Pandemic 2020

43% of people now being tested in South Dakota are positive, that's uncontrolled exponential growth of the virus.

captainmorgan said:

43% of people now being tested in South Dakota are positive, that's uncontrolled exponential growth of the virus.

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There is something lemming like about people who vote for Trump, a death wish almost. Here they are voting for Trump while getting bitch slapped by reality and stomped by covid, a hoax according to Donald.

I think the damage to the republicans will take a bit of time and retrospection on the part of many in that state, after the dust settles and folks calm down and think a bit, to the extent that they can think that is.

Unless you or a loved one are one of the victims, more "winning" from Don Jr, crown price of darkness.
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Don Jr. dismisses coronavirus deaths: ‘The number is almost nothing’
Roughly 1,000 Americans died from Covid-19 on the day the president’s son appeared on Fox News to downplay the U.S. death toll.

Donald Trump Jr., the president’s eldest son, falsely claimed on Thursday that the number of Americans dying from the coronavirus amounts to “almost nothing.”

More than 8.9 million people in the United States have been infected with Covid-19, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University, resulting in more than 228,000 deaths. The U.S. tallied a single-day record of more than 83,000 coronavirus cases last Friday and reported a new daily peak of more than 88,000 cases on Thursday. Deaths, an indicator that typically lags behind the number of cases, have also been on the rise.

Deaths have indeed declined relative to last spring, in part because doctors have learned to manage the disease better and because of drugs that have proven to be helpful in combating it. Nursing homes, where thousands of Americans have died from the coronavirus, have also done a better job of slowing infection, although they face challenges protecting their highly vulnerable residents as Covid-19 continues to spread across the country.

But the deaths are not “almost nothing” — and they are rising. Roughly 1,000 Americans died from the disease on Thursday, as Trump Jr. appeared on Fox News host Laura Ingraham’s show to downplay the U.S. death toll. And among those who survive the coronavirus, many have long-term damage to vital organs and lingering chronic symptoms.

“The reality is this: If you look, I put it up on my Instagram a couple days ago, because I went through the CDC data, because I kept hearing about new infections,” Trump Jr. said. “But I was like, ‘Well, why aren’t they talking about deaths?’ Oh, oh, because the number is almost nothing. Because we’ve gotten control of this, and we understand how it works.”

Those remarks resemble other misleading or outright untrue rhetoric put forth in recent days by President Donald Trump, who has been increasingly dismissive of the pandemic’s threat ahead of Election Day. “More Testing equals more Cases. We have best testing. Deaths WAY DOWN,” he tweeted on Friday morning.

Trump has repeatedly said the U.S. is “rounding the turn” in its fight against Covid-19 — an assertion contradicted by his own White House task coronavirus task force.

According to notes of a private task force call with governors on Friday, task force coordinator Deborah Birx acknowledged the severity of the spread, particularly in the northern U.S. She said 1,200 counties — one-third of the country — qualify as “hot spots.” In only one state are cases falling, and in only seven are hospitalizations decreasing.

She told the governors that reaching a plateau — stabilizing the virus, not even bringing it down — will take “every single person in your states moving forward with” wearing masks, maintaining social distance, avoiding gatherings, and handwashing.

The administration’s coronavirus testing czar also expressed concern this week about the trajectory of the pandemic, pointing to the growing number of deaths to correct the president. “The cases are actually going up. And we know that, too, because hospitalizations are going up,” Adm. Brett Giroir told NBC’s “Today” show on Wednesday, adding: “We do know that deaths are increasing, unfortunately.”

Public health experts predict an even greater death toll throughout the fall and winter months, as the U.S. coronavirus outbreak collides with the annual flu season. “If things do not change, if they continue on the course we’re on, there’s going to be a whole lot of pain in this country with regard to additional cases and hospitalizations and deaths,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, told CNBC on Wednesday.

