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

[belamyi]

https://beteve.cat/societat/corba-coronavirus-catalunya/

 

[belamyi]

https://www.msn.com/es-es/noticias/...dencia-sube-a-813-en-mayores-de-60/ar-AAWZx29

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813/100000 among 60+

 

[KaraBulut]

Week ending 07-May-2022:

Global COVID-19 Weekly Mortality/Morbidity

• Global Cases reported: 517,275,330 (up from 513,796,964 / 0.7%) - *‬*3,478,366 new cases this week
• Global Deaths: 6,251,188 (up from 6,236,322) - **14,866 people died this week
• Hospitalizations reported in the US - 17,444 new hospitalizations (up from 15,806 last week) - 4,660,536 Americans have been hospitalized for COVID-19 since Jan, 2020

US COVID-19 Weekly Mortality/Morbidity

• Cases reported in the US - 81,863,725 (up from 81,365,218 / 0.6%), 498,507 new cases, 14.3% of world's new cases were in the US
• Deaths reported in the US - 997,526 deaths, 3,793 deaths this week , 21.7% of the world's reported deaths this week were in the US

US Vaccination Weekly Stats

• Approx number of US doses distributed - 732,209,015 (up from 728,356,815 / +3,852,200) - 79.1% US doses have been administered
  
  Total US residents vaccinated
• 1st dose: - 258,132,925 (up from 257,699,646 / +433,279) - 78.2% of US population
• 2nd dose: - 220,138,061 (up from 219,729,731 / +408,330) - 66.7% of US population
• 3rd dose: - 101,244,437 (up from 100,670,270 / +574,167) - 45.6% of US population
  
  US residents over age 5 vaccinated
• 1st dose: - 258,018,965 (up from 257,589,965 / +) - 82.6% of US population > 5 yo
• 2nd dose: - 220,085,146 (up from 219,679,774 / +) - 70.5% of US population > 5 yo
  
  US residents over age 12 vaccinated
• 1st dose: - 247,835,168 (up from 247,451,041 / +384,127) - 87.4% of US population > 12 yo
• 2nd dose: - 211,829,183 (up from 211,470,062 / +359,121) - 74.7% of US population > 12 yo
• 3rd dose: - 101,213,949 (up from 100,641,744 / +572,205) - 47.8% of US population > 12 yo
  
  US residents over age 65 vaccinated
• 1st dose: - 56,886,523 (up from 56,775,061 / +111,462) - 95.0% of US population >65 yo
• 2nd dose: - 49,573,126 (up from 49,449,611 / +123,515) - 90.5% of US population >65 yo
• 3rd dose: - 34,113,536 (up from 33,923,098 / +190,438) - 68.8% of US population >65 yo

