# Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2021 Breaking News **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [January 1, 2021, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428 "2021-01-01T08:03:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 113
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2282 "2021-08-24T01:01:14Z")
Over 650 positive in Lane today. I do wonder is some of that is schools and employers requiring more frequent tests and catching more asymptomatic infections. I am surprised that Lane is higher than Multnomah (where Portland is). ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2283 "2021-08-24T01:06:30Z")
Yes, I saw that, too. I wonder if Multnomah is reporting 3 days’ worth, as Lane is. Lane doesn’t report on weekends. We’re averaging about 218/day. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2284 "2021-08-24T01:09:51Z")
Yes. I was sad when reporting became lumpy. Meanwhile, I walked by several local vax sites that were doing a brisk business last week. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2285 "2021-08-24T01:11:27Z")
_That_ is good news!! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2286 "2021-08-24T01:14:09Z")
I also saw that the state fair will have a vax service. University of Oregon is requiring proof of vax for athletic and other events. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2287 "2021-08-24T01:27:46Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > [Church of Christ, Scientist]- One of the basic teachings of this denomination is that disease can be cured or prevented by focused prayer and members will often request exemptions when available. However, there are not strict rules against vaccination and members can receive required vaccinations. CoCS has ‘religious’ policies of obeying laws and being part of the community. It’s their religious position. So although members (that I know) don’t like vaccination, there are rules, and the rules say that you have to get vaccinated if there is a government mandate or if your employer requires it. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2288 "2021-08-24T02:10:00Z")
[Anti-vaccine protesters occupy ITV News and Channel 4 headquarters](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/aug/23/anti-vaccine-protesters-occupy-itv-nnews-and-channel-4-london-headquarters) > [@](#): > > Jon Snow, the Channel 4 News presenter, was chased into one of the building’s side entrances by conspiracy theorists shouting at him. > > Livestream footage showed hundreds of protesters shouting scientifically unsupported claims about the Covid-19 vaccine programme and blaming the media for promoting so-called vaccine passports, which they view as incompatible with British values. > > After marching from King’s Cross station to ITN’s Gray’s Inn Road headquarters, protesters were met by two uniformed police officers guarding the building’s revolving doors. However, they were immediately let through an emergency exit, apparently by a supporter who was already inside the building. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2289 "2021-08-24T05:42:47Z")
213,338,535 total cases 4,454,049 dead 190,903,841 recovered In the US: 38,814,596 total cases 646,667 dead 30,570,229 recovered Yesterday’s numbers for comparison: > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > 212,596,471 total cases > 4,444,657 dead > 190,212,020 recovered > > In the US: > > 38,545,144 total cases > 645,058 dead > 30,472,804 recovered ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2290 "2021-08-24T06:37:55Z")
> [@susan](#): > > Over 650 positive in Lane today. I do wonder is some of that is schools and employers requiring more frequent tests and catching more asymptomatic infections. So Trump was right all along! Too much testing = more positive cases. Less testing = fewer cases. How slow we have been to learn! 🤮 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2291 "2021-08-24T12:33:15Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Whelp, we made the national news today. If you just looked at the Johns Hopkins site, you wouldn’t think Oregon was in dire shape. It hit its peak seven-day-averaged daily reported cases on August 20 at 2114 cases, and has since retreated. But the news stories tell a different story. Here’s the most heartbreaking: > [@](#): > > **“Oregon patient with COVID-19 makes it to hospital, dies waiting for ICU bed; ‘We didn’t have > enough’”** _The Oregonian Updated: Aug. 21, 2021, 9:11 a.m. | Published: Aug. 19, 2021, 3:26 p.m._ > > > “ _Patients are parked in hallways. Staffing is critically short,” Allen said. “I need to be direct about what’s causing this crisis: a growing wave of unvaccinated patients who have become so sick with the delta variant they need to be hospitalized.”_ > **[COVID SURGE— OREGON](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/8/24/2047806/-COVID-SURGE-OREGON?pm_source=story_sidebar&pm_medium=web&pm_campaign=recommended)** > > Back on July 23rd I wondered if Oregon was going to have another surge. Recently we just broke our all time record for COVID cases, our Governor has called in the National Guard to help our hospitals, mask mandates are back in place, my hospital is... ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2292 "2021-08-24T14:51:14Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > If you just looked at the Johns Hopkins site, you wouldn’t think Oregon was in dire shape. Overall, we are not that bad compared to the rest of the country, although we are in bad shape compared to where we were last year. But it is highly regional. The Portland area is doing relatively well. Outside areas, and southern Oregon in particular, are truly in dire shape no matter how you look at it. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2293 "2021-08-24T16:25:10Z")
Hawaii is recording hundreds and hundreds of new cases each day. The governor is saying another lockdown is very possible if this does not change. Our hospitals are so loaded with (unvaccinated) Covid cases that other types of emergencies are in danger of being seriously neglected. He’s also asking tourists not to come to Hawaii at this time. Yeah, right, good luck with that. We’re being inundated with tourists, and every day I see a lot of visiting jackasses acting like jackasses. They’ve had to increase police patrols on the North Shore to keep tourists from harassing endangered species for photo ops. A handful of tourists have even been shot after getting into disputes with the locals. While I would not shoot any myself, I could well see holding down a few I’ve seen while someone else takes a shot. ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2294 "2021-08-24T20:58:15Z")
