It didn’t have to be this way: West Virginia has one of the fastest rates of new Covid-19 cases in the nation, a surge some state health officials say is at least in part due to the state’s low vaccination rate. At 46%, West Virginia has the lowest percentage of its eligible population fully vaccinated …
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This story says she got vaccinated after Michelle Obama did. https://t.co/R37Z8ByrDB — Kelcie Moseley-Morris (@KelcieMMorris) September 17, 2021 #VRBPAC votes unanimously to support recommending authorizing Pfizer boosters for people 65 and older, and people at high risk because of exposures (HCWs) or comorbid conditions. pic.twitter.com/t3VtRt4BIz — Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) September 17, 2021
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The US administered 798,000 vaccine shots today, bringing the total to 383 million, or 115.4 doses per 100 people. The 7-day moving average has been holding steady a bit below 800,000 shots per day. pic.twitter.com/ilFQaz1bHF
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) September 18, 2021
Worldwide, over 5.8 billion (with a B) COVID-19 vaccine shots have been administered so far. It is hard to understand what exactly is "untested" or "unknown" about the safety of this vaccine at this point.
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) September 18, 2021
Biden's team is planning its virtual global vaccine summit for next Wednesday, a day after he speaks at the UN, per sources.
It's aimed at increasing vaccine donations & is at least implicitly an effort to ward off criticism of vaccine-rich countries starting booster campaigns.
— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) September 17, 2021
Psaki confirms pic.twitter.com/FR6BWXJvJo
— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) September 17, 2021
Do vaccine requirements work? Let's check
?@United went from 59% to 90% vaccinated in 6 weeks
?@DeptofDefense went from 76% to 89% in 3 weeks
?@LSU went from 63% to 81% with a month left
?@FoxNews, @aboutKP, @RutgersU are all at 90% or above.So yes, vax requirements work
— Ben Wakana (@benwakana46) September 17, 2021
The US had +137,637 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total to over 42.7 million. The 7-day moving average declined to just below 151,000 new cases per day. pic.twitter.com/Ct0vLHBKHl
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) September 18, 2021
Scoop: The Biden administration is buying hundreds of millions more doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine to donate to the world. Announcement slated for next week and comes after U.S. bought 500 million doses in June.
W/ @lauriemcginley2 + @ddiamond https://t.co/ajJhfnPy3t
— Tyler Pager (@tylerpager) September 17, 2021
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Factbox: Countries making COVID-19 vaccines mandatory https://t.co/avsSWMTUI4 pic.twitter.com/s6O4msdBrE
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 16, 2021
The pandemic won't end until the world as a whole has access to vaccines. So far, high income countries have been hogging them & the globe's poorest regions have had hardly any access at all. This chart explains it better https://t.co/RJ2TUMPIYx pic.twitter.com/M07jgd3NLC
— delthia ricks ?? (@DelthiaRicks) September 17, 2021
Inaccurate reporting conceals Covid’s impact on vulnerable populations. New research by Boston Univ & Univ of Pennsylvania found that excess deaths caused by Covid occurred most frequently in countries affected by racial and social injustice https://t.co/wrulBnhGdi pic.twitter.com/kvEObZBJYo
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) September 17, 2021
COVID-hit Chinese city tells residents to stay home as holiday starts https://t.co/r8WEftNZTF pic.twitter.com/tsHO3XpMg3
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 18, 2021
… The government of Xiamen, in a series of notices, told residents not to leave home unnecessarily, closed parks, scenic spots and sports venues, and halted mass activities including tours, fairs and performances.
The measures – short of a full lockdown – came on the first of the four-day Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, a peak travel season across China.
Xiamen, a scenic city of 5 million, is one of four cities in the Fujian province – China’s latest coronavirus hotspot – that have reported cases in recent days.
Visitors to Xiamen’s residential compounds are not allowed without approval, non-essential vehicle traffic in and out of residential areas is forbidden, and dining in at restaurants, cafes and other venues is prohibited.
Also a transport hub for southeast China, Xiamen has reported 92 locally transmitted infections in the past week. That is about half the number of nearby Putian, where the first infection in this outbreak was reported on Sept. 10.
The first patient in the Xiamen cluster was a close contact of a case in Putian, Xiamen authorities said on Monday…
The outbreak comes ahead of the week-long National Day holiday starting on Oct. 1, a far busier tourist season than the Mid-Autumn festival.
The last domestic outbreak in late July to August spread to tens of Chinese cities, hammering China’s tourism, hospitality and transportation sectors.
