COVID-19 Megathread 6: Return of the Omicron

[It’s so Joever]

"DeathSantis" is trending on Twitter because the left is enraged that Florida has ended all remaining COVID-related emergency orders.  The real stats show that there is no correlation between lockdowns and rate of transmission.  California and Oklahoma, two states which took very different approaches, have two of the lowest rates in the country.  Michigan, Florida, and Colorado have the highest.  Texas, which ended their remaining COVID measures over a month ago, is still seeing a decrease in cases.  It is time to reopen America now.  To all the communists who think otherwise, you are still welcome to wear a mask in public and isolate yourselves indefinitely.

...really? You're still doing this?

Yes, really.  These are the facts.  I don't live in a left wing fantasy land like many people here.  Keep up the attacks, though.  I think more and more Americans will see through them as life returns to normal in red states.  I am really looking forward to President Ron DeSantis in 2025! 😂👍

Wouldn’t the facts actually lead you to believe Newsom would be the best president to handle the COVID crisis?

What about Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Alabama?  They are also among the lowest rates.  Stop cherry-picking data!

“Stop cherry-picking data”-The fake lolbertarian who happens to be cherry picking data while telling other people to stop cherry picking data.

[Calthrina950]

So looks like we'll almost certainly have a 7-day average of less than 50K tomorrow. How quickly will it take us to reach 40K? 30? 20?

Probably soon enough given vaccinations.
It could be all of these hit within the next few weeks.

What do you think of Polis' revised mask mandate? I've had great difficulty understanding it.

[Holmes]

"DeathSantis" is trending on Twitter because the left is enraged that Florida has ended all remaining COVID-related emergency orders.  The real stats show that there is no correlation between lockdowns and rate of transmission.  California and Oklahoma, two states which took very different approaches, have two of the lowest rates in the country.  Michigan, Florida, and Colorado have the highest.  Texas, which ended their remaining COVID measures over a month ago, is still seeing a decrease in cases.  It is time to reopen America now.  To all the communists who think otherwise, you are still welcome to wear a mask in public and isolate yourselves indefinitely.

...really? You're still doing this?

Yes, really.  These are the facts.  I don't live in a left wing fantasy land like many people here.  Keep up the attacks, though.  I think more and more Americans will see through them as life returns to normal in red states.  I am really looking forward to President Ron DeSantis in 2025! 😂👍

Wouldn’t the facts actually lead you to believe Newsom would be the best president to handle the COVID crisis?

What about Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Alabama?  They are also among the lowest rates.  Stop cherry-picking data!

Maybe if those states were run like California, they would be at an even lower infection rate.

[ultraviolet]

"DeathSantis" is trending on Twitter because the left is enraged that Florida has ended all remaining COVID-related emergency orders.  The real stats show that there is no correlation between lockdowns and rate of transmission.  California and Oklahoma, two states which took very different approaches, have two of the lowest rates in the country.  Michigan, Florida, and Colorado have the highest.  Texas, which ended their remaining COVID measures over a month ago, is still seeing a decrease in cases.  It is time to reopen America now.  To all the communists who think otherwise, you are still welcome to wear a mask in public and isolate yourselves indefinitely.

...really? You're still doing this?

Yes, really.  These are the facts.  I don't live in a left wing fantasy land like many people here.  Keep up the attacks, though.  I think more and more Americans will see through them as life returns to normal in red states.  I am really looking forward to President Ron DeSantis in 2025! 😂👍

Wouldn’t the facts actually lead you to believe Newsom would be the best president to handle the COVID crisis?

What about Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Alabama?  They are also among the lowest rates.  Stop cherry-picking data!

“stop cherry picking” lmfao dude

[Sir Mohamed]

"DeathSantis" is trending on Twitter because the left is enraged that Florida has ended all remaining COVID-related emergency orders.  The real stats show that there is no correlation between lockdowns and rate of transmission.  California and Oklahoma, two states which took very different approaches, have two of the lowest rates in the country.  Michigan, Florida, and Colorado have the highest.  Texas, which ended their remaining COVID measures over a month ago, is still seeing a decrease in cases.  It is time to reopen America now.  To all the communists who think otherwise, you are still welcome to wear a mask in public and isolate yourselves indefinitely.

