Post by mhbruin on Jul 24, 2021 10:01:04 GMT -8
US Vaccine Data - We Have Now Administered 340 Million Shots (Population 333 Million)
* No data released on July 5.
2/3rds of Adults Have Had At Least One Dose
CALIFORNIA - California Breaks the 44 Million Dose Barrier
More than 1 dose for every person in California (39.6 million).
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Florida, Florida, Florida
Florida is recording more Covid-19 cases than any other U.S. state, as hospitalizations in some areas increase at the fastest rate since the start of the pandemic.
The state accounts for one in five new infections in the U.S. and logged 67,413 cases over the past week, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Florida had 314 cases per 100,000 people over the past week, second only to Louisiana. The weekly total of new cases reported by Florida jumped more than fourfold between July 1 and July 22, reaching its highest point since mid-January.
And Florida
A federal appeals court late on Friday reversed course and let stand a lower court order prohibiting the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from enforcing coronavirus-related cruise ship rules in Florida.
The decision is a win for Florida that had filed a lawsuit arguing the CDC curbs made it tough for the cruise industry to recover from the pandemic.
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta had only on Saturday voted 2-1 to block the lower court decision.
But in its latest brief statement, the three-judge appeals panel said it had withdrawn its earlier order on its own and was now rejecting the government's request because it had "failed to demonstrate an entitlement to a stay pending appeal."
The CDC said that even though it cannot require cruise ships to abide by the sail order, it will enforce its separate transit mask requirements on cruise ships in Florida that opt not to follow the now voluntary program.
I Think It is a Loss For Florida
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America Proves Again We Have No Taste
Nothing gets cheddar than this...
The Kraft Heinz Company has partnered with Brooklyn-based Van Leeuwen Ice Cream to introduce a limited-edition macaroni and cheese flavor of ice cream.
Of course, it quickly sold out.
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What Else Can Go Wrong?
The Tokyo Olympics organizers, already struggling to contain the spread of Covid-19, are contending with another obstacle largely beyond their control — a heat wave.
Day and after day of 90 plus degree heat and high humidity has forced organizers to reschedule rugby matches and mountain biking competitions, and move some track and field events to early morning hours or dusk to avoid the roasting afternoon sun.
Other events, like the marathon and race walking, have been moved completely out of Tokyo to the cooler city of Sapporo, capital of the mountainous northern Japanese island of Hokkaido and the site of the 1972 winter Olympics.
For the athletes competing in Tokyo, the organizers have erected cooling tents, hauled in water mist fans, and started providing ice cream to the army of volunteers helping to run the games.
At the beach volleyball arena at Shiokaze Park in Tokyo, organizers have also started hosing down the sand after competitors complained it was burning their feet.
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Today's Worst People in the World - Of Course in Florida
As a driver convulsed in his car in their front yard, the owners of the home started yelling at a lawn worker who rushed to the man's aid, according to authorities in Florida.
"Get the man out of here," the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said the homeowners told the good Samaritan. "Have him die somewhere else."
The agency recounted the "very sad moment" in a post on its Facebook page on Thursday.
According to the sheriff's office, the lawn worker, identified in the post as Tony, was walking to work on Monday when he saw the driver having a seizure in his car. He ran toward the moving vehicle on Dunes Road and grabbed the car's fender in an attempt to stop it from rolling farther down the street, officials said. The car finally stopped in the homeowners' yard.
The convulsing driver was "in terrible shape" when Tony got to him, according to the sheriff's office. The car's windows were up and the doors locked, so Tony started screaming and begging for someone to help, authorities said.
That is when the homeowners told him to "get off our lawn," according to the Facebook post.
Or Are These Today's Worst People in the World
If there was a guidebook on How to Make Your Unethical Movement Even More Despicable, one chapter might focus on what’s going on at the Cedars-Sinai Breast Health Services in West Hollywood, California. That’s where a small group of extremist anti-maskers have chosen to set up a protest … against the clinic’s requirement that everyone entering wear a mask. On Thursday, that led to a confrontation with a patient—a confrontation in which protesters ended up beating a woman being treated for breast cancer.
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China Is Going Out of It's Way to Get Everyone to Hate Them
China criticized NBC Universal for showing an "incomplete map" of the country in its broadcast of the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, after a map displayed during the arrival of Chinese athletes included neither Taiwan nor the South China Sea.
