Coronavirus

[neoplacebo]

I get the flu shot everywhere because fuck that noise, I hate having the flu. If I'm taking off work because I feel like shit it better be because I partied my ass off the night before and not because someone slobbered on my face and gave me the flu.

Damn right. If I'm gonna feel bad, I want it to be my own fault or else the result of an ambush or some kind of anomaly. I never got a flu shot and have had the flu only once. And I think that was a case of mistaken identity.

[Whack9]

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[Vrede too]

I had to get the flu shot at work, haven't bothered otherwise. Maybe now that I'm older . . .

[GoCubsGo]

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Holy shit.

[Vrede too]

Judge blocks Florida governor’s order banning mask mandates

[O Really]

San Diego County - 85% with at least one shot; 75% fully vaxxed.

[Vrede too]

San Diego County - 85% with at least one shot; 75% fully vaxxed.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/hospitals-pr ... 25190.html

The delta variant-driven COVID-19 surge made August one of the worst months of the entire pandemic.

The U.S. reported almost 4.22 million new coronavirus cases in August alone, making it the fourth-worst month for infections. And 26,805 Americans died of COVID-19, more than three times the July total. The last week of August was deadlier than all of July.

At the latest pace, an American is dying of COVID every 1 minute, 5 seconds. Every minute, another 111 Americans are testing positive, nearly two per second. Compared to the last week of July, there were 105% more cases and 268% more deaths in the final week of August....

Meanwhile, Florida reported its worst month of deaths in the pandemic, reaching 4,900 fatalities in August.

... Spain has reached its initial goal of fully vaccinating 70% of its population against COVID-19, including 92% of those 40 and older.

Several inmates at a northwest Arkansas jail said they weren’t told a medication they were given to treat COVID-19 was actually the anti-parasite drug ivermectin, which federal health officials have warned should not be used to treat the coronavirus.

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... Today's numbers: The U.S. has recorded more than 39.2 million confirmed COVID-19 cases and more than 641,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data. Global totals: More than 218 million cases and 4.52 million deaths. More than 174.6 million Americans – 52.6% of the population – have been fully vaccinated, according to the CDC....

Sigh.

Florida to issue $5,000 fines for requiring proof of vaccination

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is not only doubling but tripling down against those trying to impose measures to fight off the coronavirus in the state.

Two days after the DeSantis administration followed through on his threat to withhold funds from school districts that defied his ban on mask mandates, the Republican governor's office confirmed that Florida will start issuing $5,000 fines to businesses, schools and governments that require proof of COVID-19 vaccination.

DeSantis signed a bill in May that banned vaccine passports, and last week the state's Department of Health established how it would be enforced. The fines will start Sept. 16.

DeSantis is also engaged in a legal fight against Norwegian Cruise Line, which sails out of Florida ports, and its requirement that passengers show proof of vaccination.

Florida is only now starting to emerge from a huge summer surge in infections and still leads the nation in hospitalizations and deaths per capita. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has reported more than 15,000 patients are currently hospitalized in Florida, up from about 1,800 in June.

Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, a Democrat who plans to challenge DeSantis for governor next year, tweeted her opposition to the fines, saying, “Once again, Governor DeSantis is retaliating against Floridians who are trying to protect themselves and their communities from COVID-19.''

Hey Ronny, .

Large-scale study shows benefits of COVID vaccines in breakthrough cases

A large-scale study conducted in the UK between December 2020 and July 2021 found that fully vaccinated adults are at a much lower risk of severe illness, hospitalization and long-haul COVID....

San Diego County declares health misinformation a public health crisis

San Diego County has become what is believed to be the first county in the U.S. to declare health misinformation a public health crisis amid surging COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations nationwide....

The measure calls for creating platforms for local medical experts to label and counter health misinformation, documenting sources of misinformation and examining gaps in accurate health information, Fletcher said.

Fletcher said misinformation in the county has led to vaccine refusal and the use of unproven treatments. He added that the measure doesn't include penalties for those who spread misinformation and assured meeting attendees the county's efforts would not threaten free speech.

CDC director urges unvaccinated people not to travel Labor Day weekend ...

Hospitals again preparing for oxygen shortage ...

Are we India?

80% of Californians at least partially vaccinated

... Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday the state's vaccinated rate has been increasing: An average of 600,000 doses were administered in the last two weeks. “But again, 80% is not where we need to go. We still need to reach out to those that are on the fence," Newsom said.

