Ambergris Posted December 15, 2020 Author Share Posted December 15, 2020 Yeah, thhis is a really bad year for bird flu. Link to comment
Ambergris Posted December 15, 2020 Author Share Posted December 15, 2020 13 hours ago, Mt_Rider said: https://uspopulation2020.com/population-of-north-dakota-2020-population-growth-demography-and-facts.html QUOTE: North Dakota Population 2020 – 803,686.2 (Estimated) So approximately one thousand people have died in North Dakota. [is my math right?] Anyway, I wonder what the ratio is for other states? North Dakota is a poor state with likely inadequate medical care..... Distances to travel to get to medical centers. And as our Governor stated months ago when CO passed the one thousand mark: Every number has a name. MtRider .....TRYING to keep our four names off that list but folks keep going to the stores!!! 1165 Link to comment
Ambergris Posted December 15, 2020 Author Share Posted December 15, 2020 (edited) Last week the average death rate in the US was just above 2200 a day, and acknowledged cases per day topped 200,000 on average. . The death rate will continue to get worse as the fallout from Thanksgiving visiting settles in, but the case numbers could go up or down (or stay the same) depending on how they decide to handle testing between now and the inauguration. Edited December 15, 2020 by Ambergris Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 This is a link to CDC reports on influenza this year to date. There is a nicely green map down the page ....we're staying low on that. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm#ILIActivityMap MtRider Link to comment
Ambergris Posted December 16, 2020 Author Share Posted December 16, 2020 Usually the flu hits very hard right after Thanksgiving. The two theories are that 1) some flu is being counted as Covid and 2) social distancing is suppressing spread of flu. 2 Link to comment
The WE2's Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 If I remember right, the CDC said they were not tracking "seasonal" flu...only CV19. Link to comment
Ambergris Posted December 17, 2020 Author Share Posted December 17, 2020 There's a patient in Miami who has caught a third different strain of Covid now. And a nurse in the same hospital who has caught it twice. The nurse was sicker the second time. 3 Link to comment
Ambergris Posted December 17, 2020 Author Share Posted December 17, 2020 14 hours ago, The WE2's said: If I remember right, the CDC said they were not tracking "seasonal" flu...only CV19. If they said that, they've changed their mind. They have announced the first pediatric death from seasonal flu, for example. Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 On 12/16/2020 at 5:43 AM, Ambergris said: Usually the flu hits very hard right after Thanksgiving. The two theories are that 1) some flu is being counted as Covid and 2) social distancing is suppressing spread of flu. I've been thinking both of those theories may be correct. Yeah....seasonal flu. Most of us were a bit shocked to finally notice how many die of that yearly. Since DH and I rarely get anything like colds or "flu"....I have never paid much attention. ......and then the 2020 New Year's bells had barely stopped ringing when we both went down. Unpleasant but not too bad. Fever chills mostly tho it made us remember why we specifically take care [and supplements] to NOT get this stuff. Only a few days for DH but then 3 wks of fatigue. And of course I moved quickly into that nasty bronchitis.....one reason for me to stay away from ANY illness. MtRider 2 Link to comment
Daylily Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 I wondered if the mask wearing would slow down the seasonal flu. Maybe that is what's happening. 1 Link to comment
