On Topic Discussion 2019 Coronavirus (COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2)

[Kulindahr]

''consistent reports that patients in the hospitals are >90% unvaccinated.''
For the total population of the region, what % unvaccinated and what % vaccinated?

That 90% figure is close to the number here, and last I heard the local vaccination coverage is up to 72% -- not bad for a county full of rednecks!

 

[Kahaih]

They were required to submit 6 months of data . . . .

There are three contenders in the race. Will the other two approvals be as timely?


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J&J claims to be offering their product ( one jab ) at cost, while the other two admit that they are making a profit ( per jab ). Anyone know how much?

 

[belamyi]

That 90% figure is close to the number here, and last I heard the local vaccination coverage is up to 72% -- not bad for a county full of rednecks!

"Old rednecks" : that may make all the difference

Age and fear of death weigh not so light on all of them.

 

[KaraBulut]

There are three contenders in the race. Will the other two approvals be as timely?

I mentioned this earlier but Moderna doesn't have quite the clinical trial infrastructure that Pfizer has, so it will probably be in the next 30-60 days before they have their data compiled for approval submission.

J&J has had issues, so I'm not sure when they'll be ready submit for approval.

J&J claims to be offering their product ( one jab ) at cost, while the other two admit that they are making a profit ( per jab ). Anyone know how much?

The original budget was run through all sorts of legerdemain during the Trump administration but the figures that I have seen is that the US government spent $6 billion with BioNTech/Pfizer and $5.75 billion with Moderna. It's difficult to tell how much of that actually went to the individual companies because the Moderna vaccine was a joint project with the government. The program had distributed 428,506,065 doses as of last week but there's probably another 100 million (or more) doses in reserve.

There were other purchases from AstraZeneca but I believe the US has donated those to COVAX.

 

[KaraBulut]

Week ending 21-Aug-2021:

Global COVID-19 Weekly Mortality/Morbidity

• Global Cases reported: 211,303,977 (up from 207,003,521 / 2.1%) - *‬*4,300,456 new cases this week
• Global Deaths: 4,422,237 (up from 4,359,466) - **62,771 people died this week

US COVID-19 Weekly Mortality/Morbidity

• Cases reported in the US - 37,667,889 (up from 36,653,025 / 2.8%), 1,014,864 new cases, 23.6% of world's new cases were in the US
• Deaths reported in the US - 628,276 deaths, 6,982 deaths this week , 11.1% of the world's deaths this week were in the US

US Vaccination Weekly Stats

• Approx number of US doses distributed - 361,684,564 (up from 356,433,665 / +5,250,899) - 84.4% of US doses have been administered
  
  Total US residents vaccinated
• 1st dose: - 200,947,556 (up from 198,088,722 / +2,858,834) - 60.9% of US population
• 2nd dose: - 170,406,785 (up from 168,362,058 / +2,044,727) - 51.6% of US population
  
  US residents over age 12 vaccinated
• 1st dose: - 200,720,753 (up from 197,862,788 / +2,857,965 ) - 70.8% of US population
• 2nd dose: - 170,275,627 (up from 168,231,284 / +2,044,343 ) - 60.1% of US population
  
  US residents over age 65 vaccinated
• 1st dose: - 49,967,938 (up from 49,734,266 / +233,672) - 91.4% of US population
• 2nd dose: - 44,376,255 (up from 44,183,059 / +193,196) - 81.1% of US population

Coronavirus weekly cases/deaths in active countries (preference to countries with JUB members):

