# 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:** 143
**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:** [October 26, 2021, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2903 "2021-10-26T05:07:24Z")
244,838,122 total cases 4,970,301 dead 221,971,173 recovered In the US: 46,417,525 total cases 757,849 dead 36,271,327 recovered Yesterday’s numbers for comparison: > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > 244,427,834 total cases > 4,963,752 dead > 221,459,802 recovered > > In the US: > > 46,312,782 total cases > 756,362 dead > 36,052,614 recovered I’m noticing a slight upward trend with the worldwide numbers. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2904 "2021-10-27T03:41:45Z")
> **[Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine for Young Kids Backed by FDA Advisers](https://www.wsj.com/articles/pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine-for-young-children-to-be-reviewed-by-fda-advisers-11635240602?st=hs0ydwbornr7bnp&reflink=share_mobilewebshare)** > > Experts advising the Food and Drug Administration recommended that the agency authorize the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech for use in young children. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2021, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2905 "2021-10-27T06:58:06Z")
245,321,425 total cases 4,979,605 dead 222,403,510 recovered In the US: 46,497,719 total cases 759,932 dead 36,375,189 recovered Yesterday’s numbers for comparison: > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > 244,838,122 total cases > 4,970,301 dead > 221,971,173 recovered > > In the US: > > 46,417,525 total cases > 757,849 dead > 36,271,327 recovered ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2906 "2021-10-28T02:59:12Z")
> **[Antidepressant Fluvoxamine Significantly Reduces Covid-19 Hospitalization](https://www.wsj.com/articles/antidepressant-significantly-reduces-covid-19-hospitalization-11635373800?st=ydw1xp6v8es0qa9&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink)** > > Patients who received the low-cost and widely available drug were far less likely to be hospitalized in a clinical trial. A course of treatment that costs about $10 and is widely available reduced hospitalization about 60% and death about 90% in a study of unvaccinated people who had developed covid. ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2907 "2021-10-28T03:47:16Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > A course of treatment that costs about $10 and is widely available reduced hospitalization about 60% and death about 90% in a study of unvaccinated people who had developed covid. If that’s a medication that people take regularly, I would guess that there should be similar results in people who were already on fluvoxamine for their depression when they got COVID. They could look at that population to see if they generally avoided having to be hospitalized. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2908 "2021-10-28T04:34:36Z")
Very intriguing, when coupled with the recommendation by the CDC today that people suffering from depression should be added to the groups of people who should get boosters, because for some reason they fare worse than average when they get Covid, and are hospitalized at a much higher rate. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2909 "2021-10-28T07:34:33Z")
A definite upward trend is visible now on graphics for both global cases and deaths. The one I check is [Worldometers](https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/) and it definitely is an end to the steady decline in both since mid-August. Just a few days shy of 5 million official deaths [plus the rest], most of them preventable. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2021, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2910 "2021-10-29T05:32:54Z")
246,279,146 total cases 4,996,480 dead 223,161,546 recovered In the US: 46,685,145 total cases 763,784 dead 36,565,948 recovered Yesterday’s numbers for comparison: > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > 245,321,425 total cases > 4,979,605 dead > 222,403,510 recovered > > In the US: > > 46,497,719 total cases > 759,932 dead > 36,375,189 recovered By the end of tomorrow there will be more than 5,000,000 people killed by COVID-19 worldwide. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2911 "2021-10-29T16:44:59Z")
[Oahu is about to remove all restrictions on large indoor gatherings. The state governor disapproves but will not try to stop it.](https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/10/29/ige-did-not-approve-citys-restarting-large-indoor-events-citing-high-covid-risk-has-no-plans-stop-it/) At least all attendees will have to be vaccinated. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2912 "2021-10-29T20:12:03Z")