Ambergris Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 State/Territory Cases in Last 7 Days California 250,523 Texas 84,291 Pennsylvania 74,052 Florida 70,548 Ohio 64,654 Tennessee 61,323 Illinois 58,170 New York* 46,707 Arizona 46,618 Georgia 42,840 Indiana 42,433 North Carolina 41,347 Michigan 34,397 New Jersey 33,589 Massachusetts 32,992 Oklahoma 27,059 Wisconsin 25,982 Alabama 25,453 Virginia 25,050 Washington 24,402 Colorado 24,370 New York City* 23,135 Minnesota 22,693 Missouri 22,192 Kentucky 21,557 South Carolina 20,675 Utah 18,170 Maryland 18,129 Nevada 17,764 Connecticut 17,233 Louisiana 16,631 Mississippi 14,949 Arkansas 14,852 Kansas 14,766 Iowa 11,503 New Mexico 11,407 Oregon 9,335 Idaho 9,249 West Virginia 8,387 Nebraska 8,179 Rhode Island 6,938 New Hampshire 5,841 Delaware 5,536 Puerto Rico 5,293 South Dakota 4,580 Montana 4,511 Alaska 3,699 Maine 3,043 Wyoming 2,425 North Dakota 1,979 District of Columbia 1,748 Hawaii 811 Vermont 724 Virgin Islands 145 Guam 131 State/Territory Average Daily Cases per 100k in Last 7 Days Tennessee 129.4 Oklahoma 98 Rhode Island 93.7 Arizona 92.9 Indiana 90.6 California 90.5 Nevada 83.6 Pennsylvania 82.6 Utah 82.1 Delaware 81.8 Ohio 79 New Mexico 77.8 Idaho 75.3 Alabama 74.4 South Dakota 74.2 Kansas 72.5 Alaska 71.7 Mississippi 71.5 Arkansas 70.4 Connecticut 68.9 Kentucky 68.9 Massachusetts 68.3 West Virginia 66.4 Illinois 65.2 Wisconsin 63.9 New Hampshire 61.5 Colorado 61.1 Montana 60.7 Nebraska 60.6 Wyoming 60 New York* 59.9 Georgia 58.2 South Carolina 58.1 Minnesota 57.8 North Carolina 56.9 New Jersey 53.9 Iowa 52.1 Missouri 51.8 Louisiana 51 Michigan 49.2 Florida 47.3 Washington 46.3 Maryland 42.9 Texas 42 Virginia 42 New York City* 39.4 North Dakota 37.2 District of Columbia 35.6 Maine 32.5 Oregon 31.8 Puerto Rico 23.7 Virgin Islands 19.8 Vermont 16.5 Guam 11.3 Hawaii 8.2 State/Territory Deaths in Last 7 Days Pennsylvania 1,406 Texas 1,313 California 1,238 Illinois 1,164 Michigan 882 Florida 742 Indiana 595 Ohio 590 New York* 564 Colorado 517 Tennessee 497 Minnesota 466 New Jersey 461 Arizona 449 Missouri 416 Wisconsin 351 Massachusetts 339 Iowa 333 North Carolina 318 Kansas 312 Georgia 307 Maryland 307 Arkansas 288 Nevada 269 Louisiana 249 Oklahoma 246 Mississippi 237 New Mexico 226 Connecticut 221 Virginia 218 Alabama 213 New York City* 192 Washington 192 South Carolina 188 Nebraska 154 South Dakota 153 Oregon 152 Kentucky 144 West Virginia 138 Idaho 128 Utah 101 North Dakota 92 Rhode Island 86 Puerto Rico 85 Montana 65 New Hampshire 55 Alaska 31 Maine 31 Delaware 30 Wyoming 29 Vermont 19 District of Columbia 16 Hawaii 12 Guam 4 State/Territory Deaths in Last 7 Days per 100K South Dakota 2.5 North Dakota 1.7 Pennsylvania 1.6 Iowa 1.5 Kansas 1.5 New Mexico 1.5 Arkansas 1.4 Colorado 1.3 Illinois 1.3 Indiana 1.3 Michigan 1.3 Nevada 1.3 Minnesota 1.2 Rhode Island 1.2 Mississippi 1.1 Nebraska 1.1 Tennessee 1.1 West Virginia 1.1 Idaho 1 Missouri 1 Arizona 0.9 Connecticut 0.9 Montana 0.9 Oklahoma 0.9 Wisconsin 0.9 Louisiana 0.8 Massachusetts 0.7 Maryland 0.7 New Jersey 0.7 New York* 0.7 Ohio 0.7 Texas 0.7 Wyoming 0.7 Alaska 0.6 Alabama 0.6 New Hampshire 0.6 California 0.5 Florida 0.5 Kentucky 0.5 Oregon 0.5 South Carolina 0.5 Utah 0.5 Delaware 0.4 Georgia 0.4 North Carolina 0.4 Puerto Rico 0.4 Virginia 0.4 Vermont 0.4 Washington 0.4 District of Columbia 0.3 Guam 0.3 Maine 0.3 New York City* 0.3 Hawaii 0.1 US "confirmed" cases: Date New Cases 7-Day Moving Avg Dec 16 2020 236913 212144 Dec 15 2020 201776 211356 Dec 14 2020 204748 213537 Dec 13 2020 181032 210890 Dec 12 2020 213305 209940 Dec 11 2020 244011 209038 Dec 10 2020 203225 204765 Dec 9 2020 231396 207046 Dec 8 2020 217046 202021 Dec 7 2020 186215 196500 Dec 6 2020 174387 191615 Dec 5 2020 206992 188504 Dec 4 2020 214099 179410 Dec 3 2020 219187 173452 Dec 2 2020 196227 163128 Dec 1 2020 178395 161041 Nov 30 2020 152022 159167 Nov 29 2020 152608 159954 Nov 28 2020 143333 159273 Nov 27 2020 172398 165167 Nov 26 2020 146913 168064 Nov 25 2020 181619 173518 Nov 24 2020 165282 171157 Nov 23 2020 157531 171028 Nov 22 2020 147840 170217 Nov 21 2020 184591 168815 Nov 20 2020 192673 164850 Nov 19 2020 185095 163230 Nov 18 2020 165087 159392 Nov 17 2020 164382 156380 Nov 16 2020 151855 152438 Nov 15 2020 138025 148381 Nov 14 2020 156838 143705 Nov 13 2020 181330 134751 Nov 12 2020 158230 127969 Nov 11 2020 144000 122291 Nov 10 2020 136789 117069 Nov 9 2020 123455 110214 Nov 8 2020 105294 104951 Nov 7 2020 94164 99872 Nov 6 2020 133854 99134 Nov 5 2020 118482 94323 Nov 4 2020 107447 90329 Nov 3 2020 88808 