Newsom has required all state employees, teachers and health care workers to either get vaccinated or submit to weekly testing, likely prompting an increase in vaccinations.

The U.S. is averaging 900,000 vaccinations per day, up from 500,000 in mid-July, the White House said Tuesday. The pace of first shots is accelerating, too: The U.S. administered more than 14 million first shots in August – almost 4 million more than in July.

Tennessee underreported COVID-19 hospitalizations

The coronavirus sent about 5,100 more Tennesseans to a hospital than previously reported over the past 14 months – an increase of more than 20% over prior totals – according to newly backfilled data from the state department of health.

Hospitalizations were underreported by anywhere from one patient to dozens on nearly every day since the start of summer 2020, according to the new data. The largest share of the unreported hospitalizations occurred during the winter surge.

Tennessee's revised hospitalization total, including the backfilled data, is 29,694.

Sarah Tanksley, a spokesperson for the health department, said the unreported hospitalizations were revealed because the agency incorporated a new data source from the Tennessee Hospital Association into its COVID-19 tracking efforts.

[O Really]

News tonight says US has 25% of all world coronavirus cases.

And that's the country with an essentially unlimited supply of free vaccinations. Where you can walk in Walgreens 24 hours a day and get a free shot. Where you can not only get a free walk-in shot at Safeway, but 10% off your grocery bill for doing so. Where you can get free doughnuts for a year for getting your shot.

Idiots.

[Vrede too]

News tonight says US has 25% of all world coronavirus cases.

And that's the country with an essentially unlimited supply of free vaccinations. Where you can walk in Walgreens 24 hours a day and get a free shot. Where you can not only get a free walk-in shot at Safeway, but 10% off your grocery bill for doing so. Where you can get free doughnuts for a year for getting your shot.

Idiots.

TV news: SC has more infections per capita than any other US state or territory.

[Vrede too]

Parents find out from other parents that all of school’s kindergarten teachers have COVID-19

... The district does not require mask-wearing, as mask mandates are outlawed in the state of Texas since Gov. Greg Abbott signed an executive order declaring “No governmental entity, including a county, city, school district, and public health authority, and no governmental official may require any person to wear a face-covering or to mandate that another person wear a face covering.”

... The district has urged mask-wearing, but is forbidden from issuing a mandate....

Texas.

[Whack9]

Was talking to a friend in India today. Apparently Ivermectin is widely prescribed over there. Well, at least the state he lives in. Said he caught covid and so did his parents and the docs prescribed it to them.

[O Really]

Was talking to a friend in India today. Apparently Ivermectin is widely prescribed over there. Well, at least the state he lives in. Said he caught covid and so did his parents and the docs prescribed it to them.

Well at least they won't have worms.

[GoCubsGo]

Was talking to a friend in India today. Apparently Ivermectin is widely prescribed over there. Well, at least the state he lives in. Said he caught covid and so did his parents and the docs prescribed it to them.

Probably the cattle variety .

[Vrede too]

San Diego County - 85% with at least one shot; 75% fully vaxxed.

Meanwhile in the Deep South:

Alabama man dies of cardiac event after 43 hospitals with full ICUs turned him away

The family of a man who died of heart issues in Mississippi is asking people to get vaccinated for COVID-19 after 43 hospitals across three states were unable to accept him because of full cardiac ICUs.

Ray Martin DeMonia died last week in Meridian, Mississippi. He was three days shy of his 74th birthday and a well-known native in Cullman, Alabama, his family said.

DeMonia suffered from a cardiac event, and emergency staff at Cullman Regional Medical Center had to bring him to the nearest available bed, which was nearly 200 miles away at a Mississippi hospital....

As of Thursday, there are 60 more ICU patients in Alabama than there are beds, and 51% of those patients have tested positive for COVID-19....

There is some small risk in a 200 mile transport, but he very well may have died regardless. However, what a crappy and unacceptable thing for his family to endure. FU, anti-vaxxers.

[O Really]

So for a week, there's been two-hour TV specials, articles, and websites in recognition of the 20th anniversary of "9/11" in 2001, and the 3,000 people that got killed and the heroism of those who worked at the scene. Sure, but I keep looking for the TV specials, articles and websites that recognize the approximate 3,000 that got killed by covid on September 9, 2021 and the heroism of those who worked to keep them alive. I'm sure they must be around, I guess I just haven't found them yet. Maybe prime time tonight. Right.

