COVID-19 Megathread 6: Return of the Omicron

[Dr. Arch]

The updated numbers for COVID-19 in the U.S. are in for 6/13 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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• IE: Comparing the numbers to the same day of last week, are we flattening the curve enough?

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• IE:What's the overall change in the total?

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6/6: <Sunday>

• Cases: 34,210,782 (+6,408 [+7,023] | ΔW Change: ↓17.32% | Σ Increase: ↑0.02%)
• Deaths: 612,366 (+166 | ΔW Change: ↑33.87% | Σ Increase: ↑0.03%)

6/7 (Last Week Holiday): <M>

• Cases: 34,227,237 (+12,283 [+16,455] | ΔW Change: ↑50.99% | Σ Increase: ↑0.05%)
• Deaths: 612,701 (+335 | ΔW Change: ↑153.79% | Σ Increase: ↑0.05%)

6/8: <T>

• Cases: 34,242,866 (+13,542 [+15,629] | ΔW Change: ↑4.36% | Σ Increase: ↑0.05%)
• Deaths: 613,052 (+351 | ΔW Change: ↑22.30% | Σ Increase: ↑0.06%)

6/9: <W>

• Cases: 34,264,727 (+14,201 [+21,861] | ΔW Change: ↓16.34% | Σ Increase: ↑0.06%)
• Deaths: 613,494 (+442 | ΔW Change: ↓14.00% | Σ Increase: ↑0.07%)

6/10: <Þ>

• Cases: 34,275,437 (+10,710 | ΔW Change: ↓59.51% | Σ Increase: ↑0.03%)
• Deaths: 613,906 (+412 | ΔW Change: ↓24.82% | Σ Increase: ↑0.07%)

6/11: <F>

• Cases: 34,306,280 (+15,928 [+30,843] | ΔW Change: ↓5.89% | Σ Increase: ↑0.09%)
• Deaths: 614,732 (+421 [+826] | ΔW Change: ↑70.45% | Σ Increase: ↑0.13%)

6/12 (Yesterday): <S>

• Cases: 34,315,867 (+9,587 | ΔW Change: ↓18.31% | Σ Increase: ↑0.03%)
• Deaths: 615,037 (+305 | ΔW Change: ↓20.78% | Σ Increase: ↑0.05%)

6/13 (Today): <Sunday>

• Cases: 34,321,093 (+5,226 | ΔW Change: ↓18.45% | Σ Increase: ↑0.02%)
• Deaths: 615,053 (+16 | ΔW Change: ↓90.36% | Σ Increase: ↑0.00%)

[Dr. Arch]

Looking at the numerical trends over the last week and the fantastically low numbers today, this might be the last week of my regular COVID stats posts.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Looking at the numerical trends over the last week and the fantastically low numbers today, this might be the last week of my regular COVID stats posts.

Biggest sign yet of the pandemic's ebb: Dr. Arch reducing his update frequency.

Seriously, you've done a fantastic job providing these updates on a daily basis for well over a year.  I'm sure most of the forum would join me in saying a big Thank You!

[MATTROSE94]

Looking at the numerical trends over the last week and the fantastically low numbers today, this might be the last week of my regular COVID stats posts.

Thanks for your posts! I would probably continue the updates for a bit longer however.

[Dr. Arch]

Thank you, GM and MATT!

I might continue them depending on how the rest of the week looks. Things, nevertheless, are very much on the upswing.

[ultraviolet]

Wait what? Did a bunch of states stop reporting daily?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Looking at the numerical trends over the last week and the fantastically low numbers today, this might be the last week of my regular COVID stats posts.

Biggest sign yet of the pandemic's ebb: Dr. Arch reducing his update frequency.

Seriously, you've done a fantastic job providing these updates on a daily basis for well over a year.  I'm sure most of the forum would join me in saying a big Thank You!

[emailking]

Only 16 deaths? wow!

[It’s so Joever]

I caution everyone here that many states have suddenly decided to switch to weekly data, including Florida.
For this reason, daily numbers may not be reflective anymore, weekly may be neccesary.

[Dr. Arch]

I caution everyone here that many states have suddenly decided to switch to weekly data, including Florida.
For this reason, daily numbers may not be reflective anymore, weekly may be neccesary.