86782 Nov 2 2020 86608 84485 Nov 1 2020 69742 81252 Oct 31 2020 89002 80324 Oct 30 2020 100177 79603 Oct 29 2020 90524 77227 Oct 28 2020 82615 74957 Oct 27 2020 72731 72290 Oct 26 2020 63977 70585 Oct 25 2020 63243 70080 Oct 24 2020 83958 67777 Oct 23 2020 83546 63441 Oct 22 2020 74632 61573 Oct 21 2020 63945 60013 Oct 20 2020 60798 59483 Oct 19 2020 60443 57625 Oct 18 2020 47119 55689 Oct 17 2020 53610 55522 Oct 16 2020 70466 55529 Oct 15 2020 63710 53845 Oct 14 2020 60238 52656 Oct 13 2020 47791 51671 Oct 12 2020 46893 50566 Oct 11 2020 45949 49568 Oct 10 2020 53660 48249 Oct 9 2020 58677 47654 Oct 8 2020 55384 46474 Oct 7 2020 53348 45320 Oct 6 2020 40052 44201 Oct 5 2020 39909 44071 Oct 4 2020 36719 43248 Oct 3 2020 49490 43215 Oct 2 2020 50421 43277 Oct 1 2020 47304 42742 Sep 30 2020 45515 42091 Sep 29 2020 39141 41534 Sep 28 2020 34151 43065 Sep 27 2020 36488 43837 Sep 26 2020 49922 43970 Sep 25 2020 46674 42915 Sep 24 2020 42749 43284 Sep 23 2020 41616 43495 Sep 22 2020 49860 43573 Sep 21 2020 39554 41421 Sep 20 2020 37415 40698 Sep 19 2020 42543 40421 Sep 18 2020 49254 40133 Sep 17 2020 44228 39747 Sep 16 2020 42163 38845 Sep 15 2020 34794 37579 Sep 14 2020 34494 35968 Sep 13 2020 35477 34800 Sep 12 2020 40523 34637 Sep 11 2020 46552 35344 US deaths: Date New Deaths 7-Day Moving Avg Dec 16 2020 3435 2523 Dec 15 2020 2960 2520 Dec 14 2020 1766 2463 Dec 13 2020 1448 2430 Dec 12 2020 2283 2383 Dec 11 2020 3013 2387 Dec 10 2020 2760 2305 Dec 9 2020 3411 2319 Dec 8 2020 2566 2226 Dec 7 2020 1532 2211 Dec 6 2020 1118 2171 Dec 5 2020 2310 2138 Dec 4 2020 2439 1981 Dec 3 2020 2861 1816 Dec 2 2020 2762 1607 Dec 1 2020 2461 1536 Nov 30 2020 1251 1469 Nov 29 2020 885 1441 Nov 28 2020 1210 1441 Nov 27 2020 1283 1479 Nov 26 2020 1397 1565 Nov 25 2020 2271 1658 Nov 24 2020 1989 1595 Nov 23 2020 1058 1540 Nov 22 2020 882 1498 Nov 21 2020 1476 1466 Nov 20 2020 1885 1434 Nov 19 2020 2045 1357 Nov 18 2020 1836 1296 Nov 17 2020 1602 1177 Nov 16 2020 762 1214 Nov 15 2020 660 1206 Nov 14 2020 1252 1180 Nov 13 2020 1342 1154 Nov 12 2020 1620 1136 Nov 11 2020 1006 1066 Nov 10 2020 1859 1086 Nov 9 2020 704 976 Nov 8 2020 480 949 Nov 7 2020 1072 938 Nov 6 2020 1211 909 Nov 5 2020 1135 880 Nov 4 2020 1141 869 Nov 3 2020 1095 857 Nov 2 2020 510 829 Nov 1 2020 405 826 Oct 31 2020 869 822 Oct 30 2020 1009 816 Oct 29 2020 1055 807 Oct 28 2020 1060 801 Oct 27 2020 901 803 Oct 26 2020 483 797 Oct 25 2020 380 802 Oct 24 2020 828 815 Oct 23 2020 946 782 Oct 22 2020 1009 790 Oct 21 2020 1076 773 Oct 20 2020 863 738 Oct 19 2020 513 721 Oct 18 2020 475 696 Oct 17 2020 593 699 Oct 16 2020 1001 697 Oct 15 2020 892 686 Oct 14 2020 831 699 Oct 13 2020 748 708 Oct 12 2020 338 698 Oct 11 2020 494 701 Oct 10 2020 577 684 Oct 9 2020 926 702 Oct 8 2020 979 687 Oct 7 2020 900 675 Oct 6 2020 672 694 Oct 5 2020 361 708 Oct 4 2020 378 695 Oct 3 2020 703 684 Oct 2 2020 816 705 Oct 1 2020 900 707 Sep 30 2020 1030 709 Sep 29 2020 774 728 Sep 28 2020 270 733 Sep 27 2020 295 757 Sep 26 2020 853 755 Sep 25 2020 828 728 Sep 24 2020 919 748 Sep 23 2020 1158 735 Sep 22 2020 813 746 Sep 21 2020 438 767 Sep 20 2020 281 759 Sep 19 2020 664 792 Sep 18 2020 963 813 Sep 17 2020 832 823 Sep 16 2020 1231 860 Sep 15 2020 961 843 Sep 14 2020 387 772 Sep 13 2020 510 741 Sep 12 2020 807 734 Sep 11 2020 1035 747 Cumulative cases by country: 17,176,796 US 9,956,557 India 7,110,434 Brazil 2,736,727 Russia 2,483,524 France 1,955,680 Turkey 1,954,268 United Kingdom 1,906,377 Italy 1,785,421 Spain 1,524,372 Argentina 1,468,795 Colombia 1,438,438 Germany 1,277,499 Mexico 1,171,854 Poland 1,138,530 Iran 989,457 Peru 957,692 Ukraine 892,813 South Africa 662,925 Netherlands 643,508 Indonesia 615,058 Belgium 602,404 Czechia 580,449 Iraq 578,732 Chile 577,446 Romania 496,975 Bangladesh 491,909 Canada 454,447 Philippines 448,522 Pakistan 409,746 Morocco 399,511 Switzerland 367,975 Israel 362,616 Portugal 360,516 Saudi Arabia 357,466 Sweden 332,828 Austria 291,549 Hungary 287,730 Serbia 269,806 Jordan 251,692 Nepal 204,249 Ecuador 201,368 Georgia 199,947 Panama 191,460 Azerbaijan 190,913 Japan 189,866 United Arab Emirates 188,837 Kazakhstan 188,288 Bulgaria 186,963 Croatia 167,731 