A panel of advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday voted to recommend that all children aged 5 to 11 should receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose at least five months after completing the primary vaccination course. https://t.co/8MNehqJkW8
— Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) May 20, 2022
You can order FREE #COVID19 home tests now, here: https://t.co/DV42vlb0CR
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) May 18, 2022
U.S. health officials are warning of a "substantial increase" in #coronavirus cases. White House coronavirus briefings are returning & the CDC director is urging local leaders & individuals to consider returning to wearing masks in indoor public settings https://t.co/6o4F0f7JFr
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) May 19, 2022
This time last week, North Korea was still claiming to be one of three COVID-free countries worldwide. Now more than 1.2 million people across the country have symptoms of a “fever.”https://t.co/YM2TZ49Xkt
— VICE News (@VICENews) May 18, 2022
There are no cures but doctors are helping #LongCovid patients. Hospital systems in New York City area were among the 1st in the US to form multidisciplinary programs dedicated to LongCovid. Programs focus on individual treatment https://t.co/Hc8Vu2ImUR
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) May 20, 2022
The reason is the same as it was when we first examined this trend in December of 2021. Vaccination rates in heavily Trump counties are 21 points lower than the rates in heavily Biden counties.https://t.co/zpmbS7CYZS pic.twitter.com/EyjfKttD6R
— Geoff Brumfiel (@gbrumfiel) May 19, 2022
Even though the UK government has effectively declared the pandemic over, my positive test and an extra 10 days in Edinburgh before being able to fly home suggests that it isn’t.
@OFC: Is that a government thing or an airline thing?
Hope you’re symptom-free while you’re in the covid-pokey.
*whew* I was getting the shakes. That is all.
So great to wake up to this!
Thank you as always, Anne Laurie, for doing these daily updates!
There’s a piece in WaPo about how Biden has thus far avoided the virus even though many of his closest aides/associates have had it. They theorize it’s not just a matter of taking recommended precautions (masks, vax, etc.) and limiting proximity but also limiting TIME spent with others.
Knock wood, my husband and I have also avoided the virus even though we live in an area where infections rage unchecked whenever there’s a surge. I think precautions/proximity/time might be our secret too.
@BC: Agreed. I’m certain that sprinting through the grocery store, dodging those feeble old coots leaning so heavily on their carts while I blow past, has saved me innumerable times. In and out in 5 minutes.
@OFC: Ouch. 10 days in a hotel room sounds boring, even in Edinburgh. How was the trip otherwise?
Thanks to WG for doing this.
Thanks to WG. At this point, I don’t see how this doesn’t become an extinction-level event for 358 Data Centers. The amount they’ll have to pay out in SLA rebates must be astonishing.
“the CDC director is urging local leaders & individuals to consider returning to wearing masks in indoor public settings”
Masks were required at the play we saw in NYC last night. Elsewhere, not so much.
Thank you for this WaterGirl. Good morning, all.
@G&T: I’m assuming there is insurance for this sort of thing.
Also, earlier WG said that there were third-hand rumors of Federal agencies being involved. This could mean
a) Federal Agencies caused it
b) Federal Agencies were impacted as users
c) Federal Agencies are involved in the forensics and, possibly, counter-measures
I’m gonna go with d) Both b and c. And just maybe some Federal money will keep these guys afloat if there is significant Federal use of the infrastructure.
@Spanky @DAW Thanks! The US government, so therefore the airlines, requires a negative test one day before your flight OR a doctor’s letter of recovery ten days after your positive test. Since you can test positive up to 90 days after getting covid (and I still am, although symptom-free and the little test line is growing fainter), I decided to go with the 10-day option so I could book my return flight.
Hanging around even a nice city when you can’t go into anything is kinda boring. Thankfully I’m just over a mile’s walk from the Royal Botanic Gardens, so I go there to avoid claustrophobia. I could write a book about the lovely walks of Edinburgh by the time I go home.
I ordered more Covid tests Monday, and already received them!(Yesterday)
So glad to see this (a million thanks, WaterGirl!) and read comments from so many familiar names. I’ve missed you all! (Yeah, I’ve even missed… NAH.)
🙂
Over the past 10-14 days, several of our friends who BF & I have considered pretty careful – and vax’d & boosted – have caught the ‘rona.
It does seem like each variant is indeed finding ways to become more transmissible.
BF listened to Mike Osterholm (U of MN epidemiologist) who, alas, says that ppl who tested+ for BA.1 six to 12 weeks ago in South Africa still got BA.4 and BA.5
Dang.
San Juan County in Washington has been a very low covid case place until now — now having a pretty substantial case load.
Thank you for the temporary site!
randal sexton – Well, that sucks. I’m going out there next week. Eek! Maybe I’ll stay in my car during the ferry ride….
Monroe County, NY:
341 new cases reported on 5/15.
446 new cases reported on 5/16.
596 new cases reported on 5/17.
430 new cases reported on 5/18.
Deaths now at 1855. We lost 8 more people over the last week.
Vaccinations now at 72.2%
Hi nice to be back.
What a joy to read AL’s COVID update this morning! I realized this past week that you really can’t find all of the this COVID information in once place anywhere anymore. Just here. Thanks Anne Laurie
And thanks to WaterGirl and everyone behind the scenes who helped produce this BJ home away from home
Oh thank the FSM for this temporary site; I was starting to waste way too much time on twitter for information, and damn, that thing is a depression and suicidal ideation machine.
Omg, StringOnAStick, you ain’t kidding! The less time I spend there, the better.
I must say I missed this place and everyone in it tremendously! Anne Laurie I have profound respect for you in a way I never did before. I tried to keep up with even an 1/16th of the information you provide here but…squirrel! G