Seems bad:
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-germanys-r-number-rockets-again-from-179-to-288-12012143
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Sunday, 21 June 2020 20:31 (three years ago) link
pikers next to Florida
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 21 June 2020 20:55 (three years ago) link
NYT:
California reported 4,515 new cases on Sunday, the highest one-day increase since the start of the pandemic.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 21 June 2020 21:35 (three years ago) link
Across the United States, the number of new infections has steadily risen during the past five days after plateauing for the previous 80 days.
At the same time, overall deaths have dropped dramatically. The 14-day average was down 42 percent as of Saturday.
Strikingly, the new infections have skewed younger, with more people in their 20s and 30s testing positive, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida said. These clusters may be especially worrying to colleges and universities that plan to bring students back to campus in the fall, when the coronavirus and the flu virus are expected to be circulating simultaneously.
n Florida — which “has all the makings of the next large epicenter,” according to model projections by the PolicyLab at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia — an advisory from the state’s Department of Health this weekend recommended that people avoid crowds larger than 50 people. It also encouraged social distancing and mask wearing at smaller gatherings.
Mr. Trump is set to deliver his national convention speech on Aug. 27 in Jacksonville, Fla., inside an arena that holds 15,000 people.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 21 June 2020 21:37 (three years ago) link
242.355 cases of COVID in Chile, overtaking Italy's tally of 238.499. Cases per million sees Chile as the world's highest. This makes Santiago, where the majority of the country's cases are concentrated, a global epicenter of virus contagion. It's going to a be a long winter. pic.twitter.com/pmuhVZa6LF— Charis McGowan (@charis_mcgowan) June 21, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 21 June 2020 22:41 (three years ago) link
Seems bad:https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-germanys-r-number-rockets-again-from-179-to-288-12012143🕸
Germany's coronavirus R number has leapt again - from 1.79 on Saturday to 2.88 on Sunday, official figures show.The Robert Koch Institute for public health (RKI), which has been publishing the country's COVID-19 statistics, said the new number is based on a four-day average. On Friday it was 1.06.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Sunday, 21 June 2020 22:49 (three years ago) link
USA fatalities today were the lowest since March 23rd.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 22 June 2020 00:17 (three years ago) link
looking at the worldometer site it's interesting that the number of new cases per day is fairly steady but the number of deaths keeps falling
― Dan S, Monday, 22 June 2020 00:26 (three years ago) link
Interesting, but not well-explained by any known factors, such as improved treatments or viral mutation toward a lesser lethality, so it just sits there as an isolated 'fact' that could just be an artifact of reporting and tabulation methods.
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Monday, 22 June 2020 00:56 (three years ago) link
It's so fun that we still have so little certainty this far into the pandemic. Lotsa shrugs!
― Well, that's a fine howdy adieu! (Old Lunch), Monday, 22 June 2020 01:20 (three years ago) link
there are just so many variables
― Dan S, Monday, 22 June 2020 01:30 (three years ago) link
Wonder if the proportion of cases vs. people suffering more than mild symptoms is also down
― frogbs, Monday, 22 June 2020 01:34 (three years ago) link
I've been watching it, according to worldometer the number of serious/critical cases in the US has gone down, but only slightly so far, from 17,000+ cases to 16,000+ cases
― Dan S, Monday, 22 June 2020 01:37 (three years ago) link
so the number of cases vs people getting really sick seems way down
― Dan S, Monday, 22 June 2020 01:40 (three years ago) link
ppl can get sicker
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 June 2020 01:50 (three years ago) link
I think the assumption is that the you explain rising cases and falling deaths with two things:1. The average age of newly infected people is going down because younger people are the first to emerge from lockdown. And young people are less likely to die if they get it.2. Deaths lag infections by a couple of weeks, so deaths may go back up in future (but 1 may reduce this effect).
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 22 June 2020 01:56 (three years ago) link
seems right
― Dan S, Monday, 22 June 2020 01:58 (three years ago) link
Apropos reading for those curious about the seasonality of viruses:
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/why-do-dozens-diseases-wax-and-wane-seasons-and-will-covid-19
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 22 June 2020 02:00 (three years ago) link
Lipid-enveloped viruses (such as COVID-19) tend to wane in hotter, drier months. Which also explains why the focus was on hand-washing in the early stages of the response (which answers a question I asked wayyy upthread about the seemingly overnight pivot from hand-washing to mask-wearing).
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 22 June 2020 02:03 (three years ago) link
interesting, thank you for linking that article Albert
― Dan S, Monday, 22 June 2020 02:12 (three years ago) link
Any reason why there are no new numbers from Sweden in the past four days? Seems to have stopped updating everywhere I've looked.
― chinavision!, Monday, 22 June 2020 17:53 (three years ago) link
They all died
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 01:28 (three years ago) link
Victoria is having a minor freak out after we have a surge to 73 cases in 4 days. Lines at testing stations, more masks visible, Woolworths going back to having someone at the entrance making people using hand sanitiser and a slow down and roll back of reopening.
Which is good because Saturday looked like a normal pre pandemic day on the high st, aside from a bit of non-physical distanced queuing.
Seems like the surge was caused, in part by people assuming the rules didn’t apply to them, large family gatherings, people breaking quarantine. Also by people working when they should be isolating, the state gov put in a hardship payment for people who have to isolate and don’t have sick leave but it’s seems extraordinary that this didn’t happen already. Getting increasingly concerned that we are about to fuck this all up here.