Belarus 157,305 Dominican Republic 155,263 Costa Rica 153,049 Lebanon 151,392 Armenia 148,214 Bolivia 147,192 Kuwait 142,133 Slovakia 141,557 Qatar 131,919 Moldova 131,435 Guatemala 128,710 Greece 127,019 Oman 124,366 Denmark 123,701 Egypt 118,481 Ethiopia 117,755 West Bank and Gaza 115,966 Tunisia 115,317 Honduras 113,082 Burma 108,717 Venezuela 104,087 Bosnia and Herzegovina 103,028 Lithuania 102,043 Slovenia 96,209 Paraguay 94,722 China 93,933 Algeria 93,405 Kenya 93,283 Libya 89,743 Bahrain 89,133 Malaysia 78,415 Kyrgyzstan 77,678 Ireland 76,251 North Macedonia 76,207 Nigeria 75,538 Uzbekistan 58,377 Singapore 53,553 Ghana 51,424 Albania 49,378 Afghanistan 47,499 Kosovo 46,453 Korea, South 43,279 Luxembourg 42,995 Montenegro 42,519 Norway 42,397 El Salvador 35,387 Sri Lanka 32,228 Finland 29,361 Uganda 28,535 Latvia 28,073 Australia 25,472 Cameroon 22,265 Sudan 21,772 Cote d'Ivoire 20,004 Estonia 18,504 Zambia 17,607 Namibia 17,587 Madagascar 17,451 Senegal 17,256 Mozambique 16,484 Angola 16,190 Cyprus 15,089 Congo (Kinshasa) 13,485 Guinea 13,418 Maldives 13,014 Botswana 12,852 Tajikistan 11,968 Jamaica 11,805 Mauritania 11,749 Zimbabwe 11,502 Cabo Verde 11,475 Malta 10,893 Uruguay 9,771 Cuba 9,759 Syria 9,672 Belize 9,627 Haiti 9,373 Gabon 7,714 Bahamas 7,466 Andorra 7,093 Eswatini 7,032 Rwanda 6,940 Trinidad and Tobago 6,200 Congo (Brazzaville) 6,138 Malawi 6,049 Mali 6,042 Guyana 5,938 Nicaragua 5,770 Djibouti 5,588 Iceland 5,401 Suriname 5,214 Equatorial Guinea 4,936 Central African Republic 4,662 Somalia 4,611 Burkina Faso 4,281 Thailand 3,786 Gambia 3,330 Togo 3,222 South Sudan 3,152 Benin 2,464 Sierra Leone 2,447 Guinea-Bissau 2,417 Niger 2,400 Lesotho 2,100 New Zealand 2,087 Yemen 2,049 San Marino 1,818 Chad 1,779 Liberia 1,635 Liechtenstein 1,407 Vietnam 1,011 Sao Tome and Principe 923 Mongolia 760 Papua New Guinea 751 Burundi 741 Eritrea 700 Monaco 643 Comoros 524 Mauritius 509 Tanzania 440 Bhutan 362 Cambodia 305 Barbados 278 Saint Lucia 202 Seychelles 152 Brunei 151 Antigua and Barbuda 100 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 88 Dominica 85 Grenada 46 Fiji 41 Laos 31 Timor-Leste 28 Saint Kitts and Nevis 27 Holy See 17 Solomon Islands 4 Marshall Islands 2 Samoa 1 Vanuatu US deaths: 310, 291. Today's numbers, December 17, 2020. 1 Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 So ...have Russia and China dropped out of the numbers game? Or did I miss them in the list? MtRider Link to comment
Ambergris Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 (edited) Russia, fourth one down, China in the ninety thousands. Probably both imaginary numbers. But I suspect lots of them are. You learn more from how the numbers move than from what any one absolute number is. India has hugely dropped its numbers, from whatever it was to whatever it is. All imaginary numbers but the drop in the number is probably real. Edited December 19, 2020 by Ambergris 1 Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 yeah, looked couple of times and still missed Russia. MtRider ...lies, d@mned lies, and statistics.... 2 Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 This was a troubling headline. But perhaps not so surprising. Being out in the boonies, we don't have a much of this. I consider that a good thing except I don't wish to be uninformed about other areas. https://news.yahoo.com/overdose-deaths-far-outpace-covid-190713845.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A record 621 people died of drug overdoses in San Francisco so far this year, a staggering number that far outpaces the 173 deaths from COVID-19 the city has seen thus far. BOLD is mine MtRider ...the other pandemic 1 2 Link to comment
