A republic, if you can keep it. https://t.co/FJGoE19yLI
— Kai Ryssdal (@kairyssdal) May 18, 2021
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Go to a cemetery. See all the baby graves there from before the 1950s & 1960s? Then, hardly any. That's when people started vaccinating their kids. If you are unsure, the answer is, literally, written in stone.
— mohamad safa (@mhdksafa) May 16, 2021
59.8% of all American adults have received at least one vaccine shot; 47.4% are now fully vaccinated.
84.6% of Americans age 65 or older have received at least one shot; 72.8% are now fully vaccinated. pic.twitter.com/REH5lqFSgV
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) May 18, 2021
Is the U.S. doing enough to fight the global pandemic? Many experts and business leaders say no https://t.co/ObkzmR0Fur
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 17, 2021
The US had +25,030 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, with the total rising further above 33.7 million. The 7-day moving average, on a revised basis, declined to just over 32,000 new cases per day. pic.twitter.com/tEXA5MgGzw
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) May 18, 2021
The head of the CDC, facing blowback over the agency’s new liberalized mask guidelines, offered a stark reassurance on Sunday: Only unvaccinated people are at risk if they take off their masks. https://t.co/9fJ91bUjPj
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 16, 2021
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I welcome @POTUS & ??'s commitment to donate 80M #COVID19 vaccine doses to countries in need. Your commitment to global health is deeply appreciated! #COVAX partners stand ready to support equitable distribution. Solidarity is the only way to save lives & livelihoods everywhere. https://t.co/vep8m7aR51
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) May 17, 2021
EXCLUSIVE India unlikely to resume sizable COVID-19 vaccine exports until October -sources https://t.co/YoPzLtrmiI pic.twitter.com/CcckqTdkju
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 18, 2021
India’s total virus cases have surpassed 25 million as the country saw more than 260,000 new cases and a record 4,329 fatalities in the last 24 hours. While cases have been falling for the first time in weeks, deaths are rising and hospitals are swamped. https://t.co/W1TRlTN4W9
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 18, 2021
India's COVID tally passes 25 mln; cyclone complicates efforts in Modi's state https://t.co/saexvwSrPD pic.twitter.com/jpLgatkeEV
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 18, 2021
“India’s vaccine program is being hobbled by supply shortages and an abrupt shift in procurement policy that appears to be without parallel,” per WaPo. India “displayed little urgency about buying large amounts of vaccines in advance, unlike governments in the US and Europe.” https://t.co/hthALLTNXK
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) May 17, 2021
A desperate India is falling prey to Covid scammers. As the health care system fails, clandestine markets have emerged for drugs, oxygen, hospital beds & funeral services. Fake goods may be putting lives at risk https://t.co/8UlUkqvopj
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 17, 2021
Worth reading the whole thread to which this is a lead-in:
Vaccination is the only way out of this pandemic, even in comparatively Covid-free places.
Given how seriously the average Hong Kong resident took the pandemic initially, widespread vax hesitancy has surprised many.
This thread helps explain where that hesitancy comes from. https://t.co/MDrdT1C5QA
— Jerome Taylor (@JeromeTaylor) May 18, 2021
The last one involving another coronavirus left us scars that we would not forget, and one we have zero desire to repeat.
So we try to wear masks, do our personal hygiene, hole up and wait it out, hoping it would take 3 months just like back in 2003. 8/— K?? (@K_krazy_xoxo) May 15, 2021
And I'm not going to force you to take the vaccine. I don't believe in taking the autonomy away from you. But I do urge you guys to dig up local statistics yourself and interpret it with the help of microbiology and public health experts in HK. 18/
— K?? (@K_krazy_xoxo) May 15, 2021
Pfizer vaccine can now be stored in fridge for longer, EU drug regulator says https://t.co/xTYBArzp7X
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 18, 2021
Holidaying Brits touch down in Portugal: 'It feels unreal' https://t.co/DPa7IHdAMc
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 17, 2021
"Like a rollercoaster": Patients in London's "COVID triangle" talk about their struggles battling a disease that won't let go. https://t.co/BS7DMKLwD9
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) May 18, 2021
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said it was still not safe to allow residents fully vaccinated for COVID-19 to travel overseas, as industries hit hard by the pandemic press for a faster reopening of international borders https://t.co/zYP3eKPj69 pic.twitter.com/3D0adBs3WD
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 18, 2021
South Africa’s anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 89, came out of retirement to help the country start its drive to inoculate older citizens against COVID-19. South Africa aims to jab nearly 5 million citizens aged 60 and over by the end of June. https://t.co/sGKxbIn8EA