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The francophone community in Canada is larger than Quebec, it includes Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick and even here in Nova Scotia. The French in Quebec are reacting to the massive influence of the global Anglo culture on their own, they are not alone in this either, many smaller ethno/nations have taken measures to protect their langue and cultures from the influence of English. Many people mistake this for old fashioned bigotry, but it's more about cultural preservation and a different social attitude too.

When people complain the civil government suppresses Muslims (clothing), they forget the civil government at times persecuted the Catholic church too! In many Catholic countries priests are forbidden to wear robes in public, sometimes Americans view things through the lens of absolute religious freedom and many places in Europe still have state religions supported by the government.

I have a good friend who is Acadian French and there are cultural as well as linguistic differences, I lived in both solitudes for a spell.

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like the amish but they're not the nicest of people either.

I figure 10 million infections by the end of voting day in America, a stunning failure of leadership and national management at all levels. New models are projecting as many as 600,000 covid deaths by February and that is with supportive treatments that are saving large percentages of people now, if it wasn't for NAC, other supportive therapies, treatment protocols and perhaps convalescent plasma, the death toll would be in the millions by February. Antibody therapies, provided they worked wouldn't make much difference because the system is overwhelmed and the supply is limited, initially anyway.

A national lockdown, masks and common sense, America is only 4 to 6 weeks away from sanity and a fresh start.

We just hit 100,000 new cases a day and it's accelerating.

Seem to be rounding a corner, but I think we're heading for a cliff.

captainmorgan said:

Seem to be rounding a corner, but I think we're heading for a cliff.

Utah sent every phone in the state an emergency alert warning about rapidly rising Covid-19 cases and overwhelmed hospitals | CNN

The alarming alert was sent to everyone in Utah who had a phone capable of receiving one: the state has reached a record number of Covid-19 cases, and it was time to get serious.

www.cnn.com

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Wow. I guess that’s the best this country can do with tracing applications. Pathetic.

The cruise industry is getting ready to take idiots to sea soon,the dear leader says it's ok.

DIY-HP-LED said:

Unless you or a loved one are one of the victims, more "winning" from Don Jr, crown price of darkness.
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Don Jr. dismisses coronavirus deaths: ‘The number is almost nothing’

Roughly 1,000 Americans died from Covid-19 on the day the president’s son appeared on Fox News to downplay the U.S. death toll.

www.politico.com

Don Jr. dismisses coronavirus deaths: ‘The number is almost nothing’
Roughly 1,000 Americans died from Covid-19 on the day the president’s son appeared on Fox News to downplay the U.S. death toll.

Donald Trump Jr., the president’s eldest son, falsely claimed on Thursday that the number of Americans dying from the coronavirus amounts to “almost nothing.”

More than 8.9 million people in the United States have been infected with Covid-19, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University, resulting in more than 228,000 deaths. The U.S. tallied a single-day record of more than 83,000 coronavirus cases last Friday and reported a new daily peak of more than 88,000 cases on Thursday. Deaths, an indicator that typically lags behind the number of cases, have also been on the rise.

Deaths have indeed declined relative to last spring, in part because doctors have learned to manage the disease better and because of drugs that have proven to be helpful in combating it. Nursing homes, where thousands of Americans have died from the coronavirus, have also done a better job of slowing infection, although they face challenges protecting their highly vulnerable residents as Covid-19 continues to spread across the country.

But the deaths are not “almost nothing” — and they are rising. Roughly 1,000 Americans died from the disease on Thursday, as Trump Jr. appeared on Fox News host Laura Ingraham’s show to downplay the U.S. death toll. And among those who survive the coronavirus, many have long-term damage to vital organs and lingering chronic symptoms.

“The reality is this: If you look, I put it up on my Instagram a couple days ago, because I went through the CDC data, because I kept hearing about new infections,” Trump Jr. said. “But I was like, ‘Well, why aren’t they talking about deaths?’ Oh, oh, because the number is almost nothing. Because we’ve gotten control of this, and we understand how it works.”