[Vrede too]

So for a week, there's been two-hour TV specials, articles, and websites in recognition of the 20th anniversary of "9/11" in 2001, and the 3,000 people that got killed and the heroism of those who worked at the scene. Sure, but I keep looking for the TV specials, articles and websites that recognize the approximate 3,000 that got killed by covid on September 9, 2021 and the heroism of those who worked to keep them alive. I'm sure they must be around, I guess I just haven't found them yet. Maybe prime time tonight. Right.

To be fair, I'm seeing the death toll cited every night on the news, and healthcare workers lauded frequently in "TV specials, articles and websites", and everywhere from sporting events to Ellen and AGT. If I was still working I'm pretty sure that people would often be thanking me for my service.

If I'm still around - no guarantee yet that I'll even survive COVID-19 - I'll be interested to see how the pandemic and healthcare heroes are portrayed 20 years from now.

[O Really]

To be fair, I'm seeing the death toll cited every night on the news, and healthcare workers lauded frequently in "TV specials, articles and websites", and everywhere from sporting events to Ellen and AGT. If I was still working I'm pretty sure that people would often be thanking me for my service.

Yes, there are those. And they keep saying "600,000 dead..." etc. But IMNVHO nobody is putting that into a context that would bring the attention that 9/11 gets. Some crazy suicidal zealots drive some planes into buildings on one day and kill 3,000 people, resulting in thousands of personal stories of loss and grief. But about the same number died from covid yesterday, and have done so many days since last year. In response to the one day of crazy zealot adventure, the US launched war in Afghanistan and Iraq, and kept at it for 20 years at uncountable cost, set up memorials all over the country, and installed burned building parts as statuary. In response to the every day of covid loss for over a year, the US has launched....um...."please get a vaccine and we'll give you free doughnuts"?

[Vrede too]

Yes, there are those. And they keep saying "600,000 dead..." etc. But IMNVHO nobody is putting that into a context that would bring the attention that 9/11 gets. Some crazy suicidal zealots drive some planes into buildings on one day and kill 3,000 people, resulting in thousands of personal stories of loss and grief. But about the same number died from covid yesterday, and have done so many days since last year. In response to the one day of crazy zealot adventure, the US launched war in Afghanistan and Iraq, and kept at it for 20 years at uncountable cost, set up memorials all over the country, and installed burned building parts as statuary. In response to the every day of covid loss for over a year, the US has launched....um...."please get a vaccine and we'll give you free doughnuts"?

Grumpy today?

It's a bit of apples and oranges - "If it bleeds it leads" has always been the case in America. "context" and "memorials" might be complicated when the crisis is ongoing and so dispersed. Otoh:

STFH, albeit relaxed too soon;
We spent billions developing a vaccine faster than ever before;
We then spent billions more making that vaccine available for free to every American over 11;
Incumbent POTUS defeated;
Billions worldwide have been vaccinated;
There's been an unprecedented PR campaign urging vaccination;
Mask mandates and people arrested for ignoring them;
Vaccine and testing mandates now going into effect.

I think there's a lot to be applauded in society's response. Sadly, it's been hampered by Dolt .45, assholes and COVIDiots. We'll see how history views all of it. I hope that eventually there are memorials on the National Mall and at every state capitol. Based solely on numbers of dead, ones approaching the scale of the Civil War memorials would be apropos, but maybe we only do that for specific battles and attacks.

[O Really]

Grumpy today?

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Vaccine and testing mandates now going into effect.

Matter of fact, I am. I'm sick and tired of non-vaxxers getting treated as rational animals. I'm tired of seeing hospitals full of idiots who shouldn't have ever been there. I'm tired of the wimpy hand-wringing responses of employers wondering if it's "appropriate" to require vaccinations. I'm tired of people like DeSantis not yet being tarred and feathered. Sure Trump created a lot of the mess, but I'm not so sure that no matter who was in office we would have gotten a strong national response. I'm tired that there is even any question about requiring vaccines or any fuzzy avenues to avoid them. Yeah, I'm grumpy, "Vaccine and testing mandates now going into effect." Really? Almost a year after vaccines were available? I guess I should be impressed. That's about the same amount of time it took to run the first excursion against the Taliban, I guess...Oh wait.

[GoCubsGo]

FWIW, it's not just here. They're Covidiots all over western Europe and Canada as well. Australia is having issues too. Frankly, the only thing everyone seems to have in common are being angry white people with some evangelical types thrown in.