— AP Africa (@AP_Africa) May 17, 2021
'Vaccine saves, United for vaccines’: Rio de Janeiro's landmark Christ the Redeemer statue was lit up with a vaccine message pic.twitter.com/fdjJ8AKyMP
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 17, 2021
Canadian thread:
This is NOT the time to ease off on 50% prioritization of vaccines to hot spots. We need *at minimum* 4 weeks. We have proof that this strategy works and if we revert back despite knowing this, it’s a massive failure. Equal ≠ Equitable. https://t.co/ezoeqtrslO
— Sabina Vohra-Miller (@SabiVM) May 15, 2021
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Pfizer & Moderna mRNA vaccines are effective against multiple SARSCoV2 variants, including the B.1.617 & B.1.618, 2 variants underlying the surge in India. The research, while not yet peer-reviewed, was conducted at NYU School of Medicine in New York City https://t.co/3ziRhk8f4t pic.twitter.com/VzYQKWqyQF
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 17, 2021
It's been stunning that Sanofi, GSK & Merck — 3 of the world's biggest vaccines producers — haven't managed to bring forth a #Covid19 vaccine. (Till recently, GSK didn't really try. It allowed others to use its adjuvant.) Seems Sanofi+GSK may yet succeed. https://t.co/qTWEeYOyus
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) May 17, 2021
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California will not lift its mask mandate to align with new federal recommendations until after June 15, the target date for the state to fully reopen businesses, state health officials said today https://t.co/2P49mqF5Fz
— POLITICO (@politico) May 17, 2021
New York adopts CDC guidelines on masks for people who've been vaccinated. “No masks, no social distancing,” Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said of the policy that will go into effect on Wednesday https://t.co/UgIYXOPDBo
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 17, 2021
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on keeping mask mandate despite CDC guidance: “We’re just not ready yet. We’ve been clobbered not once, but twice. We’ve lost over 26,000 people. We know the virus is more lethal indoors…We want to make sure we get this right.” https://t.co/GPat6bT95X pic.twitter.com/lpdJ4EiPXl
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) May 17, 2021
And MA Guv ‘Chickensh*t’ Baker, predictably, buckles to the tourism industry. We’ve hit the ‘not quite half the population vaccinated’ mark, after all! :
BREAKING: Gov. Charlie Baker said all remaining COVID-19 restrictions will be lifted effective May 29. https://t.co/8fITrpWh3D pic.twitter.com/xXmV3yb09t
— WCVB-TV Boston (@WCVB) May 17, 2021
Boston Mayor bows to the inevitable (rise in cases around mid-June, deaths by Independence Day):
#BREAKING: Boston Mayor Kim Janey says city will fully reopen and drop all COVID mandates as of May 29, in line with the state. Details>> https://t.co/PQRQDQZ9vO pic.twitter.com/l5ALvT8iv4
— WCVB-TV Boston (@WCVB) May 17, 2021
Even though Spousal Unit and I are both vaxx’d, I wasn’t planning to venture into public much anyway, at least not yet.
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ICYMI: A look at some of the world's most unusual vaccination centers pic.twitter.com/P5ImMuvsDO
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 16, 2021
59.8% of all US adults have received at least one vaccine shot; 47.2% are now fully vaccinated.
84.8% of Americans age 65 or older have received at least one shot; 72.9% are now fully vaccinated. pic.twitter.com/qMmsOtagIW
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) May 17, 2021
In a matter of days, the US covid death rate will drop to the lowest level since the start of the pandemic pic.twitter.com/uP3QqIt1a5
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) May 16, 2021
What would have the biggest impact on increasing US vaccinations isn't incentives, lotteries, or conveniences. It is @US_FDA giving vaccines full licensure, setting up requirements by military, health systems, & employers. That may happen sooner than anticipated. Like next month
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) May 16, 2021
Recall the 20M HCW were Tier 1 for US vaccines
A large survey 1 month ago showed 48% of frontline HCW still unvaccinated
Only 1 major hospital with 26,000 employees has stood up @MethodistHosphttps://t.co/fqGFuVTSfo— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) May 16, 2021
The US had +17,834 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, the lowest since near the start of the pandemic in March 2020 – though some states did not report. This brought the total to over 33.7 million. The 7-day moving average fell to below 32,000 new cases per day. pic.twitter.com/uZ2LJhKGaX
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) May 17, 2021
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A panel of independent experts who reviewed the WHO's pandemic response says the U.N. health agency should be granted more power to stop pandemics. This means having "guaranteed rights of access" in countries to investigate emerging outbreaks https://t.co/LhoirMR7w0
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 16, 2021
India's Covid crisis hits Covax vaccine-sharing scheme https://t.co/eecBsdENUc
