Coronavirus COVID-19 Thread

[NaffNaffBobFace]

COVID Corner - Some reports from some news outlets from today, Monday 27th of September:

- World: Global Confirmed 232,066,390 Global Deaths 4,751,480

- UK: Hospitals to relax Covid rules to ease backlog

- Japan: To lift Covid state of emergency

- Boobs: Antibodies in breast milk ‘remain for 10 months after Covid infection’

- US: President Joe Biden to get Covid booster jab

- US: Today marks deadline for New York hospital workers to be vaccinated

- UK: Fully vaccinates more than two-thirds of entire population

- Australia: Australian state of New South Wales reports lowest cases in over a month

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

COVID Corner - Some reports from some news outlets from today, Tuesday 28th of September:

- World: Global Confirmed 232,540,728 Global Deaths 4,760,126

- US: Confirmed 43,139,578

- World: UN chief: wealthy nations must share resources or risk crisis for billions

- UK: PM makes Covid inquiry pledge to bereaved families

- UK: Man died of Covid after medics sent to wrong house

- UK: Irn-Bru maker reports delivery 'challenges'

- UK: Scotland 'nudging towards' herd immunity

- UK: 12% of English pupils report continuing Covid symptoms weeks after infection

- Turkey: will 'never’ close schools again

- Romania: Romania suffers record daily high number of Covid cases

- Russia: Russia reports highest daily Covid-linked death toll

- Africa: Nigeria suspends 2,000 passports over Covid breaches

 

[Vavrik]

- UK: Scotland 'nudging towards' herd immunity

"The likelihood is we will need to continue with boosters and so on to make sure we afford the highest level of protection, to make sure things don't dip again."

That does not describe herd immunity. They're feeding the public a feel good story.

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

That does not describe herd immunity. They're feeding the public a feel good story.

The political set never really did seem to get the hang of that concept did they? A bit disconcerting to see it in a public health official though.

 

[Vavrik]

The political set never really did seem to get the hang of that concept did they? A bit disconcerting to see it in a public health official though.

I'm pretty sure it was a statement either taken out of context (you know, "NEWS"), or made at the request of a Minister. Even on this side of the pond, politicians are telling people that herd immunity is around the corner. 70%. lol. Because some demo with bouncing balls said so.
Thing is it can be done, just we need to send about 2.6 billion vaccines to Africa, and probably another few billion everywhere else. It won't be tomorrow. People are screaming for borders to open, and that undoes a lot. I totally get it though. Personally I'm getting sick and tired of Skype, WebEx, and Microsoft Teams myself.
... Edit: Although, I have really enjoyed my lunch more at home than in an office cafeteria.

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

COVID Corner - Some reports from some news outlets from today, Wednesday 29th of September:

- World: Global Confirmed 233,044,677 Global Deaths 4,770,268

- Infection: Covid can infect cells in pancreas that make insulin, research shows

- Russia: Russia threatens YouTube ban for deleting RT channels

- Northern Ireland: Clown shortage: Appeal for new recruits in Northern Ireland

- Scotland: Latest Covid ICU patients 'unvaccinated and young'

- South Africa: Ex-SA minister implicated in Covid corruption

- US: United Airlines to fire staff who refuse vaccine

- UK: researchers are going test whether Vitamin A nasal drops can be used as treatment.

- Europe: EU would join US, UK and Israel in approving it if EMA gives go-ahead for Pfizer Booster

- Guam: Guam’s vaccination success story turns grim with Covid surge

- Singapore: Singapore reports record rise in infections

- Slovenia: Slovenia temporarily halts use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine

- Scotland: Weekly Covid deaths in Scotland reach highest level since February

- Lithuania: Lithuania records largest caseload since January

- Latvia: Latvia registers highest number of cases since February

 

[PeppaPigKilla]

- Northern Ireland: Clown shortage: Appeal for new recruits in Northern Ireland

Need to get their asses down to London, loads there in parliament

 

[SoloFlyer]

- Northern Ireland: Clown shortage: Appeal for new recruits in Northern Ireland

Sounds like they need more Testies in Northern Ireland. Who's up for a trip?

 

[Bambooza]

Sounds like they need more Testies in Northern Ireland. Who's up for a trip?

Do they provide free beer?

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

COVID Corner - Some reports from some news outlets from today, Thursday 30th of September:

- World: Global Confirmed 233,479,934 Global Deaths 4,777,581

- UK: no sign of improvement in petrol supplies

- UK: Furlough ends with almost 1 million left in limbo

- UK: UK lockdown economic rebound stronger than first thought

- Scotland: judge refused a legal challenge from nightclubs to delay COVID passports

- Movies: Latest James Bond file finally reaches UK cinemas

- Isle Of Man: Covid-19 regulations extended until January

- Brazil: Brazil hospital chain accused of hiding deaths and giving unproven drugs

- Singapore: Singapore hits record-high for cases

- Denmark: Denmark set to fall short of Covid vaccination target

- Ukraine: Ukraine reports highest daily cases since April

- Somalia: Somalia opens oxygen plant vital in Covid fight

- Syria: 20-day-old baby dies of Covid in Syria

- Africa: Over 70% of African states miss Covid jabs target

 

[Chrono_naut]

- Northern Ireland: Clown shortage: Appeal for new recruits in Northern Ireland

Good news finally, everyone should fear clowns. Gross accursed creatures!

