Wot no coronavirus thread? Part 2

[-Jrabbit]

Just for the record: Covid-19 was the 3rd leading cause of death in the US last year.
In one year, we have lost 550,000 Americans to this virus - roughly the size of our 33rd-largest city, Tucson.

Currently, we are engaged in a race to vaccinate our population. As of today, about 40% of US adults have received at least one dose, and roughly 3 million doses per day are being administered.
Sadly, a significant portion of America is engaging in superspreader activities before we're ready for them, resulting in the onset of a likely 4th wave of infections that could easily have been minimized or avoided. Apparently, being unlikely to die is now considered a good excuse for spreading infections to others. It's a damn shame, and likely to unnecessarily extend the time before herd immunity can be achieved.

But, as comedian Ron White says, you can't fix stupid.

We're currently back to about 70,000 new cases/day, and nearly 1,000 daily deaths. Stay safe, my friends.

[N35t0r]

Unhappy Covid birthday



My Mom got vacced fully some time ago - good thing. But now I receive post from teh offcials offering to register her for a vaccination appointment veeery soon....

And just after I wrote cases going down they rise again...let's hope for the best, and for April (when Vaccine supply is said to be much better - mmkay, if it's correct).

Over here (Emsland / Niedersachsen) they've been going up the past couple of weeks. Let's hope vaccines come fast.

[Kidlicious]

This was on page 3. This US is opening up. This economy is recovering.

[BeBMan]

Unhappy Covid birthday

A big part of the frustration is the fact that there's no transparency. They tell you to register and make an appointment, but then refuse to book an appointment.

My Mom got vacced fully some time ago - good thing. But now I receive post from teh offcials offering to register her for a vaccination appointment veeery soon....

And just after I wrote cases going down they rise again...let's hope for the best, and for April (when Vaccine supply is said to be much better - mmkay, if it's correct).

[Uncle Sparky]

Happy anniversary baby!

Today is the one-year anniversary of the first confirmed case of the coronavirus in Manitoba. The first was announced March 12, 2020, and the public was notified of two more cases later the same day.

[-Jrabbit]

A big part of the frustration is the fact that there's no transparency. They tell you to register and make an appointment, but then refuse to book an appointment. Today, I went to every IL health agency and partner (CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, Costco, Mejier, Jewel-Osco, etc) within 50 miles and found nothing.

Seems like there should be some sort of central agency coordinating this, but all the state and county health agencies - who all tell you to sign up - just keep telling you to "keep trying" at all these other spots, exactly none of which have any actual availability (whether that's available vaccine or available appoinments, I can't be sure).

Yet I know a lot of people who are in my group that have managed to get vaccinated, so I know that progress is being made.

I can be patient; I work from home. But I really resent having to waste my time.

[Jon Miller]

I think there isn still real distribution problems, but they have improved a lot. The distribution issues are in almost every country, and the US is now doing one of the best... 2m/day is the last numbers I heard.

I expect that you will get an appointment this week or next.

I still can not be on a list. But I am hearing more and more about people who have been vaccinated, which is great!

I am concerned about the 1/4 of the population or so who seem opposed to the vaccine. It will be really hard to get herd immunity by summer if people don't get vaccinated. I heard that some think as few as 200m might end up agreeing to be vaccinated (out of a total adult population fo 250m). That is better than 75%, but still too low.

I really want to do things again (in thee US) in summer.

JM

[-Jrabbit]

As it turns out, whining that Trump had no plan in place is not, in itself, a vaccination distribution plan. But the Biden admin hasn't done much better - especially in the practical needles-in-arms area. I know it's a logistical nightmare, but this has been pretty much a randomized clown show so far.

I'm in group 1B (65+), and want to be vaccinated. Illinois greenlighted 1B a few weeks ago, but I can't get an appointment in my county, as supplies lag far behind demand. So far, all I've managed to accomplish is giving my email address to 2 public health agencies (state and county) and a handful of authorized distribution companies (Walgreen, CVS, etc). Yesterday, they opened up appointments (6,000 a day) at the United Center in the city. I immediately signed up (giving my contact info to yet another company in the process). Over the course of Sunday, they went from "open to all Illinoisians in Group 1B" to "only Cook Count residents" - and I was back to no appointment.

It's stupid and frustrating.

[BeBMan]

Mask up and vax up, people. We're not out of the woods yet.

Case/death numbers here are declining again fortunately, but so far we did poorly in mass vaccination. Weak sauce. Still hope things are improving soon.

[Uncle Sparky]

Most states are keeping masks. Not Texas. No electrical grid! No masks!

[giblets]

Covid is still worse than it was last summer, but sure let's all stop wearing masks and pretend everything is fine.

[-Jrabbit]

Coronavirus USA totals through Saturday, March 6:

Cases: 29,687,753
Deaths: 537,737

Mask up and vax up, people. We're not out of the woods yet.

[-Jrabbit]

You can mitigate disease threat without closing the economy. If you look at Texas' numbers of positivity, new cases, and deaths, it's clear they were making progress. Only an idiot would say, "Hey, these precautions are working. Let's put a stop to that!"

That idiot is named Abbott.

[Ming]

If they are burying 200/day with a closed economy then why close the economy?

I don't know... maybe to keep it from being EVEN MORE DEATHS.
But that's right, you don't care if people die as long as you get your freedom to infect others.

[BeBMan]

Ppl always find exciting new ways to be stupid:

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch police on Wednesday said a coronavirus testing centre north of Amsterdam appeared to have been intentionally targeted after an explosion went off at the facility before it opened.

(snipsnap)

full: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-h...KCN2AV0O4?il=0