> **[Almost 5,000 Covid cases linked to Cornish music and surf festival](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/aug/23/almost-5000-covid-cases-linked-to-cornish-music-and-surf-festival-boardmasters)** > > Organisers of Boardmasters say event had measures in place ‘above and beyond national guidelines’Coronavirus – latest updates Attendees had to have a negative test or proof of vaccination. There have been similar large festivals and concerts in the US, but outbreaks like this haven’t been reported. I’m not sure if that means people aren’t catching it or because there is little contact tracing to figure out the connection. ---
**Author:** ![Tfletch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tfletch1/32/5340_2.png) [@Tfletch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tfletch1)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2295 "2021-08-24T21:38:10Z")
I’m sure there’s more positives for Lollapalooza than we know of so far. US contact tracing is extremely underfunded. On the other hand the Cornwall festival is several days way off in Cornwall with onsite camping that looks like this 😲 > **[The campsite on day two of the 2016 Boardmasters surf and music festival in...](https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-campsite-on-day-two-of-the-2016-boardmasters-surf-and-music-festival-128003473.html)** > > Download this stock image: The campsite on day two of the 2016 Boardmasters surf and music festival in Newquay, Cornwall. Where: Newquay, Cornwall, United Kingdom When: 12 Aug 2016 - HC71MH from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock... ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2296 "2021-08-24T22:52:40Z")
This hospital in Oregon has set up a dinner plate smashing booth to help personnel relieve the stress of continuing to deal with covid deaths. “We’ve been dealing with the second wave when we thought — I guess we hoped — it wouldn’t come. And it’s come. And it’s harder and worse, way worse, than before,” she said. Hours earlier, a COVID-19 patient died in the ICU. As she spoke, a patient’s heart monitor beeped. A mechanical ventilator occasionally added a higher-pitched tone. Fifteen of the COVID-19 patients were on ventilators. The hospital’s wellness department, which normally recommends yoga and deep breathing for relaxation, recently set up a booth and filled it with dinner plates for a different kind of stress relief. “We put on safety glasses,” Lisa said. “And we took plates and we shattered them. And I kept going back. I kept going back, and they told me I had enough turns.” > **[Oregon, once a virus success story, struggles with surge](https://apnews.com/article/oregon-coronavirus-pandemic-hospitals-b6ed1292d5e50d3ec48c2872e7149261?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=)** > > SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon was once the poster child for limiting the spread of the coronavirus, after its Democratic governor imposed some of the nation’s strictest safety measures, including mask mandates indoors and outdoors, limits on gatherings... ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2297 "2021-08-25T04:03:22Z")
214,006,837 total cases 4,465,549 dead 191,498,682 recovered In the US: 38,968,925 total cases 648,161 dead 30,618,644 recovered Yesterday’s numbers for comparison: > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > 213,338,535 total cases > 4,454,049 dead > 190,903,841 recovered > > In the US: > > 38,814,596 total cases > 646,667 dead > 30,570,229 recovered ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2298 "2021-08-25T12:32:28Z")
Finally some news about a future J&J booster shot! > **[Johnson & Johnson booster shot prompts large increase in immune response,...](https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/25/health/johnson-vaccine-booster-data/index.html)** > > People who received a booster six to eight months after their initial Johnson & Johnson shots saw antibodies increase nine-fold higher than 28 days after the first shot, the comapany said. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2299 "2021-08-25T15:05:02Z")
Idaho hospitals are over capacity and don’t have enough workers. The good news is vaccinations are on the rise and up to a whopping 43.5% of eligible residents have a least one shot in my neck of the woods. I’m going to be a little more conservative on my bike riding and other riskier activities to try to avoid needing emergency care. > **[Idaho hospitals 'over capacity' and in need of volunteers](https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/aug/24/idaho-hospitals-over-capacity-and-in-need-of-volun/)** > > Idaho hospitals are surging with both COVID and non-COVID patients, and state health officials asked any volunteers who are able to return to the health care workforce to do so as the delta variant sweeps through the state. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2300 "2021-08-25T16:39:10Z")
Just saw on the TV news that Delta Airlines – oh, the irony – will now levy a $200-a-month insurance surcharge on employees who choose not to get vaccinated. They say this is not a punitive measure but rather something necessary to cover extra medical expenses. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2301 "2021-08-25T17:18:46Z")
> **[Space for the dead: Temporary morgues sent to two south Alabama counties for...](https://www.al.com/news/2021/08/space-for-the-dead-temporary-morgues-sent-to-two-south-alabama-counties-for-covid-deaths.html)** > > The Alabama Department of Public Health set up two mobile morgue units in Mobile and Baldwin counties in anticipation of a rising death toll from the latest surge of COVID-19 infections. > It’s the first time during the pandemic that temporary or portable morgues have been situated in anticipation of a rising death toll, [Alabama Department of Public Health spokesman Ryan Easterling] said. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428.md?page=112) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428.md?page=114)