# 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:** 23
**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:** [February 6, 2021, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/443 "2021-02-06T00:40:04Z")
I hate Reynolds. Yeah, let’s throw out any things that might help and not even have a distribution plan for the vaccine we still are barely getting. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/444 "2021-02-06T00:47:19Z")
What the hell his wrong with this person? Does she have some sort of twisted logic or is she allied to the virus? ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/445 "2021-02-06T01:01:52Z")
Iowa’s well below average in terms of vaccination rates to boot. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2021, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/446 "2021-02-06T01:05:53Z")
I mentioned this to a friend and he texted me back: > [@](#): > > IOWA = Idiots Out Wandering Around ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/447 "2021-02-06T01:10:07Z")
She’s currying favor with the MAGA/Covid deniers crowd. My 95+ year old bio mom, in a crummy quality nursing home with multiple co-morbidities has not even been offered a first dose yet, but let’s throw open wide the barn doors cuz no worse than a cold and it’s time to party. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/448 "2021-02-06T01:13:01Z")
For years we have hoped for a disease that targets right wingers and would selectively thin their ranks. We finally get one and what do all the lefties do? Try their damnedest to save the rightists from themselves. We just can’t help ourselves; decency is just built in to us. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/449 "2021-02-06T01:47:46Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > For years we have hoped for a disease that targets right wingers and would selectively thin their ranks. > > We finally get one and what do all the lefties do? Try their damnedest to save the rightists from themselves. We just can’t help ourselves; decency is just built in to us… **Moderating** Let’s keep political jabs out of this forum, and particularly the Breaking News thread. Colibri QZ Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/450 "2021-02-06T01:48:30Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > She’s currying favor with the MAGA/Covid deniers crowd. This too. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/451 "2021-02-06T01:53:27Z")
My apologies to all. I’d lost track of which category this was. I need to be more careful. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/452 "2021-02-06T01:53:31Z")
Cases are falling in Panama too. Daily cases are starting to drop below 1,000, a level they were last at on November 23. The Rt has dropped to 0.77. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/453 "2021-02-06T03:29:57Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > My apologies to all. I’d lost track of which category this was. I need to be more careful. Mine as well. My bio mom is in a nursing home in that state , 95+ years old and hasn’t even had a chance to be vaccinated, so I lost my cool. I’ll do my best to not do so again. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2021, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/454 "2021-02-06T05:34:58Z")
105,920,531 total cases 2,309,157 dead 77,550,232 recovered In the US: 27,407,324 total cases 470,705 dead 17,146,169 recovered Yesterday’s numbers for comparison: > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > 105,422,088 total cases > 2,294,525 dead > 77,114,712 recovered > > In the US: > > 27,273,890 total cases > 466,988 dead > 17,031,629 recovered ---
**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:** [February 6, 2021, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/455 "2021-02-06T07:04:09Z")
Its really hard to keep politics out of such a politically charged issue. I had to self report myself for taking a jab at a certain local politician. [Arizona’s death rates are 25% higher than this time last year](https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-health/2021/01/25/arizona-deaths-increased-25-2020-preliminary-state-data-shows/4233771001/). Please notice that I am not taking political jabs about lapdogs. I’m sure thinking them, though. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/456 "2021-02-06T07:22:06Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I’m sure thinking them, though. 😉… ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/457 "2021-02-06T11:06:46Z")
> [@](#): > > A trial of an experimental coronavirus vaccine detected the most sobering signal yet that people who have recovered from infections are not completely protected against a variant that originated in South Africa and is spreading rapidly, preliminary data presented this week suggests. > > The finding, though far from conclusive, has potential implications for how the pandemic will be brought under control, underscoring the critical role of vaccination, including for people who have already recovered from infections. Reaching herd immunity — the threshold when enough people achieve protection and the virus can’t seed new outbreaks — will depend on a mass vaccination campaign that has been constrained by limited supply. > > Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, noted that it appears a vaccine is better than natural infection in protecting people, calling it “a big, strong plug to get vaccinated” and a reality check for people who may have assumed that because they have already been infected, they are immune. > > **In the placebo group of the trial for Novavax’s vaccine, people with prior coronavirus infections appeared just as likely to get sick as people without them, meaning they weren’t fully protected against the B.1.351 variant that has swiftly become dominant in South Africa.** My bold. Definitely requires more study, and I believe the existing vaccine makers are already making plans for incorporating boosters to better match up with that variant. > **[Mutated virus may reinfect people already stricken once with covid-19,...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/02/05/virus-variant-reinfection-south-africa/)** > > The finding, though far from conclusive, has potential implications for how the pandemic will be brought under control, underscoring the critical role of vaccination. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/458 "2021-02-06T16:19:01Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > The Austrian government announced several adjustments to the lockdown rules today. Shops, museums, art galleries, and zoos will be permitted to reopen on 8 February. Schools will resume in-person lessons subject to periodic testing (presumably for pupils as well as staff). Services such as barbers will also reopen, but customers will be admitted only with a negative coronavirus test that is less than 48 hours old. The mechanics of this have been clarified over the past few days. Students will be tested in school once a week. People who want the coronavirus test to visit a barber, etc. can get one for free at pharmacies and at dedicated testing centres. One such centre is going to be established at the famous Schönbrunn palace in Vienna because hey, it’s not being used by tourists any more. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2021, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/459 "2021-02-07T05:41:51Z")
106,348,262 total cases 2,320,591 dead 77,984,514 recovered In the US: 27,519,636 total cases 473,528 dead 17,268,517 recovered Yesterday’s numbers for comparison: > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > 105,920,531 total cases > 2,309,157 dead > 77,550,232 recovered > > In the US: > > 27,407,324 total cases > 470,705 dead > 17,146,169 recovered ---
**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:** [February 7, 2021, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/460 "2021-02-07T06:57:07Z")
There is a man here in Hawaii who was struck by lightning last year and lived. And he recently contracted Covid but is expected to survive. He sounds pretty tough. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/461 "2021-02-07T13:21:15Z")
Even Og just wings his target now and again. But that bastard is relentless; he’ll score a direct hit one of these days. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/462 "2021-02-07T14:25:49Z")
The number of cases is trending downward just about everywhere. I wonder if that’s because fewer people are getting tested.\* I guess I mean, what do these downward-moving numbers really tell us about what is happening WRT covid in the population? \*Not forgetting (and NOT wishing to get political) that Donnie said the way to make the numbers come down was to cease testing so much. Is that what is happening _de facto_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428.md?page=24)