Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #91

[LadyL]

Those over 75 can’t even get it yet here.
I keep calling, doctor says they haven’t received the vaccine yet. What?!
People are going to the neighboring counties to try and get it. How are the elderly supposed to get it if they can’t drive? People can’t sit outside in a wheelchair in freezing cold weather for hours to wait in line.
You can’t speed up what you don’t have.
It’s a huge mess.
JMO

very sad to read that
sigh

 

[LadyL]

I heard on some program the other day that hospitals have had to throw away vaccine that was just sitting around and got spoiled. I could not believe my ears. What is going on?

what a terrible waste!

 

[astheworldfallsdown]

COVID-19: David Attenborough becomes latest celeb to get vaccine

Sir David Attenborough has become the latest national treasure to get the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

The naturalist and broadcaster has received his initial jab, following in the glamorous footsteps of Dame Joan Collins and the Queen at the weekend.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

US shifts to speed vaccinations; won't hold back 2nd doses

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Oh, this makes me so sad!

I think we also have to keep checking on this data with dogs and cats.............

Can Dogs Transmit Coronavirus? The Experts Break it Down For Us

 

[astheworldfallsdown]

Covid in Scotland: Lockdown lifting 'unlikely' as deaths pass 5,000

Scotland's first minister has said the country's current lockdown is "very unlikely" to be lifted at the end of the month.

Nicola Sturgeon was speaking as she confirmed that more than 5,000 people have now died after testing positive for the virus.

A review of the current restrictions is due to be carried out at the end of January.

Ms Sturgeon said it was possible that there would be no easing at that point.

A further 54 deaths have been recorded in the past 24 hours - bringing the total by that measure to 5,023.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Did ya all see the huge crowd out in the streets in Tuscaloosa, after Alabama won? OMG -another superspreading event and didn't see masks!!! sigh

Ohhhhhh.... and that game was such a huge ouch!! (Ohio State grad)...
But def thought it was the next super spreader.............

 

[SoCalDavidS]

(CNN)A thorough cleaning is part of the every-four-years tradition that comes with the outgoing president and his family swapping White House living with the incoming president and family.

The delicate and highly choreographed event of packing up and moving out, and unpacking and moving in, done by dozens of prepped and trained staff and movers, typically occurs in the six-hour window when both the exiting and entering presidents and their spouses attend Inauguration Day ceremonies on Capitol Hill. By the time the new president and first lady return to the White House, all of their stuff will have been moved in and ready to go -- down to a refrigerator stocked with their favorite foods and the master bathroom equipped with their preferred shampoo.

But, like most things Trump administration, this January 20 won't be very traditional.

Before the Bidens move in, the White House will first undergo a Covid-19 cleansing, top to bottom, from East Wing to West Wing. According to federal contract data reviewed by CNN, the total for the amplified White House inauguration deep clean right now hovers near a half-million dollars.

White House moving day packed with taxpayer-funded Covid-19 cleanings and shifting sports equipment - CNNPolitics

 

[SoCalDavidS]

A candidate for Staten Island, N.Y., borough president on Monday issued an apology for reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” in a Facebook video while calling on people to push back against local coronavirus safety restrictions.

In a video from a Dec. 2 protest on Staten Island over the closure of the restaurant Mac’s Public House, Leticia Remauro, who served as a campaign aide to Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (N.Y.), can be seen shouting in defense of the business defying New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s COVID-19 safety rules.

“We’re with the small business community, with Staten Island to stand up for our right — the right to pay taxes so that we can pay the salaries of these good men and women,” Remauro says in the video as police officers stand in the background. “They are just doing their job.”

“But, not for nothing. Sometimes you got to say,'Heil Hitler!' Not a good idea to send me here,” Remauro said in the video.

Remauro, a former Staten Island Republican Party chairwoman, this week issued statements on her remarks, telling the New York Daily News that she apologizes “profusely that the word I used in trying to create an analogy were offensive.”

Republican Staten Island candidate apologizes for Hitler reference

 

[imstilla.grandma]

I think we also have to keep checking on this data with dogs and cats.............

Can Dogs Transmit Coronavirus? The Experts Break it Down For Us

Yes please. If it ever is transmitted to pets. Well, Planet of the Apes is what comes to mind.

 

[sds71]

@MacFarlaneNews

$1,000 MASK FINE: US House Democrats propose rule to penalize colleagues who don't wear masks in the Capitol... $1,000/day

 

[ilovewings]

A candidate for Staten Island, N.Y., borough president on Monday issued an apology for reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” in a Facebook video while calling on people to push back against local coronavirus safety restrictions.

In a video from a Dec. 2 protest on Staten Island over the closure of the restaurant Mac’s Public House, Leticia Remauro, who served as a campaign aide to Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (N.Y.), can be seen shouting in defense of the business defying New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s COVID-19 safety rules.

“We’re with the small business community, with Staten Island to stand up for our right — the right to pay taxes so that we can pay the salaries of these good men and women,” Remauro says in the video as police officers stand in the background. “They are just doing their job.”

“But, not for nothing. Sometimes you got to say,'Heil Hitler!' Not a good idea to send me here,” Remauro said in the video.

Remauro, a former Staten Island Republican Party chairwoman, this week issued statements on her remarks, telling the New York Daily News that she apologizes “profusely that the word I used in trying to create an analogy were offensive.”