Those remarks resemble other misleading or outright untrue rhetoric put forth in recent days by President Donald Trump, who has been increasingly dismissive of the pandemic’s threat ahead of Election Day. “More Testing equals more Cases. We have best testing. Deaths WAY DOWN,” he tweeted on Friday morning.

Trump has repeatedly said the U.S. is “rounding the turn” in its fight against Covid-19 — an assertion contradicted by his own White House task coronavirus task force.

According to notes of a private task force call with governors on Friday, task force coordinator Deborah Birx acknowledged the severity of the spread, particularly in the northern U.S. She said 1,200 counties — one-third of the country — qualify as “hot spots.” In only one state are cases falling, and in only seven are hospitalizations decreasing.

She told the governors that reaching a plateau — stabilizing the virus, not even bringing it down — will take “every single person in your states moving forward with” wearing masks, maintaining social distance, avoiding gatherings, and handwashing.

The administration’s coronavirus testing czar also expressed concern this week about the trajectory of the pandemic, pointing to the growing number of deaths to correct the president. “The cases are actually going up. And we know that, too, because hospitalizations are going up,” Adm. Brett Giroir told NBC’s “Today” show on Wednesday, adding: “We do know that deaths are increasing, unfortunately.”

Public health experts predict an even greater death toll throughout the fall and winter months, as the U.S. coronavirus outbreak collides with the annual flu season. “If things do not change, if they continue on the course we’re on, there’s going to be a whole lot of pain in this country with regard to additional cases and hospitalizations and deaths,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, told CNBC on Wednesday.

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captainmorgan said:

The cruise industry is getting ready to take idiots to sea soon,the dear leader says it's ok.

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All Trump supporters, no doubt . it’s like a karma death cruise. You voted for Trump so now you die.

Regeneron stops enrolling critically ill COVID-19 patients for antibody drug trial
The suspension is due to a safety concern.

Story at a glance

The enrollment of patients receiving high-flow oxygen or mechanical ventilation will be on hold pending the collection and analysis of additional data.
Trials will continue to test the antibody cocktail in hospitalized patients requiring little or no extra oxygen.
Other trials involving mild or moderately ill patients can also move forward.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has paused enrollment of critically ill COVID-19 patients in its trial studying the antibody cocktail treatment that was given to President Trump earlier this month. The decision is due to potential safety concerns.

The drug maker on Friday said it was suspending the enrollment of hospitalized COVID-19 patients requiring high-flow oxygen or mechanical ventilation after an independent monitoring committee observed “a potential safety signal and an unfavorable risk/benefit profile at this time.”

The enrollment of patients in this category will be on hold pending the collection and analysis of additional data.

Trials will continue to test the antibody cocktail in hospitalized patients requiring little or no extra oxygen. Other trials involving mild or moderately ill patients can also move forward.

The drug has shown encouraging results. Regeneron on Wednesday said early data showed the therapy reduced COVID-19 related medical visits by 57 percent.

Regeneron earlier this month asked the Food and Drug Administration for emergency approval and said it would make doses available to the American people at no cost. The drug maker said it could have enough doses for 300,000 people in the coming months.

On Monday, a study of Eli Lilly’s monoclonal antibody in hospitalized patients was stopped after it was found the treatment did not provide any benefit to COVID-19 patients.

Earlier this month, Trump was given a single 8 gram dose of Regeneron’s experimental treatment under a compassionate-use request and credited the drug for helping him overcome the illness.

great year

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great year

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Pivotal year

Over 1,000 deaths a day now.

captainmorgan said:

Seem to be rounding a corner, but I think we're heading for a cliff.

Utah sent every phone in the state an emergency alert warning about rapidly rising Covid-19 cases and overwhelmed hospitals | CNN

The alarming alert was sent to everyone in Utah who had a phone capable of receiving one: the state has reached a record number of Covid-19 cases, and it was time to get serious.

www.cnn.com

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They will still vote for Trump, it might take awhile for it to sink in, but fatal damage has been done to the republicans in these red states, this will not be forgotten in the years to come.