More reason to do so!

[Calthrina950]

https://twitter.com/Tylerjoelb/status/1402285299888181249
https://twitter.com/Tylerjoelb/status/1402288748575002632

Man I wish my vaccine turned me into Magneto.

I'm usually not one for stereotyping, but why is is that anti-vaxxers always seem to fit into the same kind of demographic profile, in terms of gender, race, and socioeconomic status?

My guess is that Boomers in general are susceptible to misinformation since they haven’t grown up with the internet like millennials and Zoomers. Plus they’re hyper concentrated on Facebook.

Expanding upon this, the patterns seem to be that women are much more likely than men to believe in anti-vaxxer conspiracy theories, that white women are more likely than minority women to do so, and that middle-class women (i.e. "soccer moms" and retirees) are the most visible of all in pushing such theories. And there are anti-vaxxers on both sides of the ideological spectrum, although the opposition to the coronavirus vaccine in particular is overwhelmingly from the right.

[Frodo]

Get ready for that third booster shot, folks:

Pfizer ready to make COVID vaccines for new variants, CEO says

[It’s so Joever]

Several new counties have fully vaccinated 60% of their population today.
These are:
Lincoln County, ME
Grafton County, NH
Howard County, MD
Montgomery County, MD
Santa Clara County, CA

34 Counties in total have reached this bar.

Of these counties, 28 voted for Joe Biden while 6 voted for Donald Trump.

2 new counties (Broomfield CO and San Mateo CA) and the state of Vermont (done statewide because of the lack of data on NYT) have fully vaccinated 60% of their population.

With these additions, 50 counties in total have reached this bar.

Of these counties, 43 votes for Joe Biden, while 7 voted for Donald Trump.

13 new counties have reached 60% of their population fully vaccinated which brings the total up to 63.

These counties are:
Middlesex, MA
Bristol, RI
Newport, RI
Washington, RI
Saratoga, NY
Warren, NY
West Feliciana, LA
Jo Daviess, IL
Blaine, ID
Benton, OR
King, WA
Sitka, AK
Petersburg, AK

Of all these counties, 52 voted for Joe Biden, while 11 voted for Donald Trump.

[Dr. Arch]

The updated numbers for COVID-19 in the U.S. are in for 6/14 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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6/6: <Sunday>

• Cases: 34,210,782 (+6,408 [+7,023] | ΔW Change: ↓17.32% | Σ Increase: ↑0.02%)
• Deaths: 612,366 (+166 | ΔW Change: ↑33.87% | Σ Increase: ↑0.03%)

6/7 (Last Week Holiday): <M>

• Cases: 34,227,237 (+12,283 [+16,455] | ΔW Change: ↑50.99% | Σ Increase: ↑0.05%)
• Deaths: 612,701 (+335 | ΔW Change: ↑153.79% | Σ Increase: ↑0.05%)

6/8: <T>

• Cases: 34,242,866 (+13,542 [+15,629] | ΔW Change: ↑4.36% | Σ Increase: ↑0.05%)
• Deaths: 613,052 (+351 | ΔW Change: ↑22.30% | Σ Increase: ↑0.06%)

6/9: <W>

• Cases: 34,264,727 (+14,201 [+21,861] | ΔW Change: ↓16.34% | Σ Increase: ↑0.06%)
• Deaths: 613,494 (+442 | ΔW Change: ↓14.00% | Σ Increase: ↑0.07%)

6/10: <Þ>

• Cases: 34,275,437 (+10,710 | ΔW Change: ↓59.51% | Σ Increase: ↑0.03%)
• Deaths: 613,906 (+412 | ΔW Change: ↓24.82% | Σ Increase: ↑0.07%)

6/11: <F>

• Cases: 34,306,280 (+15,928 [+30,843] | ΔW Change: ↓5.89% | Σ Increase: ↑0.09%)
• Deaths: 614,732 (+421 [+826] | ΔW Change: ↑70.45% | Σ Increase: ↑0.13%)

6/12: <S>

• Cases: 34,315,867 (+9,587 | ΔW Change: ↓18.31% | Σ Increase: ↑0.03%)
• Deaths: 615,037 (+305 | ΔW Change: ↓20.78% | Σ Increase: ↑0.05%)

