COVID-19 Megathread 6: Return of the Omicron

[Dr. Arch]

9/13: <Sunday>

• Cases: 6,708,458 (+31,857 | ΔW Change: ↑9.48% | Σ Increase: ↑0.48%)
• Deaths: 198,520 (+392 | ΔW Change: ↓9.26% | Σ Increase: ↑0.20%)

9/14 (Yesterday): <M>

• Cases: 6,749,289 (+40,831 | ΔW Change: ↑61.23% | Σ Increase: ↑0.61%)
• Deaths: 199,000 (+480 | ΔW Change: ↑69.01% | Σ Increase: ↑0.24%)

9/15 (Today): <T>

• Cases: 6,787,737 (+38,448 | ΔW Change: ↑34.17% | Σ Increase: ↑0.57%)
• Deaths: 200,178 (+1,178 | ΔW Change: ↑136.55% | Σ Increase: ↑0.59%)

Well, we just broke the 200,000 COVID-19 American deaths mark, and on top of that, that's not even the worst news. It's the fact that we're on another upswing again, it seems, big time.

[icemanj]

9/13: <Sunday>

• Cases: 6,708,458 (+31,857 | ΔW Change: ↑9.48% | Σ Increase: ↑0.48%)
• Deaths: 198,520 (+392 | ΔW Change: ↓9.26% | Σ Increase: ↑0.20%)

9/14 (Yesterday): <M>

• Cases: 6,749,289 (+40,831 | ΔW Change: ↑61.23% | Σ Increase: ↑0.61%)
• Deaths: 199,000 (+480 | ΔW Change: ↑69.01% | Σ Increase: ↑0.24%)

9/15 (Today): <T>

• Cases: 6,787,737 (+38,448 | ΔW Change: ↑34.17% | Σ Increase: ↑0.57%)
• Deaths: 200,178 (+1,178 | ΔW Change: ↑136.55% | Σ Increase: ↑0.59%)

Well, we just broke the 200,000 COVID-19 American deaths mark, and on top of that, that's not even the worst news. It's the fact that we're on another upswing again, it seems, big time.

Last week was labor day and that kind of screws up the numbers. Should wait until the end of the week and see what it looks like.

[Darthpi – Anti-Florida Activist]

9/13: <Sunday>

• Cases: 6,708,458 (+31,857 | ΔW Change: ↑9.48% | Σ Increase: ↑0.48%)
• Deaths: 198,520 (+392 | ΔW Change: ↓9.26% | Σ Increase: ↑0.20%)

9/14 (Yesterday): <M>

• Cases: 6,749,289 (+40,831 | ΔW Change: ↑61.23% | Σ Increase: ↑0.61%)
• Deaths: 199,000 (+480 | ΔW Change: ↑69.01% | Σ Increase: ↑0.24%)

9/15 (Today): <T>

• Cases: 6,787,737 (+38,448 | ΔW Change: ↑34.17% | Σ Increase: ↑0.57%)
• Deaths: 200,178 (+1,178 | ΔW Change: ↑136.55% | Σ Increase: ↑0.59%)

Well, we just broke the 200,000 COVID-19 American deaths mark, and on top of that, that's not even the worst news. It's the fact that we're on another upswing again, it seems, big time.

Last week was labor day and that kind of screws up the numbers. Should wait until the end of the week and see what it looks like.

Agree with this, the data last week looked like there was probably some substantial reporting lags. Though I think there is little reason to believe that things are at anything better than a near 40K plateau in new daily cases, which is still terrible.

[Dr. Arch]

9/13: <Sunday>

• Cases: 6,708,458 (+31,857 | ΔW Change: ↑9.48% | Σ Increase: ↑0.48%)
• Deaths: 198,520 (+392 | ΔW Change: ↓9.26% | Σ Increase: ↑0.20%)

9/14 (Yesterday): <M>

• Cases: 6,749,289 (+40,831 | ΔW Change: ↑61.23% | Σ Increase: ↑0.61%)
• Deaths: 199,000 (+480 | ΔW Change: ↑69.01% | Σ Increase: ↑0.24%)

9/15 (Today): <T>

• Cases: 6,787,737 (+38,448 | ΔW Change: ↑34.17% | Σ Increase: ↑0.57%)
• Deaths: 200,178 (+1,178 | ΔW Change: ↑136.55% | Σ Increase: ↑0.59%)

Well, we just broke the 200,000 COVID-19 American deaths mark, and on top of that, that's not even the worst news. It's the fact that we're on another upswing again, it seems, big time.