Today the FDA formally approved the vaccine for kids. One step closer to making it happen! My son’s school district announced today that one of their sites will be a vaccination center for kids as soon as it’s approved. > **[FDA authorizes use of Pfizer's COVID vaccine for 5- to 11-year-olds](https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/10/29/1049704374/fda-authorizes-use-of-pfizers-covid-vaccine-for-5-to-11-year-olds)** > > The agency acted after an independent panel of scientists strongly supported the move. Kids could start getting vaccinated within the week. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2913 "2021-10-29T21:59:54Z")
Apple’s iOS 15.1 update has a way to put your vaccination card into your iPhone wallet. Very cool. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2914 "2021-10-29T22:13:16Z")
Yep. I’m very non-techie, but I was able to do it. Easy-peasy. I noticed today that when I double-clicked the side button to bring up Apple Pay, the vaxx record was peeking up at the bottom of the screen. You touch it and it’ll pop up over the credit card graphic (after you let the phone read your face). So you can bring it up as easily as you do Apple Pay. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2915 "2021-10-30T02:56:50Z")
I found the Wallet app. It wants me to add a credit card. (Don’t wanna, because my phone is unlocked so my wife can use it without my finger.) I don’t see anything that looks like a ‘side button’ in the app, and the only ‘side buttons’ on my phone are the volume and power buttons. I don’t see anything that says ‘vax record’. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2021, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2916 "2021-10-30T05:32:18Z")
246,785,332 total cases 5,005,015 dead 223,563,156 recovered In the US: 46,771,979 total cases 765,722 dead 36,646,900 recovered Yesterday’s numbers for comparison: > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > 246,279,146 total cases > 4,996,480 dead > 223,161,546 recovered > > In the US: > > 46,685,145 total cases > 763,784 dead > 36,565,948 recovered ---
**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2917 "2021-10-30T12:41:23Z")
Side double click is for phones with face recognition. For phones with finger scan, I believe you double click the home button. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2918 "2021-10-30T12:55:52Z")
Hopefully someone with better tech skills than I will come along and explain it better. And I accessed my records through California’s state vaccine health records website, and I’m not sure how Washington state’s website operates. But for what it’s worth, this is what I did: Make sure your iPhone is updated to to iOS 15.1. Using the internet browser on your phone, find your state’s official vaccination record website. This might involve some kind of sign-up. Once you find your record online through your phone, look for some option on the screen that says “add to Apple wallet”. (California’s state health website had this, and I don’t know if Washington does.) Click that. Go to the Apple Wallet icon and click it open and see if you find the vaxx records there. If you do find it there: You can bring it up quickly the same way you bring up Apple Pay. If you haven’t done this before, you do it by rapidly double-clicking the power button on the right side of your iPhone. When I do this, it brings up an image of whatever credit card I have loaded there. Now that the vaxx record is in the Wallet, it’ll also bring up a partial image of it peeking up at the bottom of the screen. Touch that, and it’ll kick the image up to the forefront. If you have no credit card in your Wallet, perhaps the vaxx record will already be the primary image that you see. If this doesn’t help, as I say, someone more technically apt will hopefully come along and give some guidance. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2919 "2021-10-30T13:02:12Z")
Thanks, **teela**! Nevada has no such option that I could find. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2920 "2021-10-30T23:06:26Z")
I just wanted to mention that Nevada’s mask compliance is amazing compared to Arizona. I got so used to seeing masked faces while I was in Las Vegas that I was shocked when I stopped for gas on the AZ side of the border. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2021, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2921 "2021-10-31T06:02:22Z")
247,137,539 total cases 5,010,545 dead 223,881,629 recovered In the US: 46,799,970 total cases 766,117 dead 36,692,264 recovered Yesterday’s numbers for comparison: > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > 246,785,332 total cases > 5,005,015 dead > 223,563,156 recovered > > In the US: > > 46,771,979 total cases > 765,722 dead > 36,646,900 recovered ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/2923 "2021-10-31T12:30:38Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > this is what I did: For Pennsylvania, I used the CLEAR app. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428.md?page=142) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428.md?page=144)