The Chinese consulate in New York said the display "hurt the dignity and emotions of the Chinese people", in a post on its official Weibo social media platform on Saturday.
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Imagine a 9/11 Commission If the Hijackers Had Allies in Congress
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It's Not the Virus That is the Problem. It's the Damned Statistics
Several states scaled back their reporting of COVID-19 statistics this month just as cases across the country started to skyrocket, depriving the public of real-time information on outbreaks, cases, hospitalizations and deaths in their communities.
The shift to weekly instead of daily reporting in Florida [Of Course], Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota marked a notable shift during a pandemic in which coronavirus dashboards have become a staple for Americans closely tracking case counts and trends to navigate a crisis that has killed more than 600,000 people in the U.S.
In Nebraska, the state actually stopped reporting on the virus altogether for two weeks after Gov. Pete Ricketts declared an end to the official virus emergency, forcing news reporters to file public records requests or turn to national websites that track state data to learn about COVID statistics. The state backtracked two weeks later and came up with a weekly site that provides some basic numbers.
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Dracula? Chernobyl?
Did They Get the Map of China Right?
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No Water for You! Next!
California regulators are planning to stop thousands of farmers from taking water out of the state’s major rivers and streams because of a worsening drought.
The Sacramento Bee reported that the State Water Resources Control Board will vote on the “emergency curtailment” order Aug. 3. If approved, it would take effect about two weeks later. There would be exceptions for drinking water and other needs.
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A Salute to The Daily Show
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You Think It's Been Hot So Far This Summer?
The most extensive heatwave of a scorching summer is set to descend upon much of America in the coming week, further roasting areas already gripped by severe drought, plunging reservoirs and wildfires.
A massive “heat dome” of excessive heat will settle across the heart of the contiguous US from Monday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecast, bringing elevated temperatures to the Great Plains, the Great Lakes, the northern reaches of the Rocky Mountains, the Pacific north-west and California.
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If They Haven't Got Jabbed By Now. They Will Never, Never Get Jabbed
The majority of unvaccinated Americans say they do not plan to get vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a new poll.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows 56.5% of Americans have gotten at least one dose, and 43.5% have not received one. Of those people, a poll by The Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 35% say they probably will not get the vaccine, and 45% say they definitely will not.
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I'll Take My COVID Rare
Breakthrough cases are rare. Just 0.031 percent of the 4.5 million fully vaccinated people in Virginia have developed covid-19, according to the state’s dashboard. Just 0.05 percent of the more than 375,000 fully vaccinated people in the District have tested positive. And out of the 3.5 million people who have been fully vaccinated in Maryland, just 2,493 have tested positive, according to state officials.
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Doses Administered 7-Day Average | Number of People Receiving 1 or More Doses | Number of People Fully Vaccinated | |
Jul 23 | 537,109 | 187,579,557 | 162,435,276 |
Jul 22 | 529,830 | 187,216,168 | 162,174,165 |
Jul 21 | 516,441 | 186,819,440 | 161,895,045 |
Jul 20 | 507,020 | 186,474,836 | 161,631,676 |
Jul 19 | 520,952 | 186,317,651 | 161,473,715 |
Jul 18 | 512,673 | 186,038,501 | 161,232,483 |
Jul 17 | 524,863 | 185,765,452 | 160,994,035 |
Jul 16 | 519,678 | 185,424,899 | 160,686,378 |
Jul 15 | 529,879 | 185,135,757 | 160,408,538 |
Jul 14 | 548,045 | 184,835,149 | 160,126,516 |
Jul 13 | 532,556 | 184,543,821 | 159,675,163 |
Jul 12 | 570,931 | 184,365,333 | 159,499,224 |
Jul 11 | 506,771 | 184,132,768 | 159,266,536 |
Jul 10 | 513,550 | 183,836,917 | 158,954,417 |
Jul 9 | 593,848 | 183,542,871 | 158,629,431 |
Jul 8 | 599,070 | 183,237,046 | 158,287,566 |
Jul 7 | 732,848 | 182,896,080 | 157,908,171 |
Jul 6* | 865,929 | 182,714,064 | 157,636,088 |
Jul 4 | 1,039,561 | 182,412,776 | 157,323,738 |
Jul 3 | 1,121,064 | 182,109,860 | 156,982,549 |
Jul 2 | 1,087,156 | 181,650,678 | 156,255,896 |
Jul 1 | 1,066,443 | 181,339,416 | 155,884,601 |
Jun 30 | 949,925 | 180,674,739 | 154,884,686 |
Jun 29 | 847,000 | 179,940,202 | 154,199,664 |
Jun 28 | 833,990 | 179,615,165 | 153,776,118 |
Jun 27 | 765,846 | 179,261,269 | 153,028,665 |
Jun 26 | 715,044 | 178,873,816 | 152,184,243 |
Jun 25 | 735,800 | 178,491,147 | 151,615,554 |
Jun 24 | 816,831 | 178,331,677 | 151,252,034 |
Feb 16 | 1,716,311 | 39,670,551 | 15,015,434 |
* No data released on July 5.