Last week was labor day and that kind of screws up the numbers. Should wait until the end of the week and see what it looks like.

Agree with this, the data last week looked like there was probably some substantial reporting lags. Though I think there is little reason to believe that things are at anything better than a near 40K plateau in new daily cases, which is still terrible.

Yes, but there is a lot more red popping up since before the weekend hit. We'll see what happens by the end of the week. We'll have a better idea of how it's looking like by then.

[Darthpi – Anti-Florida Activist]

9/13: <Sunday>

• Cases: 6,708,458 (+31,857 | ΔW Change: ↑9.48% | Σ Increase: ↑0.48%)
• Deaths: 198,520 (+392 | ΔW Change: ↓9.26% | Σ Increase: ↑0.20%)

9/14 (Yesterday): <M>

• Cases: 6,749,289 (+40,831 | ΔW Change: ↑61.23% | Σ Increase: ↑0.61%)
• Deaths: 199,000 (+480 | ΔW Change: ↑69.01% | Σ Increase: ↑0.24%)

9/15 (Today): <T>

• Cases: 6,787,737 (+38,448 | ΔW Change: ↑34.17% | Σ Increase: ↑0.57%)
• Deaths: 200,178 (+1,178 | ΔW Change: ↑136.55% | Σ Increase: ↑0.59%)

Well, we just broke the 200,000 COVID-19 American deaths mark, and on top of that, that's not even the worst news. It's the fact that we're on another upswing again, it seems, big time.

Last week was labor day and that kind of screws up the numbers. Should wait until the end of the week and see what it looks like.

Agree with this, the data last week looked like there was probably some substantial reporting lags. Though I think there is little reason to believe that things are at anything better than a near 40K plateau in new daily cases, which is still terrible.

Yes, but there is a lot more red popping up since before the weekend hit. We'll see what happens by the end of the week. We'll have a better idea of how it's looking like by then.

Agreed.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

https://twitter.com/themaxburns/status/1306048475319218176

[GeorgiaModerate]

9/13: <Sunday>

• Cases: 6,708,458 (+31,857 | ΔW Change: ↑9.48% | Σ Increase: ↑0.48%)
• Deaths: 198,520 (+392 | ΔW Change: ↓9.26% | Σ Increase: ↑0.20%)

9/14 (Yesterday): <M>

• Cases: 6,749,289 (+40,831 | ΔW Change: ↑61.23% | Σ Increase: ↑0.61%)
• Deaths: 199,000 (+480 | ΔW Change: ↑69.01% | Σ Increase: ↑0.24%)

9/15 (Today): <T>

• Cases: 6,787,737 (+38,448 | ΔW Change: ↑34.17% | Σ Increase: ↑0.57%)
• Deaths: 200,178 (+1,178 | ΔW Change: ↑136.55% | Σ Increase: ↑0.59%)

Well, we just broke the 200,000 COVID-19 American deaths mark, and on top of that, that's not even the worst news. It's the fact that we're on another upswing again, it seems, big time.

Last week was labor day and that kind of screws up the numbers. Should wait until the end of the week and see what it looks like.

Agree with this, the data last week looked like there was probably some substantial reporting lags. Though I think there is little reason to believe that things are at anything better than a near 40K plateau in new daily cases, which is still terrible.

Yes, but there is a lot more red popping up since before the weekend hit. We'll see what happens by the end of the week. We'll have a better idea of how it's looking like by then.

It's almost like something happened in the last few weeks to start bringing a bunch of people together again in indoor spaces.

[GP270watch]

So dumb.

https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1306068367833550848

[Never Made it to Graceland]

Worst president in American history.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/government-turned-down-offer-n95-masks-coronavirus_n_5eb6e016c5b64711c0c8cafa

[Holmes]

https://twitter.com/themaxburns/status/1306048475319218176

But he restricted travel from China in March!!!!!

