death tribble Posted May 20, 2021 Report Share Posted May 20, 2021 India through 26 million cases, France through 5.5 million cases, Ecuador through 20,000 dead, Uruguay and Slovenia through 250,000 cases apiece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 21, 2021 Report Share Posted May 21, 2021 Canine coronavirus detected in Malaysian patients: study Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted May 21, 2021 Report Share Posted May 21, 2021 Well, OSHA delayed their vote today until June 3 on revised workplace safety for vaccinated individuals. Seems cautious, but that’s OSHA. June 15, California will be pretty much back to normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 21, 2021 Report Share Posted May 21, 2021 Pakistan through 20,000 deaths and Canada through 25,000 deaths Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted May 21, 2021 Report Share Posted May 21, 2021 26 minutes ago, death tribble said: ...and Canada through 25,000 deaths So Canada has as many total deaths as the United States had in an average week in January and February. Fantastic. Go USA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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unclevlad Posted May 21, 2021 Report Share Posted May 21, 2021 Good news tho: US death rate is down to about 600 a day, and should continue to drop precipitously. The last 7 days have seen 200K new cases...down from 250K the week before. And that's not per day, that's for the whole week. That's down from 500K per week in mid-April...and of course, over a million a week as of the end of January. And some of the positive tests were from vaccinated people...which can happen, BUT the chance of a serious case developing there is TINY. So there's every reason to expect the death rates to drop sharply over the next few weeks. This was in the NYT Morning Briefing today: Quote In the United States, there is now an excellent chance that the retreat is permanent. Victory over Covid has not yet arrived, but it is growing close. After almost a year and a half of sickness, death, grieving and isolation, the progress is cause for genuine joy. More than 60 percent of American adults have received at least one vaccine shot, and the share is growing by about two percentage points per week. Among unvaccinated people, a substantial number have already had Covid and therefore have some natural immunity. “The virus is running out of places to be communicable,” Andy Slavitt, one of President Biden’s top Covid advisers, told me. The share of Covid tests coming back positive has fallen below 3 percent for the first time since widespread testing began, and the number of hospitalized patients has fallen to the lowest point in 11 months, Dr. Eric Topol of the Scripps Research Translational Institute noted. For the first time since March 5 of last year, San Francisco General Hospital yesterday had no Covid patients — “a truly momentous day,” Dr. Vivek Jain said. The caveat is still that it's not gone...and the Southeast was mentioned as a potential source of a nastier new outbreak for all the reasons we know here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 21, 2021 Report Share Posted May 21, 2021 Louisiana Department of Health confirms 2 cases of coronavirus variant first detected in India Lee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted May 22, 2021 Report Share Posted May 22, 2021 My youngest kid got her first Moderna dose yesterday by just walking into Wal-Mart. She wasn't in any hurry to jump the line in front of anyone because she already had it last year. But apparently jumping the line is no longer a concern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted May 22, 2021 Report Share Posted May 22, 2021 It's now available to anyone 16+ in New Mexico, and the Pfizer vaccine's approved for 12+ so that should expand fairly soon. A quick check of vaccine availability: at least 42 states have made it available to anyone 16+, and the web page was actually a month old. Google shows our CVS, Wal Mart, and Walgreens all offer the vaccine, so yeah...line jumping is over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted May 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2021 I’ve had both doses of Pfizer now because I’m over fifty and overweight. After over a year of this, I only know one person in my circle of associates who has had COVID, one of my doctors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 22, 2021 Report Share Posted May 22, 2021 Malaysia and Nepal through 500,000 cases apiece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 22, 2021 Report Share Posted May 22, 2021 600,000 US dead, equivalent to nuking Baltimore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted May 22, 2021 Report Share Posted May 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Old Man said: 600,000 US dead, equivalent to nuking Baltimore. Ssshhh...don't give people the notion that nuking Baltimore might not be so bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted May 22, 2021 Report Share Posted May 22, 2021 2 hours ago, archer said: Ssshhh...don't give people the notion that nuking Baltimore might not be so bad. Besides, there are far better targets out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 23, 2021 Report Share Posted May 23, 2021 Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted May 23, 2021 Report Share Posted May 23, 2021 And that's just polio. Measles was a huge problem. https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/history.html Quote n the decade before 1963 when a vaccine became available, nearly all children got measles by the time they were 15 years of age. It is estimated 3 to 4 million people in the United States were infected each year. Also each year, among reported cases, an estimated 400 to 500 people died, 48,000 were hospitalized, and 1,000 suffered encephalitis (swelling of the brain) from measles. And now? In the US, it's considered *eliminated*. Why? Vaccinations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted May 23, 2021 Report Share Posted May 23, 2021 So some time last week, I drove back from the market, passing the local Olive Garden. Surprise!!!!! Cars in the parking lot!!! LOTS of them. Just made a short trip to get a few things. Same market. SURPRISE!!!!! "We recommend that you wear a mask if you are not vaccinated." MASKS NOT REQUIRED! Talked to one of the managers...that happened Friday. She also confirmed, restaurants allowed to open at 75%. YEE-HAW!!! Too late to do anything today, but I've got a chiropractor appointment Tuesday morning, and I'll get a few more days' worth after that. There's a Whataburger by the market, it'll be open...and I'll hit there at lunch time. Yeah...that's a plan...... The manager also noted that the restaurants are having problems recruiting enough staff, which isn't surprising... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 24, 2021 Report Share Posted May 24, 2021 tkdguy, unclevlad, BarretWallace and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 24, 2021 Report Share Posted May 24, 2021 Russia through 5 million cases and Brazil through 16 million cases Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 26, 2021 Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 India through 27 million cases Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 26, 2021 Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 Influencers say Russia-linked PR agency asked them to disparage Pfizer vaccine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarretWallace Posted May 26, 2021 Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 On 5/21/2021 at 8:32 AM, Cygnia said: Canine coronavirus detected in Malaysian patients: study I have to admit: when I first read this, what my brain saw was "Cocaine coronavirus detected...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 26, 2021 Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 More reason to not touch your nose! Matt the Bruins and Lawnmower Boy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 27, 2021 Report Share Posted May 27, 2021 Guatamala through 250,000 cases and Russia through 120,000 dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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