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

• US: 81,863,725 (up from 81,365,218 / +498,507 / 0.6%) - 997,526 deaths (+3,793) - avg daily: cases (+71,215) / deaths (+542)
• Germany: 25,295,950 (up from 24,809,785 / +486,165 / 2.0%) - 136,533 deaths (+1,072) - avg daily: cases (+69,452) / deaths (+153)
• Italy: 16,798,998 (up from 16,504,791 / +294,207 / 1.8%) - 164,489 deaths (+877) - avg daily: cases (+42,030) / deaths (+125)
• Australia: 6,249,101 (up from 5,960,844 / +288,257 / 4.8%) - 7,513 deaths (+282) - avg daily: cases (+41,180) / deaths (+40)
• France: 29,148,451 (up from 28,872,621 / +275,830 / 1.0%) - 147,761 deaths (+762) - avg daily: cases (+39,404) / deaths (+109)
• South Korea: 17,544,398 (up from 17,275,649 / +268,749 / 1.6%) - 23,360 deaths (+485) - avg daily: cases (+38,393) / deaths (+69)
• Japan: 8,098,119 (up from 7,898,133 / +199,986 / 2.5%) - 29,814 deaths (+213) - avg daily: cases (+28,569) / deaths (+30)
• Brazil: 30,564,536 (up from 30,454,499 / +110,037 / 0.4%) - 664,374 deaths (+622) - avg daily: cases (+15,720) / deaths (+89)
• China: 2,293,846 (up from 2,206,646 / +87,200 / 4.0%) - 14,520 deaths (+147) - avg daily: cases (+12,457) / deaths (+21)
• UK: 22,292,118 (up from 22,214,004 / +78,114 / 0.4%) - 176,860 deaths (+1,308) - avg daily: cases (+11,159) / deaths (+187)
• Spain: 11,953,481 (up from 11,893,480 / +60,001 / 0.5%) - 104,668 deaths (+206) - avg daily: cases (+8,572) / deaths (+29)
• New Zealand: 995,213 (up from 941,767 / +53,446 / 5.7%) - 811 deaths (+103) - avg daily: cases (+7,635) / deaths (+15)
• South Africa: 3,841,388 (up from 3,795,763 / +45,625 / 1.2%) - 100,523 deaths (+160) - avg daily: cases (+6,518) / deaths (+23)
• Canada: 3,808,060 (up from 3,768,329 / +39,731 / 1.1%) - 39,827 deaths (+493) - avg daily: cases (+5,676) / deaths (+70)
• Russia: 17,961,837 (up from 17,924,145 / +37,692 / 0.2%) - 369,350 deaths (+887) - avg daily: cases (+5,385) / deaths (+127)
• Belgium: 4,088,336 (up from 4,056,448 / +31,888 / 0.8%) - 31,552 deaths (+113) - avg daily: cases (+4,555) / deaths (+16)
• India: 43,102,194 (up from 43,079,188 / +23,006 / 0.1%) - 524,064 deaths (+221) - avg daily: cases (+3,287) / deaths (+32)
• Argentina: 9,101,319 (up from 9,083,673 / +17,646 / 0.2%) - 128,729 deaths (+76) - avg daily: cases (+2,521) / deaths (+11)
• Switzerland: 3,636,226 (up from 3,619,598 / +16,628 / 0.5%) - 13,726 deaths (+14) - avg daily: cases (+2,375) / deaths (+2)
• Israel: 4,092,047 (up from 4,077,856 / +14,191 / 0.3%) - 10,741 deaths (+43) - avg daily: cases (+2,027) / deaths (+6)
• Netherlands: 8,239,429 (up from 8,228,081 / +11,348 / 0.1%) - 22,898 deaths (+28) - avg daily: cases (+1,621) / deaths (+4)
• Turkey: 15,043,379 (up from 15,033,573 / +9,806 / 0.1%) - 98,846 deaths (+63) - avg daily: cases (+1,401) / deaths (+9)
• Ireland: 1,522,363 (up from 1,517,112 / +5,251 / 0.3%) - 7,131 deaths (+44) - avg daily: cases (+750) / deaths (+6)
• Romania: 2,899,178 (up from 2,894,368 / +4,810 / 0.2%) - 65,562 deaths (+69) - avg daily: cases (+687) / deaths (+10)
• Poland: 6,000,416 (up from 5,996,748 / +3,668 / 0.1%) - 116,138 deaths (+79) - avg daily: cases (+524) / deaths (+11)
• Iran: 7,225,189 (up from 7,222,308 / +2,881 / 0.0%) - 141,177 deaths (+81) - avg daily: cases (+412) / deaths (+12)
• Sweden: 2,503,090 (up from 2,500,917 / +2,173 / 0.1%) - 18,824 deaths (+52) - avg daily: cases (+310) / deaths (+7)
• Columbia: 6,093,645 (up from 6,092,667 / +978 / 0.0%) - 139,809 deaths (+12) - avg daily: cases (+140) / deaths (+2)
• Lebanon: 1,097,539 (up from 1,097,044 / +495 / 0.0%) - 10,399 deaths (+12) - avg daily: cases (+71) / deaths (+2)
• Mexico: 5,739,680 (up from 5,739,680 / +0 / 0.0%) - 324,334 deaths (+0) - avg daily: cases (+0) / deaths (+0) - no report this week
• Ukraine: 5,040,518 (up from 5,040,518 / +0 / 0.0%) - 112,459 deaths (+0) - avg daily: cases (+0) / deaths (+0) - no report since war started

 

[KaraBulut]

In the past 3 months, South Korea has had one of the highest COVID-19 infection rates. In the first 4 months of 2022, South Korea reported 17 million cases of COVID-19 and nearly 18,000 deaths. South Korea has 87% of its population fully vaccinated with 71% boosted.

It was just a matter of time before the virus jumped the DMZ.

North Korea has 26 million people. They are unvaccinated. The average North Korean is inches shorter than their South Korean counterparts- primarly because of malnutrition. North Korea has weak public health system and because of their isolation, they do not have treatments that are available in first world countries.

On Saturday, there were over 500,000 North Koreans with "a fever" and nineteen reported deaths.


Kim Jong Un admits North Korea's COVID-19 outbreak is a 'great disaster' [Business Insider]

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said that the country's COVID-19 outbreak is a "great disaster," the BBC reported, citing state media.

"The spread of the malignant epidemic is [the greatest] turmoil to fall on our country since the founding," in 1948, Kim said during an emergency meeting on Saturday, according to state news agency KCNA.

North Korea said on Saturday that there had been over half a million cases of "fever" in recent weeks, just two days after claiming to have found its first ever COVID case and imposing a national lockdown.

The new figure marked an increase from the estimated 350,000 cases reported on Friday.

 

[belamyi]

^ All because of some infiltrated criminal from the evil Outside World.

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... apparently.