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 17, 2021
India reports 281,386 new coronavirus infections https://t.co/Da6RhIh2EI pic.twitter.com/V49xprwjzv
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 17, 2021
The average daily death toll in India from COVID-19 is down slightly from over 4,000 per day. There is widespread suspicion the official toll severely undercounts the real death toll. pic.twitter.com/Ri5RXSRgQP
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) May 16, 2021
A dip in the number of virus cases in Mumbai is offering a glimmer of hope for India, suffering through a surge of infections. But experts say the nation's crisis is far from over with hospitals still overwhelmed and short supplies of oxygen and beds. https://t.co/umADEzp3yS
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 17, 2021
India’s coronavirus crisis has spread to its villages, where health care is hard to find https://t.co/lvWj9GiRCP
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 16, 2021
Nepal (next door to India) has been seeing a huge spike in new COVID-19 cases, to nearly 9,000 per day. pic.twitter.com/nHfxXMTyV7
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) May 16, 2021
Thailand sees record number of Covid cases as prison clusters grow https://t.co/fSDxqNBK3z
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 17, 2021
Singapore warns children susceptible to virus variants, shuts schools https://t.co/7jjg6IlbHn pic.twitter.com/MMmfSeDdQ3
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 17, 2021
Taiwan scrambles for vaccines as domestic COVID-19 cases rise https://t.co/PcQptum4W1 pic.twitter.com/BeIO9Wf84p
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 17, 2021
Nauru, a tiny Pacific island nation, has vaccinated every adult in its population, a feat its officials say is a world record. All 7392 people have received at least a 1st vaccine dose. That's 108% of the estimated adult population, including foreigners https://t.co/K2jwrNjPzq pic.twitter.com/kf6ALLsRz6
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 16, 2021
Beginning to feel like the Australian government has decided Letting foreigners come in has caused us nothing but trouble:
'“These debates about, ‘we cannot be a hermit nation’…. or we cannot take any risks. They are kind of vacuous fortune cookie wisdom level statements,” he said. “The whole question is: what is the plan? What do we need to do?”'https://t.co/4cLvcgmnZ4
— Latika M Bourke (@latikambourke) May 16, 2021
Russia on Monday confirmed 9,328 new coronavirus cases and 340 deaths https://t.co/LjAgyiVNJa
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) May 17, 2021
Russia is spending 10 times as much on propaganda about how great the Sputnik vaccine is, pressuring countries to take it, and disinformation about how bad all the other vaccines are. There’s less money left for production. https://t.co/22lESD34pi
— Mig Greengard (@chessninja) May 15, 2021
Fearing an India-like healthcare-infrastructure collapse, Kenya is scrambling for oxygen to aid Covid patients. Since March, Kenyan health officials attempting to increase oxygen supplies, fearing the nightmare scenario currently unfolding in India https://t.co/KMc1wnPSWi pic.twitter.com/wkNFJO61pW
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 16, 2021
Brazil's daily death toll from COVID-19 has been declining, down to just over 1,900 per day. pic.twitter.com/vC2Xi2J8rs
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) May 16, 2021
In Brazil, babies and small children are dying of Covid in disturbingly high numbers https://t.co/xUNQ965rRY
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 16, 2021
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New research suggests Pfizer-BioNTech's mRNA vaccine reprograms innate immune system responses against SARSCoV2. The joint Dutch & German study also found the 2-shot vax induces robust humoral & cellular immunity against several SARS2 variants https://t.co/597Vpozv0i pic.twitter.com/y6JFIj5VQx
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 16, 2021
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Vaccination rates among adults are highest in New England and New Mexico, and lowest across the Southeast as well as in Idaho and Wyoming. https://t.co/M2gIjJRQcl pic.twitter.com/2dNSNBLwMH
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) May 17, 2021
A major nurses' union condemns the CDC for its new mask advice for vaccinated people. The union of registered nurses called on the federal agency to revise its guidance, saying that “lives are in the balance” https://t.co/CJboAn3Bcb
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 16, 2021
Schools in the U.S. should continue to use masks, CDC advises. The announcement sought to clarify the surprise recommendation that vaccinated people could largely stop wearing masks in most siyuations https://t.co/E5o9d6ExMa
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 16, 2021
I suspect a lot of these self-styled Repub refuseniks are lying (and not just because, well, it’s what Repubs do):
Among seniors, 90 percent of Democrats and 60 percent of Republicans say they’re vaccinated. pic.twitter.com/AOYrz3LbJo
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 16, 2021
Tell me that you don’t understand HIPAA or the constitution without telling me you don’t understand HIPAA or the constitution pic.twitter.com/vCViedPVr1
— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) May 17, 2021
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Coronavirus restrictions are being eased way too quickly pic.twitter.com/rjio7Ga6jZ
— Zo (@Zo_Zahid) May 14, 2021
600,000 of us definitely won't. https://t.co/fiHIVBvt34
— Jeff Fecke (@jkfecke) May 14, 2021
i needed a good laugh this morning, thanks gang https://t.co/Xlh6gEEv1O
— World Famous Art Thief (@CalmSporting) May 15, 2021
Almost as if the CDC was a politically-minded organization overcompensating for its unpopularity due to previous restrictions https://t.co/7FQxXucnc0
— Daniel Schultz (@pastordan) May 15, 2021
Factbox: How U.S. states and cities are responding to new federal mask guidance https://t.co/4uaTHLBHBM pic.twitter.com/3TmJm8gLve
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 15, 2021
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The pandemic has split in two: Zero deaths in some cities. Thousands in others. The pandemic’s fault lines continue to widen as vaccines flow toward rich countries https://t.co/7h8UFre5gr
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 15, 2021
What would it take to vaccinate the world against Covid? When President Biden joined a push to set aside patents for Covid shots, he entered a roiling debate over how to ensure poor countries get enough vaccine https://t.co/tPYzmx77V4
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 15, 2021
India records more than 4,000 daily COVID-19 deaths https://t.co/cqH7s0djWi pic.twitter.com/8ydBRgP8QM
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 16, 2021
India adds 311,170 daily coronavirus infections to nearly 24.7 mln https://t.co/mg63uqxuCS pic.twitter.com/8KiiCpsGj9
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 16, 2021
Police are reaching out to villagers in northern India to investigate the recovery of bodies buried in shallow sand graves or washing up on the Ganges River banks, prompting speculation on social media that they were the remains of COVID-19 victims. https://t.co/gKoWZbiUau
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 16, 2021
China has canceled attempts to climb Mount Everest from its side of the world’s highest peak because of fears of importing COVID-19 cases from neighboring Nepal. https://t.co/wjmr17UddM
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 15, 2021
Philippines douses five-hour blaze in hospital treating COVID-19 patients https://t.co/Lvw5f9CcFN pic.twitter.com/8JfwTsbEqv
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 16, 2021
Taiwan urges no panic buying as new COVID-19 rules kick off https://t.co/XBXN5doztd pic.twitter.com/tJaLPydva0
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 16, 2021
Turkey to ease daytime lockdown measures from Monday but curfews to stay – ministry https://t.co/ivZUUaahPk pic.twitter.com/nMhvbeSm2i
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 16, 2021
Big promises, few doses: why Russia's struggling to make Sputnik V doses https://t.co/769UUijZTn pic.twitter.com/C1aTcXrVwm
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 14, 2021
After languishing at home for months, Poles threw off their face masks and thronged the streets at midnight to mark the outdoor opening of bars and restaurants. @vanessagera https://t.co/qNVtKGvL7L
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) May 15, 2021
WATCH: Maskless revelers partied in Barcelona as a curfew ended in most of Spain, but others feared it was too soon to let go https://t.co/Q4BPBG7n3G pic.twitter.com/fs4wShOwgd
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 16, 2021
UK to make final lockdown easing decision on June 14 https://t.co/R2vQ2UG8rT pic.twitter.com/nAPIKKDuHo
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 16, 2021
The UK is racing to fend off the virus variant first found in India before it upends the country's reopening plans. The military helped health workers distribute test kits to targeted areas. https://t.co/jhTlG8Joqg
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) May 15, 2021
Australia sticks by plan to re-open border in mid-2022 https://t.co/LneushSYJR pic.twitter.com/xBnmYyOcQS
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 16, 2021
After struggling to control the COVID-19 pandemic, Peru now faces an added crisis: lack of cemetery space. More than 64,300 people who tested positive for COVID-19 have died in Peru, according to the Health Ministry, a figure that is likely an undercount. https://t.co/6Jh9UC3G2T
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 15, 2021
No alternative to vaccine passports, says Dubai airport boss https://t.co/I4NbvoBAF2
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 16, 2021
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In development at UPenn: A rapid SARSCoV2 diagnostic test delivers results within 4 minutes with 90% accuracy. The fast and inexpensive screening test is called RAPID 1.0 (Real-time Accurate Portable Impedimetric Detection prototype 1.0) https://t.co/DA5JhvGUrG
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 14, 2021
The myriad ways sewage surveillance is helping fight COVID around the worldhttps://t.co/TxpdAoJMbs
— Global Health Observ (@GlobalPHObserv) May 15, 2021
Children with no or only mild signs can have serious cardiac complications.