India boosts its vaccine drive with millions of shots administered on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday. The country's health ministry said a record 25 million shots had been administered over the course of the day https://t.co/YDB9LSAJ1Y
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) September 17, 2021
Tokyo Marathon postponed, 2022 edition cancelled due to COVID-19 https://t.co/fp6SL07MUJ pic.twitter.com/BuFmRZgM57
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 18, 2021
Singapore primary schools to shift online as COVID-19 cases rise https://t.co/ynD8esF5si pic.twitter.com/Y29Eby721a
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 18, 2021
Australia reports 1,882 COVID-19 cases as police quell protests https://t.co/0a6LzQd9ct pic.twitter.com/PjIVabC2L4
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 18, 2021
Amber list scrapped and PCR tests no longer necessary for fully vaccinated travellers in English travel overhaul https://t.co/IcDqNlz6vL
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) September 17, 2021
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House of Moderna, take a victory lap:
One Covid vaccine held up best over time, a CDC study found. Beyond 120 days, Moderna's shot maintained over 90% effectiveness against hospitalization https://t.co/d71RwIm0d0
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) September 17, 2021
Unum to launch vaccine verification tool for companies to manage federal mandate https://t.co/OHwFJojOuD pic.twitter.com/TAFVtvoPUn
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 17, 2021
Nasal vaxxes: The WHO says clinical trials are underway to evaluate Covid nasal spray vaccines. The most advanced research, WHO says, includes China's Xiamen Univ, Univ of Hong Kong & Beijing Wantai Biological Pharmacy. Covid infection starts in the nose https://t.co/j3gvirU2rn
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) September 17, 2021
Random survey of ppl in Long Beach, CA who tested + for #COVID19 found, "one third reported post-acute sequelae 2 months after their #SARSCoV2 positive test…higher odds among persons aged 40–54 years, females, & those with preexisting conditions."https://t.co/9iQ1KGJxuu
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) September 16, 2021
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“Earlier this week, California dropped from “high” to “substantial” virus spread, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It later bounced back up, but total new cases per 100,000 residents are still lower than any other state.” https://t.co/MnKd08K84s
— Erin Downes VMD (@erin_VMD) September 17, 2021
Alabama’s state health officer Dr. Scott Harris says hospitalizations are decreasing in part because people are dying. Alabama is seeing “double digit numbers of deaths, which accounts for some of the decline of hospital numbers,” he says. Alabama is among least vaccinated states
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) September 17, 2021
Kentucky acts to protect its valuable / vunerable horse population:
Kentucky judge: Hospital can deny ivermectin to a Covid patient. Like an Ohio case, a patient's wife sued, demanding ivermectin. But judge Charles Cunningham said the court can't require a hospital to take orders from a patient's wife https://t.co/Q5iAxEd2DX pic.twitter.com/tibg5PDmdR
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) September 17, 2021
it's on the same temporary use permit as all the vaccines all the chuds refuse to take but they want this one because it's what trump took to not die so they get it to be like their god-king and all it takes to join the cool kids is a week in the hospital and maybe dying
— Sen. Lemon Gogurt (I – Mic Dicta) (@Ugarles) September 17, 2021
No vaccine offers complete personal protection. They all rely on a critical mass of people having the vaccine to suppress conveyance of the disease.
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) September 18, 2021
Friday Evening Open Thread: Ewww, Poor-People Cooties!
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I don’t think this explains all of the anti-vaccine mishuganas, but yeah, it’s a factor: Trouble is we thought vaccination was about sovereignty when really the metaphor is POVERTY. That's how the antivax think about Covid: Like poverty it's something that will happen to you if you are 1) unlucky or 2) of low character …
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This is also why Libertarians/edgelord South Park Republicans like Nate Silver are coming down on this in such a weird way — that people are “too worried” about Covid — because “people” in this case isn’t “humans” but a specific KIND of human, who is above all that business.
When you see an unmasked person, or a person half-assing it like their nose is sticking out, then, what they are saying is: “I’m not part of that tribe that gets Covid; I am doing the bare minimum but don’t mistake me for a poor person who fears getting a POC disease”.
It comes with such a heaping helping of toxic masculinity that we thought that’s what it was about — and of course it partly is — but where the men act out at CostCo, the women are doing it at school board meetings. Either way, same intent: A proud recitation of white supremacy.
expressed in a tantrum because they don’t feel heard, which is to say they don’t feel believed – because they do know the whole thing is a playacted narrative that has nothing to do with the very real, dangerous facts on the ground & everything to do with defining oneself.
Oh, there's ableist eugenics, too. There's a lot of handwaving of deaths because of "comorbidities.* The perception is that everyone at risk is useless and has one foot in the grave already, so we may as well let them die off. Nevermind that they'd otherwise have decades left.
— Social Distance Bard (@textualdeviance) September 12, 2021
Too, also:
A clear lesson from the initial mask debate is that lying to people because you think it’s better for them doesn't work out.
On the flipside, if you can’t tell people the truth because they don’t like it, then I don’t see how anything works. It’s a fatal indictment on society.
— German Lopez (@germanrlopez) September 16, 2021
I’m just fed up with arguments about how the unvaccinated feel like the vaccinated and policymakers are being mean to them. The unvaccinated are putting people at literally fatal risk — that's pretty mean! It makes sense to do something very serious about it!
— German Lopez (@germanrlopez) September 16, 2021
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More than 650,000 white flags are being planted at the National Mall in Washington D.C., representing the number of American lives lost to COVID-19, in an outdoor installation by artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg pic.twitter.com/FzoDI9jnaa — Reuters (@Reuters) September 16, 2021
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You absolutely can! It is a participatory art installation. Visit https://t.co/28oYZpH1zK for more information on personalizing flags!
— Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg (@sbfirstenberg) September 15, 2021
WATCH: President Biden meets with the CEOs of Walt Disney and Columbia Sportswear, and other business executives and leaders, to discuss his recently announced vaccine requirement for companies that employ at least 100 people. https://t.co/G8U1G1RTH6
— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) September 15, 2021
Almost 500,000: That's the number of children diagnosed with COVID from Sept. 2 to Sept. 9, a number the American Academy of Pediatrics said has "increased exponentially." @NBCNews
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 16, 2021
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The US, now ranked 37 on the list of fully vaccinated of total population, and dropping lower every weekhttps://t.co/CtQtGEAl0S pic.twitter.com/Tc9OhSsitb
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) September 16, 2021
“The current state of vaccine inequality is not acceptable” – Insightful interview with @Gavi’s @MaphosaThabani on vaccine hesitancy, supply challenges & why countries must prioritize first doses in lower-income countries before rolling out boosters: https://t.co/bpS2jITc8N
— Seth Berkley (@GaviSeth) September 16, 2021
Chinese health officials say they have fully vaccinated more than 1 billion people. That's 72% of China's population of 1.4 billion. The announcement comes as China battles a new outbreak of the delta variant in the southeastern province of Fujian. https://t.co/PB0bzyY3Hn
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 16, 2021
Singapore PM gets COVID-19 booster shot, urges others to follow https://t.co/1PWFULZrwK pic.twitter.com/JbXWvr5x9q
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 17, 2021
The closing of schools for more than a year has been a devastating blow for many of Indonesia's students. A World Bank report calculated the pandemic will leave more than 80% of 15-year-olds below the minimum reading proficiency level identified by OECD https://t.co/zGOBl1ClQn pic.twitter.com/N1lmS8aarn
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 17, 2021
Vaccinated Australians promised more freedom even as COVID-19 cases mount https://t.co/940IndEdeJ pic.twitter.com/KjwmEJuwCX
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 17, 2021
Australian officials will trial a home quarantine system for fully vaccinated international travelers arriving in Sydney, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said, as the country moves to reopen its borders despite persistent COVID-19 cases https://t.co/bicMCP63ZB pic.twitter.com/0dz5RfZMYf
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 17, 2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that dozens of people in his entourage tested positive for the coronavirus before he went into self-isolation earlier this weekhttps://t.co/FbbDoZOt1B
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) September 16, 2021
Italy to require all workers to show 'green pass' certificate https://t.co/T3ZmZuLHOg
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 16, 2021
More than 3000 healthcare workers were placed on suspension without pay yesterday in France. They refused #COVID19 #vaccination.https://t.co/oppeDBhOaY
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) September 16, 2021
Dutch to introduce 'corona' pass despite strong opposition https://t.co/qo0d2vkqQa pic.twitter.com/RBYZD58aQ0
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 17, 2021
Britain will consider easing England's COVID-19 rules for international travel after the travel industry complained that a myriad of onerous rules and red tape were hobbling airlines, holiday and tourism companies https://t.co/WH2Oy8W1P7 pic.twitter.com/JwUUTTA9SK
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 17, 2021
Brazil's federal government wants to halt COVID-19 vaccinations for most adolescents, citing a death under investigation and adverse events after some 3.5 million teens have already been immunized, but several state governments vowed to press on https://t.co/bgr4MOaitN pic.twitter.com/svwVO3x2q4
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 17, 2021
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Ahead of FDA's meeting Friday, the agency has released an analysis of Pfizer's booster shot application. It's the 1st public look at data on a potential 3rd Pfizer shot. Document is 23 pages. A panel of outside experts empaneled by FDA will review the data https://t.co/bBHmQ0nEuN
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) September 16, 2021
All the vaccines are great, but I can't deny the joy I felt upon learning that the one I got will henceforth be known in Canada as "Spikevax" https://t.co/kvjjT4FLK4
— Tyler Irving (@tylereirving) September 16, 2021
Survey of mRNA-#vaccine recipients in 5 @VeteransAffairs (VA) centers, Feb1-Aug6, 2021 vs #DeltaVariant :
– over-65-yr-olds were 80% protected against #COVID19 hospitalization
– <65-yr-olds 95% protected
– Overall vaccine effectiveness anti-delta = 86.8%https://t.co/ZU0tSDWQk1— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) September 16, 2021
Nursing homes & #COVID19
"Among >14,900 nursing homes reporting #vaccination data by Jul18, 60% of staff & 81.4% of residents were fully vax'ed. Average vax coverage was lowest among CNAs (49.2%) & nurses (61.0%)…"https://t.co/tbVAmfCLzP— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) September 16, 2021
Long Covid less common than feared – ONS study https://t.co/fCCfamitTo
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 17, 2021
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The thing about the brain trust of the COVID denial crowd is that in addition to being horrible people, they are phenomenally, phenomenally stupid. The only thing that makes them relevant is their horse paste eating audience is just as stupid.
— What Biden Has Done (@What46HasDone) September 16, 2021
Idaho, last March.
Idaho, today. pic.twitter.com/zHqQXPyNYO— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) September 16, 2021
Idaho allows overwhelmed hospitals to ration care—if necessary. State health officials activated “crisis standards of care” allowing facilities to ration treatment https://t.co/9Zw8lAjwnb
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) September 16, 2021
Idaho went pretty much all in on anti-mask, anti-vax, pro-Covidism. Now they are rationing hospital services. Here are some of the ways doctors and nurses will use to decide which lives they should try to save. https://t.co/E5kU3vzPRv
— Jason Karsh (@jkarsh) September 16, 2021
In the Star Trek episode "the Conscience of the King" Governor Kodos – Kodos the Executioner – killed 4,000 colonists. DeSantis exceeded that this week alone. https://t.co/zCsCFPiJsK
— Malaclypse (@Mal_A_Clypse) September 17, 2021
Newly released promotional video for future events reveals that Michael Flynn was the organizer of the event in Sarasota, FL this past weekend, where doctors were mass-signing medical exemptions for masks. pic.twitter.com/u7YNzcaB5p
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 16, 2021
As the fake Covid-19 vaccination card market booms, some sellers are asking for hundreds of dollars for a card. The US Customs and Border Protection says it has intercepted thousands of packages of the fake cards. https://t.co/SzmBY5YHxi
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 16, 2021
Hey, remember ‘Right Wing Warrior’ Laura Loomer?
