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RE: The Coronavirus - David Horn - 05-16-2021 (05-16-2021, 09:49 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(05-16-2021, 07:55 AM)pbrower2a Wrote:(05-16-2021, 03:14 AM)nguyenivy Wrote: Has anyone noticed the mask mandates going away for the fully vaccinated in the US everywhere except public transport? Zeynep Tufekci opined on this. It's her opinion that social forces are pushing the agenda now, and some forbearance is still in order. But CDC swung from extreme caution to excessive optimism, and mostly just confused the public. I believe we're in the final throes of this mess, but we still have a way to go. Antivaxxers aren't helping, and the most aggressive variant to date: B.1.617, is making an appearance almost everywhere. RE: The Coronavirus - Eric the Green - 05-16-2021 I think the CDC guidance is too confusing and has too many exceptions and wherefores. Someone would have to show their certificate to prove they are vaccinated, and it's a lot of trouble for every store, workplace or public place to ask for it. This guidance just gives some cover to those who think masks infringe on their freedom. I think there should be a national mandate, either everyone wear a mask, or not, based on the best evidence available and best judgement of the need. Antivaxxers sure aren't helping, that's for damn sure. Lots of folks just have the general idea too that the "authorities" or "the mainstream" can't be trusted. So rather than protect themselves and others against a disease that has killed almost 600,000 Americans and almost 3,300,000 people in the world, they think that the danger of side effects about which they know nothing is worse. RE: The Coronavirus - David Horn - 05-17-2021 (05-16-2021, 02:54 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: I think the CDC guidance is too confusing and has too many exceptions and wherefores. Someone would have to show their certificate to prove they are vaccinated, and it's a lot of trouble for every store, workplace or public place to ask for it. This guidance just gives some cover to those who think masks infringe on their freedom. I think there should be a national mandate, either everyone wear a mask, or not, based on the best evidence available and best judgement of the need. Very few people can do a decent job of risk analysis, but this one is exceedingly simple. So it's not a matter of objectively looking at the evidence, it's my tribe and only my tribe! If your tribe says "masks bad, vaccines bad", then the truly tribal never give it another thought. RE: The Coronavirus - pbrower2a - 05-17-2021 (05-16-2021, 02:54 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: I think the CDC guidance is too confusing and has too many exceptions and wherefores. Someone would have to show their certificate to prove they are vaccinated, and it's a lot of trouble for every store, workplace or public place to ask for it. This guidance just gives some cover to those who think masks infringe on their freedom. I think there should be a national mandate, either everyone wear a mask, or not, based on the best evidence available and best judgement of the need. These anti-vaxxers and those reactionary science-deniers will be the last wave of victims of direct death and possibly slow death from organ damage of COVID-19, and they will leave behind grieving spouses and offspring. RE: The Coronavirus - pbrower2a - 05-17-2021 Rate of complete vaccination: CT: 48.2% DE: 39.2% DC: 39.7% FL: 35.4% HI: 43.1% IN: 32.4% LA: 29.5% MD: 42.3% MA: 46.7% MS: 25.8% NH: 55.7% NJ: 44.2% PR: 31.5% RI: 46.4% VT: 47.4% WV: 32.8% We ain't there yet. Shame on you... Mississippi GOD DAMN! RE: The Coronavirus - pbrower2a - 05-17-2021 We just crossed 600,000 deaths from COVID-19. RE: The Coronavirus - pbrower2a - 05-18-2021 The more contagious B117 variant has arrived in America. This more virulent strain is ravaging India. If you watch the recent deaths in Wikipedia, you will find that a huge proportion of the deaths are now members of the Indian political, academic, creative, commercial, and professional elites. It is as if an enemy agent is killing the Best and Brightest in India at the very ages in which their early-elder contributions are of great value. Were I the leader of a military enemy of India, this would be worth more than some air raids such as those upon Germany and Japan in WWII. It is that bad, at the least. The good news for Americans already inoculated is that they are safe from this variant. The good news for Americans not already inoculated is that they can still get inoculated. The bad news for Americans who have decided that they aren't getting inoculated is that they risk being the next wave of mass death and medical calamity and will take people who believe much the same as they do into much the same. Conclusion and comment based on this news report. https://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-variant-first-appeared-india-093005529.html RE: The Coronavirus - Eric the Green - 05-19-2021 #.....Country........Total Cases........New Cases......Total Deaths.....New Deaths ........World..........164,888,327......+616,741........3,418,235.........+13,965 1......USA...............33,774,945.......+27,506...........601,330..............+733 2......India..............25,495,144.....+267,174...........283,276...........+4,525 3......Brazil.............15,735,485.......+74,379...........439,379...........+2,517 4......France.............5,898,347.......+17,210...........108,040..............+198 5......Turkey.............5,139,485.......+11,937.............45,186.............+203 6......Russia..............4,957,756........+8,183...........116,575..............+364 7......UK...................4,449,831........+2,412...........127,691..................+7 8......Italy.................4,167,019........