— DrRPalmquist (@DrPalmquist) May 15, 2021
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Confidence in Covid vaccines rises as more Americans receive shots, according to a new survey https://t.co/UQTghqXBDb
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 15, 2021
It's great to see us making so much progress that we can confidently loosen restrictions, but at the same time we should recognize the bind this puts a grocery store worker in. They don't know who's vaccinated and who's not.
— Dave Jamieson (@jamieson) May 14, 2021
Disney World and other U.S. amusement parks updated their mask policies following the latest CDC guidance advising that fully vaccinated people no longer had to wear masks outdoors and indoors in most places https://t.co/4p9P2PeOD1 pic.twitter.com/j9bx9ES3MQ
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 16, 2021
I have no qualms about wearing mask indoors in public spaces as long this is roughly the norm in my community. Call it conformism, virtue signalling, or being an adult who doesn't feel the pathological need to showcase he is a very clever and free thinking boy. https://t.co/JcVbbtdx9Z
— Alex Hazanov. (@alexhazanov) May 15, 2021
Walked into a liquor store in an Indiana county with no mask mandate a few weeks ago. I was masked up, the employees weren’t but as soon as they saw me they put theirs on. No need to interrogate people or question their motives. Just don’t be an asshole. That’s all.
— Joshua Pugh (@JPughMI) May 15, 2021
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I am fully vaxxed but will wear a mask because I want to continue making faces at people without them knowing.
— Matthew Nadler (@matthewmuses) May 13, 2021
It’s possible the CDC saw a bunch of us trying to hoard gasoline in old Burger King cups and just gave up
— Mark Agee (@MarkAgee) May 13, 2021
Taming the virus: US deaths hit lowest level in 10 months. Deaths have tumbled to an average of around 600 per day with the number of lives lost dropping to single digits in well over half the states and, on some days, hitting zero https://t.co/Txjau0GAdd pic.twitter.com/MG10flEvEb
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 14, 2021
How the United States beat the variants —for now. The country has managed to avoid a variant-fueled spike in coronavirus cases. Scientists say we were lucky https://t.co/bcIgSMMerQ
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 14, 2021
Congressional Democrats have a 100% vaccination rate across both chambers.
For Republicans, it's a different story — at least 44.8% of House members vaccinated and at least 92% of senators.https://t.co/4VLZj22w9n
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 14, 2021
Delta Air Lines will require new employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 starting Monday. The airline won't impose the same requirement on current employees. A spokesman says more than 60% of those workers are vaccinated. https://t.co/ErrmSRLUds
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 14, 2021
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The Economist built a model to assess the death toll of the pandemic, corrected for underreporting.https://t.co/fJRSRcxtZy
They come to the conclusion that 10 million have died (with an uncertainty of 7 to 13 million).
The map shows the distribution of the death rate. pic.twitter.com/YEwhkuhaEW
— Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) May 14, 2021
U.S. diplomats press administration on sending vaccines abroad, saying indecision cedes ground to China and Russia https://t.co/rT30nH82at @ErinBanco
— Adriel Bettelheim (@abettel) May 13, 2021
India's coronavirus death toll has passed 250,000 as the B.1.617 variant fuels a devastating surge throughout the country. The WHO said during a news briefing the variant now has been detected in dozens of countries worldwide https://t.co/MPAp8Etjx1 via @medical_xpress
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 14, 2021
India’s daily COVID-19 deaths near 4,000 as WHO flags concern https://t.co/my7bOYIMrT pic.twitter.com/GomFNAG9Wb
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 15, 2021
"Even a war comes to an end, but it's wave after wave"
Kolkata, one of the most densely-populated cities in India, is one of the many places struggling with a second surge of Covidhttps://t.co/6sG66SnLGD pic.twitter.com/zie9xXzn9Q
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 14, 2021
India on Friday started inoculating its population with Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, the jab's developers said https://t.co/KehVSSGUjk
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) May 14, 2021
India’s vaccination program requires a mobile phone and a home address. Many people have neither.https://t.co/waxvrcf5aI
— VICE World News (@VICEWorldNews) May 14, 2021
Mt. Everest #COVID19
“The Covid situation at EBC is a total s—storm. I had no clue what I was flying into.”
