International COVID-19 Updates & Discussion 2

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

SuperSport

supersport.com

Brazil doing all it to catch up to the USA.

 

[buka001]

Or California, which is somewhat more worrying than Florida or Texas, since they had a large number of infections at the beginning of the pandemic...unlike Florida/Texas. Indeed California had one of the longest lockdowns yet can't get it under control.



Quite correct...but let's see what happens in the UK after July 4.

And I am sure some other states will also start spiralling like these have.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

A tale of two continents:

European experts are looking on in horror at the botched US response to the coronavirus

While in Europe infection rates are in decline, the US is experiencing a troubling spike in infections.

www.businessinsider.co.za

 

[daelm]

SuperSport

supersport.com

Brazil doing all it to catch up to the USA.

triumph of totemism over reality. in both countries.

 

[Polymathic]

Has the price of dexamethasone shot up in the US as yet?

 

[daelm]

What’s At Risk: An 18-Month View of a Post-COVID World

The WEF surveyed 347 risk analysts to uncover the most likely post-pandemic threats—and no area from the economy to the environment is untouched.

www.visualcapitalist.com

pretty aligned to my own worries, actually.

 

[B-1]

What’s At Risk: An 18-Month View of a Post-COVID World

The WEF surveyed 347 risk analysts to uncover the most likely post-pandemic threats—and no area from the economy to the environment is untouched.

www.visualcapitalist.com

pretty aligned to my own worries, actually.

Pretty scary but looking at history pretty plausible conclusions.

 

[Gordon_R]

And I am sure some other states will also start spiralling like these have.

Nobody is spiralling, but the epidemic is growing relentlessly in many states. See:

Rt COVID-19

Up-to-date values for Rt — the number to watch to measure COVID spread.

rt.live

 

[Alan]

A tale of two continents:

European experts are looking on in horror at the botched US response to the coronavirus

While in Europe infection rates are in decline, the US is experiencing a troubling spike in infections.

www.businessinsider.co.za

Usual garbage. Europeans lecturing others when major EU countries not only still have a higher deaths/1 million rate than the US but also the highest rates in the world. More than China, India, Russia even Brazil.....


Top 10 in the world. 9 in Europe.

San Marino
Belgium
Andorra
UK
Spain
Italy
Sweden
France
USA
Netherlands

Coronavirus Update (Live): 138,099,447 Cases and 2,974,469 Deaths from COVID-19 Virus Pandemic - Worldometer

Live statistics and coronavirus news tracking the number of confirmed cases, recovered patients, tests, and death toll due to the COVID-19 coronavirus from Wuhan, China. Coronavirus counter with new cases, deaths, and number of tests per 1 Million population. Historical data and info. Daily...

www.worldometers.info

 

[newklear]

Top 5 for us!

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Pretty hectic.

It's not just the lungs: The Covid-19 virus attacks like no other 'respiratory' infection

This #coronavirus “has such a diversity of effects on so many different organs, it keeps us up at night,” said one New York physician.

www.statnews.com

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Fantastic visualisation of the spread in the US.

How the Virus Won (Published 2021)

Invisible outbreaks sprang up everywhere. The United States ignored the warning signs. We reconstructed how the epidemic spun out of control.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Gordon_R]

Fantastic visualisation of the spread in the US.

How the Virus Won (Published 2021)

Invisible outbreaks sprang up everywhere. The United States ignored the warning signs. We reconstructed how the epidemic spun out of control.

www.nytimes.com

A bit graphics heavy for mobile devices, but well written article.

TL;DR
Familiar story, similar in other countries:
1. Initial testing was inadequate, and failed to uncover asymptotic cases.
2. Political incompetence prevented early adoption of travel restrictions.
3. Failure to adopt social distancing and use of masks.
4. Virus is endemic, and overwhelms contact tracing strategies.
5. Arbitrary and inconsistent application of lockdowns.
6. Important lessons learned too late.

Edit: And the stupidity continues:

Coronavirus: Swift and dangerous turn in Texas cases, says governor

The governor says 5,000 people are being diagnosed with the virus as Texans are told to wear masks.

www.bbc.com

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1277283475419258883

Dead. Only in 'murica has the mask issue been weaponised to such a degree.

 

[sand_man]

The Reprieve - This American Life

How Covid-19 has changed the nurses and doctors at one hospital in Detroit, and their city.

www.thisamericanlife.org

Anyone with 70 minutes to kill, worth taking a listen... 1st hand accounts from the ER, good and bad...

 

[tetrasect]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1277283475419258883

Dead. Only in 'murica has the mask issue been weaponised to such a degree.

Hahaha, and the weapon of choice: suicide vest.

 

[Paulsie]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1277283475419258883

Dead. Only in 'murica has the mask issue been weaponised to such a degree.

Love the "Make America Great Again" cap he is wearing!! Way to go!!

 

[pouroverguy]

CanSino's COVID-19 vaccine candidate approved for military use in China

China's military has received the greenlight to use a COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by its research unit and CanSino Biologics <6185.HK> after clinical trials proved it was safe and showed some efficacy, the company said on Monday.

www.reuters.com

Edit: Some thoughts on the Vaccine from an ICU doctor with expertise in Vaccine development:

 

[Geoff.D]

CanSino's COVID-19 vaccine candidate approved for military use in China

China's military has received the greenlight to use a COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by its research unit and CanSino Biologics <6185.HK> after clinical trials proved it was safe and showed some efficacy, the company said on Monday.

www.reuters.com

Edit: Some thoughts on the Vaccine from an ICU doctor with expertise in Vaccine development: View attachment 867023

What does "safe" mean? Terrible reporting. should rather just say the vaccine has no obvious or known side effects at this stage.

 

[pinball wizard]

Face-to-face close-contact indoors, is much higher risk than mass dispersed outdoor events.

I'll find the source, but there's a Japanese study that mentions 19x higher risk indoors than outdoors. It also measures the parameters associated with contact like duration across type of contact.