Ambergris Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 (edited) Article about new variants in London and South Africa. Marc Santora Wed, December 23, 2020, 7:58 AM EST LONDON — As nation after nation rushed this week to close their borders with Britain, the moves brought back memories of the way the world reacted after the coronavirus first emerged broadly in the spring. Most of those initial travel prohibitions came too late, put in place after the virus had already seeded itself in communities far and wide. This time, with countries trying to stop the spread of a new possibly more contagious, coronavirus variant identified by Britain, it may also be too late. It is not known how widely the variant is already circulating, experts say, and the bans threaten to cause more economic and emotional hardship as the toll wrought by the virus continues to grow. “It is idiotic” was the blunt assessment of Dr. Peter Kremsner, the director of Tübingen University Hospital in Germany. “If this mutant was only on the island, only then does it make sense to close the borders to England, Scotland and Wales. But if it has spread, then we have to combat the new mutant everywhere.” Sign up for The Morning newsletter from the New York Times He noted that the scientific understanding of the mutation was limited, and its dangers unclear, and described as naive the notion that the variant was not already spreading widely outside Britain. [text omitted] At the same time, a separate variant of the virus is causing concern as it spreads in South Africa.[emphasis added by Ambergris who had not been aware of this one] At least five nations — Germany, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland and Turkey — have barred travelers coming from South Africa. Sweden blocked travel from Denmark after reports that the British variant had been detected there. And Saudi Arabia went even further, suspending all international air travel into the kingdom for at least a week. The South Africa variant became the subject of intense scientific research after doctors there found that people infected with it carry a heightened viral load — a higher concentration of the virus in their upper respiratory tract. In many viral diseases, this is associated with more severe symptoms. Because it is not known how widely the two variants are spreading, it is impossible to assess what effects the attempts to isolate Britain and South Africa will have on containing them. With its sophisticated genomic surveillance efforts, Britain has sequenced about 150,000 coronavirus genomes in an effort to identify mutations. That’s about half of the world’s genomic data about the virus, said Sharon Peacock, the director of the COVID-19 Genomics U.K. Consortium and a professor of microbiology at the University of Cambridge. “If you’re going to find something anywhere, you’re going to find it probably here first,” Peacock said. “If this occurs in places that don’t have any sequencing, you’re not going to find it at all,” she added, unless they carried out other tests that have proved useful in identifying the variant. In Wales, a country of 3 million people, geneticists have sequenced more coronavirus genomes in the last week than scientists have examined during the entire pandemic in France, a country of 67 million, said Thomas Connor, a professor who specializes in pathogen variation at Cardiff University. “It is probable that similar variants are popping up around the world,” he said. “And there are variants that are likely to be popping up in other places which are spreading locally and which would be completely unregarded because there’s no sequencing in place.” British officials have said that the first case of the variant now spreading widely in the country was detected in Kent, in southeastern England, on Sept. 20. By November, around a quarter of cases in London — an international hub of commerce — involved the new variant. Just a few weeks later, the variant was estimated to be responsible for nearly two-thirds of cases in Greater London. That means that by the time Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the nation Saturday night to announce severe new lockdown measures for millions of people in and around London, the variant had been spreading for months. Officials in France and Germany acknowledged Tuesday that the variant might already be circulating in their countries. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said a few cases with the new variant had been detected in Denmark, Iceland and the Netherlands. And health officials in Australia and Italy have reported cases in travelers from Britain. Those who support the travel bans said they could play a role in keeping cases of new variants lower. “Numbers matter,” Emma Hodcroft, a researcher at the University of Bern in Switzerland, wrote on Twitter. “The number of people with the new variant in continental Europe is likely still small: with testing, tracing, identification and restrictions, we might be able to prevent them from passing the virus on.” If the variant does prove to be significantly more contagious than others in circulation and becomes more widespread, it could complicate global vaccination efforts. Dr. Ugur Sahin, a co-founder of BioNTech, which, with Pfizer, developed the first vaccine approved in the West to combat the coronavirus, cautioned that it would be two weeks before full results from laboratory studies would allow for a fuller understanding of how the mutations might alter the vaccine’s effectiveness. “We believe that there is no reason to be concerned until we get the data,” he said. If an adapted vaccine were necessary, it could be ready within six weeks, Sahin told a news conference Tuesday. But it would require additional approval from regulators, which could increase the wait time, he said. He also said that a more efficient virus would make it harder to achieve levels of immunity needed to end the pandemic. “If the virus becomes more efficient in infecting people,” he said, “it might need even a higher vaccination rate to ensure that normal life can continue without interruption.” This article originally appeared in The New York Times. Edited December 23, 2020 by Ambergris 1 Link to comment
Ambergris Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 (edited) State/Territory Cases in Last 7 Days California 307,304 Texas 109,807 Florida 77,010 Tennessee 64,954 Pennsylvania 63,825 Ohio 58,752 Illinois 48,951 New York St 47,115 Georgia 44,880 North Carolina 42,282 Arizona 41,097 Indiana 37,818 Oklahoma 31,752 Massachusetts 31,704 New Jersey 30,315 Michigan 28,335 Alabama 26,937 Virginia 26,173 New York City 24,798 Wisconsin 23,068 Washington 22,838 South Carolina 20,957 Missouri 20,713 Colorado 19,932 Kentucky 19,407 Louisiana 17,618 Minnesota 17,470 Utah 16,911 Nevada 16,472 Arkansas 16,050 Maryland 16,035 Kansas 14,582 Mississippi 14,391 Connecticut 13,385 Iowa 10,795 New Mexico 9,509 West Virginia 8,943 Oregon 8,745 Idaho 8,660 Nebraska 7,759 Puerto Rico 6,493 Rhode Island 6,160 New Hampshire 5,513 Delaware 4,599 Montana 4,021 South Dakota 3,720 Maine 2,543 Alaska 2,403 Wyoming 2,343 North Dakota 2,060 District of Col. 1,702 Hawaii 900 Vermont 677 Virgin Islands 93 Guam 89 No. Mar. Islands 3 State/Territory Average Daily Cases per 100k in Last 7 Days Tennessee 137.1 Oklahoma 115 California 111 Rhode Island 83.2 Arizona 81.9 Indiana 80.7 Alabama 78.7 Nevada 77.6 Utah 76.4 Arkansas 76.1 Ohio 71.8 Kansas 71.6 Pennsylvania 71.2 West Virginia 70.8 Idaho 70.5 Mississippi 68.8 Delaware 67.9 Massachusetts 65.6 New Mexico 64.8 Kentucky 62.1 Georgia 61 New York* 60.4 South Dakota 60.2 South Carolina 58.9 North Carolina 58.2 New Hampshire 58.1 Wyoming 57.9 Nebraska 57.5 Wisconsin 56.7 Illinois 54.9 Texas 54.7 Montana 54.1 Louisiana 54 Connecticut 53.5 Florida 51.7 Colorado 50 Iowa 48.9 New Jersey 48.6 Missouri 48.3 Alaska 46.6 Minnesota 44.5 Virginia 43.9 Washington 43.3 New York City* 42.2 Michigan 40.5 North Dakota 38.7 Maryland 37.9 District of Columbia 34.6 Oregon 29.8 Puerto Rico 29 Maine 27.1 Vermont 15.4 Virgin Islands 12.7 Hawaii 9.1 Guam 7.7 Northern Mariana Islands 0.8 State/Territory Total Deaths Confirmed Probable Texas 25,415 N/A N/A New York City* 24,768 20,006 4,762 California 22,676 N/A N/A Florida 20,680 N/A N/A New Jersey 18,223 16,315 1,908 Illinois 16,527 15,299 1,228 Pennsylvania 13,981 N/A N/A Michigan 12,153 11,532 621 Massachusetts 11,714 11,506 208 New York* 11,559 N/A N/A Georgia 10,399 9,453 946 Ohio 8,122 7,423 699 Arizona 7,972 7,278 694 Indiana 7,438 7,101 337 Louisiana 7,107 6,775 332 North Carolina 6,240 5,940 300 Tennessee 6,136 5,427 709 Connecticut 5,676 4,590 1,086 Maryland 5,519 5,353 166 South Carolina 4,962 4,587 375 Missouri 4,947 N/A N/A Minnesota 4,931 4,739 192 Wisconsin 