# 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:** 70
**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:** [May 27, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1413 "2021-05-27T01:35:05Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > They should really just board themselves up in their homes and not come out again. Win-win. Perhaps they could be encouraged to exile themselves to a small leaky old freighter somewhere in the open ocean. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2021, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1414 "2021-05-27T04:11:52Z")
169,091,368 total cases 3,512,481 dead 150,722,266 recovered In the US: 33,971,207 total cases 606,179 dead 27,662,268 recovered Yesterday’s numbers for comparison: > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > 168,528,040 total cases > 3,499,712 dead > 150,052,550 recovered > > In the US: > > 33,947,189 total cases > 605,208 dead > 27,606,442 recovered ---
**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:** [May 28, 2021, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1415 "2021-05-28T04:10:09Z")
169,633,346 total cases 3,525,117 dead 151,337,796 recovered In the US: 33,999,680 total cases 607,726 dead 27,701,879 recovered Yesterday’s numbers for comparison: > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > 169,091,368 total cases > 3,512,481 dead > 150,722,266 recovered > > In the US: > > 33,971,207 total cases > 606,179 dead > 27,662,268 recovered ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1416 "2021-05-28T04:18:44Z")
I believe this is the first time that there have been no posts between the daily stats from one day to the next. Hopefully a sign that the virus is winding down, although those daily death numbers seem like they are going up. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2021, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1417 "2021-05-28T04:32:10Z")
Nah; it’s happened a bunch of times. Just not much “omg news” happening right now. It’s more just the slow, steady slog towards getting it firmly under control. Of course, there’s also the Olympics to look forward to/dread: > **[Physician warns Tokyo Olympics could spread variants](https://apnews.com/article/tokyo-olympic-games-coronavirus-pandemic-health-sports-793b0a9b231b2a148e38beb924f0000a)** > > TOKYO (AP) — A physician representing a Japanese medical body warned Thursday that holding the postponed Tokyo Olympics in two months could lead to the spread of variants of the coronavirus. Dr. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1418 "2021-05-28T10:43:01Z")
> [@filmore](#): > > Hopefully a sign **that the virus is winding down** , although those daily death numbers seem like they are going up. …things (in the US) are essentially back to where they were between June and November last year before the start of the Christmas surge. From the NYT death numbers (which are slightly different to other numbers out there) there were 1300 deaths yesterday, 966 deaths the day before that, 699 deaths the day before that. I predicted after the CDC lifted the mask mandate that the daily death numbers would fluctuate between 200 and 1000 deaths a day for a long time yet: at least till the end of the year. My prediction remains unchanged. Just enough people are vaccinated to hopefully prevent another massive surge. But not enough vaccinated to do anything but keep the curve relatively flat. The medical system won’t get overrun. But thousands of people are and will still die every week. ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1419 "2021-05-28T12:30:56Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > Just enough people are vaccinated to hopefully prevent another massive surge. But not enough vaccinated to do anything but keep the curve relatively flat. The medical system won’t get overrun. But thousands of people are and will still die every week. Maybe it will be like a flu season that never ends. Flu season is typically just 13 weeks long and may average around 250 deaths per day over that time. And actually, the total number of Covid cases at this point is similar to a flu season. But the number of deaths is much higher. A typical flu season might have around 35k deaths but Covid is over 600k from about the same number of cases. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1420 "2021-05-28T17:07:55Z")
Our county now has fewer new cases per day than any time since May 2020. We are also fairly higher vaccinated: over 60% fully vaxxed. Not a coincidence. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1421 "2021-05-28T18:02:08Z")
It’s not over. Especially not for the unvaccinated. > **[The unseen covid-19 risk for unvaccinated people](https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2021/covid-rates-unvaccinated-people/)** > > With the adjustment for vaccination, the national death rate is roughly the same as it was two months ago, while the adjusted rates in several states show the pandemic is spreading as fast among the unvaccinated as it did during the winter surge. > … > Unvaccinated people are getting the wrong message, experts said. > > “They think it’s safe to take off the mask. It’s not,” said Lynn Goldman, dean of the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University. “It looks like fewer numbers, looks like it’s getting better, but it’s not necessarily better for those who aren’t vaccinated.” > > The adjusted rates in several states show the pandemic is spreading as fast among the unvaccinated as it did during the winter surge. Maine, Colorado, Michigan and Washington state all have covid-19 case spikes among the unvaccinated, with adjusted rates about double the adjusted national rate. The adjusted rates of Minnesota, Oregon and Pennsylvania are slightly lower. > … > > Coronavirus vaccines are virtually perfect in preventing deaths, so the decline in deaths nationally hides the steady covid death rate among unvaccinated people. > … ---
