Seems like a good day to repost this pic.twitter.com/83Y4c0iyOG
— Cheryl Rofer (@CherylRofer) January 3, 2022
Quoting the @Bloomberg story :
"More than 1 million people in the US were diagnosed with #Covid19 on Monday as a tsunami of #Omicron swamps every aspect of daily American life…cases [reached] the most that any country has ever reported."https://t.co/PsOkBwYkG6— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) January 4, 2022
always interesting to see who gets to share risk and who does not https://t.co/cuT2LB2pC4
— World Famous Art Thief (@CalmSporting) January 3, 2022
"Congress’ top doctor urged lawmakers Monday to move to a “maximal telework posture,” citing “unprecedented” numbers of COVID-19 cases at the Capitol that he said are mostly breakthrough infections of people already vaccinated."https://t.co/r1sL0kxSv6
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) January 4, 2022
We're Number One https://t.co/6ZcANGS7wM
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) January 3, 2022
FDA shortens timeframe to booster to five months instead of six; approves booster for kids 12-15; approves booster for 5-12 if immunocompromised.https://t.co/9xvijw3BMS
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) January 3, 2022
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Turns out, Omicron is driving a spike in demand for testing…everywhere. pic.twitter.com/y2r5n4kiGa
— Ben Wakana (@benwakana46) January 3, 2022
Authorities in the northern Chinese city of Xi’an say they can provide food, health care and other necessities for the 13 million residents under a now almost two-week-old lockdown, a claim some citizens are disputing. https://t.co/TMWb617Uys
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 4, 2022
China's Xian vows strict implementation of COVID curbs even as cases decline https://t.co/OsIlj5dmer pic.twitter.com/2mTbEW3nSa
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 4, 2022
… Yuzhou, 700 km (434 miles) southwest of Beijing, has ordered all residents to remain indoors and not to leave town, the local Communist Party said in a statement late on Monday.
“So far, the source of the virus is unknown, the number of cases is unclear … the virus control and prevention situation in our city is very severe,” authorities in Xuchang city, which has jurisdiction over Yuzhou, said in a statement on Tuesday.
“To curb and quash the epidemic within the shortest amount of time is a high-priority political task facing all officials and people in the city,” they said.
The greater Xuchang area reported two locally transmitted infections with confirmed clinical symptoms, and 18 local asymptomatic carriers for Monday, official data showed. It was not clear how many were in Yuzhou.
Vehicles were banned from Yuzhou’s roads unless they have clearance from virus control authorities, and authorities ordered a halt to activity in supermarkets apart from the supply of daily necessities.
Yuzhou’s case count is tiny compared with outbreaks in many other places around the world. But China is keen to keep outbreaks under control ahead of the Feb. 4-20 Winter Olympics, being held in Beijing and the nearby province of Hebei, and the Communist Party’s once-every-five-years congress expected later in the year…
There were no new fatalities in mainland China for Monday, leaving the death toll since the virus first emerged in the central city of Wuhan in late 2019 unchanged at 4,636.
Mainland China has had 102,841 confirmed symptomatic cases as of late Monday, including both local and imported ones.
