COVID-19 Megathread 6: Return of the Omicron

[pbrower2a]

The death toll from COVID-19  in the USA now exceeds the population of Cleveland, Ohio, which among other things is the home of the Cleveland Indians, the troubled Cleveland Browns, one of the finest symphony orchestras in the world, and a Federal Reserve Bank Branch. That's #4 of #12

   
   

[jimrtex]

How did Israel get access to so much vaccine?  They’ve already vaccinated 20% of their population; not other major country is over 2%.  Even if we had actually used all our supply, we’d only be at 6%.

Prime Minister Netanyahu?

Pfizer has agreed to speed distribution to Israel in exchange for records of adverse reactions. Israel keeps more records of their citizens, uses paper ballots, requires ID to vote, and has walls to keep out illegal immigrants.

[Holmes]

How did Israel get access to so much vaccine?  They’ve already vaccinated 20% of their population; not other major country is over 2%.  Even if we had actually used all our supply, we’d only be at 6%.

Prime Minister Netanyahu?

Pfizer has agreed to speed distribution to Israel in exchange for records of adverse reactions. Israel keeps more records of their citizens, uses paper ballots, requires ID to vote, and has walls to keep out illegal immigrants.

Ah, so build the wall so we can all get vaccinated. Ok.

[Dr. Arch]

The updated numbers for COVID-19 in the U.S. are in for 1/10 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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1/3: <Sunday>

• Cases: 21,113,528 (+208,827 | ΔW Change: ↑49.16% | Σ Increase: ↑1.00%)
• Deaths: 360,078 (+1,396 | ΔW Change: ↑14.71% | Σ Increase: ↑0.39%)

1/4: <M>

• Cases: 21,353,051 (+239,523 | ΔW Change: ↑15.28% | Σ Increase: ↑1.13%)
• Deaths: 362,123 (+2,045 | ΔW Change: ↑0.05% | Σ Increase: ↑0.57%)

1/5: <T>

• Cases: 21,578,606 (+225,555 | ΔW Change: ↑15.03% | Σ Increase: ↑1.06%)
• Deaths: 365,620 (+3,497 | ΔW Change: ↑2.94% | Σ Increase: ↑0.97%)

1/6: <W>

• Cases: 21,857,616 (+279,010 | ΔW Change: ↑16.60% | Σ Increase: ↑1.29%)
• Deaths: 369,990 (+4,370 | ΔW Change: ↑4.07% | Σ Increase: ↑1.20%)

1/7 (Last Þ Holiday): <Þ>

• Cases: 22,132,045 (+274,429 | ΔW Change: ↑20.01% | Σ Increase: ↑1.26%)
• Deaths: 374,124 (+4,134 | ΔW Change: ↑20.28% | Σ Increase: ↑1.12%)

1/8 (Last F Holiday): <F>

• Cases: 22,456,902 (+324,857 | ΔW Change: ↑89.21% | Σ Increase: ↑1.47%)
• Deaths: 378,149 (+4,025 | ΔW Change: ↑80.49% | Σ Increase: ↑1.08%)

1/9 (Yesterday): <S>

• Cases: 22,699,938 (+243,036 | ΔW Change: ↓15.42% | Σ Increase: ↑1.08%)
• Deaths: 381,480 (+3,331 | ΔW Change: ↑48.90% | Σ Increase: ↑0.88%)

1/10 (Today): <Sunday>

• Cases: 22,917,334 (+217,396 | ΔW Change: ↑4.10% | Σ Increase: ↑0.96%)
• Deaths: 383,275 (+1,795 | ΔW Change: ↑28.58% | Σ Increase: ↑0.47%)

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

yikes, why do they have to make this so hard?

https://twitter.com/AGHamilton29/status/1348492810895437826?s=20

[It’s so Joever]

yikes, why do they have to make this so hard?

https://twitter.com/AGHamilton29/status/1348492810895437826?s=20

Quiet traitor.

[YPestis25]

yikes, why do they have to make this so hard?

https://twitter.com/AGHamilton29/status/1348492810895437826?s=20

Quiet traitor.