“The Nepal Govt is still denying there is a COVID outbreak at Everest base camp, despite emerging evidence. Why is the govt hiding the truth?”https://t.co/Bs92fybCDW— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) May 15, 2021
The island of Taiwan imposed new restrictions in its capital city as it battled its worst outbreak since the pandemic began. Authorities raised the alert level for the capital Taipei and the surrounding area of New Taipei city. https://t.co/r1b2qv9ALr
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 15, 2021
Japan has expanded its coronavirus state of emergency from six areas, including Tokyo, to nine as Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga repeated his determination to hold the Olympics in just over two months.
by @mariyamaguchi https://t.co/wYO5nFImuh
— AP Sports (@AP_Sports) May 14, 2021
Hospitals overwhelmed as Covid cases surge in Osaka Japan. Beds almost at capacity and an estimated 17,000 people with symptoms are waiting for treatment https://t.co/WNdFQ9M0Md
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 14, 2021
Covid: First Australian repatriation flight from India lands in Darwin https://t.co/wAeKWRPWMQ
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 15, 2021
The Seychelles situation, the most vaccinated country in the world, has gotten worse. While there's clear evidence of some vaccine efficacy, it is not in keeping with what we've seen in other countries with other vaccineshttps://t.co/0MrU1A5Nit by @suilee pic.twitter.com/DIJQEYh2Rs
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) May 14, 2021
VIDEO: Countries along Europe's Mediterranean coast are scrambling — and competing — to reopen, relaxing restrictions to try and reduce debts that have mounted during the pandemic. Greece joined the race on Friday.
Full story: https://t.co/YJvsLnbvCs pic.twitter.com/NOStUHJ6Up
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) May 14, 2021
Greece will become the first European country to open its borders to Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine recipients https://t.co/KjbTSk6jEH
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) May 14, 2021
Vacations in mind, younger French people rush for vaccines https://t.co/bimATprDO9 pic.twitter.com/3d0IO15rkV
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 14, 2021
With ICUs nearly full, Colombia surpasses 80,000 COVID-19 deaths https://t.co/uTE3ToibcO pic.twitter.com/WUxlvpIP9x
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 15, 2021
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Supercarriers: Just 2% of SARS-CoV-2 positive people carry 90% of the virus https://t.co/wLNCM3Vrs8
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 14, 2021
#Covid19 vaccines appear to be a portal back to normal life for most of us lucky enough to get them. But for people with some blood cancers or who are taking immune suppressive drugs that, that may not be so, @cooney_liz reports. https://t.co/9qMb5I2VqK
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) May 14, 2021
Local transmission conditions should inform mask policy, says @WHO's @DrMikeRyan. "In ?? or ??, when there weren't vaccines people could take off masks b/c there wasn’t any virus. Even in a place with high ? converge, if it has a lot of transmission you don't take the mask off." pic.twitter.com/heR6bfGuXq
— Global Health Strategies (@GHS) May 14, 2021
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The CDC's retreat on masks has set off a confusing scramble for states and cities. Some governors and mayors quickly rolled back their mask mandates, while others said local restrictions would stay in place for now https://t.co/TCBRJVGkZi
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 14, 2021
From a thread:
1/ We need to do a better job of vaccinating the Latinx community in the U.S. A lower % of Latinx adults have been vaccinated than white / Black adults, yet more Latinx adults want to get vaccinated ASAP than white / Black adults. This is UNMET DEMAND. pic.twitter.com/SQo58RDHeH
— Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA (@celinegounder) May 14, 2021
11/ Many Latinx adults aren’t sure whether they are eligible for COVID vaccination in this country.
– ALL ADULTS IN THE U.S. ARE ELIGIBLE FOR COVID VACCINATION
– COVID VACCINES ARE FREE
– COVID VACCINATION IS NOT BEING USED TO TRACK PEOPLE pic.twitter.com/rMEaJZvkk7— Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA (@celinegounder) May 14, 2021
It has become such ingrained habit in this city after the horror of last April. Taking off your mask feels like taking off your pants in public and walking around.
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) May 14, 2021
Mr. Dunning, have you met Mr. Kruger?…
% who believe it’s safe for unvaccinated ppl to
Socialize outdoors w/o mask:
US adults w/ at least one shot 37%
Don’t plan to get vaccinated 70%Socialize indoors w/ unvaccinated, no mask:
One shot 19%
Unvaccinated 63%Travel by plane:
One shot 23%
Unvaccinated 59%-YouGov
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) May 14, 2021
COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Friday / Saturday, May 15-16Post + Comments (37)
A Rant On Masks
This post is in: COVID-19 Coronavirus, Assholes
I see that David Leonhardt is taking a victory lap. He and Nate Silver, and a number of other people, including Zeynep Tufekci, have told us all along that they know better than the CDC and WHY HASN’T EVERYONE BEEN LISTENING TO THEM INSTEAD.
Their arguments have been
When are we going to be there, Mommy?
I don’t like this mask.
When are we going to be there, Mommy?
We need to get back to normal.
When are we going to be there, Mommy?
And, oh yes, The CDC Is Doing It Wrong.
All of them seem unaware of the basics of exponential increase. I’ll repeat it here, as I have been doing forever on Twitter: It looks slow until it is out of control. Those are the two options. We didn’t get the coronavirus when it was increasing slowly last spring. And last summer, because WE NEED TO GO TO BARS!