• US: 37,667,889 (up from 36,653,025 / +1,014,864 / 2.8%) - 628,276 deaths (+6,982) - avg daily: cases (+144,981) / deaths (+997)
• UK : 6,491,529 (up from 6,270,681 / +220,848 / 3.5%) - 131,909 deaths (+699) - avg daily: cases (+31,550) / deaths (+100)
• Iran : 4,640,695 (up from 4,425,821 / +214,874 / 4.9%) - 101,354 deaths (+3,526) - avg daily: cases (+30,696) / deaths (+504)
• France : 6,682,952 (up from 6,471,262 / +211,690 / 3.3%) - 113,472 deaths (+767) - avg daily: cases (+30,241) / deaths (+110)
• Brazil: 20,556,487 (up from 20,350,142 / +206,345 / 1.0%) - 574,209 deaths (+5,421) - avg daily: cases (+29,478) / deaths (+774)
• India: 32,393,286 (up from 32,192,576 / +200,710 / 0.6%) - 433,964 deaths (+2,739) - avg daily: cases (+28,673) / deaths (+391)
• Japan: 1,283,857 (up from 1,148,586 / +135,271 / 11.8%) - 15,625 deaths (+208) - avg daily: cases (+19,324) / deaths (+30)
• Russia: 6,633,521 (up from 6,511,419 / +122,102 / 1.9%) - 172,257 deaths (+4,663) - avg daily: cases (+17,443) / deaths (+666)
• Turkey: 6,177,660 (up from 6,059,776 / +117,884 / 1.9%) - 54,095 deaths (+1,090) - avg daily: cases (+16,841) / deaths (+156)
• Mexico: 3,197,108 (up from 3,091,971 / +105,137 / 3.4%) - 252,080 deaths (+3,913) - avg daily: cases (+15,020) / deaths (+559)
• Spain : 4,770,453 (up from 4,693,540 / +76,913 / 1.6%) - 83,136 deaths (+666) - avg daily: cases (+10,988) / deaths (+95)
• Argentina: 5,130,852 (up from 5,080,908 / +49,944 / 1.0%) - 110,217 deaths (+1,281) - avg daily: cases (+7,135) / deaths (+183)
• Germany : 3,870,095 (up from 3,825,139 / +44,956 / 1.2%) - 91,979 deaths (+105) - avg daily: cases (+6,422) / deaths (+15)
• Italy : 4,478,691 (up from 4,435,008 / +43,683 / 1.0%) - 128,728 deaths (+315) - avg daily: cases (+6,240) / deaths (+45)
• Columbia: 4,886,897 (up from 4,864,629 / +22,268 / 0.5%) - 124,121 deaths (+765) - avg daily: cases (+3,181) / deaths (+109)
• Switzerland : 752,761 (up from 735,375 / +17,386 / 2.4%) - 10,941 deaths (+17) - avg daily: cases (+2,484) / deaths (+2)
• Canada : 1,474,854 (up from 1,458,517 / +16,337 / 1.1%) - 26,758 deaths (+100) - avg daily: cases (+2,334) / deaths (+14)
• Netherlands : 1,950,315 (up from 1,934,635 / +15,680 / 0.8%) - 18,268 deaths (+53) - avg daily: cases (+2,240) / deaths (+8)
• Belgium: 1,163,726 (up from 1,149,869 / +13,857 / 1.2%) - 25,320 deaths (+33) - avg daily: cases (+1,980) / deaths (+5)
• South Korea : 234,739 (up from 223,928 / +10,811 / 4.8%) - 2,202 deaths (+46) - avg daily: cases (+1,544) / deaths (+7)
• Ireland: 335,429 (up from 324,747 / +10,682 / 3.3%) - 5,074 deaths (+15) - avg daily: cases (+1,526) / deaths (+2)
• Lebanon: 590,983 (up from 581,497 / +9,486 / 1.6%) - 8,008 deaths (+36) - avg daily: cases (+1,355) / deaths (+5)
• Sweden: 1,116,584 (up from 1,110,147 / +6,437 / 0.6%) - 14,668 deaths (+10) - avg daily: cases (+920) / deaths (+1)
• Australia : 43,185 (up from 39,097 / +4,088 / 10.5%) - 978 deaths (+20) - avg daily: cases (+584) / deaths (+3)
• China: 106,717 (up from 106,475 / +242 / 0.2%) - 4,848 deaths (+0) - avg daily: cases (+35) / deaths (+0)
• New Zealand: 2,993 (up from 2,920 / +73 / 2.5%) - 26 deaths (+0) - avg daily: cases (+10) / deaths (+0)

 

[KaraBulut]

Top US State Stats: 21-Aug-2021

US States With Highest Number of New Cases:

1. Florida: 150,740
2. Texas: 124,969
3. California: 97,923
4. Georgia: 54,469
5. North Carolina: 37,480
6. Tennessee: 35,969
7. Louisiana: 35,139
8. New York: 31,615
9. South Carolina: 25,346
10. Mississippi: 25,102

US States/Territories With Highest Percentage Growth in New Cases:

1. Hawaii: 9.60% - fully vaccinated: 54.7%
2. Mississippi: 6.60% - fully vaccinated: 36.8%
3. Oregon: 6.10% - fully vaccinated: 57.4%
4. Louisiana: 5.70% - fully vaccinated: 40.0%
5. US Virgin Islands: 5.60% - fully vaccinated: 38.3%
6. Florida: 5.20% - fully vaccinated: 51.6%
7. Georgia: 4.30% - fully vaccinated: 40.4%
8. Guam: 4.30% - fully vaccinated: 60.8%
9. Kentucky: 4.30% - fully vaccinated: 47.6%
10. Alaska: 4.20% - fully vaccinated: 46.6%

US States/Territories With Highest Weekly Death Numbers:

1. Florida: : 1,486
2. Texas: : 937
3. California: : 450
4. Louisiana: : 399
5. North Carolina: : 233
6. Mississippi: : 230
7. Georgia: : 221
8. Alabama: : 202
9. Tennessee: : 201
10. Arkansas: : 200

US States/Territories With Lowest Percentage Growth in New Cases:

1. Wisconsin: 1.40% - fully vaccinated: 58%
2. Rhode Island: 1.30% - fully vaccinated: 63.8%
3. North Dakota: 1.30% - fully vaccinated: 41.2%
4. Massachusetts: 1.30% - fully vaccinated: 65.4%
5. Maryland: 1.30% - fully vaccinated: 60.7%
6. South Dakota: 1.20% - fully vaccinated: 48.4%
7. Pennsylvania: 1.20% - fully vaccinated: 54.3%
8. Michigan: 1.20% - fully vaccinated: 50%
9. New Jersey: 1.10% - fully vaccinated: 60.5%
10. Connecticut: 1.10% - fully vaccinated: 65.1%

 

[KaraBulut]

A pretty astounding statistic - 200 people are dying of COVID-19 every day in Florida.

The media has been obsessed with Afghanistan- where no American has died in 12 months... meanwhile, in Texas and Florida, the two states are allowing 350 Americans to die every day.

Weekly COVID-19 Deaths in Florida

• 03-Jul: 430
• 10-Jul: 172
• 17-Jul: 231
• 24-Jul: 282
• 31-Jul: 409
• 07-Aug: 616
• 14-Aug: 1,071
• 21-Aug: 1,486

Weekly COVID-19 Deaths in Texas

• 03-Jul: 209
• 10-Jul: 151
• 17-Jul: 192
• 24-Jul: 190
• 31-Jul: 271
• 07-Aug: 384
• 14-Aug: 628
• 21-Aug: 937

 

[belamyi]

^ Media= 'News'

Covid-19 = old news

Dead from corona = stale news


Floridians being ztupid = rotten old newZ

- - - Updated - - -

https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2021/08/21/covid-is-still-a-deadly-threat-to-older-floridians/

"University of Florida epidemiologist Cindy Prins said there’s no way to protect one segment of the population from this level of mass infection. Hundreds of thousands of older adults haven’t received the vaccine in a state where 38 percent of the total population is unvaccinated."

“Older people are just not capable of mounting the immune response that is necessary to fight the virus,” said Johns Hopkins University epidemiologist Morgan Katz. “And older people just develop over time comorbidities that put you at risk for a more severe reaction.”

"The numbers for older Floridians remain grim nearly 18 months after the pandemic started and eight months since vaccines became available. In January, adults over 60 accounted for nearly 70 percent of Florida’s hospital admissions, according to federal data. Now, they make up half of all Floridians admitted to hospitals for COVID-19."

"While fewer older adults are dying during this wave, they still account for the majority of Florida deaths. Floridians over 60 made up 89 percent of deaths prior to June 18. Now they account for 74 percent of deaths. They also account for the majority of Florida’s record hospitalizations: More than 7,400 adults over 60 were admitted to Florida hospitals last week. That’s nearly 50 percent of COVID hospitalizations that week."



The "news" is not just about mere novelty, and not just it being sensational: it is about selling something with that "story" you present as news.
At this point, it is mere banging against a wall, and the media can not do business and keep "jobs" by peddling anything that would rebuke the attention span and "wisdom" of the people in their audience.

 

[rareboy]

Surprised?

Get 700,000 unmasked people breathing all over one another?