Nah, Shua's right on this one. New York's vaccine administration scheme, even when compared to the lackluster rollout in other states, has been pretty disastrous.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

yikes, why do they have to make this so hard?

https://twitter.com/AGHamilton29/status/1348492810895437826?s=20

Cuomo sent covid patents to nursing home, so it's pretty clear the answer is yes to trying to kill elderly.

[Obama-Biden Democrat]

How did Israel get access to so much vaccine?  They’ve already vaccinated 20% of their population; not other major country is over 2%.  Even if we had actually used all our supply, we’d only be at 6%.

Prime Minister Netanyahu?

Pfizer has agreed to speed distribution to Israel in exchange for records of adverse reactions. Israel keeps more records of their citizens, uses paper ballots, requires ID to vote, and has walls to keep out illegal immigrants.

Ah, so build the wall so we can all get vaccinated. Ok.

All the MAGA cultist anti vaxxers in the US are dragging down the numbers.

[It’s so Joever]

yikes, why do they have to make this so hard?

https://twitter.com/AGHamilton29/status/1348492810895437826?s=20

Quiet traitor.

Nah, Shua's right on this one. New York's vaccine administration scheme, even when compared to the lackluster rollout in other states, has been pretty disastrous.

He is right, but he has an agenda, and that agenda is inherently anti-American.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

How did Israel get access to so much vaccine?  They’ve already vaccinated 20% of their population; not other major country is over 2%.  Even if we had actually used all our supply, we’d only be at 6%.

Prime Minister Netanyahu?

Pfizer has agreed to speed distribution to Israel in exchange for records of adverse reactions. Israel keeps more records of their citizens, uses paper ballots, requires ID to vote, and has walls to keep out illegal immigrants.

Ah, so build the wall so we can all get vaccinated. Ok.

All the MAGA cultist anti vaxxers in the US are dragging down the numbers.

It's shocking what a disingenuous, belligerent nutcase jimrtex is when discussing the actual issues. He should really stick to the redistricting app.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

https://twitter.com/NYGovCuomo/status/1348673192609591296?s=20

America's Governor!!! 😍😍

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

https://twitter.com/NYGovCuomo/status/1348673192609591296?s=20

America's Governor!!! 😍😍

Cuomo has no values or beliefs and never has.

[President Johnson]

https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/1348708654883557376

[Splash]

https://twitter.com/adamcancryn/status/1348618335483793409

[cg41386]

Dems in disarray

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

It does seem like the vaccine situation is improving in the US after a horrible first few weeks.  

- The goal all along has been to vaccine 1 million people per day, and we are now up to about 800k people/day over the last few days.  

- There don't seem to be any major issues with vaccine supply which would slow down the process in the longer term.  

- Most states are moving into phase 1B in which (despite high profile exceptions) it should be much easier to make the public aware of how and where to get vaccinated.

- And Biden will finally move into office in a week. He seems genuinely committed to making this a priority, and this is exactly the sort of problem that a neoliberal technocratic administration like he has assembled should be best at addressing.

[💥💥 brandon bro (he/him/his)]

Good news.

'We Don't Feel Forgotten At All': Alaska Fires Up COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
Nat Herz, Alaska Public Media/NPR

Good stories about an unprecedented mobilization of aerial and seaborne transport to reach rural Indigenous communities in Alaska. Alaska has one of the top vaccination rates in the country so far and rural areas have rates as high as Anchorage does.

Sadly this story will get almost no press because half the country doesn't care about anything related to COVID and the other half only cares about news if it's about white supremacy.

