COVID-19 Megathread 6: Return of the Omicron

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

https://mobile.twitter.com/prufrax/status/1339520859644579841

[Sir Mohamed]

Ugh.

https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1339379807684014081

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Now demand that they enforce your draconian COVID regulations 😃

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1339110677638750208

[Sir Mohamed]

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1339110677638750208

I hope GOP officials and voters take notice. That said, I wish him all the best.

[jamestroll]

Congratulations rural Trump America. You have done the near impossible. Cause a virus to spread out of control in rural communities nation wide.

In rural communities simple common sense would have prevented this.

[DINGO Joe]

Congratulations rural Trump America. You have done the near impossible. Cause a virus to spread out of control in rural communities nation wide.

In rural communities simple common sense would have prevented this.

In lieu of a college degree, that's what rural America is supposed to have.  Didn't turn out that way.

[Bootes Void]

AYY LMAO
https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1339701188086906882

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

https://twitter.com/BowieSnodgrass/status/1339717386837090304?s=19

[Progressive Pessimist]

Congratulations rural Trump America. You have done the near impossible. Cause a virus to spread out of control in rural communities nation wide.

In rural communities simple common sense would have prevented this.

It was all worth it to spite us freedom-hating coastal elitists.

[Dr. Arch]

The updated numbers for COVID-19 in the U.S. are in for 12/17 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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12/6: <Sunday>

• Cases: 15,159,259 (+175,834 | ΔW Change: ↑25.55% | Σ Increase: ↑1.17%)
• Deaths: 288,906 (+1,081 | ΔW Change: ↑32.15% | Σ Increase: ↑0.38%)

12/7: <M>

• Cases: 15,369,046 (+209,787 | ΔW Change: ↑23.79% | Σ Increase: ↑1.38%)
• Deaths: 290,443 (+1,537 | ΔW Change: ↑21.98% | Σ Increase: ↑0.53%)

12/8: <T>

• Cases: 15,591,709 (+222,663 | ΔW Change: ↑18.05% | Σ Increase: ↑1.45%)
• Deaths: 293,398 (+2,955 | ΔW Change: ↑11.76% | Σ Increase: ↑1.02%)

12/9: <W>

• Cases: 15,820,042 (+228,333 | ΔW Change: ↑11.14% | Σ Increase: ↑1.46%)
• Deaths: 296,698 (+3,300 | ΔW Change: ↑14.23% | Σ Increase: ↑1.12%)

12/10: <Þ>

• Cases: 16,039,393 (+219,351 | ΔW Change: ↓0.86% | Σ Increase: ↑1.39%)
• Deaths: 299,692 (+2,994 | ΔW Change: ↑1.01% | Σ Increase: ↑1.01%)

12/11: <F>

• Cases: 16,295,458 (+256,065 | ΔW Change: ↑7.97% | Σ Increase: ↑1.60%)
• Deaths: 302,750 (+3,058 | ΔW Change: ↑12.39% | Σ Increase: ↑1.02%)

12/12: <S>

• Cases: 16,549,366 (+253,908 | ΔW Change: ↑20.29% | Σ Increase: ↑1.56%)
• Deaths: 305,082 (+2,332 | ΔW Change: ↑2.51% | Σ Increase: ↑0.77%)

12/13: <Sunday>

• Cases: 16,737,267 (+187,901 | ΔW Change: ↑6.86% | Σ Increase: ↑1.14%)
• Deaths: 306,459 (+1,377 | ΔW Change: ↑27.38% | Σ Increase: ↑0.45%)

12/14: <M>

• Cases: 16,942,822 (+205,555 | ΔW Change: ↓2.02% | Σ Increase: ↑1.23%)
• Deaths: 308,089 (+1,630 | ΔW Change: ↑6.05% | Σ Increase: ↑0.53%)

12/15: <T>

• Cases: 17,143,942 (+201,120 | ΔW Change: ↓9.68% | Σ Increase: ↑1.19%)
• Deaths: 311,073 (+2,984 | ΔW Change: ↑0.98% | Σ Increase: ↑0.97%)

12/16 (Yesterday): <W>

• Cases: 17,392,618 (+248,676 | ΔW Change: ↑8.91% | Σ Increase: ↑1.45%)
• Deaths: 314,577 (+3,504 | ΔW Change: ↑6.18% | Σ Increase: ↑1.13%)

12/17 (Today): <Þ>

• Cases: 17,626,770 (+234,152 | ΔW Change: ↑6.75% | Σ Increase: ↑1.35%)
• Deaths: 317,928 (+3,351 | ΔW Change: ↑11.92% | Σ Increase: ↑1.07%)

[jamestroll]

Anyone have projects when we will stop seeing 200,000 cases per day?

[politicallefty]

Anyone have projects when we will stop seeing 200,000 cases per day?

On a regular basis and apart from the way data is reported (i.e. expect low reported numbers on holidays like Christmas and New Year's), late January would be optimistic. I would expect February or March, depending on how quickly we can dispense vaccines. Thanksgiving was a terrible super-spreader event across the country. I expect Christmas to be even worse, and in contrast with Thanksgiving, that's something celebrated across many countries. As the medical professionals have been saying, we are in for a rough winter.