[Hnv1]

Arkansas has 140 reported deaths today. Is that a mistake? It’s a 10% increase

[Mr. Morden]

I mentioned this on the 2020 board where this poll was originally posted (since it includes a Biden/Trump horserace matchup), but latest poll on who's willing to get a vaccine:

https://twitter.com/ArgoJournal/status/1306261432179331074

[Xing]

So dumb.

https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1306068367833550848

There's ignorance in every country, but I don't think there's another country where people are so proud of their ignorance and denial of reality.

[Storr]

https://twitter.com/themaxburns/status/1306048475319218176

But he restricted travel from China in March!!!!!

He forgot Trump's strategy in May and June which was "It's gone!".

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/NTarnopolsky/status/1306286858951962631

[Higgins]

So...only about 20 or 30 years until we can take our masks off, per Commissar Fauci right? 30, 40 years? Forever? Somewhere in that ballpark?

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

Arkansas has 140 reported deaths today. Is that a mistake? It’s a 10% increase

Apparently it is the result of Arkansas adding all the past "probable" deaths to their total.

[Frodo]

CDC director says COVID vaccine won't be widely available until mid-2021

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told lawmakers on Wednesday that he doesn't expect a potential COVID-19 vaccine to be available for most Americans until the middle of next year, even as the government unveiled plans to begin distributing a vaccine as soon as possible.

At a hearing before a Senate subcommittee on Capitol Hill, CDC Director Robert Redfield said any vaccine is unlikely to be widely available to most Americans before the summer or early fall of 2021, given initial constraints on supplies if and when a vaccine wins approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

"I think there will be vaccine that will initially be available some time between November and December, but very limited supply, and it will have to be prioritized," Redfield told lawmakers. "If you're asking me when is it going to be generally available to the American public so we can begin to take advantage of vaccine to get back to our regular life, I think we're probably looking at late second quarter, third quarter 2021."

[Frodo]

Children and young adults of color are dying from COVID-19 at higher rates

Children and young adults of color are dying from the coronavirus pandemic at a much higher rate than their peers, according to new data from the CDC. In more than 390,000 cases and 121 adolescent COVID-19 deaths analyzed by researchers, over 78% of the deceased were children of color.

In the CDC's weekly morbidity and mortality report, researchers inspected young adult deaths under 21 that were reported between February 12 and July 31, which showed a widening racial disparity. Of the children who died, 45% were Hispanic, 29% were Black, and 4% were American Indian or Native Alaskan. Even more concerning, a larger percentage of deaths were among young adults aged 18-20, the most prevalent age for college-bound students.

The race disparity surrounding the novel coronavirus outbreak has historically gone beyond adolescents, who represent a smaller percentage of at-risk individuals. In late March, a peak in the coronavirus outbreak, Black and Hispanic individuals made up one-third of hospitalized individuals. However, research has found COVID-19 kills people of color under 65 at twice the rate of their White counterparts, while people of color make up less than 45% of COVID-19 deaths at all ages.

Also:

Communities of color hit hardest financially by COVID-19: study

Communities of color have been hit the hardest by economic and social challenges spurred by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new study, adding to the well-documented toll the pandemic has had on health within these communities.

The new study — conducted by NPR, Harvard and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation — found that 72 percent of Latino households, 60 percent of Black households and 55 percent of Native American households reported “serious financial problems.”

Those problems included struggling to pay credit card bills, rent and utilities and being able to afford food. Notably, across the board, the most common problem was having little to no savings. Roughly 4 in 10 Black, Latino and Native American households said that most if not all of their savings have been used during the pandemic.

[Calthrina950]

CDC director says COVID vaccine won't be widely available until mid-2021

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told lawmakers on Wednesday that he doesn't expect a potential COVID-19 vaccine to be available for most Americans until the middle of next year, even as the government unveiled plans to begin distributing a vaccine as soon as possible.

At a hearing before a Senate subcommittee on Capitol Hill, CDC Director Robert Redfield said any vaccine is unlikely to be widely available to most Americans before the summer or early fall of 2021, given initial constraints on supplies if and when a vaccine wins approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

"I think there will be vaccine that will initially be available some time between November and December, but very limited supply, and it will have to be prioritized," Redfield told lawmakers. "If you're asking me when is it going to be generally available to the American public so we can begin to take advantage of vaccine to get back to our regular life, I think we're probably looking at late second quarter, third quarter 2021."