Thank you Gavin!

[It’s so Joever]

So looks like we'll almost certainly have a 7-day average of less than 50K tomorrow. How quickly will it take us to reach 40K? 30? 20?

Probably soon enough given vaccinations.
It could be all of these hit within the next few weeks.

What do you think of Polis' revised mask mandate? I've had great difficulty understanding it.

To be honest I don’t really know.
It is true infections were rising a decent amount which is actually quite shocking given vaccines, but at the same time it’s hard to tell whether it was necessary, especially considering there may well be a drop in cases soon.
I will say I very slightly tilt support out of an abundance of caution only because the mask mandate itself doesn’t hurt the economy in the way say, a lockdown would, so the net negatives are near nonexistent and the positives still exist.
For what it’s worth, it doesn’t affect me because I would be wearing a mask anyways and my school (rightfully) requires them.

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1389580576823250944

[DINGO Joe]

Obviously not the US but a cool story of a couple of statheads cracking the gap between reported COVID deaths in Mexico City and excess deaths

https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1389192319052746760

[Lief 🗽]

Thank you Mr. President!
https://twitter.com/jonlemire/status/1389637292860575745?s=21

[Not Me, Us]

https://twitter.com/PennLive/status/1389628343146930179

PA to lift all restrictions except masking on May 31. Mask mandate will be lifted when 70% of PA adults are fully vaccinated, which I kind of doubt will ever happen tbh. Hopefully they lift it once they realize that's an unattainable goal.

[ultraviolet]

Thank you Mr. President!
https://twitter.com/jonlemire/status/1389637292860575745?s=21

Seems too unambitious. We’ll probably beat that

[GeorgiaModerate]

Thank you Mr. President!
https://twitter.com/jonlemire/status/1389637292860575745?s=21

Seems too unambitious. We’ll probably beat that

Biden seems to be pretty good at the technique of under-promising and over-delivering.

[Zaybay]

https://twitter.com/PennLive/status/1389628343146930179

PA to lift all restrictions except masking on May 31. Mask mandate will be lifted when 70% of PA adults are fully vaccinated, which I kind of doubt will ever happen tbh. Hopefully they lift it once they realize that's an unattainable goal.

The state is currently at 63% of adults partially vaccinated and 42% fully vaccinated. 70% does not sound far-fetched at all.
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

https://twitter.com/justinbaragona/status/1389373008276557829

The solution is obvious: just have a Republican traffic them across state lines for sex, and they instantly become adults.

[Adam Griffin]

"DeathSantis" is trending on Twitter because the left is enraged that Florida has ended all remaining COVID-related emergency orders.  The real stats show that there is no correlation between lockdowns and rate of transmission.  California and Oklahoma, two states which took very different approaches, have two of the lowest rates in the country.  Michigan, Florida, and Colorado have the highest.  Texas, which ended their remaining COVID measures over a month ago, is still seeing a decrease in cases.  It is time to reopen America now.  To all the communists who think otherwise, you are still welcome to wear a mask in public and isolate yourselves indefinitely.

Thank you Gavin!

And.......


Thanks, Phil!™

[Progressive Pessimist]

https://twitter.com/justinbaragona/status/1389373008276557829

The solution is obvious: just have a Republican traffic them across state lines for sex, and they instantly become adults.

It can't be said enough how dead hypocrisy and irony are as concepts, but note how this was never said about the former guy telling people to inject disinfectant.

[emailking]

He thinks 16 year olds are small children?

[GP270watch]

He thinks 16 year olds are small children?

Apparently, unless Matt Gaetz is paying them for sex.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Some of us have been waiting for the day when the 7-day average drops below 50,000.

Well, today it's 49,138.

[Dr. Arch]

The updated numbers for COVID-19 in the U.S. are in for 5/4 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?

Brackets []: These represent the total change for the day, including backlogged reports, if any.