Covid-19 antibodies diminish over time, but experts say there's no reason to be alarmed
Most experts agree that drops in antibody levels over time are expected, and that these declines are not altogether concerning.

Coronavirus antibodies may provide protection against reinfections even if they wane over time, according to experts, who say people shouldn’t be alarmed by recent studies that had seemingly contradictory results.

Antibodies and other immune responses have been a major focus of coronavirus research because there are important implications for how long people could be protected before a vaccine is available. If antibodies confer immunity that is long-lasting, for example, people who have been infected may be protected until there is a viable vaccine. But waning antibodies could mean that Covid-19 survivors may be at risk of reinfection.

A pair of studies released this week raised some confusion because of their divergent findings. One paper published in the journal Science, led by scientists in New York, found that Covid-19 antibodies developed by the immune system lingered at stable levels for around five months. But two days earlier, a preprint study that has yet to be peer-reviewed, found that among hundreds of thousands of participants across England, antibody levels declined rapidly, falling more than 26 percent over a three-month period.

Most experts agree that drops in antibody levels over time are expected, and that these declines are not altogether concerning.

“If you think about basic immunology, you should have an antibody response initially and then that antibody response should go away,” said Ritesh Tandon, an associate professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, who was not involved with either study. “Antibodies are dynamic — they are not made one time and stay in the blood.”

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, echoed that sentiment, adding that declining antibody levels do not necessarily translate into a lack of immunity.

“Just because the level of antibodies diminish, that doesn’t mean you lose protection,” he said Thursday in a press briefing from the National Institutes of Health.

In the recent study published in Science, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai used a database of immune responses from 30,000 New Yorkers who tested positive for the coronavirus between March and October and monitored 121 volunteers over time.

The researchers found that antibody responses peaked roughly two to three months after infection. And in 90 percent of the people who recovered, antibody levels subsequently dropped but remained stable for around five months, said Dr. Ania Wajnberg, an associate professor of medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine and a co-author of the Mount Sinai study.

A “majority of patients have a relatively robust response and so far, that is persisting over time,” she said.

In the U.K. study, scientists at Imperial College London found that antibody prevalence in the British participants fell from 6 percent at roughly the end of June to 4.4 percent in September. And using at-home tests that were distributed to more than 365,000 people, the researchers observed a more than 26 percent decline in antibody levels over three months.

But there were limitations with the British study. Although the study had hundreds of thousands of participants, the researchers did not follow the same people over time. The study also did not precisely measure antibody levels.

“The sensitivity between the two tests is a major difference,” said Alan Wu, a professor of laboratory medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, who was not involved with either study. “It’s a little bit apples and oranges, in the sense that the studies are not done in the same way.”

But despite the seemingly divergent results from the two studies, they can both be true, according to Dr. Arturo Casadevall, chair of the molecular microbiology and immunology department at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. It’s not unreasonable — or particularly alarming — if antibody levels decline rapidly after a person recovers and then persist for some time at a much lower level, he said.

“We know that other coronaviruses tend to elicit immunity that is not long-lasting,” Casadevall said. “The question is: How much antibodies do you need to prevent reinfection? It may be that you need very little.”

Still, antibodies are not the only weapons in the immune system’s arsenal. There are cellular immune responses that could recognize a virus and provide some protective immunity. People who have been infected with a virus also typically produce “memory cells” that can recall certain pathogens and quickly mobilize a defense against reinfection.

“Antibody immunity is only one part of immunity,” Casadevall said. “If you have immunological memory, it means that if you confront the coronavirus again, your body doesn’t need two weeks to figure out how to react. That memory could kick in right away.”

There is no easy way to detect memory cells and cellular immune responses in recovered patients, but it is an active area of research, according to Tandon. And so far, immune responses to the coronavirus are more or less in line with other known coronaviruses, he added.

“It does play by the rules of immunology — it’s not an alien virus that we seem to know nothing about,” Tandon said. “I haven’t seen anything that makes me think this is a virus that is very different from anything we’ve seen before.”