― American Fear of Scampos (Ed), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 01:41 (three years ago) link
California has set another record for coronavirus cases with more than 5,000 reported infections on Monday, according to Washington Post data. Its previous high, 4,515, was recorded Sunday.The Golden State is also facing a spike in hospitalizations, which crept up to 5,065 from the more than 3,700 reported Sunday.
The Golden State is also facing a spike in hospitalizations, which crept up to 5,065 from the more than 3,700 reported Sunday.
yikes.3,700 --> 5,065 hospitalizations, overnight, is not "creeping up". that's alarming.
for comparison, here are the hospitalizations and ICUs for Illinois:
https://i.imgur.com/9A7z3Zb.png
― time is running out to pitch in $5 (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:38 (three years ago) link
it took illinois about 3 weeks to get from 3700 to 5000 hospitalizations, and that was back in late April, a couple weeks before the deaths started peaking
― time is running out to pitch in $5 (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:40 (three years ago) link
in other news:
The Trump administration is ending funding and support for local COVID-19 testing sites around the country this month, as cases and hospitalizations are skyrocketing in many states.The federal government will stop providing money and support for 13 sites across five states which were originally set up in the first months of the pandemic to speed up testing at the local level.Local officials and public health experts expressed a mixture of frustration, resignation, and horror at the decision to let federal support lapse....As the pandemic began to batter the United States in March, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Emergency Management Agency began to deploy Community-Based Testing Sites around the country.The sites provide testing kits and laboratories, and notify patients of their results. The federal government covers costs, while providing staff and signing its own contracts with third-party vendors.The Trump administration previously attempted to end support for the testing sites running under the same program in early April. The government reversed the move after a public outcry, extending the sites. The extension is now coming to an end.Out of a starting number of 41 sites, 13 remain in operation across five states. In addition to Texas’ seven, Illinois and New Jersey each have two, while Colorado and Pennsylvania each have one.
The federal government will stop providing money and support for 13 sites across five states which were originally set up in the first months of the pandemic to speed up testing at the local level.
Local officials and public health experts expressed a mixture of frustration, resignation, and horror at the decision to let federal support lapse.
...As the pandemic began to batter the United States in March, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Emergency Management Agency began to deploy Community-Based Testing Sites around the country.
The sites provide testing kits and laboratories, and notify patients of their results. The federal government covers costs, while providing staff and signing its own contracts with third-party vendors.
The Trump administration previously attempted to end support for the testing sites running under the same program in early April. The government reversed the move after a public outcry, extending the sites. The extension is now coming to an end.
Out of a starting number of 41 sites, 13 remain in operation across five states. In addition to Texas’ seven, Illinois and New Jersey each have two, while Colorado and Pennsylvania each have one.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/exclusive-feds-about-to-bail-on-supporting-covid-testing-sites-in-texas-and-other-states
― time is running out to pitch in $5 (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 16:45 (three years ago) link
It's all just a joke, hahahahahahahahahahaha
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 17:02 (three years ago) link
One day, we'll see, one day it will all go away like magic!
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 17:04 (three years ago) link
We will all be magically relieved of our lives
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 17:05 (three years ago) link
Fuck. I've been keeping a low profile and trusting that I haven't caught it, but I need to get a test soon before I travel and I heard the sites are starting to throttle who can get one because of decreasing availability.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 17:07 (three years ago) link
“the flu”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/2645529/?utm_source=embed&fbclid=IwAR1uOsjF26w23XnKjIp_CXFbM1NAso6SVVKN8TFn7kuZ8e1SOXy_oRhchjU
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 18:58 (three years ago) link
go easy, sic
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 23 June 2020 19:01 (three years ago) link
lol busted!
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 19:15 (three years ago) link
Please sic don’t hurt ‘im!
― Scampidocio (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 19:15 (three years ago) link
i imagine sic to be sifting through those URLs like the guy in Pi examines the stock market, looking for patterns and secrets
― time is running out to pitch in $5 (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 19:16 (three years ago) link
i secretly love it, i’m a pervert
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 19:16 (three years ago) link
so was the guy in Pi, iirc (not really, but it adds a fun undercurrent to the movie)
― time is running out to pitch in $5 (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 19:19 (three years ago) link
sic?
― Nhex, Tuesday, 23 June 2020 19:22 (three years ago) link
https://www.pinterest.com/mitchelljjohnso/sic-knives/?utm_source=embed&fbclid=IwAR1uOsjF26w23XnKjIp_CXFbM1NAso6SVVKN8TFn7kuZ8e1SOXy_oRhchjU
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 19:30 (three years ago) link
the sic-nal has been activated
― time is running out to pitch in $5 (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 19:33 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/9OPiETA.jpg
― time is running out to pitch in $5 (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 19:39 (three years ago) link
hahaha
― ACABincalifornia (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 19:59 (three years ago) link
A+++
― Scampidocio (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 20:01 (three years ago) link
pmsl
― specific fry such as scampo (||||||||), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 20:07 (three years ago) link
incredible
― scampo, foggy and clegg (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 20:14 (three years ago) link
*applause*
― sleeve, Tuesday, 23 June 2020 20:16 (three years ago) link
:)
just so it's clear, i love sic's thing with those URLs
― time is running out to pitch in $5 (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 20:31 (three years ago) link
he doesn't even have to do it anymore
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 20:33 (three years ago) link
lmao karl
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 20:33 (three years ago) link
WE'RE DOING IT FOR HIM
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 20:35 (three years ago) link