2/3rds of Adults Have Had At Least One Dose
At Least One Dose | Fully Vaccinated | |
% of Total Population | 56.5% | 48.9% |
% of Population 12+ | 66.1% | 57.2% |
% of Population 18+ | 68.7% | 59.8% |
% of Population 65+ | 89.3% | 79.7% |
CALIFORNIA - California Breaks the 44 Million Dose Barrier
More than 1 dose for every person in California (39.6 million).
7-Day Average Administered | |
Jul 23 | 73,310 |
Jul 22 | 72,365 |
Jul 21 | 74,790 |
Jul 20 | 74,502 |
Jul 19 | 76,224 |
Jul 18 | 73,194 |
Jul 17 | 75,019 |
Jul 16 | 74,387 |
Jul 15 | 80,247 |
Jul 14 | 79,127 |
Jul 13 | 72,843 |
Jul 12 | 82,743 |
Jul 11 | 75,252 |
Jul 10 | 75,909 |
Jul 9 | 79,218 |
Jul 8 | 76,487 |
Jul 7 | 81,352 |
Jul 6* | 95,566 |
Jul 4 | 110,048 |
Jul 3 | 124,707 |
Jul 2 | 127,682 |
Jul 1 | 133,114 |
Jun 30 | 129,822 |
Jun 29 | 124,854 |
Jun 28 | 121,582 |
Jun 27 | 119,063 |
Jun 26 | 108,146 |
Jun 25 | 113,599 |
Jun 24 | 113,924 |
Mar 1 | 214,579 |
Florida, Florida, Florida
Florida is recording more Covid-19 cases than any other U.S. state, as hospitalizations in some areas increase at the fastest rate since the start of the pandemic.
The state accounts for one in five new infections in the U.S. and logged 67,413 cases over the past week, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Florida had 314 cases per 100,000 people over the past week, second only to Louisiana. The weekly total of new cases reported by Florida jumped more than fourfold between July 1 and July 22, reaching its highest point since mid-January.
And Florida
A federal appeals court late on Friday reversed course and let stand a lower court order prohibiting the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from enforcing coronavirus-related cruise ship rules in Florida.
The decision is a win for Florida that had filed a lawsuit arguing the CDC curbs made it tough for the cruise industry to recover from the pandemic.
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta had only on Saturday voted 2-1 to block the lower court decision.
But in its latest brief statement, the three-judge appeals panel said it had withdrawn its earlier order on its own and was now rejecting the government's request because it had "failed to demonstrate an entitlement to a stay pending appeal."
The CDC said that even though it cannot require cruise ships to abide by the sail order, it will enforce its separate transit mask requirements on cruise ships in Florida that opt not to follow the now voluntary program.
I Think It is a Loss For Florida
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America Proves Again We Have No Taste
Nothing gets cheddar than this...
The Kraft Heinz Company has partnered with Brooklyn-based Van Leeuwen Ice Cream to introduce a limited-edition macaroni and cheese flavor of ice cream.
Of course, it quickly sold out.
--------------
What Else Can Go Wrong?
The Tokyo Olympics organizers, already struggling to contain the spread of Covid-19, are contending with another obstacle largely beyond their control — a heat wave.
Day and after day of 90 plus degree heat and high humidity has forced organizers to reschedule rugby matches and mountain biking competitions, and move some track and field events to early morning hours or dusk to avoid the roasting afternoon sun.
Other events, like the marathon and race walking, have been moved completely out of Tokyo to the cooler city of Sapporo, capital of the mountainous northern Japanese island of Hokkaido and the site of the 1972 winter Olympics.
For the athletes competing in Tokyo, the organizers have erected cooling tents, hauled in water mist fans, and started providing ice cream to the army of volunteers helping to run the games.
At the beach volleyball arena at Shiokaze Park in Tokyo, organizers have also started hosing down the sand after competitors complained it was burning their feet.
