COVID-19 Megathread 6: Return of the Omicron

[SnowLabrador]

President Trump told us to not let COVID dominate your life. Clearly this woman just didn't take his advice. /s

https://twitter.com/stephenjnesbitt/status/1323665713815576576?s=20

That's terrifying. I'm 20, and I could die just like that.

[Vaccinated Russian Bear]

https://twitter.com/saikatc/status/1324038440900386816

Thanks, Nancy!

[Buffalo Mayor Young Kim]

https://twitter.com/saikatc/status/1324038440900386816
Thanks, Nancy!

Yes, Nancy Pelosi is the problem

Why couldn’t she just accept the ‘relief’ plan for at most a third of the needed money to distributed largely at Trump’s discretion and also create a liability shield so employers can be sued for exposing worker?

[Dr. Arch]

The updated numbers for COVID-19 in the U.S. are in for 11/4 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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10/25: <Sunday>

• Cases: 8,889,179 (+61,247 | ΔW Change: ↑35.73% | Σ Increase: ↑0.69%)
• Deaths: 230,510 (+442 | ΔW Change: ↓1.34% | Σ Increase: ↑0.19%)

10/26: <M>

• Cases: 8,962,783 (+73,604 | ΔW Change: ↑6.88% | Σ Increase: ↑0.83%)
• Deaths: 231,045 (+535 | ΔW Change: ↑8.74% | Σ Increase: ↑0.23%)

10/27: <T>

• Cases: 9,037,951 (+75,168 | ΔW Change: ↑19.29% | Σ Increase: ↑0.84%)
• Deaths: 232,085 (+1,040 | ΔW Change: ↑13.54% | Σ Increase: ↑0.45%)

10/28: <W>

• Cases: 9,121,800 (+83,849 | ΔW Change: ↑28.69% | Σ Increase: ↑0.93%)
• Deaths: 233,137 (+1,052 | ΔW Change: ↓17.23% | Σ Increase: ↑0.45%)

10/29: <Þ>

• Cases: 9,212,767 (+90,967 | ΔW Change: ↑18.40% | Σ Increase: ↑1.00%)
• Deaths: 234,177 (+1,040 | ΔW Change: ↑7.00% | Σ Increase: ↑0.45%)

10/30: <F>

• Cases: 9,316,297 (+103,530 | ΔW Change: ↑21.37% | Σ Increase: ↑1.12%)
• Deaths: 235,159 (+982 | ΔW Change: ↑8.75% | Σ Increase: ↑0.42%)

10/31: <S>

• Cases: 9,402,590 (+86,293 | ΔW Change: ↑6.56% | Σ Increase: ↑0.93%)
• Deaths: 236,072 (+913 | ΔW Change: ↑16.45% | Σ Increase: ↑0.39%)

11/1: <Sunday>

• Cases: 9,473,911 (+71,321 | ΔW Change: ↑16.45% | Σ Increase: ↑0.76%)
• Deaths: 236,471 (+399 | ΔW Change: ↓9.73% | Σ Increase: ↑0.17%)

11/2: <M>

• Cases: 9,567,110 (+93,199 | ΔW Change: ↑26.62% | Σ Increase: ↑0.98%)
• Deaths: 236,983 (+512 | ΔW Change: ↓4.30% | Σ Increase: ↑0.22%)

11/3 (Yesterday): <T>

• Cases: 9,693,632 (+126,522 | ΔW Change: ↑68.32% | Σ Increase: ↑1.32%)
• Deaths: 238,656 (+1,673 | ΔW Change: ↑60.87% | Σ Increase: ↑0.71%)

11/4 (Today): <W>

• Cases: 9,801,355 (+107,723 | ΔW Change: ↑28.47% | Σ Increase: ↑1.32%)
• Deaths: 239,829 (+1,173 | ΔW Change: ↑11.50% | Σ Increase: ↑1.11%)

[Darthpi – Anti-Florida Activist]

10 million here we come

[Darthpi – Anti-Florida Activist]

If you ever want to get a sense of where things are relative to the spring peak, given the lack of testing at that time, I'd suggest a Google Trends search for "Loss of smell"

[vitoNova]

Why hasn't Biden been ahead in PA in the last 3 days?  Even by a hair?