 

[KaraBulut]

A few of the week's news stories to commemorate the 1,000,000 COVID-related deaths in the US.


How America Lost One Million People [NY Times Interactive]

The pandemic has been a source of disruption and misery to all Americans. [NY Times]

There Is Nothing Normal about One Million People Dead from COVID [Scientific American]

After 1 million deaths, covid leaves millions more forever changed [WaPo]

 

[belamyi]

 

[pornoboy]

North Korea reports outbreak of "unknown fever" - I hope it hits little Mr Piggy heavy

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[KaraBulut]

Eric Clapton has been having a small war with concert venues that have been requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination to attend events.

Because irony is not quite dead, Clapton is having to cancel shows because he has COVID-19. Clapton is 77 years old.

Virulently anti-vax Eric Clapton tests positive for COVID [The Hill]

Eric Clapton — one of the most prominent opponents of vaccination mandates — says he’s postponing performances after testing positive for COVID-19.

The “Layla” singer announced in a Monday post on his official Facebook page that his shows planned in Zurich and Milan this week would be delayed following his diagnosis.

Clapton “is unfortunately suffering from Covid having tested positive shortly after the second concert at the Royal Albert Hall,” the post said.

 

[smokeshadow]

^^and cases in the U. S. are up 55%: https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/nationwide-covid-cases-are-up-55-percent-140397125881

 

[KaraBulut]

^^and cases in the U. S. are up 55%: https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/nationwide-covid-cases-are-up-55-percent-140397125881

It's probably higher than the official numbers. Under pressure from the Press, the US government sent 3 at-home tests to any US household that requested one. They also required insurance companies to cover the cost of at-home tests. At home results aren't reported in the official case numbers.

We are seeing some small surges on the east coast, involving one of the new omicron variants that is even more contagious than the last omicron variant. It's expected that there will be another surge in the southeast during peak tourism and vacation season after July 4th and it will continue into the new school year.

 

[KaraBulut]

The surreal world of North Korea:

Covid in North Korea: No response to US vaccine offer [BBC]

 

[Kulindahr]

It's probably higher than the official numbers. Under pressure from the Press, the US government sent 3 at-home tests to any US household that requested one. They also required insurance companies to cover the cost of at-home tests. At home results aren't reported in the official case numbers.

We are seeing some small surges on the east coast, involving one of the new omicron variants that is even more contagious than the last omicron variant. It's expected that there will be another surge in the southeast during peak tourism and vacation season after July 4th and it will continue into the new school year.

The hospital here has started requiring a test for everyone coming for any kind of outpatient treatment. And the clinic is checking temperature, pulse, and breathing of everyone who comes in.

 

[Kulindahr]

The surreal world of North Korea:

Covid in North Korea: No response to US vaccine offer [BBC]

North Korea would probably benefit from ten to fifteen percent of its people dying off since it has more people that it has the resources to support except at subsistence level.

 

[belamyi]

North Korea would probably benefit from ten to fifteen percent of its people dying off since it has more people that it has the resources to support except at subsistence level.

Which extrapolated to the Western world, and then to the whole world, would give us what percentages...

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And I don't mean covid or just plagues.

 

[Araucaria]

I would be careful about talking about how the world would benefit from a reduction in population. Have you noticed that the people making those pronouncements seem to assume that they will not be among the ones being culled?

 

[belamyi]

I would be careful about talking about how the world would benefit from a reduction in population. Have you noticed that the people making those pronouncements seem to assume that they will not be among the ones being culled?

That depends on how ragingly bitter they are

Have you noticed that people living in Garden City Europe or America, even after the experience of the past few decades, still like to assume that there are not enough suicidal bastards out there? The Israeli know better, by hard experience.

You are pointing at apocaliptic Christian weaky wackos, who would talk of the end of the world as something that would come to make for them the dirty terrorist job of cleansing out the perceived impurities of this world; yes, the impurities always being the others.


And still it is true that overpopulation will never ACTUALLY be a problem for the governments of the world

 

[ruggerladirish]

So, kind of off-topic, but also on-topic.

Normality returning after COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions, and now media reports about this 'monkeypox' virus

Never heard of it. Hears of smallpox and chickenpox, but not monkeypox. Nowhere near as transmissible as COVID, but just wonder what other 'surprises' Mother Nature has in store for us.

 

[Kahaih]

/\ Mother Nature is on her deathbed because of us. Don't expect too much sympathy.

 

[KaraBulut]

...Never heard of it. Hears of smallpox and chickenpox, but not monkeypox. Nowhere near as transmissible as COVID, but just wonder what other 'surprises' Mother Nature has in store for us.

Smallpox, cowpox, horsepox, monkeypox... all orthopoxviruses. All cause similar disease in different species of mammals.

Fortunately, they're not respiratory viruses, so they are not as transmissible as COVID-19, measles and other respiratory viruses.