This is very good. https://t.co/pVhxOI5J7t — Cheryl Rofer (@CherylRofer) November 13, 2021
COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Friday / Saturday, Nov. 12-13Post + Comments (52)
No… kidding, Sherlock:
People are most aggressively seeking vaccine boosters in the states currently experiencing covid-19 surges with @FenitN @katemshepherd https://t.co/DHcBa2EOAT
— D Keating (@dtkeating) November 11, 2021
… The rate at which fully vaccinated residents are getting the shots is highest in the states that also have high rates of new coronavirus cases, including Alaska, North Dakota and Montana, according to a review of state data by The Washington Post. In swaths of the country where health officials will not impose mask and vaccine mandates to curb the virus’s spread, or have had their powers stripped away by Republican state lawmakers or governors, boosters are one of the few shields left for those worried about contracting and spreading the virus.
“It’s really become impossible for local public health authorities to implement any sort of social distancing measures that could help slow down the spread,” said Matt Kelley, CEO of the Montana Public Health Institute. “Getting that booster shot is one of the few tangible things that you can do to protect yourself.”…
Biden administration officials have hailed a recent uptick in daily vaccinations, which is fueled almost entirely by boosters and newly eligible children.
About 5.5 million people received boosters last week, accounting for 59 percent of shots into arms and double the number of those receiving their first doses. A majority of boosters went to people aged 65 and up. Virtually all of the first doses went to children, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Just in time for the winter respiratory virus season: A U.S. Appeals Court halts the Biden administration’s Covid vaccination requirement, delivering a major policy blow. The decision arrives amid reports of 70k-75k new U.S. coronavirus cases daily https://t.co/qsUDpQC0LK
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) November 13, 2021
A federal court has declined to lift its stay on the Biden administration's vaccine mandate for businesses with 100 or more workers. At least 27 states have filed legal challenges to the rule in at least six federal appeals courts. https://t.co/3z9mQdTtoI
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 13, 2021
New documents show Trump Admin silenced CDC at start of pandemic, tried to alter expert scientific reports, and then tried to delete evidence they were doing so.
We were the most prepared nation in the world but now more than 750,000 Americans have died. https://t.co/6OOMMy78Wn
— Ian Bassin (@ianbassin) November 13, 2021
U.S. should require COVID-19 vaccine or negative test for domestic air travelers, lawmakers say https://t.co/X8QYUC2lam pic.twitter.com/S5qA08T0kz
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 13, 2021
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One of the lessons low- and middle-income countries may have learned too well during the #Covid pandemic: We aren't all in this together. https://t.co/wZZt2bGcZC
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) November 12, 2021
Striking number: #Covid vaccine "have" countries are administering 6 times as many boosters a day at this point than vaccine "have not" countries are giving first doses.
Source: @WHO pic.twitter.com/6EV2Ymxlw5— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) November 12, 2021
The Winter Games proper don’t begin till February…
Two foreign athletes test positive for COVID-19 in run-up to Beijing Winter Olympics https://t.co/Md9RhR8S3h pic.twitter.com/I8BJ3au35a
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 12, 2021
Russia reports record daily COVID-19 deaths https://t.co/K32weBsJsX pic.twitter.com/nzq5n3g9LN
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 13, 2021
Russia on Saturday reported a new record one-day death toll of 1,241 from COVID-19 as well as 39,256 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours.
Most of Russia’s 80-plus regions lifted a week-long workplace shutdown at the beginning of the week that was designed to curb a surge in case numbers.
Russia will introduce health passes across the country in a radical move designed to boost Russia's sluggish vaccination campaignhttps://t.co/vnW1fayiaa
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) November 12, 2021
As coronavirus cases surge, more European countries are considering lockdowns https://t.co/c6B9EQuWKB
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) November 13, 2021
Merkel urges unvaccinated to reconsider as 7-day COVID incidence rate hits record https://t.co/rmi364v4xd pic.twitter.com/zFZI66gqbs
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 13, 2021
Caretaker Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced a three-week partial lockdown amid surging COVID-19 cases in the Netherlands. The lockdown that begins Saturday night is the first to start in Western Europe since a new wave of infections started. https://t.co/ztLBMT6Bhk
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 12, 2021
UK bucking trend of rising Covid cases in Europe https://t.co/fHIPaG3U1c
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) November 12, 2021
Vaccines are finally arriving in Africa—but the rollout will be a challenge
A new analysis looks at vaccine distribution capacity across the regionhttps://t.co/PDewmPaCF2— Global Health Observ (@GlobalPHObserv) November 12, 2021
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Non-White race tied to higher risk for COVID infection, severity
Black, Hispanic, and Asian people are at higher risk for #COVID19 infection and an ICU stay but not deaths, a large study findshttps://t.co/DFPx2aMvin pic.twitter.com/UZsCM6tPm5
— CIDRAP (@CIDRAP) November 12, 2021
Resistance: Evidence is now here that the coronavirus has developed a mutation allowing it to thwart Remdesivir, the Gilead antiviral that has been used to treat Covid patients. Resistant viruses were isolated from an immune-compromised patient. https://t.co/7vdctiMZpl
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) November 12, 2021
Misleading claims are spreading online about a change in Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine formula. The addition of tromethamine, a commonly used pharmaceutical ingredient, allows the shots to be stored longer, and trials found that its use in the vaccine is safe. https://t.co/S6aYvq7d64
— AP Fact Check (@APFactCheck) November 12, 2021
Chinese & Aussie chemists say current #SARSCoV2 variants, "have already covered almost all possible detrimental mutations that could result in an increase of transmissibility…"
Hope they're right — would hate to see a super-spreading new strain emerge.https://t.co/UaDmHtXCxL— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) November 12, 2021
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California is among three states now allowing coronavirus booster shots for all adults. The move comes even though federal health officials recommend limiting doses to those over 65 and younger people with certain underlying health conditions. https://t.co/g1Mi7DTKX0
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 13, 2021
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed a sweeping coronavirus bill that largely forbids vaccine requirements and mask mandates. Lawmakers passed this thing after 1 a.m. in the morning. Lee signed it at 4:30 p.m. on a Friday. https://t.co/vfsz2Q92nh
— Brett Kelman (@BrettKelman) November 12, 2021
On podcasts and radio there's a lot of misleading chatter about Covid — lies that go unchecked. False statements about vaccines spread like wild fire even as some anti-vaxxer hosts — like Marc Bernier — die of Covid complications https://t.co/S4QfcKfY7H
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) November 12, 2021
It’s seldom just vaxx-denialism:
He wasn’t silent though. He was shouting “Keep Britain White!”, the far-right National Front slogan, at concerts in the 70s. It was his xenophobia that sparked the Rick Against Racism movement. https://t.co/1vqpGALEto
— Idrees Ahmad (@im_PULSE) November 12, 2021
Look who's taking over the #antivaxxers movement in America.
"Fuentes is a leader of the Groyper movement, a youth white nationalist collective w/ties to far-right elected officials like Rep. #PaulGosar. Fuentes is also on an anti-#vaccine speaking tour"https://t.co/Dw9ICaizSr— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) November 12, 2021
hate to see this fracture in the rationalist community between the rationalists who believe in race science and vaccines and the rationalists who believe in race science but not vaccines ?? pic.twitter.com/DdaKfjKOeS
— evo psych googling (@evopsychgoogle) November 10, 2021