COVID-19 Megathread 6: Return of the Omicron

[roxas11]

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/nyregion/vaccinated-masks-cdc.html
They’re Vaccinated and Keeping Their Masks On, Maybe Forever
Face coverings have been a political flash point for more than a year. But now, the backlash is directed at people who don’t plan to take them off.

Whenever Joe Glickman heads out for groceries, he places an N95 mask over his face and tugs a cloth mask on top of it. He then pulls on a pair of goggles.

He has used this safety protocol for the past 14 months. It did not change after he contracted the coronavirus last November. It didn’t budge when, earlier this month, he became fully vaccinated. And even though President Biden said on Thursday that fully vaccinated people do not have to wear a mask, Mr. Glickman said he planned to stay the course.

In fact, he said, he plans to do his grocery run double-masked and goggled for at least the next five years.

Even as a combination of evolving public health recommendations and pandemic fatigue lead more Americans to toss the masks they’ve worn for more than a year, Mr. Glickman is among those who say they plan to keep their faces covered in public indefinitely.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/cdc-mask-guidelines-confuse-americans/2021/05/15/e6d37726-b4f1-11eb-ab43-bebddc5a0f65_story.html
Confused Americans grapple with CDC’s new mask rules: ‘It caught us off guard’

Rebecca Kee, another San Francisco resident, has seen how divisive the new guidance can be.

After the CDC said fully vaccinated people don’t need masks outside last week, she decided to walk barefaced in her neighborhood.

Then a man with two children, all masked, darted into the street to avoid her. When she told him there was new guidance, the man told Kee she was lying and he hoped her family would get sick and die.

“It shook me to my core and made me really feel horrible,” said Kee, 38. “I think in a time of deep instability and real fear, the mask became a symbol of caring for your neighbor that we all clung to.”

I honestly don't see what the big deal is
People in Japan and other Asian countries have been wearing mask long before Covid and they will continue to do it long after Covid





The American people have every right to wear a mask for as long as they personally choose to, just like those who now can stop wearing a mask if they no longer want to.

[pbrower2a]

600,000

At least it looks like that’ll be the last major milestone for a while.

A poll that I recently saw showed that 26% of white people and 43% of Republicans say that they intend to not get inoculated. That is of course an extreme overlap. This probably corresponds with the people of whom Donald Trump praised profusely:

"I love low-information voters"

People who vote with little information or who have fully given themselves to propaganda are generally not well-informed about such things as science, high culture, history, economics, or medicine and health, either.

I do not know how deadly the B117 variant is, but COVID-19 is now ravaging India -- and often killing the Best and Brightest in India over age 50. That destroys huge amounts of talent. I am not going to compare our "low-information" people to those distinguished people by any means. At that, though, death is the Great Equalizer, taking away the human qualities of generals and privates, tycoons and beggars, saints and criminals, and geniuses and idiots alike.

I wonder what the human qualities of anti-vaxxers are...

Most mean well. They believe a pseudoscientific dogma and act accordingly. They still hurt themselves or their loved ones.

 

[It’s so Joever]

Looking at the vaccine rates and trends, I do believe there will be yet another Covid spike in the South.
The region has some of the lowest rates of vaccinations and is the area where summer seems to make it worse (I buy the A/C theory) If you live there, I would advise you get vaccinated ASAP, to have immunity before the wave.
On the bright side, maybe the spike will push undecideds and the hesitant to get vaccines, especially if a loved one dies or is hospitalized.

This wave probably will nominally be worse than last summer, but only because of increased testing. Deaths will probably be about the same.

Stay safe y’all.

[Progressive Pessimist]

https://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/1394749891927285767

This garbage coming from government officials should be labeled sedition, and subject to military tribunal the same as a member of government joining an enemy power would.

I will never understand why a piece of cloth over one's face equals "OPPRESSION!"

Coming soon, to a crazed anti-vaxxer rant near you:

https://twitter.com/CUSEAS/status/1392553502812037122

(I'm betting I see it taken out of context by an anti-vaxxer within 24 hours.)

In fairness, this is pretty s****y timing to reveal this.

[Calthrina950]

I wanted to provide an update about matters at my workplace. As of yesterday, vaccinated employees and customers are no longer required to wear masks at Home Depot. Unvaccinated employees and customers are "strongly encouraged" to wear one, but will no longer be required to. For customers at least, this constitutes no change in reality, as my store has never enforced the mask requirement for them. For employees, however, it does, as we had all been required to wear masks for more than a year. Most of the employees at my store are still wearing them for now, but some have stopped doing so. However, I know for a fact that some of the maskless employees are not vaccinated, and this brings up the problem of determining vaccination status which has already been discussed at length.