--------------
Today's Worst People in the World - Of Course in Florida
As a driver convulsed in his car in their front yard, the owners of the home started yelling at a lawn worker who rushed to the man's aid, according to authorities in Florida.
"Get the man out of here," the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said the homeowners told the good Samaritan. "Have him die somewhere else."
The agency recounted the "very sad moment" in a post on its Facebook page on Thursday.
According to the sheriff's office, the lawn worker, identified in the post as Tony, was walking to work on Monday when he saw the driver having a seizure in his car. He ran toward the moving vehicle on Dunes Road and grabbed the car's fender in an attempt to stop it from rolling farther down the street, officials said. The car finally stopped in the homeowners' yard.
The convulsing driver was "in terrible shape" when Tony got to him, according to the sheriff's office. The car's windows were up and the doors locked, so Tony started screaming and begging for someone to help, authorities said.
That is when the homeowners told him to "get off our lawn," according to the Facebook post.
Or Are These Today's Worst People in the World
If there was a guidebook on How to Make Your Unethical Movement Even More Despicable, one chapter might focus on what’s going on at the Cedars-Sinai Breast Health Services in West Hollywood, California. That’s where a small group of extremist anti-maskers have chosen to set up a protest … against the clinic’s requirement that everyone entering wear a mask. On Thursday, that led to a confrontation with a patient—a confrontation in which protesters ended up beating a woman being treated for breast cancer.
--------------
China Is Going Out of It's Way to Get Everyone to Hate Them
China criticized NBC Universal for showing an "incomplete map" of the country in its broadcast of the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, after a map displayed during the arrival of Chinese athletes included neither Taiwan nor the South China Sea.
The Chinese consulate in New York said the display "hurt the dignity and emotions of the Chinese people", in a post on its official Weibo social media platform on Saturday.
--------------
Imagine a 9/11 Commission If the Hijackers Had Allies in Congress
--------------
It's Not the Virus That is the Problem. It's the Damned Statistics
Several states scaled back their reporting of COVID-19 statistics this month just as cases across the country started to skyrocket, depriving the public of real-time information on outbreaks, cases, hospitalizations and deaths in their communities.
The shift to weekly instead of daily reporting in Florida [Of Course], Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota marked a notable shift during a pandemic in which coronavirus dashboards have become a staple for Americans closely tracking case counts and trends to navigate a crisis that has killed more than 600,000 people in the U.S.
In Nebraska, the state actually stopped reporting on the virus altogether for two weeks after Gov. Pete Ricketts declared an end to the official virus emergency, forcing news reporters to file public records requests or turn to national websites that track state data to learn about COVID statistics. The state backtracked two weeks later and came up with a weekly site that provides some basic numbers.
--------------
Dracula? Chernobyl?
Did They Get the Map of China Right?
--------------
No Water for You! Next!
California regulators are planning to stop thousands of farmers from taking water out of the state’s major rivers and streams because of a worsening drought.
The Sacramento Bee reported that the State Water Resources Control Board will vote on the “emergency curtailment” order Aug. 3. If approved, it would take effect about two weeks later. There would be exceptions for drinking water and other needs.
--------------
A Salute to The Daily Show
--------------
You Think It's Been Hot So Far This Summer?
The most extensive heatwave of a scorching summer is set to descend upon much of America in the coming week, further roasting areas already gripped by severe drought, plunging reservoirs and wildfires.
A massive “heat dome” of excessive heat will settle across the heart of the contiguous US from Monday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecast, bringing elevated temperatures to the Great Plains, the Great Lakes, the northern reaches of the Rocky Mountains, the Pacific north-west and California.
--------------
If They Haven't Got Jabbed By Now. They Will Never, Never Get Jabbed
The majority of unvaccinated Americans say they do not plan to get vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a new poll.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows 56.5% of Americans have gotten at least one dose, and 43.5% have not received one. Of those people, a poll by The Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 35% say they probably will not get the vaccine, and 45% say they definitely will not.
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I'll Take My COVID Rare
Breakthrough cases are rare. Just 0.031 percent of the 4.5 million fully vaccinated people in Virginia have developed covid-19, according to the state’s dashboard. Just 0.05 percent of the more than 375,000 fully vaccinated people in the District have tested positive. And out of the 3.5 million people who have been fully vaccinated in Maryland, just 2,493 have tested positive, according to state officials.
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