+4,446...........124,497..............+201 9......Spain...............3,619,848.........+3,988............79,502................+70 10....Germany..........3,615,896.........+7,604............87,148..............+278 11....Argentina.........3,371,508.......+35,543............71,771..............+744 12....Colombia..........3,144,547.......+13,137...........82,291...............+482 13....Poland..............2,856,917........+1,727...........71,921...............+246 14....Iran..................2,779,415......+13,930...........77,532...............+310 15....Mexico..............2,382,745...........+822.........220,489.................+56 USA: #......State................. Total Cases......New Cases.....Total Deaths...New Deaths ........USA....................33,774,945......+27,506.........601,330.........+733 1......California..............3,771,382........+1,232...........62,725...........+25 2......Texas...................2,939,885........+2,679...........51,243...........+42 3......Florida..................2,296,785........+2,805...........36,236...........+97 4......New York..............2,138,099........+1,159...........53,313...........+43 5......Illinois..................1,368,709........+1,495...........24,830............+29 6......Pennsylvania.........1,193,608........+1,629...........26,985...........+36 7......Georgia................1,116,775...........+767...........20,532........... +26 8......Ohio.....................1,092,616..........+993............19,628...........+25 9......New Jersey...........1,011,752..........+646............25,998...........+23 10....North Carolina.........992,578...........+622............12,911...........+20 11....Michigan.................980,450........+1,535............19,899...........+87 12....Arizona...................874,065...........+619............17,480...........+14 13....Tennessee..............858,804...........+449............12,339...........+12 14....Indiana..................736,480............+481............13,507...........+21 15....Massachusetts........702,776............+438............17,779............+7 May 18 2021 https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ RE: The Coronavirus - pbrower2a - 05-26-2021 Andy Slavitt @aslavitt46 VACCINATION UPDATE: Congratulations to Pennsylvania, the 10th state to meet the goal of 70% of their adult population with at least 1 vaccine. VT HI NH MA CT ME NJ RI NM PA Another 10 are above 65%. 1:56 PM · May 26, 2021 This is how we get herd immunity... people herding themselves into inoculation sites to take a needle. RE: The Coronavirus - pbrower2a - 05-26-2021 Jimmy Vielkind @JimmyVielkind NEWS: For the next six weeks, any person between 12 and 17 years-old in New York who is vaccinated against Covid-19 will be entered into a lottery for one of 10 full four-year scholarship to any SUNY or CUNY school, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said. 11:50 AM · May 26, 2021 RE: The Coronavirus - pbrower2a - 05-26-2021 The partisan vaccination divide, per new The Economist/YouGov polling: Among Biden voters: Fully vaccinated 76% Partially 10% Plan to get 7% Won’t get vaxxed 2% Not sure 4% Trump voters: Fully vaccinated 54% Partially 6% Plan to get 3% Won’t get vaxxed 26% Not sure 12% 1:43 PM · May 26, 2021 Comment: the difference in death rates could decide some critical elections on the margin in 2022 and 2024. COVID-19 kills, and electoral officials everywhere are really good at denying the "cadaver" vote . RE: The Coronavirus - pbrower2a - 05-26-2021 If anyone wonders why I have not been showing the death toll from AIDS in America surpassing the population of one city after another in recent days, then two things stop me: 1. The cities are getting more spread apart in population, and 2. We no longer have the days of 3000 or so deaths that can catapult a toll up the ranks of cities. The size of the Golgotha of COVID-related deaths in America is now somewhere between the populations of Baltimore (30th) and Louisville (29th), and I don't mean some hamlet off Interstate 79 in West Virginia. RE: The Coronavirus - pbrower2a - 06-07-2021 When the truth of the past is inconvenient, then rewrite the history. Stalin in practice if not a quote. RE: The Coronavirus - Eric the Green - 06-07-2021 This account seems to include all children in its population numbers, although children under 12 are not yet eligible to be vaccinated. https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/public-health/states-ranked-by-percentage-of-population-who-ve-received-at-least-one-covid-19-shot-april-22.html States ranked by percentage of population who've received at least one COVID-19 shot: June 7 Maia Anderson - Updated 7 hours ago Vermont has the highest percentage of its population who've received at least one COVID-19 vaccination, according to the CDC's COVID-19 vaccine distribution and administration data tracker. The CDC's data tracker compiles data from healthcare facilities and public health authorities. It updates daily to report the total number of people in each state who have received at least one COVID-19 shot. The numbers reported by the CDC may vary from the numbers published on individual state public health websites, as there may be reporting lags between the states and the CDC. As of 6 a.m. EDT June 6, a total of 170,833,221 Americans had received at least one shot, or 51.5 percent of the country's population, according to the CDC's data. 1. Vermont Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 445,426 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 71.38 2. Massachusetts Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 4,661,533 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 67.63 3. Hawaii Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 956,917 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 67.58 4. Connecticut Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 2,287,436 