COVID-19 in America

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[wemakeyousoundb]

Just been made aware of the baton rouge medical centre facebook page where these came from:

 

[Badgers]

 

[petee]

COVID Kills 4 Teachers in One Day in FL School District

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has forbidden school districts from requiring students and teachers get vaccinated or wear masks to school.

www.thedailybeast.com

b-b-b-but my libbity

 

[petee]

brave guy, brave children

 

[_Russ_]

Just been made aware of the baton rouge medical centre facebook page where these came from:
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So how come we dont see the same in the UK?, is it because the AZ Vaccine is less efficacious?, I think its widely held that its the case but figures like this imply the difference is larger than we are told.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

So how come we dont see the same in the UK?, is it because the AZ Vaccine is less efficacious?, I think its widely held that its the case but figures like this imply the difference is larger than we are told.

It's largely down to vaccination rates I think. Here a higher proportion of serious cases are vaccinated as it's a smaller percentage of what's now a much larger group, particularly in the older and vulnerable. In Louisiana not so much - they have a high rate of unvaccinated people including in those groups and that will come through in the numbers. You'd need a proper analysis to say for sure of course but on the face of it I don't think it implies lower efficacy.

 

[_Russ_]

Thanks, that does make sense and it seems Arizona have only about 58% adults with one dose (cant find figures for 2 doses)

 

[cupid_stunt]

Thanks, that does make sense and it seems Arizona have only about 58% adults with one dose (cant find figures for 2 doses)

According to this tracker, updated yesterday, Arizona scores for 18+ age, first dose 66.3%, second dose 46.4%, compared to the UK on 89.3% & 76.0%.

See How Vaccinations Are Going in Your County and State (Published 2022)

See where doses have gone, and who is eligible for a shot in each state.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Badgers]

US could see 200,000 Covid cases a day again: ‘Unvaccinated are sitting ducks’

Director of National Institutes of Health pleads with Americans to get their shots as Delta variant ravages the country

www.theguardian.com

 

[petee]

otoh

"The United States is averaging about half a million new coronavirus vaccinations per day for the first time since June, officials with the White House covid-19 response team said Thursday"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/12/coronavirus-covid-live-updates-us/

 

[Badgers]

 

[Pickman's model]

otoh

"The United States is averaging about half a million new coronavirus vaccinations per day for the first time since June, officials with the White House covid-19 response team said Thursday"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/12/coronavirus-covid-live-updates-us/

so what's that, another six months till completion?

 

[Cloo]

I'm seeing a lot on Twitter about US paediatric ICUs being full because of COVID, and possibly because of bad cases of winter viruses appearing out of season.... yet no sign of large scale hospitalisation among children in the UK. Golisano Children’s Hospital at full capacity as COVID-19, other illnesses bring more kids in

Any ideas why this is?

Misinformation?
Really low numbers of paed ICU beds in the US?
More obese kids?
Just people abandoning all caution?

 

[elbows]

I dont have answers about that, just the same sorts of questions. And I've certainly seen UK based experts asking the same sort of overarching question about the difference, and it didnt sound like they understood why either.

 

[petee]

del.

 

[a_chap]

boy.

 

[elbows]

Anti-mask cunt governor Abbot tested positive, but he had the luxury of vaccination and antibody treatment.

Texas governor Greg Abbott tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, after weeks spent banning local mask requirements and meeting maskless crowds.

Abbott, a Republican, is fully vaccinated against the virus and is not experiencing symptoms, his office said in a statement. He is taking a monoclonal antibody treatment and isolating in the governor’s mansion.

Texas governor Greg Abbott, who fought mask mandates, tests positive for Covid

Abbott, who was vaccinated in December, is at least the 11th governor to contract the virus

www.theguardian.com

 

[2hats]

US third dose mRNA boosters (at eight months) from 20 September announced by CDC director. No decision for recipients of J&J/Janssen yet.

US health officials call for booster shots against COVID-19

U.S. health officials have announced plans to dispense COVID-19 booster shots to all Americans to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant and evidence that the vaccines’ effectiveness is falling.

apnews.com

 

[petee]

let's make fun of them until they start killing us. quite long thread.

"we're coming for every single fucking one of you."

 

[cupid_stunt]

It didn't take long for one of those ^^^ loons to bring up Hitler & the Nazis.

 

[petee]

"What they're doing here is they're violating the Nuremberg Code, and if you allow one more shot to go into one more person's body, you yourself can be executed," he told the pharmacists as well as other Walmart workers present. "It's a violation of the Nuremberg Code. I do this out of love, I'm not trying to give you any fear and intimidation — I'm just letting you guys know that if you continue to do this, that you guys will be held accountable."

Man threatens Springfield Walmart workers, tells them they will be executed for administering vaccines

Yelling through a locked door, Christopher Key told the hiding pharmacists they could be \

www.news-leader.com

 

[glitch hiker]

This was, perhaps, inevitable?

 

[petee]

another one bites the dust

Conservative Radio Host Who Mocked Vaccines Dies of COVID-19

Phil Valentine derided coronavirus vaccines, but he changed his tune when he was hospitalized.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

[krtek a houby]

Another Republican shit

‘Racist and flat out wrong’: Texas Republican blames Black Americans for Covid surge

 

[cupid_stunt]

Another Republican shit

‘Racist and flat out wrong’: Texas Republican blames Black Americans for Covid surge

What a cunt.

In his statement on Friday, Patrick said federal and state data “clearly indicate that Black vaccination rates are significantly lower than White or Hispanic rates”. But statistics from the Texas health department did not back him up.

Black Texans, about 12% of more than 29 million people in the state, have accounted for about 15% of total Covid-19 cases and just more than 10% of deaths.

About 8% of the eligible population in Texas that has been vaccinated is Black, according to state data, compared with 35% of the white population. But white people make up the largest racial group in Texas at about 40%. Overall, 44% of Texans are fully vaccinated, less than the national rate of about 50%.

I am bit shocked by that low vaccine uptake, when the UK has hit 76.3% fully vaccinated, 87.5% first doses so far.

That must be playing into the current death rates, 7-day averages & adjusted for population, both the UK & US are reporting roughly the same number of new cases daily, but deaths are almost double in comparison - 100 in the UK, compared to 800 a day in the US.

 

[Yossarian]

This crowd in Alabama apparently loves dying from COVID-19 even more than they love Donald Trump.

 

[Raheem]

This crowd in Alabama apparently loves dying from COVID-19 even more than they love Donald Trump.

Can't really blame them.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Can't really blame them.

But the irony of Trump getting booed by rednecks is quite funny.