6/13 (Yesterday): <Sunday>

• Cases: 34,321,093 (+5,226 | ΔW Change: ↓18.45% | Σ Increase: ↑0.02%)
• Deaths: 615,053 (+16 | ΔW Change: ↓90.36% | Σ Increase: ↑0.00%)

6/14 (Today): <M>

• Cases: 34,334,299 (+7,310 [+13,206] | ΔW Change: ↓40.49% | Σ Increase: ↑0.04%)
• Deaths: 615,263 (+106 [+210] | ΔW Change: ↓68.36% | Σ Increase: ↑0.03%)

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://mobile.twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1404600833329700864

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Nate Silver has been pretty chill about the stay-at-home stuff. That's pretty remarkable considering he works for ABC.

[It’s so Joever]

Nate Silver has been pretty chill about the stay-at-home stuff. That's pretty remarkable considering he works for ABC.

Gee it’s almost as if...not everyone who works at a news company are exactly the same and have the exact same beliefs on every issue and are involved in some huge conspiracy to brainwash the American public.
A hard concept for an alternative facts tankie to understand, but maybe realizing the world isn’t so black and white will be helpful for you.

[It’s so Joever]

https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1404498489183137794?s=20

If the American public is so soft that they can’t handle staying at home six-eight weeks (at most) while still having places to communication via the internet, that is just pathetic.
Clearly we deserve what is coming to us.

And that still doesn’t account for lack of social distancing afterwards and lack of mask wearing. Cut the bulls**t.

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1404498489183137794?s=20

If the American public is so soft that they can’t handle staying at home six-eight weeks (at most) while still having places to communication via the internet, that is just pathetic.
Clearly we deserve what is coming to us.

And that still doesn’t account for lack of social distancing afterwards and lack of mask wearing. Cut the bulls**t.

Why would staying at home for “six-eight weeks (at most)” have accomplished anything in the long term?  This is what they did in most of Europe did, and many of those countries experienced much worse surges than we ever did once they opened back up again.

Nate has easily been one of the most reasonable public voices on these issues throughout the whole pandemic.

[It’s so Joever]

If the American public is so soft that they can’t handle staying at home six-eight weeks (at most) while still having places to communication via the internet, that is just pathetic.
Clearly we deserve what is coming to us.

And that still doesn’t account for lack of social distancing afterwards and lack of mask wearing. Cut the bulls**t.

There are only two words worth wasting on you: Never again.

Okay MTG.

[It’s so Joever]

https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1404498489183137794?s=20

If the American public is so soft that they can’t handle staying at home six-eight weeks (at most) while still having places to communication via the internet, that is just pathetic.
Clearly we deserve what is coming to us.

And that still doesn’t account for lack of social distancing afterwards and lack of mask wearing. Cut the bulls**t.

Why would staying at home for “six-eight weeks (at most)” have accomplished anything in the long term?  This is what they did in most of Europe did, and many of those countries experienced much worse surges than we ever did once they opened back up again.

Nate has easily been one of the most reasonable public voices on these issues throughout the whole pandemic.

It wouldn’t have.
The purpose of staying home that period is to allow for better medical treatments to be developed, which did happen. That’s why we saw our later waves have generally deaths even with more cases (along with testing)

Social distancing, public responsibility, and mask wearing is needed for a medium term pandemic prevention. Unfortunately as demonstrated by the exemplary members of the public above, expecting basic common sense and decency is way too much to ask.

[emailking]

What exactly is the alternative strategy that would have saved more lives? A bunch of maga masks?

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

What exactly is the alternative strategy that would have saved more lives? A bunch of maga masks?

Voluntarily deliberate infection & quarantine.

Or at the very least massive vaccine challenge trials.

[emailking]

What exactly is the alternative strategy that would have saved more lives? A bunch of maga masks?

Voluntarily deliberate infection & quarantine.

Or at the very least massive vaccine challenge trials.

Isn't that independent of lockdowns of social distancing? In that it would help whether you do lockdowns and social distancing or not. And lockdowns and social distancing would have the same effect whether you  do challenge trials or not.

[pppolitics]

Maybe the Biden administration should be focusing on getting Democrats and Democrats leaning independents vaccinated.

That way, if there is a surge, our party would be less affected.