Trump wins.

LOL.  Numbercruching elites. 

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

https://twitter.com/saikatc/status/1324038440900386816

Thanks, Nancy!

Democrats didn't want a deal before the election and now Republicans don't want a deal.

[Dr. Arch]

The updated numbers for COVID-19 in the U.S. are in for 11/5 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.

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10/25: <Sunday>

• Cases: 8,889,179 (+61,247 | ΔW Change: ↑35.73% | Σ Increase: ↑0.69%)
• Deaths: 230,510 (+442 | ΔW Change: ↓1.34% | Σ Increase: ↑0.19%)

10/26: <M>

• Cases: 8,962,783 (+73,604 | ΔW Change: ↑6.88% | Σ Increase: ↑0.83%)
• Deaths: 231,045 (+535 | ΔW Change: ↑8.74% | Σ Increase: ↑0.23%)

10/27: <T>

• Cases: 9,037,951 (+75,168 | ΔW Change: ↑19.29% | Σ Increase: ↑0.84%)
• Deaths: 232,085 (+1,040 | ΔW Change: ↑13.54% | Σ Increase: ↑0.45%)

10/28: <W>

• Cases: 9,121,800 (+83,849 | ΔW Change: ↑28.69% | Σ Increase: ↑0.93%)
• Deaths: 233,137 (+1,052 | ΔW Change: ↓17.23% | Σ Increase: ↑0.45%)

10/29: <Þ>

• Cases: 9,212,767 (+90,967 | ΔW Change: ↑18.40% | Σ Increase: ↑1.00%)
• Deaths: 234,177 (+1,040 | ΔW Change: ↑7.00% | Σ Increase: ↑0.45%)

10/30: <F>

• Cases: 9,316,297 (+103,530 | ΔW Change: ↑21.37% | Σ Increase: ↑1.12%)
• Deaths: 235,159 (+982 | ΔW Change: ↑8.75% | Σ Increase: ↑0.42%)

10/31: <S>

• Cases: 9,402,590 (+86,293 | ΔW Change: ↑6.56% | Σ Increase: ↑0.93%)
• Deaths: 236,072 (+913 | ΔW Change: ↑16.45% | Σ Increase: ↑0.39%)

11/1: <Sunday>

• Cases: 9,473,911 (+71,321 | ΔW Change: ↑16.45% | Σ Increase: ↑0.76%)
• Deaths: 236,471 (+399 | ΔW Change: ↓9.73% | Σ Increase: ↑0.17%)

11/2: <M>

• Cases: 9,567,110 (+93,199 | ΔW Change: ↑26.62% | Σ Increase: ↑0.98%)
• Deaths: 236,983 (+512 | ΔW Change: ↓4.30% | Σ Increase: ↑0.22%)

11/3: <T>

• Cases: 9,693,632 (+126,522 | ΔW Change: ↑68.32% | Σ Increase: ↑1.32%)
• Deaths: 238,656 (+1,673 | ΔW Change: ↑60.87% | Σ Increase: ↑0.71%)

11/4 (Yesterday): <W>

• Cases: 9,801,355 (+107,723 | ΔW Change: ↑28.47% | Σ Increase: ↑1.32%)
• Deaths: 239,829 (+1,173 | ΔW Change: ↑11.50% | Σ Increase: ↑1.11%)

11/5 (Today): <Þ>

• Cases: 9,919,522 (+118,167 | ΔW Change: ↑29.90% | Σ Increase: ↑1.21%)
• Deaths: 240,953 (+1,124 | ΔW Change: ↑8.08% | Σ Increase: ↑0.47%)

[Buffalo Mayor Young Kim]

https://twitter.com/saikatc/status/1324038440900386816
Thanks, Nancy!

Democrats didn't want a deal before the election and now Republicans don't want a deal.