One of those maskless employees, in fact, is a staunch Trump supporter who has explicitly said they don't plan on getting the vaccine. And this ties into a broader observation I have. I would now say that close to 50%, if not an outright majority of customers, are no longer wearing masks. As I've said before, those who've discarded them already are those who were opposed to wearing masks from before, less likely to be vaccinated, and more likely to be conservative or identify with the right-although this obviously isn't a universal description for them. It'll be interesting to see how the numbers change in the coming days.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

7-day positives inch down some more to 2.68%

[Roll Roons]

Worldometers 7-day case average is below 30K for the first time since June 21. Could we get below 20K by Memorial Day?

[Dr. Arch]

The updated numbers for COVID-19 in the U.S. are in for 5/19 per: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

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5/9: <Sunday>

• Cases: 33,476,781 (+22,200 | ΔW Change: ↓27.69% | Σ Increase: ↑0.07%)
• Deaths: 595,812 (+224 | ΔW Change: ↓28.21% | Σ Increase: ↑0.04%)

5/10: <M>

• Cases: 33,515,308 (+30,152 [+38,527] | ΔW Change: ↓24.18% | Σ Increase: ↑0.12%)
• Deaths: 596,179 (+367 | ΔW Change: ↓18.81% | Σ Increase: ↑0.06%)

5/11: <T>

• Cases: 33,550,115 (+34,807 | ΔW Change: ↓21.07% | Σ Increase: ↑0.10%)
• Deaths: 596,946 (+767 | ΔW Change: ↓14.30% | Σ Increase: ↑0.13%)

5/12: <W>

• Cases: 33,586,136 (+36,021 | ΔW Change: ↓22.68% | Σ Increase: ↑0.11%)
• Deaths: 597,785 (+839 | ΔW Change: ↑13.53% | Σ Increase: ↑0.14%)

5/13: <Þ>

• Cases: 33,626,097 (+39,961 | ΔW Change: ↓16.66% | Σ Increase: ↑0.12%)
• Deaths: 598,540 (+755 | ΔW Change: ↓12.00% | Σ Increase: ↑0.13%)

5/14: <F>

• Cases: 33,664,013 (+37,916 | ΔW Change: ↓23.61% | Σ Increase: ↑0.11%)
• Deaths: 599,314 (+774 | ΔW Change: ↓0.39% | Σ Increase: ↑0.13%)

5/15: <S>

• Cases: 33,695,916 (+31,903 | ΔW Change: ↓10.77% | Σ Increase: ↑0.09%)
• Deaths: 599,863 (+549 | ΔW Change: ↓18.91% | Σ Increase: ↑0.09%)

5/16: <Sunday>

• Cases: 33,715,951 (+17,834 [+20,035] | ΔW Change: ↓19.67% | Σ Increase: ↑0.06%)
• Deaths: 600,147 (+284 | ΔW Change: ↑26.79% | Σ Increase: ↑0.05%)

5/17: <M>

• Cases: 33,747,439 (+25,030 [+31,488] | ΔW Change: ↓16.99% | Σ Increase: ↑0.09%)
• Deaths: 600,533 (+369 [+386] | ΔW Change: ↑0.54% | Σ Increase: ↑0.06%)

5/18 (Yesterday): <T>

• Cases: 33,774,945 (+27,506 | ΔW Change: ↓20.98% | Σ Increase: ↑0.08%)
• Deaths: 601,330 (+797 | ΔW Change: ↑3.91% | Σ Increase: ↑0.13%)

5/19 (Today): <W>

• Cases: 33,802,324 (+27,379 | ΔW Change: ↓23.99% | Σ Increase: ↑0.08%)
• Deaths: 601,949 (+619 | ΔW Change: ↓26.22% | Σ Increase: ↑0.10%)

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/brynstole/status/1395447749630435329

[emailking]

Went to Walmart for the first time since the CDC announcement. I'd say about 60% of customers and all employees were wearing masks. I did not wear one (fully vaxed). This is a conservative area of a liberal state.

[Progressive Pessimist]

So, I got my second Moderna dose today. My arm isn't hurting as much as last time, but I'm bit worried that i might experience worse effects in other ways by tomorrow. Hopefully I won't. But either way, I am still glad I am immune now (well, in two weeks).