This means that we can expect to be wearing masks until next summer. I'm not looking forward to it.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Just found out that an elderly cousin of my wife's has COVID.  She just got out of the hospital for a different issue, and it's possible she contracted the virus there.

[Person Man]

Just found out that an elderly cousin of my wife's has COVID.  She just got out of the hospital for a different issue, and it's possible she contracted the virus there.

I hope they turn out ok. I’ve had two relatives get severe COVID already.

[Dr. Arch]

The updated numbers for COVID-19 in the U.S. are in for 9/16 per: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

I'm keeping track of these updates daily and updating at the end of the day, whenever all states finish reporting for that day.

ΔW Change: Comparisons of Weekly Day-to-day Growth or Decline of COVID-19 Spread/Deaths.

• IE: Comparing the numbers to the same day of last week, are we flattening the curve enough?

Σ Increase: A day's contribution to overall percentage growth of COVID-19 cases/deaths.

• IE: What's the overall change in the total?

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9/6: <Sunday>

• Cases: 6,460,250 (+29,098 | ΔW Change: ↓14.81% | Σ Increase: ↑0.45%)
• Deaths: 193,250 (+432 | ΔW Change: ↑17.07% | Σ Increase: ↑0.22%)

9/7: <M>

• Cases: 6,485,575 (+25,325 | ΔW Change: ↓34.13% | Σ Increase: ↑0.39%)
• Deaths: 193,534 (+284 | ΔW Change: ↓44.53% | Σ Increase: ↑0.15%)

9/8: <T>

• Cases: 6,514,231 (+28,656 | ΔW Change: ↓37.55% | Σ Increase: ↑0.44%)
• Deaths: 194,032 (+498 | ΔW Change: ↓57.22% | Σ Increase: ↑0.26%)

9/9: <W>

• Cases: 6,549,475 (+35,244 | ΔW Change: ↑6.27% | Σ Increase: ↑0.54%)
• Deaths: 195,239 (+1,207 | ΔW Change: ↑13.44% | Σ Increase: ↑0.62%)

9/10: <Þ>

• Cases: 6,588,163 (+35,244 | ΔW Change: ↓20.81% | Σ Increase: ↑0.59%)
• Deaths: 196,328 (+1,089 | ΔW Change: ↓0.46% | Σ Increase: ↑0.56%)

9/11: <F>

• Cases: 6,636,247 (+48,084 | ΔW Change: ↓10.65% | Σ Increase: ↑0.73%)
• Deaths: 197,421 (+1,093 | ΔW Change: ↑3.80% | Σ Increase: ↑0.56%)

9/12: <S>

• Cases: 6,676,601 (+40,354 | ΔW Change: ↓4.14% | Σ Increase: ↑0.61%)
• Deaths: 198,128 (+707 | ΔW Change: ↑0.00% | Σ Increase: ↑0.36%)

9/13: <Sunday>

• Cases: 6,708,458 (+31,857 | ΔW Change: ↑9.48% | Σ Increase: ↑0.48%)
• Deaths: 198,520 (+392 | ΔW Change: ↓9.26% | Σ Increase: ↑0.20%)

9/14: <M>

• Cases: 6,749,289 (+40,831 | ΔW Change: ↑61.23% | Σ Increase: ↑0.61%)
• Deaths: 199,000 (+480 | ΔW Change: ↑69.01% | Σ Increase: ↑0.24%)

9/15 (Yesterday): <T>

• Cases: 6,787,737 (+38,448 | ΔW Change: ↑34.17% | Σ Increase: ↑0.57%)
• Deaths: 200,178 (+1,178 | ΔW Change: ↑136.55% | Σ Increase: ↑0.59%)

9/16 (Today): <W>

• Cases: 6,828,301 (+40,564 | ΔW Change: ↑15.09% | Σ Increase: ↑0.60%)
• Deaths: 201,348 (+1,170 | ΔW Change: ↓3.07% | Σ Increase: ↑0.58%)

[Edu]

9/16 (Today): <W>

• Cases: 6,828,301 (+40,564 | ΔW Change: ↑15.09% | Σ Increase: ↑0.60%)
• Deaths: 201,348 (+1,170 | ΔW Change: ↓3.07% | Σ Increase: ↑0.58%)

Nitpicking obviously, but the numbers I see right now is 201,384 deaths, not 201,348

Was something added in the past few hours or it's a typo?

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1306408278755164160