• These numbers are inflated relative to the actual reports for the day, so they are not used to calculate the comparative percentage shifts.

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4/25: <Sunday>

• Cases: 32,824,389 (+34,736 | ΔW Change: ↑7.43% | Σ Increase: ↑0.11%)
• Deaths: 586,152 (+272 | ΔW Change: ↓10.82% | Σ Increase: ↑0.05%)

4/26: <M>

• Cases: 32,875,045 (+47,456 [+50,656] | ΔW Change: ↓7.96% | Σ Increase: ↑0.15%)
• Deaths: 586,611 (+459 | ΔW Change: ↓4.57% | Σ Increase: ↑0.08%)

4/27: <T>

• Cases: 32,927,091 (+52,046 | ΔW Change: ↓15.27% | Σ Increase: ↑0.16%)
• Deaths: 587,384 (+773 | ΔW Change: ↓15.43% | Σ Increase: ↑0.13%)

4/28: <W>

• Cases: 32,983,695 (+56,604 | ΔW Change: ↓13.69% | Σ Increase: ↑0.17%)
• Deaths: 588,337 (+954 | ΔW Change: ↑9.15% | Σ Increase: ↑0.16%)

4/29: <Þ>

• Cases: 33,044,068 (+60,373 | ΔW Change: ↓9.99% | Σ Increase: ↑0.18%)
• Deaths: 589,207 (+870 | ΔW Change: ↓2.90% | Σ Increase: ↑0.15%)

4/30: <F>

• Cases: 33,103,974 (+59,906 | ΔW Change: ↓9.35% | Σ Increase: ↑0.18%)
• Deaths: 590,055 (+784 [+848] | ΔW Change: ↓2.85% | Σ Increase: ↑0.14%)

5/1: <S>

• Cases: 33,146,008 (+42,034 | ΔW Change: ↓22.79% | Σ Increase: ↑0.13%)
• Deaths: 590,704 (+649 | ΔW Change: ↓12.53% | Σ Increase: ↑0.11%)

5/2: <Sunday>

• Cases: 33,180,441 (+30,701 [+34,433] | ΔW Change: ↓11.62% | Σ Increase: ↑0.10%)
• Deaths: 591,062 (+312 [+358] | ΔW Change: ↑14.71% | Σ Increase: ↑0.06%)

5/3 (Yesterday): <M>

• Cases: 33,230,561 (+39,767 [+50,120] | ΔW Change: ↓16.20% | Σ Increase: ↑0.15%)
• Deaths: 591,514 (+452 | ΔW Change: ↓1.53% | Σ Increase: ↑0.08%)

5/4 (Today): <T>

• Cases: 33,274,659 (+44,098 | ΔW Change: ↓15.27% | Σ Increase: ↑0.13%)
• Deaths: 592,409 (+895 | ΔW Change: ↑15.78% | Σ Increase: ↑0.15%)

[Meclazine for Israel]

In 90 days time, Brazil will take the title of highest mortality from the USA.

In 45 days time, India will take the title of highest case numbers from the USA.

[Person Man]

In 90 days time, Brazil will take the title of highest mortality from the USA.

In 45 days time, India will take the title of highest case numbers from the USA.

I wouldn’t be surprised if India is the first country with a 7 figure fatality count and that the USA doesn’t before the “end” of the pandemic.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

How will the Democrats' future electoral prospects be affected by their failure to reopen schools?

The school situation is absolutely inexcusable, and people know it. It's not "progressive" to deny kids a normal school experience for a whole year.

The Democrats need to put up a sign on their door that says "Closed for repairs."

[It’s so Joever]

How will the Democrats' future electoral prospects be affected by their failure to reopen schools?

The school situation is absolutely inexcusable, and people know it. It's not "progressive" to deny kids a normal school experience for a whole year.

The Democrats need to put up a sign on their door that says "Closed for repairs."

Most schools are partially open at least, stop concern trolling.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Most schools are partially open at least, stop concern trolling.

Our schools and colleges are in ruins, except in a few very rural areas.