**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:** [May 28, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1422 "2021-05-28T18:25:30Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > It’s not over. Especially not for the unvaccinated. That’s a great article. It normalizes for vaccinated so you’re only looking at unvaccinated. For states that have large unvaccinated populations, the adjusted rates look like the winter surge. I think that’s due to the highly contagious variants. It’s also showing how much the vaccines are kickin’ Rona ass, even variant Rona. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1423 "2021-05-28T20:39:07Z")
That article is amazing! ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1424 "2021-05-28T20:45:06Z")
Thank god everyone I know (\> age 12) is fully vaccinated. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1425 "2021-05-29T01:35:14Z")
But it also shows that rates of infection are going down in most states, even among the unvaccinated. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2021, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1426 "2021-05-29T04:03:57Z")
170,142,545 total cases 3,537,778 dead 151,967,403 recovered In the US: 34,022,657 total cases 608,961 dead 27,767,040 recovered Yesterday’s numbers for comparison: > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > 169,633,346 total cases > 3,525,117 dead > 151,337,796 recovered > > In the US: > > 33,999,680 total cases > 607,726 dead > 27,701,879 recovered ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1427 "2021-05-29T05:11:27Z")
> [@filmore](#): > > , although those daily death numbers seem like they are going up. I don’t recall which state but the Washington Post noted in an article this morning that yesterday’s numbers are high because a state finally reported on hundreds of backlogged cases not previously accounted for. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1428 "2021-05-29T16:12:33Z")
Vietnam: > **[Vietnam finds new virus variant, hybrid of India, UK strains](https://apnews.com/article/vietnam-india-coronavirus-pandemic-health-c4c0a7c9f2e3b03c9cea2bf6fdcad70d)** > > Vietnam says it has discovered a new coronavirus variant that’s a hybrid of strains first found in India and the U.K. > [@](#): > > Vietnam has discovered a new coronavirus variant that’s a hybrid of strains first found in India and the U.K., the Vietnamese health minister said Saturday. > > Nguyen Thanh Long said scientists examined the genetic makeup of the virus that had infected some recent patients, and found the new version of the virus. He said lab tests suggested it might spread more easily than other versions of the virus. > > Viruses often develop small genetic changes as they reproduce, and new variants of the coronavirus have been seen almost since it was first detected in China in late 2019. The World Health Organization has listed four global “variants of concern” – the two first found in the U.K. and India, plus ones identified in South Africa and Brazil. > > Long says the new variant could be responsible for a recent surge in Vietnam, which has spread to 30 of the country’s 63 municipalities and provinces. > > Vietnam was initially a standout success in battling the virus — in early May, it had recorded just over 3,100 confirmed cases and 35 deaths since the start of the pandemic. > > But in the last few weeks, Vietnam has confirmed more than 3,500 new cases and 12 deaths, increasing the country’s total death toll to 47. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1429 "2021-05-29T16:15:24Z")
Guangzhou, China: > **[Chinese city locks down neighborhood after virus upsurge](https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-23ca7ecd42415d7b7015c1a072e991fc)** > > The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou has shut down a neighborhood and ordered residents to stay home for door-to-door coronavirus testing following an upsurge in infections that has rattled authorities. > [@](#): > > The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou shut down a neighborhood and ordered its residents to stay home Saturday for door-to-door coronavirus testing following an upsurge in infections that has rattled authorities. > > Guangzhou, a business and industrial center of 15 million people north of Hong Kong, has reported 20 new infections over the past week. The number is small compared with India’s thousands of daily cases but has alarmed Chinese authorities who believed they had the disease under control. > > The spread of infections was “fast and strong,” the official Global Times newspaper cited health authorities as saying. > > Saturday’s order to stay home applied to residents of five streets in Liwan District in the city center. > > Outdoor markets, child care centers and entertainment venues were closed. Indoor restaurant dining was prohibited. Grade schools were told to stop in-person classes. > > People in parts of four nearby districts were ordered to limit outdoor activity. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1430 "2021-05-29T18:29:23Z")
Paris: > **[The Latest: Two-thirds of NY adults have at least one shot](https://apnews.com/article/philippines-europe-coronavirus-pandemic-government-and-politics-business-c5bdb788fc4d25066755b722ed4cf42e)** > > ALBANY, N.Y. — The latest federal data shows that two-thirds of adults in New York state have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. At the same time, hospitalizations statewide are down to 1,143 patients, Gov. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1431 "2021-05-29T19:08:05Z")
Couldn’t load the article but no real reason why viral rates in unvaccinated people should change just because everybody is tired of this thing. Thanks again to the SnowboarderBo for his diligence. I hear Vegas is “betting big” on vaccination efficacy and has decided to open way up. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1432 "2021-05-30T01:21:50Z")
Hawaii has dropped its mask mandate for outdoors. Still required indoors. Feels like everyone is poised to go crazy here this holiday weekend. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428.md?page=69) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428.md?page=71)