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

Good news finally, everyone should fear clowns. Gross accursed creatures!

I think you have just inadvertently chosen the TEST crack-troop commando/marine uniform.

 

[Vavrik]

Do they provide free beer?

Yep, their beer is free. As long as you don't have to pay for making it, storage, shipping, distribution, taxes etc, they would just give it to you.
... Don't go right now, unless you feel like paying for a COVID test before you come back. That's currently mandatory regardless of vaccination status.

 

[Bambooza]

Yep, their beer is free. As long as you don't have to pay for making it, storage, shipping, distribution, taxes etc, they would just give it to you.
... Don't go right now, unless you feel like paying for a COVID test before you come back. That's currently mandatory regardless of vaccination status.

Who says I am coming back unless they stop giving out beer.

 

[SoloFlyer]

Good news finally, everyone should fear clowns. Gross accursed creatures!

I would like to subscribe to your newsletter, good sir. What's your organization's stance on mimes?

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

COVID Corner - Some reports from some news outlets from today, Friday 1st of October:

- World: Global Confirmed 233,955,450 Global Deaths 4,787,007

- Therapeutics: Covid antiviral pill can halve risk of hospitalisation

- World: Covid-19 vaccinations: More than 50 nations have missed a target set by the WHO

- UK: One in 20 secondary-school age children infected in England

- Australia: Australia to end strict Covid travel ban

- Ireland: Covid-19 booster jab programme starts in Ireland

- Russia: Russia reports record Covid death toll

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

COVID Corner - Some reports from some news outlets from today, Saturday 2nd of October:

- World: Global Confirmed 234,425,459 Global Deaths 4,794,488

- US: U.S. Deaths 700,492

- UK: Girl dies of Covid on day she was due vaccine

- UK: Get the jab or another job, Javid tells care staff

- UK: Vulnerable people feel 'completely let down' by third dose rollout

 

[Vavrik]

- UK: Girl dies of Covid on day she was due vaccine

It's a heart-wrenching story.

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

COVID Corner - Some reports from some news outlets from today, Sunday 3rd of October:

- World: Global Confirmed 234,803,395 Global Deaths 4,800,067.

- UK: UK might not be over the worst, scientists warn

- New Zealand: New Zealand widens Covid lockdown as Delta spreads

- UK: UK to slash international travel ‘red list’ to just nine countries

- Russia: Russia breaks its highest daily deaths total

- Israel: Israel tightens Covid passport rules

- US: New England hospital wards begin to fill up

 

[Vavrik]

- US: New England hospital wards begin to fill up

I think politicians in the US got this pandemic mostly wrong. It still doesn't care if you're Republican or Democrat, (or Conservative, PQ, Liberal or NDP in Canada). What it cares about is if it can infect you. And it appears Delta doesn't even care if you're vaccinated, though vaccination certainly does help to keep you alive if it can't keep you out of the hospital.

Here's the thing. There is a triangle that runs from Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada, into the US Mid-West. Then in the South. Hot, and humid summers keep a lot of people indoors in summer. Temperatures in this entire area can reach 30-45 C or more. That's upper 80's to over 110 F, some areas like Arizona and New Mexico it can spike even higher. This keeps people indoors during the summer, because why melt when you have AC at home?
But now it's becoming comfortable outside, so people in this area can get outside and open windows more often. I mean it's traditional to have a BBQ on Christmas and New Years in my family. It's that nice outside. We have to wear jackets sometime in February.

So here's my prediction: COVID infections are going to continue to drop for a while as people in the Midwest and South start to get cooler weather. But the Pacific North West and St. Lawrence /Atlantic watershed in both countries is getting colder, and people are starting to move indoors more. COVID will do to them what it did to the center and south of the continent this summer. Because the Pacific North West is warmer than the East Coast, it won't be as bad there. But the Prairie provinces, and the US mid-west are not out of the woods, because they get brutal winters. Tempratures can drop to -30 and -40, and I don't even need to translate that from C to F... exposed skin can freeze in just a few minutes in some places. So a short respite is all they're going to get.

This is how COVID behaved last year too. Waves.
BTW the same thing happens in Eastern Europe and Asia, only they're a little more sensible about living in the nastiest areas... like Siberia. But by the same measure I used in the US, even Great Britan and Europe is not out of the woods.

We see the same thing happening in the South Pacific, South America, and Africa only they're 6 months out of phase with that prediction.