The CDC came out with new guidance yesterday: Fully vaccinated people need not wear masks around each other, and in some cases when unvaccinated potential disease-spreaders are present. But still on public transportation and in other places. Unvaccinated people must continue to wear masks.
Um, okay.
The timing of the CDC guidance makes it look like they have bent to the whiners, and perhaps they have. But they have been edging closer to no-mask guidance. I like to think that they have modeled a number of situations, and given the levels of vaccination and previous infection, we won’t get too much of a bump up in cases when everyone tosses their masks. They don’t say much about modeling, but I know they are doing some in the back room. That result agrees with my intuitive modeler’s sense. But modelers know that intuition sometimes is badly wrong, so I’m not here to tell you that we won’t have a bump up in cases.
It’s possible that CDC has good reasons for the guidance and this wasn’t a cave to the whiners. There’s no way to know.
Many people who want to be vaccinated have not been. Vaccines have just been opened up to children between 12 and 15 years. The immunocompromised may be unable to be fully vaccinated.
Those who assertively refuse the vaccines or to wear masks properly will be the first to doff their masks. They are also the most likely to be carrying the virus. There is no way to tell if someone is vaccinated by looking at them. This will be particularly hard on retail workers.
The CDC guidance says nothing about vaccinated parents with unvaccinated children. It looks like immunocompromised people will have to quarantine for several more months, no guidance to them.
We still are seeing tens of thousands of new cases and hundreds of deaths A DAY in the United States. The pandemic is burning fiercely in India and other parts of the world. We are still in the middle of this thing. Mommy doesn’t know when we will be there, whatever there the whiners are looking for.
My own measure for when the pandemic is under control is when the hot spots can be defined so that we can focus vaccinations on them. We’re not there. I saw an epidemiologist say their measure is 1 case per 100,000 per day. We’re at something like 15 now.
Many of us will continue to mask in public settings. I am mentally preparing responses to yahoos who try to rag me about taking it off. “Mind your own business” is a good start.
But David Leonhardt is happy.
COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Thursday / Friday, May 13-14
This post is in: COVID-19 Coronavirus, Foreign Affairs
Mask up against coronavirus on planes, buses, trains and all public transportation, as well as in health care settings, correctional facilities and places with a local law or local or business guidance calls for it, CDC says, per @josh_wingrove. https://t.co/zXG7lB2eXQ
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) May 13, 2021
58.9% of all American adults have received at least one vaccine shot; 45.6% are now fully vaccinated.
84.0% of Americans age 65 and older have received at least one shot; 71.8% are now fully vaccinated. pic.twitter.com/Y7PLZrsLzj
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) May 14, 2021
Some news is good, some bad, some mixed.
The national COVID-19 test positivity rate in the U.S. is 3.5%. It was 15% in January.
This is an all time low for the pandemic.
This news is nothing but good.
— Andy Slavitt ??? (@ASlavitt) May 13, 2021
When exponential descent is a very good thing:
The US new case 7-average below 36,000 for the 1st time since June 26, 321 days ago, a 21% drop this week.*If* we can stay on this descent curve & keep
??, we'll likely achieve containment (≤1 case/100,000 people) in June?? pic.twitter.com/nue99CAgjq— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) May 14, 2021
The US had +39,825 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the total to over 33.6 million. The 7-day moving average declined to under 37,000 new cases per day, its lowest level since September 13. pic.twitter.com/aR66UoNvCl
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) May 14, 2021
TAPPER: "How are restaurants, airlines, others, supposed to know if the people coming to their establishments [are vaccinated]?"
FAUCI: "Well, Jake, they will not be able to know. You're gonna be depending on people being honest enough to say whether they are vaccinated or not."