And on the mask front, nothing seems any different. I went to a few stores and there wasn't anybody obnoxiously making a scene or complaining about still having to wear a mask, as I had feared, thankfully. For now, at least.

[Bootes Void]

how would the partisanship of the vaccines be if Trump had won a second term?

[SnowLabrador]

how would the partisanship of the vaccines be if Trump had won a second term?

Probably even worse. He'd quit having to pretend to do anything about COVID. The fact that he came so close to re-election scares the hell out of me.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

7-day positives blasts down to 2.63%.

Also, is Mississippi even bothering to vaccinate people? They've been stuck on 32% of people vaccinated forever.

[Dr. Arch]

The updated numbers for COVID-19 in the U.S. are in for 5/20 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.

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5/9: <Sunday>

• Cases: 33,476,781 (+22,200 | ΔW Change: ↓27.69% | Σ Increase: ↑0.07%)
• Deaths: 595,812 (+224 | ΔW Change: ↓28.21% | Σ Increase: ↑0.04%)

5/10: <M>

• Cases: 33,515,308 (+30,152 [+38,527] | ΔW Change: ↓24.18% | Σ Increase: ↑0.12%)
• Deaths: 596,179 (+367 | ΔW Change: ↓18.81% | Σ Increase: ↑0.06%)

5/11: <T>

• Cases: 33,550,115 (+34,807 | ΔW Change: ↓21.07% | Σ Increase: ↑0.10%)
• Deaths: 596,946 (+767 | ΔW Change: ↓14.30% | Σ Increase: ↑0.13%)

5/12: <W>

• Cases: 33,586,136 (+36,021 | ΔW Change: ↓22.68% | Σ Increase: ↑0.11%)
• Deaths: 597,785 (+839 | ΔW Change: ↑13.53% | Σ Increase: ↑0.14%)

5/13: <Þ>

• Cases: 33,626,097 (+39,961 | ΔW Change: ↓16.66% | Σ Increase: ↑0.12%)
• Deaths: 598,540 (+755 | ΔW Change: ↓12.00% | Σ Increase: ↑0.13%)

5/14: <F>

• Cases: 33,664,013 (+37,916 | ΔW Change: ↓23.61% | Σ Increase: ↑0.11%)
• Deaths: 599,314 (+774 | ΔW Change: ↓0.39% | Σ Increase: ↑0.13%)

5/15: <S>

• Cases: 33,695,916 (+31,903 | ΔW Change: ↓10.77% | Σ Increase: ↑0.09%)
• Deaths: 599,863 (+549 | ΔW Change: ↓18.91% | Σ Increase: ↑0.09%)

5/16: <Sunday>

• Cases: 33,715,951 (+17,834 [+20,035] | ΔW Change: ↓19.67% | Σ Increase: ↑0.06%)
• Deaths: 600,147 (+284 | ΔW Change: ↑26.79% | Σ Increase: ↑0.05%)

5/17: <M>

• Cases: 33,747,439 (+25,030 [+31,488] | ΔW Change: ↓16.99% | Σ Increase: ↑0.09%)
• Deaths: 600,533 (+369 [+386] | ΔW Change: ↑0.54% | Σ Increase: ↑0.06%)

5/18: <T>

• Cases: 33,774,945 (+27,506 | ΔW Change: ↓20.98% | Σ Increase: ↑0.08%)
• Deaths: 601,330 (+797 | ΔW Change: ↑3.91% | Σ Increase: ↑0.13%)

5/19 (Yesterday): <W>

• Cases: 33,802,324 (+27,379 | ΔW Change: ↓23.99% | Σ Increase: ↑0.08%)
• Deaths: 601,949 (+619 | ΔW Change: ↓26.22% | Σ Increase: ↑0.10%)

5/20 (Today): <Þ>

• Cases: 33,833,181 (+30,857 | ΔW Change: ↓22.78% | Σ Increase: ↑0.09%)
• Deaths: 602,616 (+667 | ΔW Change: ↓11.66% | Σ Increase: ↑0.11%)

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/peterbakernyt/status/1395716238119247873

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

https://twitter.com/peterbakernyt/status/1395716238119247873

Is this in-person only or including takeout? I know I had a lot of takeout this past year, way more than I’d ever go to an actual restaurant.

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/peterbakernyt/status/1395716238119247873

Is this in-person only or including takeout? I know I had a lot of takeout this past year, way more than I’d ever go to an actual restaurant.