18 Trump rallies have led to 30,000 COVID-19 cases: Stanford University study

A new study from Stanford University found that 18 of President Trump’s campaign rallies have led to over 30,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and likely led to over 700 deaths.

Researchers examined rallies held between June 20 and Sept. 22, 2020, only three of which were held indoors.

The researchers then compared spread of the virus in the counties that held the rallies to counties that were on similar case trajectories before the rallies occurred.

The authors concluded that the rallies increased subsequent cases of COVID-19 by over 250 infections per 100,000 residents. They found that the events led to over 30,000 new cases in the country and likely resulted in over 700 deaths, but recognized that the deaths were “not necessarily among attendees.”

“Our analysis strongly supports the warnings and recommendations of public health officials concerning the risk of COVID-19 transmission at large group gatherings, particularly when the degree of compliance with guidelines concerning the use of masks and social distancing is low,” the authors wrote in the paper. “The communities in which Trump rallies took place paid a high price in terms of disease and death.

The study was published to preprint platform SSRN on Friday.

In a statement to The Hill, the Trump campaign deputy national press secretary Courtney Parella said that, "Americans have the right to gather under the First Amendment to hear from the President of the United States."

'We take strong precautions for our campaign events, requiring every attendee to have their temperature checked, providing masks, they’re instructed to wear, and ensuring access to plenty of hand sanitizer," Parella said. "We also have signs at our events instructing attendees to wear their masks.”

Biden campaign spokesperson Andrew Bates said in a statement to The Hill that Trump is “costing hundreds of lives and sparking thousands of cases with super spreader rallies that only serve his own ego.”

The study comes as the U.S. set a new single-day record for coronavirus cases on Friday, logging 97,080 new cases according to COVID Tracking Project, shattering the previous record of 88,521 on set Thursday.

The study results come as public health experts have warned that the fall and winter seasons could lead to a disastrous third wave of coronavirus cases as the colder weather forces people to congregate indoors.

The president, however, has repeatedly dismissed the new surge in cases, claiming that the nation is “rounding the turn” on the pandemic. He has also blamed the media for the intense focus on COVID-19.

On Friday, he drew backlash for claiming that doctors are improperly counting coronavirus deaths for personal and monetary gain.

Trump has drawn scrutiny for holding rallies with thousands of mostly unmasked people despite the pandemic. Supporters at his rallies are also not seen social distancing.

One of the events evaluated in the Stanford study was the president’s controversial rally in Tulsa, Okla., in June. before the event, officials raised concerns that it could lead to a spike in cases.

The Tulsa rally is thought to be where the late Herman Cain contracted the virus, as he was not wearing a mask at the event.

The former presidential candidate died on July 30 from complications of the virus, and Trump has said he doesn’t believe that Cain caught the virus at the rally.

Looks like Vlad has found a way to avoid paying out all those pensions in rural Russia where many of the old folks live.
If ya don't wear a mask there it won't be long before you're behind barbed wire in a camp covid.
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As COVID-19 sweeps across Russia, hospitals buckle under the strain
Russia says its vaccine will make disease manageable by next summer but many have doubts

When COVID-19 was ravaging densely populated parts of the U.S., Europe and India throughout the spring and summer, many in Russia hoped the country's vast emptiness would act as a kind of natural physical distancing and slow the spread of the coronavirus.

But that optimism has evaporated this fall as poorly funded and ill-equipped hospitals in rural towns and cities struggle under an avalanche of new COVID-19 cases.

Russia set yet another record for daily new infections on Friday, recording 18,283 — well beyond the spring's daily peak of 15,000. While the highest concentration of positive tests is in Moscow, the spread of COVID-19 is intensifying most dangerously in remote regions beyond the capital.

Some of the worst stories have come from the city of Barnaul in the Altai Krai region of Siberia.

Social media video that circulated last week showed the basement of Hospital No. 12 packed with more than 30 corpses in black body bags lining corridors and storage rooms.
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