White nationalist, anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist, and congressional candidate Laura Loomer now has covid. pic.twitter.com/Og2tVXwR28
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 17, 2021
I don't care what you say I think this aged excellently https://t.co/QnuZTEcF3P
— Arthur Chu (@arthur_affect) September 17, 2021
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(Drew Sheneman via GoComics.com) Pope Francis on Wednesday reiterated his belief that coronavirus vaccinations were critical. "Even in the College of Cardinals, there are some anti-vaxers," he said, "and one of them, poor man, is in hospital with the virus. But life is ironic." https://t.co/wKA52NAZXs — The New York Times (@nytimes) September 15, 2021
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Religious objections, once used sparingly to avoid vaccines, are now increasingly the reason cited for not getting the COVID-19 shot. https://t.co/FLpvoTZLT0
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 15, 2021
Antivaccine, antiscience aggression caused 100,000 American deaths since April-May. My read @IHME_UW projections is we’re slated for another 100,000 by December. The perpetrators who push the disinformation might succeed, but I’ve informed them it won’t happen without opposition https://t.co/xs3Jbn3tCZ
— Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez) September 16, 2021
Covid vaccination is now mandatory for new immigrants. The shot joins a list of others new arrivals must have to be in the country. Currently, immigrants must be vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella, polio & hepatitis A & B, according to the CDC https://t.co/YAOXBYd4SE
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) September 15, 2021
Sit with this for a second.
1 in 500 Americans has died from Covid.1 in 240 among Native Americans.
1 in 390 among Hispanics.
1 in 480 among Blacks.
For people 85 & older, 1 in 35.
So Not The Flu! https://t.co/ykFvssFfKT pic.twitter.com/1qJ3rgFJk0
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) September 15, 2021
#COVID19 hospitalizations among unvaccinated people added ~$2 billion in preventable costs to the U.S. health system across June & July.
Those costs nearly tripled to ~$5.7B through August amid a surge in hospitalizations, our updated analysis finds. https://t.co/Sq2UOazSPr pic.twitter.com/f0XN5VRvrj
— KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation) (@KFF) September 15, 2021
Fox Corp. HR chief Kevin Lord just sent out a memo to staff saying that “90% of full-time employees reported they are fully vaccinated” after the company mandated everyone report their vaccination status.
Lord says they will soon introduce daily COVID testing for unvaccinated.
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) September 14, 2021
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Exclusive: Indonesia is in talks with the World Health Organization as well as six drug companies to become a global hub for manufacturing vaccines, its health minister told @Reuters https://t.co/FD7ni76A74
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 16, 2021
UNICEF calls for schools to reopen in pandemic-hit nations https://t.co/IbJ2aSy1jv pic.twitter.com/KhkfN1Cg91
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 16, 2021
Hong Kong panel recommends single dose of BioNTech's COVID-19 shot for teenagers https://t.co/qAPV0Z3c7O pic.twitter.com/8iIyhZODUv
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 16, 2021
And another false assumption is smashed by the #Singapore #COVID19 data — that having universal high quality healthcare ensures protection against epidemics. Singapore has possibly the best health system in the world, but…. https://t.co/qqLJAkTKb3
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) September 15, 2021
.@AP reporter Hau Dinh set off for a long weekend vacation in southern Vietnam in mid-July. The trip came just as the delta variant of the coronavirus began sweeping through Vietnam, sparking harsh lockdown measures that left him trapped away from home. https://t.co/Mt48wam5E4
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 16, 2021
Australia COVID-19 cases rise but vaccination surge gives hope https://t.co/tWmBEdu0AT pic.twitter.com/9aaiyHAe6c
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 16, 2021
Australia's two most populous states are trialing facial recognition software that lets police check people are home during COVID-19 quarantine, expanding trials that have sparked controversy https://t.co/DAvtVGwzPP pic.twitter.com/Br8E6qpgI3
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 16, 2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that dozens of people in his entourage tested positive for the coronavirus before he went into self-isolation earlier this weekhttps://t.co/C1wJvwmhIN
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) September 16, 2021
The WHO has suspended Sputnik V's approval process pending fresh inspections of sites manufacturing the vaccinehttps://t.co/ZBUIxgJXXL
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) September 16, 2021
Covid was ravaging South America. Now there's a sharp drop in infections, even in Brazil, once one of the hardest hit countries. Vaccination is key to the decline. S. America hasn't faced politicization & conspiracy theories about vaccines like the US https://t.co/kGgzOlFxTM pic.twitter.com/yGw9hEAfSo
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) September 15, 2021
Chile reopens borders to visitors ahead of summer tourism season https://t.co/Lovd3nK4Rp pic.twitter.com/maAy09ddVm
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 15, 2021
The leader of the Canadian province of Alberta is apologizing for his handling of the pandemic and now says he’s now reluctantly introducing a vaccine passport and imposing a mandatory work from home order two months after lifting nearly all restrictions. https://t.co/39XwGpTL2g
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 16, 2021
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Possible nasal vax: A Covid nasal vaccine candidate is effective at preventing disease transmission, according the latest round of testing. The aim is to provide mucosal immunity in the nose, the 1st barrier against the virus before it reaches the lungs https://t.co/Hbrcvawojn
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) September 15, 2021
Terrific thread on a really important topic: Is important protection from the Covid vaccines really waning, and to what degree? https://t.co/VC0l78oFdb
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) September 15, 2021
Read the whole thing, if you want reassurance:
Guten Tag, here is your unroll: NEW: lots of news recently on waning immunity against infection, but… https://t.co/GmyikbS74X See you soon. ?
— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) September 15, 2021
Vaccine in development: Covid vaccines that are currently available are highly effective, but the 2 mRNA vaxxes require cold-chain storage, which hinders their global distribution. Now a candidate vaccine that stays stable for 1 month at room temperature https://t.co/mMteZAy5mI pic.twitter.com/ErvrBitaUb
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) September 16, 2021
Vaccinated people have a chance of 1 in 13k for a breakthrough infection requiring hospitalization. Latest CDC data showed as of 8/30, there were 12,908 Covid hospitalizations among the vaccinated. With >173M shots, that works out to a 1 in 13k chance https://t.co/TvrNOWrX8t pic.twitter.com/gCs3WHAh23
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) September 16, 2021
More states seeing an uptick of pregnant Covid patients in ICUs— nearly all are unvaccinated. Mississippi health officials say 8 pregnant women died of Covid in recent weeks; their babies survived. The state also has seen a 2-fold jump in fetal deaths https://t.co/cKTqNg7gub pic.twitter.com/epoUdVN22Y
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) September 16, 2021
Call for investigation of menstrual changes after Covid jabs https://t.co/55rf7cDlEO
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 16, 2021
A picture is worth a thousand words and likely thousands of lives : pic.twitter.com/U8tTa5YrX4
— Bonnie Offit (@BonnieOffit) September 14, 2021
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Republican legislators in more than half of U.S. states, spurred on by voters angry about lockdowns and mask mandates, are taking away the powers that state and local officials use to protect the public against infectious diseases. https://t.co/nSZJ3AfUrz
— Jonathan Landay (@JonathanLanday) September 15, 2021
What a visual of pandemic politicization!
On the left, red is “no” (ie keep Newsom) and blue is “yes” (recall). The right is COVID cases per capita. https://t.co/7tcKn2k2V0— Nicholas Grossman (@NGrossman81) September 15, 2021
NEW: Broward's mayor announced that the county will give $500 bonuses to vaccinated employees + charge unvaccinated ones $20/paycheck as part of a tactic to boost vaccines while navigating a state mandate that bars local governments from requiring the shot.https://t.co/BVSKjjnYcN
— Samantha J. Gross (@samanthajgross) September 15, 2021
Now I wanna see Jason Williams interview Tucker Carlson…
Here is how the Nicki Minaj story was covered on CNC3 Television in Port of Spain, Trinidad. I assure you this is worth all 2:20 and it's probably better than any U.S. network covered the story pic.twitter.com/LjO1CMlq1z
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) September 15, 2021
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Vaccine research is actually pretty easy. “Do I have polio? No. Why?” — Sandra E. Garcia (@S_Evangelina) September 14, 2021
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U.S. administers 381.5 mln doses of COVID-19 vaccines -CDC https://t.co/lQnl3TCybE pic.twitter.com/5yAV5PqCby
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 15, 2021
BREAKING: One in 500 US residents has died of Covid-19, according to a @CNN analysis of Johns Hopkins University and US Census Bureau data.
— Rob Frehse (@ItsNotaHalfDay) September 15, 2021
COVID-19 deaths and cases in the U.S. have climbed back to where they were over the winter, wiping out months of progress. The deteriorating picture has angered and frustrated medical professionals who see the heartbreak as preventable. https://t.co/kVNAyHoj2x
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 14, 2021
Important re: Pfizer timeline for kids:
-availability of vaccine also based on length of FDA review; @ScottGottliebMD has suggested 4-6 wks; Reuters reported health officials said could be 3 wks
-everything is dependent on data showing it’s safe, produces immune response (2/2)
— Meg Tirrell (@megtirrell) September 14, 2021
HHS is limiting access to Covid-19 antibody drugs after just 7 southern states accounted for 70% of orders nationwide, sparking fears of a shortage,
The move threatens to heighten tensions between the Biden admin and GOP govs: https://t.co/QmmCBo6Lqa
— Adam Cancryn (@adamcancryn) September 14, 2021
Across the South, Southwest and Pacific coastal regions of America ICU capacity is above 95% full with acute #COVID19 cases. The dark red in this map = >95% of ICU beds, full.https://t.co/i0GCgAj1o4 pic.twitter.com/oMDulgNgju
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) September 14, 2021
American army officers who refuse to be vaccinated against the coronavirus could be suspended from their duties and possibly discharged, the U.S. Army said https://t.co/NCiqc3DaG0 pic.twitter.com/WQRoonh1f6
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 15, 2021
During this #DeltaVariant #Covid19 wave, Americans are transported 100s of miles from their homes because no nearby hospital has room. Some of them have even died waiting.