Hong Kong to expand 'vaccine bubble' from Feb. 24 to combat COVID-19 spread https://t.co/HaXrPlKZZd pic.twitter.com/SUe10BQS6X
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 4, 2022
Taiwan urges vigilance after first Omicron coronavirus cases https://t.co/75PuwoLcUR pic.twitter.com/43KiNcaU1Q
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 4, 2022
India reported 37,379 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the most since early September as the Omicron coronavirus variant overtakes Delta in places such as the capital New Delhi https://t.co/GwQ8G7MHdh pic.twitter.com/pxOj1UVjYw
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 4, 2022
Omicron variant infections in Japan reach over 1,000 cases on Tuesday -Yomiuri https://t.co/XSYbz9qrj4 pic.twitter.com/WtzHaiT29l
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 4, 2022
There's a growing Covid-19 outbreak at US military bases in Japan, and Japanese officials aren't happy about it.https://t.co/VbZw3wkryj
— William Gallo (@GalloVOA) January 4, 2022
Pakistan reported on Monday more than 700 COVID-19 cases in a single day, its highest tally in two months, as authorities warned of a fifth wave of infections and made preparations to try to contain the fast-spreading Omicron variant. https://t.co/gnn8vxqEvM
— Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) January 3, 2022
Thailand urges uptake of booster shots as Omicron cases rise https://t.co/It8crmTxUx pic.twitter.com/SNLWs5QXq4
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 4, 2022
Australian COVID-19 cases soared to a pandemic record as the Omicron variant ripped through most of the country, driving up hospitalisation rates as the once-formidable testing regime buckled under lengthy wait times and stock shortages https://t.co/6GEL52u1ok
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 4, 2022
Australia’s antitrust regulator said it will examine pricing pressures in the market for COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits, as calls grow louder for the government to make the tests free amid a severe shortage of the kits and cases soared to a record https://t.co/EUrv7U1vQa pic.twitter.com/hwYFSl9Kzi
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 4, 2022
Vaccinated foreign nationals from most countries will be able to enter Israel beginning next Sunday, the government announced on Monday.https://t.co/P7Sc0OD9UU
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) January 3, 2022
Russia on Tuesday confirmed 15,903 Covid-19 infections and 834 deathshttps://t.co/Ic5pooBYkP
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) January 4, 2022
French MPs get death threats over support for Covid vaccine pass https://t.co/2djz2eUq7H
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) January 3, 2022
Read the stats here, discount the happy talk:
Omicron stats are huge, but look beyond them https://t.co/eWpDwUErvQ
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) January 4, 2022
In coronavirus-hit Mexico, many women are ‘determined to not have babies.' Births have dropped 11% since the 1st 6 months of 2021. Early in the pandemic Mexico’s population agency warned of 120k additional births — now the opposite seems to be happening https://t.co/rKoyHaFSjv
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) January 4, 2022
All schools in Canada’s most populous province, Ontario, will be shut down and move to online learning due to a record number of coronavirus infections fueled by the contagious omicron variant. https://t.co/3E9dNjgHto
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 3, 2022
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There's no way to determine if a person is infected w/ #omicron or #delta, so treatment decisions are tough. Patients infected w/ delta variant can benefit from either of 2 monoclonal antibody therapies. But the meds do nothing for those w/ omicron https://t.co/A2TYxHY2RL
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) January 4, 2022
Time for schools to improve ventilation and require masks: Daily hospital admissions for children throughout the U.S. are 2x as high they were during the #Delta wave … https://t.co/oaouwt4El6
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) January 4, 2022
A reminder that sometimes "living with it" means taking some mitigations, forever, e.g. how in order to live with cholera we make sure our water doesn't have shit in it by building infrastructure to make sure our water doesn't have shit in it. https://t.co/MACDYvCtUh
— Another Angry Woman (@stavvers) January 1, 2022
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75k cases a day in Fla
GOP: everybody stop testing https://t.co/i8SHJX8sUN
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) January 3, 2022
The Southeastern U.S. is on the cusp of "a firestorm of #Omicron cases," with few safeguards in place. It's the region of the country with the lowest vaccinations rates & the most likely to shun masks https://t.co/K6nlWiL78O
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) January 4, 2022
we're all trying to find the political party who did this https://t.co/IciGClszZH
— Michael Tae Sweeney (@mtsw) January 3, 2022
#Omicron: Nearly 45,000 new coronavirus cases reported in L.A. County over the holiday weekend https://t.co/1EeziIvc0Z
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) January 4, 2022
In NYC If you test negative after exposure you’re expected to return to school the next day, regardless of vaccination status.
You call this "Swagger" @NYCMayor?
Protect our kids. Protect our teachers.
*THAT'S Swagger* https://t.co/VWmXlsNTGO
— Diana Zicklin Berrent ? (@dianaberrent) January 4, 2022
Masshole Gov. Chickenshite Charlie Baker (R-of course) has pretty well checked out on the whole ‘governance’ thing: How hard can it be to deliver a busload of children, many of them too young to find their way home alone, some of them with special needs, through Boston’s notoriously congested streets? Especially when it’s only public-school kids we’re talking about?
State offered National Guard drivers licensed for 7-passenger vans, not large or even smaller school buses. Works for some districts but not Boston.
Our professionally trained drivers carry out complex routes w/our most precious cargo: 27,000 kids—many students w/disabilities. https://t.co/3Mj0mtIhQa
— Michelle Wu 吳弭 (@wutrain) January 3, 2022
"We could just pay people to stay home. Well…not *those* people. Me, mostly." https://t.co/cfXActwZx2
— Jeff Fecke (@jkfecke) January 3, 2022
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