Congress is failing the American people. We should be paying as many people to stay home as possible, especially now. There is light at the end of the tunnel and it does not appear to be an oncoming train. However, it will take time to reach that point. This is the exact time when we should be putting very serious money into stimulus, something far bigger than the CARES Act. We need to be pumping massive support into small businesses and the American people, not to mention money to support the healthcare system (taking care of patients and expediting vaccine distribution).

[jamestroll]

Anyone have projects when we will stop seeing 200,000 cases per day?

On a regular basis and apart from the way data is reported (i.e. expect low reported numbers on holidays like Christmas and New Year's), late January would be optimistic. I would expect February or March, depending on how quickly we can dispense vaccines. Thanksgiving was a terrible super-spreader event across the country. I expect Christmas to be even worse, and in contrast with Thanksgiving, that's something celebrated across many countries. As the medical professionals have been saying, we are in for a rough winter.

Congress is failing the American people. We should be paying as many people to stay home as possible, especially now. There is light at the end of the tunnel and it does not appear to be an oncoming train. However, it will take time to reach that point. This is the exact time when we should be putting very serious money into stimulus, something far bigger than the CARES Act. We need to be pumping massive support into small businesses and the American people, not to mention money to support the healthcare system (taking care of patients and expediting vaccine distribution).

No I am not spending 4 to 5 trillion dollars to waste another lock down.

There is no public support for a lockdown and the only time there was happened in spring and the lockdowns in spring were a joke. We should have locked down hard at very first.

[politicallefty]

No I am not spending 4 to 5 trillion dollars to waste another lock down.

There is no public support for a lockdown and the only time there was happened in spring and the lockdowns in spring were a joke. We should have locked down hard at very first.

If you can't accept that, then there will be hundreds of thousands of new cases everyday and thousands of deaths everyday. On top of that, people will continue to fall into poverty and unemployment. Small businesses will continue to fail on a mass scale. You don't need a lockdown to affect behaviour. Most people I know, including myself, haven't been to a sit-down restaurant since no later than March. Most people, including myself, still order drive-through and take-out, but that's it. Restaurants that cannot accommodate that are suffering. Trust me, I don't like it. I want to keep these businesses alive for when things eventually reach some level of normalcy.

I've stopped worrying about the national debt. It's really not much to get excited about. We can afford a few trillion dollars directed at small businesses and Americans that make less a set amount. At this point, all we have to do is bear with this for a few more months. Let's pass a generous stimulus package and get this country through the hardest and most difficult part of this pandemic. There is light now, but we still have to keep our efforts at max for the next few months. This isn't that difficult.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Anyone have projects when we will stop seeing 200,000 cases per day?

Very soon. The Plains states are already cratering, and a vaccine even for just a limited number of people should limit the spread.

California is really the main culprit in keeping the numbers high, as they keep imposing lockdowns that don't work.

[politicallefty]

Anyone have projects when we will stop seeing 200,000 cases per day?

Very soon. The Plains states are already cratering, and a vaccine even for just a limited number of people should limit the spread.

California is really the main culprit in keeping the numbers high, as they keep imposing lockdowns that don't work.

The culprit? You mean 1/8 of the US population? I'm guessing you have a problem with masks too?

Honestly, what is wrong with people like you? I'm surprised you even believe a vaccine is real.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Honestly, what is wrong with people like you?

You mean the states that don't threaten to throw people in jail just for leaving the house?

[politicallefty]

Honestly, what is wrong with people like you?

You mean the states that don't threaten to throw people in jail just for leaving the house?

How about just wearing a mask when you're around others that don't live with you and maintaining a certain distance from others? I never realized that was so hard to abide by.

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

Doesn’t Californja have a mask mandate, as well as some of the toughest restrictions in the country?  Why are their cases surging so much right now?

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

Apparently, the data suggests that just getting the first shot of the Moderna vaccine is 92% effective.  It would seem like if we just gave everyone one shot, we could vaccinate everyone who wants it by early March.  I’m surprised there aren’t more people advocating for this, but here’s one:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/opinion/coronavirus-vaccine-doses.html

[It’s so Joever]

Honestly, what is wrong with people like you?

You mean the states that don't threaten to throw people in jail just for leaving the house?

How about just wearing a mask when you're around others that don't live with you and maintaining a certain distance from others? I never realized that was so hard to abide by.

God, bandit makes me look intelligent when it comes to these things.

[Darthpi – Anti-Florida Activist]

Anyone have projects when we will stop seeing 200,000 cases per day?

Very soon. The Plains states are already cratering, and a vaccine even for just a limited number of people should limit the spread.

California is really the main culprit in keeping the numbers high, as they keep imposing lockdowns that don't work.

To the extent that I have an issue with various restrictions in California, it's only because there have been so many prominent examples of elected officials not following their own rules. Claiming that restrictions are somehow causing the spread is just stupid.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

The CDC and the public health profession in this country has been absolutely captured by wokeness, thus we have recommendation for essential workers to receive the vaccine before the elderly, due to racial demographics.

https://twitter.com/JCompson_III/status/1339816443668553728?s=20

https://twitter.com/surplustakes/status/1339574645180289026?s=20


never mind the risks that COVID pose to black and brown elderly, many of them having health conditions like diabetes

https://twitter.com/dbaten3/status/1339936163797331969?s=20

[It’s so Joever]

Prioritizing teachers before the elderly is certainly a unique take.
I can see the reasoning and would agree with it if I wasn’t a student myself.

However, doing such would be basically letting old people die in exchange, which obviously is not something society would ever be okay with.