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) May 13, 2021
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Masks may be coming off in the US, but the Red Cross warns that #coronavirus cases are exploding in Asia and Latin America https://t.co/zgTZkG0c8o via @medical_xpress
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 13, 2021
The number of recorded COVID-19 infections in India climbed above 24 million amid reports that the highly transmissible coronavirus mutant first detected in the country was spreading across the globe https://t.co/AkUcOj6qwj pic.twitter.com/FYgsGXRv1d
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 14, 2021
India reports daily rise in coronavirus cases of 343,144 https://t.co/mLHyYzSodC pic.twitter.com/RfnPClyz9z
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 14, 2021
Desperate for vaccines in India, regional leaders struggle to stretch supplies. The states of Maharashtra and Karnataka, where case numbers are surging, have suspended shots altogether for people under 45 https://t.co/g5B0WZ7tlH
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 13, 2021
Covid crisis grips crowded Kolkata https://t.co/ULswTNTL3Y
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 14, 2021
How India's vaccine drive went horribly wrong https://t.co/CWO2GaTq6t
— BBC Health News (@bbchealth) May 14, 2021
“The stakes have never been so high.” The pace and amount of COVID-19 misinformation is picking up in India as that nation's death toll rises, writes @davidklepper https://t.co/O9n8e5tQ8e
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 14, 2021
COVID-19 spirals out of control in Nepal: ‘Every emergency room is full now’. Surging caseloads, spiking mortality rates, and supply shortages threaten one of India’s neighboring nations. https://t.co/CXiezwn4O9 via @WeissenbachBen @oncology_bg pic.twitter.com/Tv8sOVx198
— Ash Paul (@pash22) May 14, 2021
Mainland China reports first local COVID-19 cases in more than 3 weeks https://t.co/g0bTSJLXKt
— Crawford Kilian (@Crof) May 14, 2021
Singapore tightens COVID-19 curbs on social gatherings, dining https://t.co/zirY6VaQjp pic.twitter.com/kOnuZ6psmH
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 14, 2021
Japan will declare a state of emergency in three more prefectures hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said, in a surprise move reflecting growing concerns about the virus's spread https://t.co/zA3U0uomxk pic.twitter.com/pcCZ2E24MJ
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 14, 2021
EXPLAINER: With shipments stabilized and officials attempting to accelerate coronavirus vaccinations, Japan remains one of the world's least protected. https://t.co/NV2p0dUn8R
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 14, 2021
'I have no food': What it's like to live inside Cambodia's Covid red zone https://t.co/13V9FNDq9a
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 14, 2021
Russia's death toll in the coronavirus pandemic surpassed 115,000 on Friday, according to the national coronavirus information center https://t.co/S9cjkTc36x
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) May 14, 2021
'Lying As If We Are Morons': Russian Demographer Calls Official COVID-19 Statistics 'Disinformation' https://t.co/9ePz8NDmFq
— toomas hendrik ilves (@IlvesToomas) May 12, 2021
An international group of scientists has reiterated “serious concerns” over what they call a lack of transparency, missing data and questionable findings in the clinical research behind Russia’s homemade Sputnik V vaccine https://t.co/4ykF7vIw9g
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) May 13, 2021
The biggest consequence of Russia's disinformation campaign against Western Covid vaccines was convincing a majority of the already skeptical Russian public that all Covid vaccines (including Russian ones) were dangerous. The Kremlin version of dying to own the libs. https://t.co/gpkIcyIGMZ
— Gennady Rudkevich (@grudkev) May 13, 2021
Positive virus tests keep 75 Australians off flight home from India https://t.co/ipFcjDVeGW pic.twitter.com/PEJokEBtbx
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 14, 2021
Thanks to an efficient vaccine rollout program, Britain is finally saying goodbye to months of lockdown restrictions. Starting Monday, all restaurants, bars and museums can fully reopen, and people can socialize indoors. By @sylviahui. https://t.co/56diPHLCTK
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 14, 2021
Brazil's COVID-19 Death Toll Tops 430,000 – https://t.co/dzpjOjg48w via @shareaholic
— Crawford Kilian (@Crof) May 14, 2021
Brazil to pause production of AstraZeneca vaccine due to lack of ingredients https://t.co/Jx8070tvFi pic.twitter.com/pdmrXi4im5
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 14, 2021
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Variants & vaccines: Will the former's powers erode the #Covid19 protection we gain from the latter? @DrewQJoseph dives into the data. The news is, so far, reassuring. https://t.co/RrrS7Ndy4R
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) May 13, 2021
The SARSCoV2 variant that emerged in India—B.1.617— shows an enhanced ability to enter host cells and to evade the immune system https://t.co/ZsSfPnaRQ4
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 13, 2021
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I've written about vaccine hesitancy among Republicans, so I am happy to offer this bit of news. https://t.co/4qiFtMazPJ pic.twitter.com/uqQ6TmVH7g
— Philip Bump (@pbump) May 14, 2021
The strength of their 5G signal https://t.co/cwXPTmNztT
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) May 13, 2021
unvaccinated people are going to enter indoor spaces unmasked and lie about it because people lie and are selfish so it will probably cause infections but on balance i guess this is all a good sign and a positive marker.
sorry, exuberance really isn’t my jam at the moment.
— World Famous Art Thief (@CalmSporting) May 13, 2021
forgive me if i’m a little distrustful after six hundred thousand plus people died as my fellow citizens pretended covid didn’t exist, resisted public health measures, attempted to kidnap a governor, and attempt to overthrow the federal government.
i’m a wet blanket like that
— World Famous Art Thief (@CalmSporting) May 13, 2021
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