I feel the need to point out that 1) Republicans were demanding a liability shield for employers 2) Even as Pelosi and White House reps negotiated almost up to the election, Mitch was being pretty clear that nothing of substance would through the Senate

[Holy Unifying Centrist]

https://twitter.com/saikatc/status/1324038440900386816
Thanks, Nancy!

Democrats didn't want a deal before the election and now Republicans don't want a deal.

I feel the need to point out that 1) Republicans were demanding a liability shield for employers 2) Even as Pelosi and White House reps negotiated almost up to the election, Mitch was being pretty clear that nothing of substance would through the Senate

Good. That should be a part of any COVID relief package. I'm glad Republicans are demanding that.

[Buffalo Mayor Young Kim]

https://twitter.com/saikatc/status/1324038440900386816
Thanks, Nancy!

Democrats didn't want a deal before the election and now Republicans don't want a deal.

I feel the need to point out that 1) Republicans were demanding a liability shield for employers 2) Even as Pelosi and White House reps negotiated almost up to the election, Mitch was being pretty clear that nothing of substance would through the Senate

Good. That should be a part of any COVID relief package. I'm glad Republicans are demanding that.

Because you like the idea of being forced to choose between COVID and unemployment? Or you think having no effective mechanism to force businesses to follow public health guidelines is great for pandemic control?

[Bandit3 the Worker]

I have concerns about the accuracy of new antigen tests:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-fda-test-idUSKBN27J2K6

The FDA just put out a warning that said these tests are so inaccurate that if a state has a 1% positivity rate, 70% of positives are false positives:

https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/letters-health-care-providers/potential-false-positive-results-antigen-tests-rapid-detection-sars-cov-2-letter-clinical-laboratory

States began ramping up their use of these tests in mid-October, which was really when the nationwide spike in cases seemed to begin. Notice this spike is pretty uniform, and not really limited to certain states and regions like past spikes.

How can we trust these case numbers to guide public policy? How many recent cases are actually false positives? This isn't conspiracy stuff. This is straight from Reuters and the FDA.

[Darthpi – Anti-Florida Activist]

I have concerns about the accuracy of new antigen tests:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-fda-test-idUSKBN27J2K6

The FDA just put out a warning that said these tests are so inaccurate that if a state has a 1% positivity rate, 70% of positives are false positives:

https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/letters-health-care-providers/potential-false-positive-results-antigen-tests-rapid-detection-sars-cov-2-letter-clinical-laboratory

States began ramping up their use of these tests in mid-October, which was really when the nationwide spike in cases seemed to begin. Notice this spike is pretty uniform, and not really limited to certain states and regions like past spikes.

How can we trust these case numbers to guide public policy? How many recent cases are actually false positives? This isn't conspiracy stuff. This is straight from Reuters and the FDA.

What about this chart do you not understand

If you ever want to get a sense of where things are relative to the spring peak, given the lack of testing at that time, I'd suggest a Google Trends search for "Loss of smell"

[GeorgiaModerate]

Why hasn't Biden been ahead in PA in the last 3 days?  Even by a hair?

Trump wins.

LOL.  Numbercruching elites. 

This aged well.

[Dr. Arch]

The updated numbers for COVID-19 in the U.S. are in for 11/6 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.

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10/25: <Sunday>

• Cases: 8,889,179 (+61,247 | ΔW Change: ↑35.73% | Σ Increase: ↑0.69%)
• Deaths: 230,510 (+442 | ΔW Change: ↓1.34% | Σ Increase: ↑0.19%)

10/26: <M>

• Cases: 8,962,783 (+73,604 | ΔW Change: ↑6.88% | Σ Increase: ↑0.83%)
• Deaths: 231,045 (+535 | ΔW Change: ↑8.74% | Σ Increase: ↑0.23%)

10/27: <T>

• Cases: 9,037,951 (+75,168 | ΔW Change: ↑19.29% | Σ Increase: ↑0.84%)
• Deaths: 232,085 (+1,040 | ΔW Change: ↑13.54% | Σ Increase: ↑0.45%)