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 64.16 5. Maine Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 861,339 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 64.08 6. Rhode Island Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 653,852 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 61.72 7. New Jersey Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 5,443,429 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 61.28 8. New Hampshire Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 821,755 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 60.44 9. Pennsylvania Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 7,603,927 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 59.4 10. New Mexico Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 1,224,090 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 58.38 11. Maryland Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 3,525,198 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 58.31 12. California Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 22,894,006 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 57.94 13. Washington Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 4,399,444 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 57.77 14. District of Columbia Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 406,810 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 57.64 15. New York State Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 11,012,486 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 56.61 16. Virginia Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 4,802,403 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 56.26 17. Oregon Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 2,353,283 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 55.79 18. Illinois Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 7,061,752 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 55.73 19. Delaware Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 541,396 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 55.6 20. Colorado Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 3,171,684 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 55.08 21. Minnesota Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 3,103,789 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 55.04 22. Wisconsin Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 3,012,827 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 51.75 23. Florida Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 10,755,920 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 50.08 24. Iowa Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 1,570,527 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 49.78 25. Michigan Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 4,923,076 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 49.3 26. Nebraska Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 946,588 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 48.93 27. South Dakota Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 430,735 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 48.69 28. Kansas Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 1,376,353 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 47.24 29. Kentucky Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 2,104,696 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 47.11 30. Arizona Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 3,422,113 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 47.02 31. Alaska Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 341,938 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 46.74 32. Ohio Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 5,436,634 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 46.51 33. Nevada Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 1,424,812 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 46.26 34. Montana Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 489,166 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 45.77 35. Utah Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 1,466,055 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 45.73 36. Texas Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 13,073,414 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 45.09 37. North Carolina Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 4,595,887 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 43.82 38. Missouri Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 2,622,196 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 42.72 39. North Dakota Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 324,292 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 42.55 40. Indiana Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 2,855,162 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 42.41 41. Oklahoma Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 1,659,223 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 41.93 42. South Carolina Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 2,136,299 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 41.49 43. West Virginia Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 740,637 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 41.33 44. Georgia Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 4,347,833 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 40.95 45. Arkansas Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 1,209,937 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 40.09 46. Tennessee Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 2,703,368 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 39.59 47. Idaho Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 678,254 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 37.95 