Republican Staten Island candidate apologizes for Hitler reference

Duh!!!! you think those words are offensive?? how about totally stupid and moronic

 

[drama_farmer]

Duh!!!! you think those words are offensive?? how about totally stupid and moronic

If someone is going to invoke that slogan, the least she can do is make sense, and use it in the correct context! Embarrassing on sooo many levels LOL. Imo

 

[astheworldfallsdown]

COVID-19: New cases may be running at 250,000 a day, and pressure on NHS 'won't start easing until March'

Pressure on the NHS will not start to reduce until March, ministers have been warned - amid fears that new infections could be running at more than 250,000 a day.

Downing Street has been told by government scientists that the rollout of the vaccines is unlikely to cause the mortality rate to decline until later in February.

The vaccines are unlikely to have an impact in January because of the three-week lag time it takes before it has an effect.

 

[Simply Southern]

Just when I thought it couldn't get worse...only 171 total vaccinated in Virginia yesterday and now the state website in Spanish telling folks they DO NOT need the vaccine.
The ONLY state with a governor who is a PHYSICIAN!!!

Website translation mistake, long phone waits: Virginia vaccine advisers discuss struggles

A translation problem on the Virginia Department of Health website apparently has been telling Spanish readers they don’t need the coronavirus vaccine.

The issue came up during a Virginia Vaccination Advisory Workgroup telemeeting Monday. Dr. Rebecca Vargas-Jackson, a member of the group, said her students at George Mason University were the first to bring it to her attention. Before the faulty translation, the English passage simply meant the vaccine wasn’t mandatory, she said.

“There is nothing worse than providing misleading information to people that are looking for some answers,” Vargas-Jackson said.

Health department staff at the meeting said they would “escalate” her concern. The mistake could have serious consequences in a state where Latino people are at higher risk of getting COVID-19 and becoming seriously ill.

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So far Virginia has received more than half a million doses from Pfizer and Moderna vaccines combined. About 190,000 of them have been injected into Virginians’ arms, according to state health department data. Only 15,130 people, in a state of 8.5 million, have been fully vaccinated with both the first and second doses.

 

[Cool Cats]

Third Democrat tests positive for COVID after riot lockdown | Daily Mail Online

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  Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell of Michigan has proposed a $1,000 a day fine on lawmakers who refuse to wear masks while in the U.S. Capitol complex.

House lawmakers who were whisked to safety when a violent mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol were filmed bickering over masks as they hunkered down in a safe room.

• • • Democratic Rep. Brad Schneider became the third lawmaker to test positive for COVID after being in lockdown with lawmakers last week
  • 100 lawmakers were huddled in a poorly-ventilated room together during the MAGA riot on the Capitol with many Republicans refusing to wearing masks
  • He slammed Republicans: 'I was forced to spend several hours in a secure but confined location with dozens of other Members of Congress,' he said
  • 'Several Republican lawmakers in the room adamantly refused to wear a mask'
  
  
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  Rep. Pramila Jayapal has become the second Democratic congresswoman to test positive for COVID-19 after being forced to shelter in a secure room with maskless Republicans during last Wednesday's siege of the Capitol.

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman announced she tested positive for COVID and blamed being trapped in a hold during last week's attack on the Capitol with Republicans who refused to wear face masks.

 

[SoCalDavidS]

Third Democrat tests positive for COVID after riot lockdown | Daily Mail Online

• 
  
  Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell of Michigan has proposed a $1,000 a day fine on lawmakers who refuse to wear masks while in the U.S. Capitol complex.

House lawmakers who were whisked to safety when a violent mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol were filmed bickering over masks as they hunkered down in a safe room.

• • • Democratic Rep. Brad Schneider became the third lawmaker to test positive for COVID after being in lockdown with lawmakers last week
  • 100 lawmakers were huddled in a poorly-ventilated room together during the MAGA riot on the Capitol with many Republicans refusing to wearing masks
  • He slammed Republicans: 'I was forced to spend several hours in a secure but confined location with dozens of other Members of Congress,' he said
  • 'Several Republican lawmakers in the room adamantly refused to wear a mask'
  
  
• 
  
  Rep. Pramila Jayapal has become the second Democratic congresswoman to test positive for COVID-19 after being forced to shelter in a secure room with maskless Republicans during last Wednesday's siege of the Capitol.

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman announced she tested positive for COVID and blamed being trapped in a hold during last week's attack on the Capitol with Republicans who refused to wear face masks.

Unless the virus infects only Democrats who wore masks, some repubs are either not getting tested, or concealing their positive results. We're exactly 6 days removed from the Insurrection/Riot, so I would expect more announcements in the coming days.

 

[Cool Cats]

Unless the virus infects only Democrats who wore masks, some repubs are either not getting tested, or concealing their positive results. We're exactly 6 days removed from the Insurrection/Riot, so I would expect more announcements in the coming days.

Good point. I bet your right.

 

[Cool Cats]

Coronavirus pandemic is now a race 'to vaccinate as many people as possible'

 

[drama_farmer]

Unless the virus infects only Democrats who wore masks, some repubs are either not getting tested, or concealing their positive results. We're exactly 6 days removed from the Insurrection/Riot, so I would expect more announcements in the coming days.

Imagine having to walk through the Capitol building to do your job after hundreds of screaming, yelling, defecating rioters were just there. I'm sure there were some Covid positives amongst the mob.