10/28: <W>

• Cases: 9,121,800 (+83,849 | ΔW Change: ↑28.69% | Σ Increase: ↑0.93%)
• Deaths: 233,137 (+1,052 | ΔW Change: ↓17.23% | Σ Increase: ↑0.45%)

10/29: <Þ>

• Cases: 9,212,767 (+90,967 | ΔW Change: ↑18.40% | Σ Increase: ↑1.00%)
• Deaths: 234,177 (+1,040 | ΔW Change: ↑7.00% | Σ Increase: ↑0.45%)

10/30: <F>

• Cases: 9,316,297 (+103,530 | ΔW Change: ↑21.37% | Σ Increase: ↑1.12%)
• Deaths: 235,159 (+982 | ΔW Change: ↑8.75% | Σ Increase: ↑0.42%)

10/31: <S>

• Cases: 9,402,590 (+86,293 | ΔW Change: ↑6.56% | Σ Increase: ↑0.93%)
• Deaths: 236,072 (+913 | ΔW Change: ↑16.45% | Σ Increase: ↑0.39%)

11/1: <Sunday>

• Cases: 9,473,911 (+71,321 | ΔW Change: ↑16.45% | Σ Increase: ↑0.76%)
• Deaths: 236,471 (+399 | ΔW Change: ↓9.73% | Σ Increase: ↑0.17%)

11/2: <M>

• Cases: 9,567,110 (+93,199 | ΔW Change: ↑26.62% | Σ Increase: ↑0.98%)
• Deaths: 236,983 (+512 | ΔW Change: ↓4.30% | Σ Increase: ↑0.22%)

11/3: <T>

• Cases: 9,693,632 (+126,522 | ΔW Change: ↑68.32% | Σ Increase: ↑1.32%)
• Deaths: 238,656 (+1,673 | ΔW Change: ↑60.87% | Σ Increase: ↑0.71%)

11/4: <W>

• Cases: 9,801,355 (+107,723 | ΔW Change: ↑28.47% | Σ Increase: ↑1.32%)
• Deaths: 239,829 (+1,173 | ΔW Change: ↑11.50% | Σ Increase: ↑1.11%)

11/5 (Yesterday): <Þ>

• Cases: 9,919,522 (+118,167 | ΔW Change: ↑29.90% | Σ Increase: ↑1.21%)
• Deaths: 240,953 (+1,124 | ΔW Change: ↑8.08% | Σ Increase: ↑0.47%)

11/6 (Today): <F>

• Cases: 10,058,586 (+139,064 | ΔW Change: ↑52.87% | Σ Increase: ↑1.40%)
• Deaths: 242,230 (+1,277 | ΔW Change: ↑22.79% | Σ Increase: ↑0.53%)

[Darthpi – Anti-Florida Activist]

11/6 (Today): <F>

• Cases: 10,058,586 (+139,064 | ΔW Change: ↑52.87% | Σ Increase: ↑1.40%)
• Deaths: 242,230 (+1,277 | ΔW Change: ↑22.79% | Σ Increase: ↑0.53%)

Good GOD that is a large number. Please tell me there is some backlog there and that's not all new cases

[Dr. Arch]

11/6 (Today): <F>

• Cases: 10,058,586 (+139,064 | ΔW Change: ↑52.87% | Σ Increase: ↑1.40%)
• Deaths: 242,230 (+1,277 | ΔW Change: ↑22.79% | Σ Increase: ↑0.53%)

Good GOD that is a large number. Please tell me there is some backlog there and that's not all new cases

Nope...  It's been out of control since about a day or two before the election.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1320353720132128768
https://twitter.com/Olivianuzzi/status/1324926651633963010

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

11/6 (Today): <F>

• Cases: 10,058,586 (+139,064 | ΔW Change: ↑52.87% | Σ Increase: ↑1.40%)
• Deaths: 242,230 (+1,277 | ΔW Change: ↑22.79% | Σ Increase: ↑0.53%)

Good GOD that is a large number. Please tell me there is some backlog there and that's not all new cases

Nope...  It's been out of control since about a day or two before the election.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1321051933654863872