US hospitals are rationing health care for ALL their patients, including non-COVID.https://t.co/C1GmUsN5H2— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) September 14, 2021
Deaths in the US 4th wave far exceeded expectations and the rates of peer countries with high vaccination rates. Quantifying the preventable lost lives and wherehttps://t.co/VfudpoeKcb @nytopinion @nytgraphics @2plus2make5 @jalinegerardin @Nat_Lash pic.twitter.com/5UbKbJnihY
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) September 14, 2021
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U.S. and India in talks over timeline for restarting COVID-19 vaccine exports https://t.co/Je8wwMrleF pic.twitter.com/GASpJaYh6u
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 14, 2021
The United States is communicating regularly with India in bilateral and multilateral channels to discuss the supply of COVID-19 vaccines and inquire about its timeline for restarting vaccine exports, a senior Biden administration official said.
The global pandemic will be a key topic on Sept. 24, when U.S. President Joe Biden will host the first in-person summit of leaders of the “Quad” countries – Australia, India, Japan and the United States.
The visit by Prime Ministers Scott Morrison, Narendra Modi and Yoshihide Suga to the United States will coincide with the United Nations General Assembly in New York, which Biden will address on Sept. 21…
The administration official said Washington was staying in close touch with India and other Quad partners about the vaccine partnership, and “any factors that may affect this project or global vaccine supply,” but those discussions were not tied to a specific summit or engagement.
The official noted that Washington had diverted its own supply of raw materials for vaccine production to India in April, given its urgent needs, and global vaccine supply remained a key bottleneck to ending the pandemic…
India, one of the biggest vaccine manufacturers, imposed an exporting ban this spring as it raced to raise its vaccination rate. Now officials in the United States and Covax are hoping a more stable health situation will lead the country to resume exports.https://t.co/TJhOdATVI3
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 14, 2021
… The world’s second-most populous country — and also one of its biggest vaccine manufacturers — imposed the ban in the spring as India raced to raise its immunization rate. Now, officials in the United States and with Covax, the United Nations-backed coronavirus vaccine distribution initiative that had counted on India to supply around a billion shots this year, hope a more stable health situation will persuade the country to resume exports. The pressure comes as wealthy nations, including the United States, move to offer coronavirus booster shots to their own vaccinated residents.
But Indian officials have not committed to a firm date. Instead, mixed messaging has clouded production forecasts, even as President Biden plans to call on global leaders to make new commitments to fight the pandemic, including fully vaccinating 70 percent of the world’s population by next September.
In early April, the chief executive of the Serum Institute of India — the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by doses and a producer of the relatively low-cost Oxford-AstraZeneca shots seen as a lifeline for developing nations — told the Associated Press that the company could resume vaccine exports in June if the domestic health situation improved.
Infections increased the next month, however, peaking in May, with at least 2.7 million cases reported in one week. The institute subsequently said in a statement that it hoped to restart exports by the end of the year, but that it would not do so “at the cost of the people in India.”…
India’s ban has been particularly devastating for lower-income countries that are bearing the brunt of the latest wave of the pandemic. Covax officials said last week that India’s export curb was one of the reasons the program would only have access to about 1.4 billion doses by the end of 2021, far short of the 2 billion doses it had planned for…
Before the export ban, India had sold or donated about 66 million doses of the vaccine to almost 100 lower-income countries, government data shows. On Sunday, India recorded a seven-day rolling average of 33,779 infections — or about a 10th of what it was reporting in early May. The country has also administered at least one vaccine dose to about 40 percent of its population of nearly 1.4 billion.
There’s an old civil planning mantra that local authorities will always undercount casualties until a certain level of horror is reached… after which they will include every possible death as ‘disaster-related’. The Economist seems to have decided to publicize that tipping point for the pandemic:
The world’s official covid-19 death count is 4.6m, but our new machine-learning model estimates that between 9.5m and 18.6m people have died.
Read more: https://t.co/IayKccIlg7 pic.twitter.com/PJn7kwW0RF
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) September 14, 2021
Data drawn from more than 100 statistical indicators, it is clear that covid-19 has led to the deaths of far more people than official statistics suggest.
Read more: https://t.co/IayKccIlg7 pic.twitter.com/SLMG8UBxu1
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) September 14, 2021
More at the link, but I’m taking the numbers with a considerable helping of salt.
China's COVID-19 outbreak in Fujian province has prompted cities in other parts of the country to issue travel warnings ahead of major holidays https://t.co/GPSVKEsOUW pic.twitter.com/74P00xgAGC
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 15, 2021
Malaysia holiday hotspot readies for reopening with tourism bubble https://t.co/2hU8qCkwB3 pic.twitter.com/AXKAxelT5f
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 15, 2021
Businesses at Malaysia’s prime holiday destination are gearing up to welcome the return of tourists this week, as the country takes an early step towards recovery from a devastating coronavirus crisis.
Langkawi, a cluster of 99 islands in the Straits of Malacca, will reopen from Sept. 16 to fully vaccinated travellers as part of a domestic tourism bubble, with strict protocols in place to thwart the spread of the coronavirus…
The plan is similar to that introduced in Thailand, which started with the July reopening of Phuket, 220 km (137 miles) north of Langkawi, to vaccinated foreign tourists. Malaysia has yet to invite foreign tourists to return.