I'm sure it means in-person only.

[Frodo]

A week old, but I haven't seen it posted yet:

https://twitter.com/medical_xpress/status/1392117294495674379

After analyzing their data, the researchers found major discrepancies between official death tallies and those they found through their calculations. Egypt, for example, reported just over 13,000 deaths, while the IHME number came to 170,000. Another example was Russia—officials there reported just over 100,000 deaths, while the team at IHME found the number was more likely over 600,000. The researchers also found that the actual death toll in the U.S. is likely nearly twice as high as official reports—as of May 3, it was 574,043. They found it more likely the number is closer to 905,289. All told, the researchers found that worldwide death estimates have been far lower than actual deaths. The WHO has reported the worldwide death toll (which has been calculated using each country's official tallies) as 3.25 million people as of May 6. The IHME team found the number is much likely closer to 6.93 million.

Looks like the World Health Organization is realizing they lowballed their figures:

Real COVID-19 death toll could be 'two to three' times above official stats: WHO

[Interlocutor is just not there yet]

LA Times: California unveils sweeping plan for full reopening on June 15 as COVID-19 fades

Come June 15, Californians will wake up to a world that looks nothing like they’ve seen over the past year-plus — one where businesses can open their doors without COVID-19 constraints on capacity or requirements for physical distancing, and where people who are fully vaccinated for the disease no longer need to wear masks in most situations.

California will also align with recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention when it comes to travel, according to Dr. Mark Ghaly, the state’s Health and Human Services secretary.[...]

Gov. Gavin Newsom foreshadowed the announcement Thursday, telling KABC-TV Channel 7 that, with the new guidance released, “people can really paint that future and see themselves in it: Post-masks and post-any modification in this blueprint,” referring to the system of color-coded tiers that has guided reopenings statewide for the past nine months

“Our positivity rate has remained stable, 0.9 to 1%, our case rates continue to be among the lowest in the United States and our vaccination numbers are holding pretty steady, about 2 million over the last seven days,” he told the outlet. “And while we’ve seen a decline, we’re also seeing a little stability. This gives me confidence that we’re going to get to June 15.”

Though June 15 has been billed as California’s full reopening date, it remained somewhat unclear until now under what circumstances, if any, some safety modifications would remain in place.[...]

While the initial idea was to keep the state’s mask mandate in place, officials this week instead announced that Californians who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will be allowed to go mask-free in most indoor settings starting June 15 — a move that will bring the state into alignment with recent CDC guidance.

One area where there will be some additional requirements is high-attendance indoor events.

The state will require organizers of indoor events with more than 5,000 people to verify that attendees are either vaccinated or have recently tested negative, according to Ghaly. The state will recommend, though not require, the same for outdoor events with more than 10,000 attendees.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-05-21/california-june-15-covid-guidelines-masks-vaccines-events

[Progressive Pessimist]

So, I got my second Moderna dose today. My arm isn't hurting as much as last time, but I'm bit worried that i might experience worse effects in other ways by tomorrow. Hopefully I won't. But either way, I am still glad I am immune now (well, in two weeks).

And on the mask front, nothing seems any different. I went to a few stores and there wasn't anybody obnoxiously making a scene or complaining about still having to wear a mask, as I had feared, thankfully. For now, at least.

Update...if anyone cares: I feel great today! Absolutely no effects other than the arm pain which wasn't even as noticeable or lasted as long. I guess the effects of the vaccine really do vary from person to person.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

7-day positive crashes down to 2.49%

[emailking]

So, I got my second Moderna dose today. My arm isn't hurting as much as last time, but I'm bit worried that i might experience worse effects in other ways by tomorrow. Hopefully I won't. But either way, I am still glad I am immune now (well, in two weeks).

And on the mask front, nothing seems any different. I went to a few stores and there wasn't anybody obnoxiously making a scene or complaining about still having to wear a mask, as I had feared, thankfully. For now, at least.

Update...if anyone cares: I feel great today! Absolutely no effects other than the arm pain which wasn't even as noticeable or lasted as long. I guess the effects of the vaccine really do vary from person to person.

I had terrible arm pain on my first shot and moderate arm pain on the 2nd shot. But I had no other side effects on the first shot, but felt like a had a bad cold (minus stuffy nose) the day after the 2nd shot. Go figure.

[Dr. Arch]

The updated numbers for COVID-19 in the U.S. are in for 5/21 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.

