Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only
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Virginia, Maryland, and DC are now all in the yellow risk category at under 10 cases per 100,000 people:
https://globalepidemics.org/key-metrics-for-covid-suppression/ |
Anonymous
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MD, DC and Virginia, along with 17 other states now yellow!
https://covidactnow.org/us/maryland-md/?s=1823741 |
Anonymous
| Bump |
Anonymous
Yes PLEASE |
Anonymous
Zero states are red (high risk) and more than half of all states now down to yellow (medium risk): https://covidactnow.org/ |
Anonymous
| Nova is below last summer's numbers for new cases and Rova is only a bit above last summer's numbers and trending down. |
Anonymous
Wow Michigan was red this morning! The map is super yellow! I remember when they added in a new dark red for the winter wave. It was scary. |
Anonymous
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This made me happy
PFIZER, MODERNA, JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINES EFFECTIVE AGAINST B1617 VARIANT OF COVID-19, SAYS TOP US HEALTH OFFICIAL In Vaccine May 13, 2021 1 Min read P COVID-19 vaccines approved by the United States like Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson and Johnson have effectiveness against the B1617 variant of the virus that is predominant in India, which is experiencing one of the worst outbreaks of the pandemic, a top American health official said. The observation is based on the latest data about the variant and the three major vaccines approved by the United States, said Dr Francis Collins, Director of the National Institute of Science. “The data is coming in, and it looks very encouraging that the US-approved vaccines, the Pfizer, the Moderna, the J&J, do have effectiveness against this variant called B1617,” Collins told the media. “It’s a little less effective in that case than some of the others, but it looks like it ought to be good enough to make Americans protected. And that’s really a good thing to hear,” he said in response to a question. |
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Israel and UK are now showing negligible deaths cases with share of population with at least one shot at 53% (UK) and 63% (Israel). The US is now at 46% and has a greater share of fully-vaccinated people than UK. US should hit 50% of total population with at least one shot by the end of the month.
https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/weekly-trends/#weekly_table US cases, hospitalizations, deaths, ICU use, and positivity rate continue to drop. Positivity is now at 3%--the lowest level measured. https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/testing/individual-states |
Anonymous
Next is to wait for states to start turning green. 
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Anonymous
| No new cases in Arlington yesterday. Zero. |
Anonymous
| Bump, please |
Anonymous
Yeah, could use a bump of good news |
Anonymous
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From the front page of the online NYT just now,
"Nursing home residents, considered among the most vulnerable to Covid-19, appear to receive significant protection from vaccination, according to new research published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. In a letter to the editor, the researchers said that the use of vaccinations also appeared to protect nursing home residents who did not get the immunization. That finding suggests, researchers said, that unvaccinated residents benefit when others around them receive the shot. “These findings show the real world effectiveness” of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines “in a vulnerable nursing home population,” the researchers wrote." |
Anonymous
+1 Seems really gloomy lately. Lots of bad news coming from India... And now there are concerns of those pesky variants... |