Like Phuket, Langkawi, known for its beaches, geoparks, bird life and rock formations, is not expecting huge numbers initially, with 400,000 visitors targeted by the end of the year and estimated revenues of 165 million ringgit ($39.66 million)…
Malaysia has recorded 2 million coronavirus cases overall among its 32 million population, one of Asia’s highest per-capita infection rates, with more than 20,000 deaths.
Its vaccination programme has progressed faster than its neighbours, with more than half the population inoculated, in the hope of a quicker return to normalcy…
Sydney nightly curfew to end as COVID-19 vaccinations hit fresh milestone https://t.co/vQMaVCGuus pic.twitter.com/jApXrAe0G4
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 15, 2021
#UPDATE President Vladimir #Putin will self-isolate after coronavirus cases were detected in his inner circle, the Kremlin said Tuesday, as Russia struggles with stubbornly high Covid infection rates https://t.co/SJokYN1rEE
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) September 14, 2021
#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin says he hopes the Russia-made Sputnik V vaccine would protect him, after coronavirus cases were detected in his entourage forcing him into to isolate pic.twitter.com/LcSnnlAEXp
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) September 14, 2021
Health care workers in France face suspension from their jobs starting Wednesday if they haven't been vaccinated against COVID-19. With about 300,000 workers still not inoculated, some hospitals fear staff shortages will add to their strain. https://t.co/yl3YulalFN
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) September 15, 2021
The European Union is committing 200 million more coronavirus vaccine doses to Africa to help curb the COVID-19 pandemic on a global scale. The bloc had already pledged 250 million other doses. https://t.co/kPGLa3ZRbh
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) September 15, 2021
The economic ravages of COVID-19 are forcing some families in Zimbabwe to abandon the age-old tradition of taking care of their older people. https://t.co/bS9GSk66Ht
— AP Africa (@AP_Africa) September 15, 2021
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"Despite challenges with the Delta variant, the concept of #herdimmunity remains critically important,” @rfrancomd of @UAB_ID. @rfrancomd & @jabarocas discuss the Delta variant, school masking guidelines, and how herd immunity will be achieved. Listen: https://t.co/YvX6BrAUUS pic.twitter.com/6S9cBx9CRD
— IDSA (@IDSAInfo) September 14, 2021
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This #COVID19 fact: "In August, the preventable costs of treating unvaccinated patients in hospitals total $3.7 billion, almost twice the ests for June & July combined. The total preventable costs for those 3 months now stand at an estimated $5.7 billion."https://t.co/zOOHwWHjMf pic.twitter.com/MCOBSOoCCO
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) September 14, 2021
if southern governors’ orders superseded the president’s, segregation wouldn’t have been struck down in the 1960’s https://t.co/BCJJ23ztBs
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) September 14, 2021
Hit by a surge in COVID-19 patients, Alaska’s largest hospital has begun rationing its medical services. "We are unable to provide lifesaving care to everyone who needs it,” the chief of staff says. https://t.co/lQuVmzS57u
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 15, 2021
Tennessee hospitals are setting new #COVID19 records each day:
-3,846 of the >100,000 Americans hosp'ed on 9/9 were in TN
– almost all unvaccinated
– "ICUs are filled with regretful patients hoping for a 2nd chance.'https://t.co/vx9LanKwAF— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) September 14, 2021
#MyCousinTookTheVaccine and grew horns on his head and then wound up in Nancy Pelosi's office, and now the government wants to lock him up!
It's all a conspiracy! https://t.co/Rm6gp84g76— Slava Malamud (@SlavaMalamud) September 14, 2021
COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Monday / Tuesday, Sept. 13-14
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This is amazing. Look what we managed to do by June. Or look at the Navajo reservation early on. They learned, unlike far too many others. https://t.co/3ngrWIavPQ — Cheryl Rofer (@CherylRofer) September 13, 2021
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CNN Poll: 88% of college graduates have received at least one dose of the COVID vaccine while just 64% of non-college grads have.
87% of those who approve of Biden's job have received at least one dose against 57% of those who disapprove of Biden's job.
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) September 13, 2021
An international panel of experts, including two key members of @US_FDA vaccines evaluation branch, say the general public doesn't need #Covid19 boosters at present. @DrewQJoseph reports. https://t.co/aS63rF6Xdp
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) September 13, 2021
I somehow doubt ‘the general public’ will listen:
I agree wholly with this thread by @EricTopol
There's a lot of nonsense going around about how there's supposedly no data to support a 3rd shot
There is for people >60
Global vaccine equity is critical. We don't need to sacrifice vulnerable people here in order to achieve it https://t.co/fecWQx6CmH
— Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@ashishkjha) September 14, 2021
After Delta Airlines told its employees they would get charged $2,400/year if they didn't get the free vaccine, they had… wait for it… zero people quit over the policy.
Instead 4,000 more of their workers chose to get vaccinated. People are all talk. Mandates work. https://t.co/ZhnQzbLWFi
— Arlen Parsa (@arlenparsa) September 11, 2021
COVID-19 outbreaks have already forced some school closures, especially in states with low vaccination rates. But in many states, schools and local officials are not promoting vaccines, fearing political fallout from parents. https://t.co/KcHQGpxdkz
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 13, 2021
You can have legitimate objections to a federal workplace vaccine mandate as the way forward. But you have to offer another way forward, because accepting what's happening now is unacceptable.
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) September 13, 2021
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Which countries are giving children the Covid vaccine and why? https://t.co/mMeLAq202z
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) September 14, 2021
China's latest Covid outbreak linked to primary school https://t.co/NNn1lhVTWR
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 14, 2021
… The suspected source of the outbreak is a student’s father who tested positive for the virus on 10 September – 38 days after returning from Singapore on 4 August.