4,751 4,425 326 Virginia 4,705 4,221 484 Mississippi 4,490 3,683 807 Alabama 4,389 3,849 540 Colorado 4,378 3,769 609 Iowa 3,589 N/A N/A Arkansas 3,295 N/A N/A Washington 3,106 N/A N/A Nevada 2,787 N/A N/A Kansas 2,448 N/A N/A Kentucky 2,412 2,266 146 Oklahoma 2,251 2,115 136 New Mexico 2,180 N/A N/A Rhode Island 1,670 N/A N/A Nebraska 1,511 N/A N/A Puerto Rico 1,391 1,150 241 South Dakota 1,381 1,124 257 Oregon 1,347 1,332 15 Idaho 1,301 1,151 150 North Dakota 1,238 N/A N/A Utah 1,161 1,141 20 West Virginia 1,129 N/A N/A Montana 881 881 0 Delaware 871 771 100 District of Columbia 742 N/A N/A New Hampshire 656 N/A N/A Wyoming 351 351 0 Maine 293 288 5 Hawaii 280 N/A N/A Alaska 183 N/A N/A Guam 121 N/A N/A Vermont 111 N/A N/A Virgin Islands 23 N/A N/A Northern Mariana Islands 2 2 0 State/Territory cumulative Death Rate per 100,000 New York City* 294 New Jersey 204 Massachusetts 169 North Dakota 162 Connecticut 158 Rhode Island 157 South Dakota 156 Louisiana 152 Mississippi 150 Illinois 129 Michigan 121 Iowa 113 Arizona 111 Indiana 111 Arkansas 109 Pennsylvania 109 District of Columbia 105 New Mexico 104 New York* 103 Georgia 98 Florida 97 South Carolina 97 Maryland 91 Nevada 91 Delaware 90 Tennessee 90 Alabama 89 Texas 88 Minnesota 87 Kansas 84 Montana 82 Wisconsin 81 Missouri 80 Nebraska 78 Colorado 76 Idaho 74 Guam 72 Ohio 69 West Virginia 62 North Carolina 60 Wyoming 60 California 57 Oklahoma 57 Virginia 55 Kentucky 53 New Hampshire 48 Puerto Rico 43 Washington 41 Utah 36 Oregon 32 Alaska 24 Maine 21 Virgin Islands 21 Hawaii 19 Vermont 17 Northern Mariana Islands 3 State/Territory Deaths in Last 7 Days California 1,630 Texas 1,478 Pennsylvania 1,361 Illinois 1,072 Michigan 864 Florida 677 New York* 658 Arizona 614 Indiana 598 Tennessee 595 Ohio 571 New Jersey 448 Missouri 433 Minnesota 410 Colorado 409 Wisconsin 399 North Carolina 385 Massachusetts 371 Kansas 339 Iowa 316 Maryland 313 Arkansas 305 Georgia 295 Alabama 287 Louisiana 262 Nevada 239 Mississippi 238 Virginia 235 Connecticut 232 South Carolina 211 New York City* 207 New Mexico 202 Washington 201 Kentucky 188 Oregon 186 Oklahoma 182 West Virginia 151 South Dakota 122 Rhode Island 115 Idaho 107 Utah 99 Puerto Rico 97 Nebraska 93 North Dakota 68 Montana 63 Delaware 55 New Hampshire 52 Wyoming 30 Maine 29 District of Columbia 26 Vermont 15 Alaska 8 Hawaii 8 Guam 2 American Samoa 0 Federated States of Micronesia 0 Northern Mariana Islands 0 Palau 0 Republic of Marshall Islands 0 Virgin Islands 0 State/Territory Deaths in Last 7 Days per 100K South Dakota 2 Kansas 1.7 Rhode Island 1.6 Arkansas 1.5 Pennsylvania 1.5 Iowa 1.4 New Mexico 1.4 Indiana 1.3 North Dakota 1.3 Tennessee 1.3 Arizona 1.2 Illinois 1.2 Michigan 1.2 West Virginia 1.2 Mississippi 1.1 Nevada 1.1 Colorado 1 Minnesota 1 Missouri 1 Wisconsin 1 Connecticut 0.9 Idaho 0.9 Montana 0.9 Alabama 0.8 Delaware 0.8 Louisiana 0.8 Massachusetts 0.8 New York* 0.8 Maryland 0.7 Nebraska 0.7 New Jersey 0.7 Ohio 0.7 Oklahoma 0.7 Texas 0.7 Wyoming 0.7 California 0.6 Kentucky 0.6 New Hampshire 0.6 Oregon 0.6 South Carolina 0.6 District of Columbia 0.5 Florida 0.5 North Carolina 0.5 Utah 0.5 Georgia 0.4 New York City* 0.4 Puerto Rico 0.4 Virginia 0.4 Washington 0.4 Maine 0.3 Vermont 0.3 Alaska 0.2 Guam 0.2 Hawaii 0.1 Today's numbers, midday, December 23, 2020. 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Jeepers Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 If Europe bans international travel then they are being responsible. If America bans international travel then we are racists. 3 Link to comment
TheCG Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Some people down here are randomly freaking out because the overall numbers for Texas are so high. Well, duh. We have a ton of people. If you look at the numbers per 100,000 people, however, we seem to be middle to low. 3 Link to comment