Hope it was worth it.

 

[eddielee]

The hospital where I live ( In North Carolina) is filling up with unvaccinated people with serious covid infections. It is painfully clear, that had they taken the vaccine, 95 percent of these cases could have been avoided.

 

[cityboy-stl]

Surprised?

Get 700,000 unmasked people breathing all over one another?

Hope it was worth it.

It's hard for me to believe Missouri is green.

 

[belamyi]

^ You mean even momentarily, while the infected get sick enough to enter the records of a hospital.

 

[metta]

[FONT=&quot]When Covid ICU Dr. Frank Courmier, at Our Lady Of Lourdes in Lafayette, LA., obtained permission from a patient’s mom for him to tell us that patients story, the way he said thank you to her sounded personal to him. It was. Our conversation that followed was emotional & sobering
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[FONT=&quot]Dr. Courmier is board certified internal medicine; he’s board certified in critical care & he’s board certified in pulmonology. Most doctors are board certified in 1 speciality. He’s spent the pandemic caring for the sickest Covid patients at Our Lady of Lourdes in Lafayette, LA.
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[FONT=&quot]He said: “I have a belief that truth is sacred and worth fighting for. So we carry on and we keep telling people.”
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[FONT=&quot]Does the madness (of misinformation) offend you?
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[FONT=&quot]“It certainly hurts.”
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[FONT=&quot]Dr. Courmier: “To know that it doesn’t have to be this way makes it you know even harder and we’re doing the best we can to combat that but we’re met with a lot of resistance; it’s tough.”

https://twitter.com/DavidBegnaud/status/1430171015737483268
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[belamyi]

Dr. Courmier: “To know that it doesn’t have to be this way makes it... you know, even harder... and we’re doing the best we can to combat that but we’re met with a lot of resistance; it’s tough.”

He has discovered one of the "secrets" of life: now he only needs to acknowledge it as such=needs to realize that that is one of the "secrets" of life.

 

[metta]

What we now know about how to fight the delta variant of COVID

1. Extremely effective in attaching to human cells and gaining entry
   
2. Viral loads in the back of the throats of infected patients are 1,000 times higher with the delta than with previous variants.
   
3. Much more infectious
   
4. After five days or so, the viral loads in the vaccinated person start to quickly drop whereas those in the unvaccinated person persist.
   
5. Our children’s hospitals are even already filling up or full. Because of the delta viral dynamics, it is much more capable of causing severe disease in a larger swath of the population.
   
6. Vaccines work. it primarily leads to a specific Immunoglobulin G (IgG) response. That’s the antibody type that circulates around in really high numbers in the blood, is located some in tissues and is more easily detectable by blood tests, etc.
   What that shot does not do is produce an Immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibody response to the virus at the surface of the throat mucosa. That’s the antibody type that could prevent the virus from ever binding in the first place. As such, in a vaccinated person, the virus can still attach like it’s about to break into the house, but it doesn’t realize that there is an armed homeowner on the other side of the door.
   
7. Preventing disease and death. The COVID-19 vaccines are designed to prevent disease/death through that IgG response (though it does also reduce infections somewhat). How good are the vaccines at doing all of this with delta? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has just released data addressing that very question. Punchline: They’re remarkably good! The vaccine shows an 8-fold reduction in the development of any symptomatic disease secondary to delta. For hospitalization, it is a 25-fold reduction. That’s 25 times!

https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/20...w-to-fight-the-delta-variant-of-covid-column/

 

[eddielee]

As I type this, I have a dear friend on his death bed, dying of Covid. The Doctors have done all they can do, and he is now under hospice care. He did not get the vaccine, in spite of his family and friends pleading.

 

[Telstra]

Question,
why are covid patients mix with non covid patients in hospitals ?

 

[johaninsc]

Question,
why are covid patients mix with non covid patients in hospitals ?

where is this happening?






edited: because he who argues with a Telstra something something..

 

[johaninsc]

from Prisma Health

we actually had an anti-mask/ anti-vac mandate protest out front a couple of days ago


the last year has really changed me...I no longer care if these people die or not

guess it's time to hang up the scrubs

 

[Telstra]

where is this happening?






edited: because he who argues with a Telstra something something..

i mean in the same hospital building. No true?
I think its in Australia