He had served 21 days in quarantine, during which he had taken nine nucleic acid and serologic tests, all of which were negative, said a report in the state-run Global Times newspaper.
It is not clear if the student’s father was indeed infected overseas, as such a long incubation period is very unusual…
Some 32 virus cases were identified in Xiamen on Monday, with most of them traced back to Putian. According to the Global Times, primary studies suggest the cases are that of the Delta variant.
The cases come ahead of a week-long National Day holiday on 1 October, known as Golden Week that sees millions travel across the country.
The Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, which runs for three days, is also set to begin on Sunday.
South Korea, which just started widespread vaccinations this summer, has surpassed the United States for the portion of its population that has received at least one dose pic.twitter.com/HDHHPX74eA
— Bryan Pietsch (@bybryanpietsch) September 13, 2021
Reuters reporter, US expat in Singapore:
singapore is not struggling. cases are rising, and will most likely rise further, but serious illness and death are in check. there are 54 serious cases in the whole country and 50 of them are over 60 https://t.co/FhSO74eL3Q
— Gerry Doyle (@mgerrydoyle) September 13, 2021
this is singapore pic.twitter.com/bW8DBGnklU
— Gerry Doyle (@mgerrydoyle) September 13, 2021
Grateful for vaccines, Taiwan minister to lead Europe investment delegation https://t.co/lMbzPR5GQH pic.twitter.com/nRyYacIw0Y
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 14, 2021
Philippines to test localised lockdowns in capital region https://t.co/imOdQNFzNx pic.twitter.com/FGJlPl4VV2
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 14, 2021
The government of the Australian state of New South Wales said the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations slowed as first-dose coverage neared 80% and urged the unvaccinated to get shots soon or risk missing out on freedoms when curbs ease https://t.co/4B8ESLpAwN pic.twitter.com/Z52MMpn9uJ
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 14, 2021
New Zealand looks to boost COVID-19 vaccinations as new cases ease https://t.co/aIHS1ZIc63 pic.twitter.com/WGuTUun5zq
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 14, 2021
More than 300,000 suspected of breaking UK quarantine rules https://t.co/gQEgNLdKA9
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 13, 2021
All 12 to 15-year-olds should be offered one dose of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, UK’s chief medical officers recommend https://t.co/upfG2IZTgs
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) September 13, 2021
WHO says Africa's weak vaccine supply to drop by a whopping 25%. The COVAX effort that provides vaccines for poor nations is cutting its delivery forecast partially bc of boosters in rich countries. ~3% of people on the continent have been fully vaccinated https://t.co/O7OxH018Ba
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) September 13, 2021
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Thanks to commentor Nicole, potential superwoman. The rest of us are advised to get a booster shot, for the same (potential) effect:
New studies find that people who had COVID in 2020 and later received an mRNA vaccine mount an exceptionally powerful immune response, which likely protects them from all circulating coronavirus variants — as well as ones that may emerge in the future.https://t.co/RB8mR74lKK
— NPR (@NPR) September 7, 2021
IIRC (from a link some weeks ago), Betadine as a nasal spray *is* actually being investigated as a weapon against COVID infection. Dilute, buffered iodine is cheap, easy to produce, won’t cause germs to become immune, and is safe to handle — but not to gargle!
It’s also used (like bleach) at very low concentrations to purify water during emergencies, which may have given some covidiots the idea:
Here are just a few examples of people pushing this dangerous treatment. pic.twitter.com/hCifXjfHOE
— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) September 13, 2021
The J&J Conundrum
Should people who received the single-shot #johnsonandjohnson #COVID vaccine be getting a booster shot?https://t.co/flISht65fb
— MicrobesInfect (@MicrobesInfect) September 13, 2021
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The University of Virginia Medical Center is currently reporting the highest seven-day average for COVID-19 hospitalizations it has ever seen. https://t.co/sFka7kxHzX
— NBC29 (@NBC29) September 13, 2021
Florida has 11,701 people hospitalized with Covid, the @MiamiHerald reports.
The UK, w/ 3x the population, has only 8,000 people hospitalized with Covid.
My fellow journalists should be making comparisons like this to point out the awful results of @GovDeSantis policies.
— David Cay Johnston (@DavidCayJ) September 13, 2021
BREAKING: A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Iowa law banning school districts from mandating masks to fight the coronavirus. Judge Robert Pratt said the law increases the risk of children with health conditions of contracting COVID-19. https://t.co/0MFhYXtXST
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 13, 2021
What role did the Sturgis Biker Rally play in S. Dakota's coronavirus outbreak? Apparently a big one. Daily reports of new cases grew 10-fold in August w/ the worst outbreaks in western S. Dakota. Hospitalizations have grown swiftly in the last few weeks https://t.co/tJekmKSIw2
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) September 13, 2021
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— Adam Serwer ? (@AdamSerwer) September 14, 2021
Is this Peak Stupid? Or should I wait? pic.twitter.com/OWP6ZK1BcJ
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) September 14, 2021
imagine cheating on your fiancee and getting venereal syphilis and then your buddy tells his cousin, who has twenty two million twitter followers and a big mouth.
i am begging you people to mind your own business.
— World Famous Art Thief (@CalmSporting) September 14, 2021
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