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5/9: <Sunday>

• Cases: 33,476,781 (+22,200 | ΔW Change: ↓27.69% | Σ Increase: ↑0.07%)
• Deaths: 595,812 (+224 | ΔW Change: ↓28.21% | Σ Increase: ↑0.04%)

5/10: <M>

• Cases: 33,515,308 (+30,152 [+38,527] | ΔW Change: ↓24.18% | Σ Increase: ↑0.12%)
• Deaths: 596,179 (+367 | ΔW Change: ↓18.81% | Σ Increase: ↑0.06%)

5/11: <T>

• Cases: 33,550,115 (+34,807 | ΔW Change: ↓21.07% | Σ Increase: ↑0.10%)
• Deaths: 596,946 (+767 | ΔW Change: ↓14.30% | Σ Increase: ↑0.13%)

5/12: <W>

• Cases: 33,586,136 (+36,021 | ΔW Change: ↓22.68% | Σ Increase: ↑0.11%)
• Deaths: 597,785 (+839 | ΔW Change: ↑13.53% | Σ Increase: ↑0.14%)

5/13: <Þ>

• Cases: 33,626,097 (+39,961 | ΔW Change: ↓16.66% | Σ Increase: ↑0.12%)
• Deaths: 598,540 (+755 | ΔW Change: ↓12.00% | Σ Increase: ↑0.13%)

5/14: <F>

• Cases: 33,664,013 (+37,916 | ΔW Change: ↓23.61% | Σ Increase: ↑0.11%)
• Deaths: 599,314 (+774 | ΔW Change: ↓0.39% | Σ Increase: ↑0.13%)

5/15: <S>

• Cases: 33,695,916 (+31,903 | ΔW Change: ↓10.77% | Σ Increase: ↑0.09%)
• Deaths: 599,863 (+549 | ΔW Change: ↓18.91% | Σ Increase: ↑0.09%)

5/16: <Sunday>

• Cases: 33,715,951 (+17,834 [+20,035] | ΔW Change: ↓19.67% | Σ Increase: ↑0.06%)
• Deaths: 600,147 (+284 | ΔW Change: ↑26.79% | Σ Increase: ↑0.05%)

5/17: <M>

• Cases: 33,747,439 (+25,030 [+31,488] | ΔW Change: ↓16.99% | Σ Increase: ↑0.09%)
• Deaths: 600,533 (+369 [+386] | ΔW Change: ↑0.54% | Σ Increase: ↑0.06%)

5/18: <T>

• Cases: 33,774,945 (+27,506 | ΔW Change: ↓20.98% | Σ Increase: ↑0.08%)
• Deaths: 601,330 (+797 | ΔW Change: ↑3.91% | Σ Increase: ↑0.13%)

5/19: <W>

• Cases: 33,802,324 (+27,379 | ΔW Change: ↓23.99% | Σ Increase: ↑0.08%)
• Deaths: 601,949 (+619 | ΔW Change: ↓26.22% | Σ Increase: ↑0.10%)

5/20 (Yesterday): <Þ>

• Cases: 33,833,181 (+30,857 | ΔW Change: ↓22.78% | Σ Increase: ↑0.09%)
• Deaths: 602,616 (+667 | ΔW Change: ↓11.66% | Σ Increase: ↑0.11%)

5/21 (Today): <F>

• Cases: 33,862,398 (+29,217 | ΔW Change: ↓22.94% | Σ Increase: ↑0.09%)
• Deaths: 603,408 (+657 [+792] | ΔW Change: ↓15.11% | Σ Increase: ↑0.13%)

[Asta]

So, I got my second Moderna dose today. My arm isn't hurting as much as last time, but I'm bit worried that i might experience worse effects in other ways by tomorrow. Hopefully I won't. But either way, I am still glad I am immune now (well, in two weeks).

And on the mask front, nothing seems any different. I went to a few stores and there wasn't anybody obnoxiously making a scene or complaining about still having to wear a mask, as I had feared, thankfully. For now, at least.

Update...if anyone cares: I feel great today! Absolutely no effects other than the arm pain which wasn't even as noticeable or lasted as long. I guess the effects of the vaccine really do vary from person to person.

Good to hear. My side effect also was only arm pain/soreness, except for me it was the opposite. My 2nd dose made me a bit more sore than my 1st.

Our state is one of the more vaccinated states, but most people are still wearing masks. I just went to Paramus Park for shopping and again, there was no one without a mask. I don't think people here are as comfortable taking it off with or without restrictions (understandably so)