48. Wyoming Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 217,516 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 37.58 49. Louisiana Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 1,682,190 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 36.19 50. Alabama Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 1,773,379 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 36.17 51. Mississippi Number of people vaccinated with at least one dose: 1,021,957 Percentage of population vaccinated with at least one dose: 34.34 Note: the top 22 states all voted for Biden. Wisconsin, the closest swing state, is #22. Other swing states that voted for Biden: 25. Michigan 30. Arizona 33. Nevada 44. Georgia RE: The Coronavirus - pbrower2a - 06-18-2021 Progress on inoculations, state by state at least one inoculation: red to green under 40% 70% red at least 40% but less than 45% 50% red at least 45% but under 50% 30% red at least 50% but under 55% 30% orange at least 55% but under 60% yellow at least 60% but under 65% 30% green over 65% 70% green (! -- over 72% in Vermont) Full inoculation red to green under 40% 70% red *UNDER 35% ** UNDER 30% at least 40% but less than 45% 50% red at least 45% but under 50% 30% red at least 50% but under 55% 30% orange at least 55% but under 60% yellow at least 60% but under 65% 30% green over 65% 70% green (Mississippi, God damn!) https://www.mayoclinic.org/coronavirus-covid-19/vaccine-tracker as of 18 June 2021. ------------------------ COMMENTARY ---------------------------- Draw what political conclusions you wish. Nothing easily fixes "Big Stupid" Cheers to Vermont, jeers to Mississippi. To adults not yet inoculated, what's your excuse? Don't wait for the Grim Reaper! Get inoculated for 1. avoiding COVID-19 and its risk of death 2. avoiding the damage that COVID-19 does to your vital organs and the risk of getting diabetes 3. avoiding sexual dysfunction that COVID-19 creates 4. peace of mind and personal pride 5. your family 6. your relatives 7. your friends, co-workers, customers, and clients 8. your employer 9. Humanity as a whole 10. the fiscal health of the federal, state, and local governments 11. your household pets 12. your conscience Well, how about it? If you end up in a ventilator for a few weeks... your pooch and your kitty-cat will know that something is wrong. They will know from the body language of your loved ones. RE: The Coronavirus - Bob Butler 54 - 06-19-2021 I am surprised that the labels aren't red to blue. It gets me how this started with Trump thinking a disruption in the economy would hurt his chances for reelection and it has switched somehow to Republicans fighting to disrupt the economy. RE: The Coronavirus - pbrower2a - 06-19-2021 They could be, but this is supposedly non-partisan (I doubt that the Mayo Clinic would allow itself to be drawn into a partisan squabble). This coloring scheme suggests red (stop) to green (go) You can draw whatever conclusions you want about political orientation and inoculation. Formal education? New Mexico is the least-well-educated state that is in no way Southern, but it seems to do well. Better than Utah, which may show cultural difference between Mexican-American Catholics and white Mormons. Come on, Latter-Day Saints (Mormons0! You can do better than that! If you can get people to give up alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, and carbonated beverages, then you can get people inoculated. Threaten excommunication or at least a ban on church attendance if one does not get inoculated. It likely relates to the "low-information voters" for whom Donald Trump expressed so much affection. If you want to determine whether a demographic statistic is good or bad, then just look to which side of the spectrum Mississippi. Vermont seems to do best at getting people inoculated, and Mississippi worst. Even one inoculation (aside from the Johnson and Johnson formulation, which gives full immunity with one does) gives one some safety. In view of the potential for mutations of COVID-19 I might feel much safer going on a fall-colors tour of New England than going to the Deep South in the winter. We do not know what those mutations can do, and the worst thing possible is that one of those mutations might morph into something that can circumvent the inoculations already in place. Should that happen, then we are far from over. So here's what I have to say about people eligible for inoculation who have yet to get it... get your arm to the needle as quickly as possible. The fewer human vectors remain for COVID-19, the safer we will all be, and the more certain that we can be that we will not be obliged to go through the same mess again, complete with analogous levels of mass death. People are still contracting COVID-19, and it remains as lethal as ever. RE: The Coronavirus - Eric the Green - 06-19-2021 Indeed, Mr. Brower. John Oliver's video remains a favorite on this subject. RE: The Coronavirus - pbrower2a - 06-20-2021 It's worse in Brazil now. This is a logarithmic curve appropriate for such phenomena as nuclear decay, bacterial growth, and pandemics. The death toll is over 500K in Brazil. It's hardly surprising that the bulk of deaths is in the favelas, the giant slums that typically have very poor water supply that makes appropriate sanitation difficult at best. Indigenous people are also getting hurt badly, and not only by the acceleration of deforestation (a Bolsonaro practice -- damn the environment, full profits ahead!) But if you are Bolsonaro, poor and indigenous people who were never going to vote for you anyway can go.... you know where. Bolsonaro of course is Donald Trump's finest Latin-American pupil. RE: The Coronavirus - Eric the Green - 06-21-2021 Kill those who vote against you. That's a workable method. Bush deployed it in New Orleans in 2005. Assad used it in the most direct manner. |