[It’s so Joever]

So bad news...there may be a mutation that is resistant to previous Covid antibodies, or at least somewhat stronger against them...

https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-11-07/covid-outbreak-in-mink-that-was-dismissed-now-has-world-worried

[It’s so Joever]

Also, this is the result of idiots who can’t be bothered to act reasonably.


https://magicvalley.com/news/local/idaho-hospitals-are-on-the-brink-will-it-take-people-dying-in-my-er-to/article_55937a30-30a4-564f-a128-22c4a4f28cf5.html

https://www.abc4.com/coronavirus/breaking-point-record-number-of-covi-19-patients-overwhelms-utah-hospitals/amp/

https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-health-north-dakota-6b69d7c8a9ab2a984f5a0951ecbf5ec9

https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-public-health-health-nebraska-ad15f66462c2b90b85350fbf8be73ca4

https://wgem.com/2020/11/05/northeast-missouri-hospitals-begin-to-face-staffing-space-concerns-related-to-covid-19/

https://www.kare11.com/amp/article/news/health/coronavirus/hospital-icu-bed-availability-limited-in-twin-cities-as-covid-cases-rise/89-415e40fd-a5fb-4148-8b7c-6e262ea82028

https://www.amp.jconline.com/amp/6185477002

[Hollywood]

So bad news...there may be a mutation that is resistant to previous Covid antibodies, or at least somewhat stronger against them...

https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-11-07/covid-outbreak-in-mink-that-was-dismissed-now-has-world-worried

Yep.  I read a few studies that questioned the validity of inoculating minks, because there were constant mutations of inactive Covid particle or proteins that resided in the IG tract.  Same was found in feline cats.  They saw two completely new species of Coronavirus that had popped up when investigating the 2011 outbreak among Mink populations in Minnesota and Wisconsin.  The mutations were also significantly more fatal, and were able to cross between species.   

In our globalist world where people and animals are constantly moving across the world, we have expanded the reservoir for coronavirus, and naturally, it evolved faster than we can react.  Countries have banned flights from Denmark.  Too late.  Migrant farmers, livestock, and many workers, having to travel for work, already spread it.  As we've seen Europe now, you can't beat this thing with lockdowns and scapegoating right wingers.  You're only beating yourself.  The lockdowns can't be prolonged for many weeks or months cause economical attrition will eventually break your society.

[Hollywood]

Also, this is the result of idiots who can’t be bothered to act reasonably.


https://magicvalley.com/news/local/idaho-hospitals-are-on-the-brink-will-it-take-people-dying-in-my-er-to/article_55937a30-30a4-564f-a128-22c4a4f28cf5.html

https://www.abc4.com/coronavirus/breaking-point-record-number-of-covi-19-patients-overwhelms-utah-hospitals/amp/

https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-health-north-dakota-6b69d7c8a9ab2a984f5a0951ecbf5ec9

https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-public-health-health-nebraska-ad15f66462c2b90b85350fbf8be73ca4

https://wgem.com/2020/11/05/northeast-missouri-hospitals-begin-to-face-staffing-space-concerns-related-to-covid-19/

https://www.kare11.com/amp/article/news/health/coronavirus/hospital-icu-bed-availability-limited-in-twin-cities-as-covid-cases-rise/89-415e40fd-a5fb-4148-8b7c-6e262ea82028

https://www.amp.jconline.com/amp/6185477002

Every state in the Mountain west and Midwest is experiencing overwhelming Covid patient in emergency rooms as winter cold and dry air continues is march South and East.  The top three states in the nation are Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin.  It's going to come for people in the Pacific states in about a week or two.  Don't worry.  Everyone will get a turn.  Not even Germany could stop it from blowing up. 

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

[jimrtex]

Again, the fact we don’t have a mask mandate everywhere in the US which is strictly enforced is outrageous. There is no economic harm from a mask mandate, and it greatly will reduce our transmission.

How would you enforce it?

Fine people who don't follow the requirements.

Who would impose the fine?

What would happen if someone refused to pay the fine?