Ambergris Posted December 24, 2020 Author Share Posted December 24, 2020 On 12/20/2020 at 6:01 PM, Mt_Rider said: This was a troubling headline. But perhaps not so surprising. Being out in the boonies, we don't have a much of this. I consider that a good thing except I don't wish to be uninformed about other areas. https://news.yahoo.com/overdose-deaths-far-outpace-covid-190713845.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A record 621 people died of drug overdoses in San Francisco so far this year, a staggering number that far outpaces the 173 deaths from COVID-19 the city has seen thus far. BOLD is mine MtRider ...the other pandemic Deaths of despair. 1 Link to comment
Ambergris Posted December 24, 2020 Author Share Posted December 24, 2020 3 hours ago, TheCG said: Some people down here are randomly freaking out because the overall numbers for Texas are so high. Well, duh. We have a ton of people. If you look at the numbers per 100,000 people, however, we seem to be middle to low. That's why the per 100k needs to be posted, don't you think? 1 1 Link to comment
Ambergris Posted December 24, 2020 Author Share Posted December 24, 2020 (edited) December is now the VA’s deadliest month for coronavirus as deaths top 6,000 Leo Shane III 2 days ago December has been the deadliest month of the coronavirus pandemic for the Department of Veterans Affairs. And there is still more than a week left to go. On Tuesday, VA officials reported at least 6,192 total deaths among patients connected with the department, up 1,170 since the start of December. Previously, the department’s deadliest month of the pandemic was November, when 1,022 deaths were reported. At least 2,347 of the VA deaths included inpatients who died at VA medical centers. More than a third of all VA deaths related to coronavirus complications have come in the last 50 days of the nine-month pandemic. (Emphasis added) VA officials have dismissed month-to-month comparisons of the numbers, noting there could be lag times in reporting of some deaths. In addition to the patient totals, at least 90 VA employees have died from coronavirus complications. VA officials have declined to say how many of those VA workers who died had direct contact with medical center patients or other veterans. Nationally, more than 317,000 Americans have died from health conditions linked to the virus. On Monday, the administrator of the state-run veterans living facility in New Mexico was placed on administrative leave while officials there investigate whether proper coronavirus precautions were taken ahead of 21 resident deaths in recent weeks. An administrator of a state-run home in Illinois was fired earlier this month amid similar concerns after 32 veterans deaths there. VA officials have offered assistance to several of those types of state-run facilities, but haven’t made clear if those type of deaths are included in their totals, since the individuals involved are not necessarily linked to federal VA medical services. Within VA, active cases rose nearly 500 percent from the start of October to the end of November. They peaked at 17,757 on Dec. 11, when the department’s reports on coronavirus cases were removed from public view because of what officials called technical problems with the information. Officials declined to release any new numbers until Tuesday, when active cases were reported down 15 percent from the last report. VA leaders have downplayed spikes in coronavirus deaths and cases in recent months, saying that percentages of veterans who need hospitalization because of coronavirus complications has remained consistent or decreased as total cases have risen. The number of VA inpatients at medical facilities across the country rose to 1,318 last week, more than double the total in early November. Edited December 25, 2020 by Ambergris 2 Link to comment
TheCG Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 10 hours ago, Ambergris said: That's why the per 100k needs to be posted, don't you think? Yes, and I greatly appreciate you posting it. 1 Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Yeah....this is why one does not want to place any of their elder folks "in a home" right now.....VA or otherwise. Congregated living....no matter how well run....just spreads things in the best of times. College dorms too....but the young usually have more robust immune systems. MtRider 4 Link to comment
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