[Thunder98 🇮🇱 🤝 🇵🇸]

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1348735902525358080?s=20

[Dr. Arch]

The updated numbers for COVID-19 in the U.S. are in for 1/11 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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1/3: <Sunday>

• Cases: 21,113,528 (+208,827 | ΔW Change: ↑49.16% | Σ Increase: ↑1.00%)
• Deaths: 360,078 (+1,396 | ΔW Change: ↑14.71% | Σ Increase: ↑0.39%)

1/4: <M>

• Cases: 21,353,051 (+239,523 | ΔW Change: ↑15.28% | Σ Increase: ↑1.13%)
• Deaths: 362,123 (+2,045 | ΔW Change: ↑0.05% | Σ Increase: ↑0.57%)

1/5: <T>

• Cases: 21,578,606 (+225,555 | ΔW Change: ↑15.03% | Σ Increase: ↑1.06%)
• Deaths: 365,620 (+3,497 | ΔW Change: ↑2.94% | Σ Increase: ↑0.97%)

1/6: <W>

• Cases: 21,857,616 (+279,010 | ΔW Change: ↑16.60% | Σ Increase: ↑1.29%)
• Deaths: 369,990 (+4,370 | ΔW Change: ↑4.07% | Σ Increase: ↑1.20%)

1/7 (Last Þ Holiday): <Þ>

• Cases: 22,132,045 (+274,429 | ΔW Change: ↑20.01% | Σ Increase: ↑1.26%)
• Deaths: 374,124 (+4,134 | ΔW Change: ↑20.28% | Σ Increase: ↑1.12%)

1/8 (Last F Holiday): <F>

• Cases: 22,456,902 (+324,857 | ΔW Change: ↑89.21% | Σ Increase: ↑1.47%)
• Deaths: 378,149 (+4,025 | ΔW Change: ↑80.49% | Σ Increase: ↑1.08%)

1/9: <S>

• Cases: 22,699,938 (+243,036 | ΔW Change: ↓15.42% | Σ Increase: ↑1.08%)
• Deaths: 381,480 (+3,331 | ΔW Change: ↑48.90% | Σ Increase: ↑0.88%)

1/10 (Yesterday): <Sunday>

• Cases: 22,917,334 (+217,396 | ΔW Change: ↑4.10% | Σ Increase: ↑0.96%)
• Deaths: 383,275 (+1,795 | ΔW Change: ↑28.58% | Σ Increase: ↑0.47%)

1/11 (Today): <M>

• Cases: 23,143,197 (+225,863 | ΔW Change: ↓5.70% | Σ Increase: ↑0.99%)
• Deaths: 385,249 (+1,974 | ΔW Change: ↓3.47% | Σ Increase: ↑0.52%)

[Pericles]

https://twitter.com/NYGovCuomo/status/1348673192609591296?s=20

America's Governor!!! 😍😍

Exactly the wrong time to reopen New York when Covid is surging out of control. Madness.

[CultureKing]

https://twitter.com/RepJayapal/status/1348871117407203328

[It’s so Joever]

Attempted manslaughter. Lock them all up.

[The Undefeatable Debbie Stabenow]

https://twitter.com/RepJayapal/status/1348871117407203328

Just a cherry on top of the host of abject Republican awfulness last week. I simply cannot fathom how so many voters have, and undoubtedly will continue to, gleefully put these people into office. Even amidst a domestic terrorist threat, they are laughing as someone tells them to put masks on.

[jimrtex]

How did Israel get access to so much vaccine?  They’ve already vaccinated 20% of their population; not other major country is over 2%.  Even if we had actually used all our supply, we’d only be at 6%.

Prime Minister Netanyahu?

Pfizer has agreed to speed distribution to Israel in exchange for records of adverse reactions. Israel keeps more records of their citizens, uses paper ballots, requires ID to vote, and has walls to keep out illegal immigrants.

Ah, so build the wall so we can all get vaccinated. Ok.

All the MAGA cultist anti vaxxers in the US are dragging down the numbers.

It's shocking what a disingenuous, belligerent nutcase jimrtex is when discussing the actual issues. He should really stick to the redistricting app.

Why do you think states with Republican governors are doing better with actual application of vaccinations?

For example, there are 16 States with more than 3% vaccinated. 11 of those 15 have Republican governors:

WV, SD, ND, VT, AK, NE, NH, MT, TN, IA, OK

Only five have Democrat governors.

ME, CT, CO, NM, RI

President Trump should get more doses to the Dakotas so that they don't run out.