted. The 7-day moving average was down by 1.4% as of this date. The testing capacity reported by labs on this date was 578,701.
Hospitalisations – Hospitalisations still not updated since last Thursday. This is beginning to look suspicious.
Vaccinations – As of 12 July, 45,978,017 people had received 1 shot of a vaccine and 34,997,491 had had both. In other words, 87.3% of all adults had had 1 shot by this date and 66.4% had had both.
kindness
I think it’s good they are rounding up pop stars to get the vaccination message out there but I have to wonder. Why haven’t these pop stars already been vaccinated?
mrmoshpotato
@MomSense: Good! This day and age, not vaccinating your kids because of “reasons” is just cruel.
Robert Sneddon
Scotland — 2,636 new cases of COVID-19 reported yesterday, eleven deaths. Test positivity rate is 8.1%. The hospital and ICU occupancy numbers continue to creep upward but slowly.
18,000 vaccinations were carried out in Scotland yesterday with one-third of those first dose. 65.5% of the adult population is now fully vaccinated with 88.5% having received at least their first dose. This vaccination rate is lower than a couple of weeks ago and well under half of the 40,000-per-day surge rate of vaccinations carried out in May.
The number of vaccination doses allocated to Scottish Public Health Scotland by the central UK vaccine purchasing process always exceeds the number of doses given. This is to allow forward planning of distribution and timing of appointments. The difference has usually been about 500,000 doses or so, about two weeks supply but it’s now climbed to about 700,000 doses. At the current reduced vaccination rate that’s over five weeks supply.
New Deal democrat
@Matt McIrvin: agreed.
Matt McIrvin
I’m seeing a lot of people on Twitter really, really freaking out about the possibility of breakthrough infections causing long COVID in the fully vaccinated with ostensibly mild cases. It’s not something that, as far as I know, can be excluded on the basis of existing published studies. On the other hand, I haven’t actually heard of any cases of it, which makes it strange that it’s being discussed as such a certainty.
The Moar You Know
@kindness: In the case of this particular “pop star”, she’s a Disney property and was vaccinated months ago, like all the other high value entertainment human properties out in the world.
Lacuna Synecdoche
WaPo via Anne Laurie @ Top:
I just want to take a moment to thank DeSantis, and all the other Republican governors refusing to count and/or publish Covid-19 case and death rates, for making Democrats look so much more effective at fighting Covid nationally than Republicans were.
I mean, we are more effective. But the fact that some of the GOP guvs won’t even publish their numbers just makes us look that much better!
(Seriously, you’d think DeSantis, Bill Lee, and other covid-denying GOP governors, would want to keep better records and publish their numbers if only to make Biden’s national numbers look worse.)
Robert Sneddon
@Matt McIrvin: I repeat yet again, an epidemic is statistics. Given a billion cases of COVID-19 and two billion vaccinations then pretty much any result of infection or vaccination will occur (The VAERS database has at least one report of vaccination making someone walk backwards). Twitter and other social media amplify imaginary or vanishingly rare disease and vaccination outcomes, making them appear the norm under a barrage of uncritical reposting.
Myself I wouldn’t base my decision-making around posts on Twitter and Facebook but that’s just me. Emojis are a total no-no.
J R in WV
@Marmot:
This is fascinating to me. The reason the Tennessee nickname is “The Volunteer State” is because more men from Tennessee volunteered for the Union Army than would have been drafted into the Union Army had TN not seceded from the Union.
In other words, Tennessee was not a hot-bed of slaver plantation owners in 1860, it was more in favor of the Union than of the Confederate States back then. But now, not so much.
I will save all my compassion for people who try to protect society, I have none left over for these poisonous monsters.
J R in WV
@kindness:
Where did you get the idea any of them are not vaccinated? I feel sure they are ALL vaccinated already. You don’t need to be un-vaccinated to make a PR statement, these aren’t anti-vax people at all.
Peale
@Matt McIrvin: Mississipi published something yesterday that 12% of its hospitalized cases were from people who were fully vaccinated. Which is not good. But it didn’t publish what they were fully vaccinated with. We know that J&J is much less effective against Delta than Moderna or Pfizer.
Ksmiami
@Peale: older people can have more limited immune reactions to the vaccine and the numbers may reflect only partly vaccinated people
Matt McIrvin
@Peale: While this is less of a factor in Mississippi, where vaccination is as low as it gets in the US, I suspect base rates play a role in this type of number–people who are particularly physically vulnerable to COVID are also more likely to be vaccinated, for that very reason, and that reduces the apparent effectiveness when you count vaccinated vs. unvaccinated among severe cases.
LongHairedWeirdo
Minor peeve turning major:
The words are “vaccine” and “dose”. There is no shortage of “jabs”, which could be delivered with an empty needle. There are shortages, or deliveries, of vaccine doses. Come on, say it with me, we’re all grown-ups here – no “Winnie the Crap” jokes, please – and can use grown-up language. People get “the vaccine” or “a dose of the vaccine”; if you must, they get their “shot”. “Jabs” is like the B Flats – a phrasing that seems amusing when you first use it, and seems less amusing every time after that.
Steeplejack
@J R in WV:
Yeah, no. The “Volunteer” nickname started in the War of 1812.