# 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:** 76
**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:** [June 10, 2021, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1534 "2021-06-10T01:47:07Z")
Man, if you would have told 1980’s me that such a thing were to occur in 2021, I would have replied that yeah, 2021 is going to be in the fantastic futuristic super world. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1535 "2021-06-10T02:12:11Z")
I guess if you’re high enough we do have flying cars in 2021! ---
**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:** [June 10, 2021, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1536 "2021-06-10T04:48:03Z")
175,177,177 total cases 3,777,097 dead 158,696,555 recovered In the US: 34,264,727 total cases 613,494 dead 28,254,091 recovered Yesterday’s numbers for comparison: > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > 174,749,069 total cases > 3,762,883 dead > 158,161,346 recovered > > In the US: > > 34,242,866 total cases > 613,052 dead > 28,220,863 recovered ---
**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:** [June 10, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1537 "2021-06-10T21:24:30Z")
It ain’t over for everyone. 😧 - Deaths from Covid-19 have dropped by 90 percent in the U.S. since their peak in January, but the virus [continues to kill hundreds every day](https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/x3JLfTCF6fL_VvazcBJQZg~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRipQYHP4QbAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tL2xpdmUvMjAyMS8wNi8xMC93b3JsZC9jb3ZpZC12YWNjaW5lLWNvcm9uYXZpcnVzLW1hc2svd2hpY2gtZ3JvdXBzLWFyZS1zdGlsbC1keWluZy1vZi1jb3ZpZC1pbi10aGUtdXM_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MTU0JmVtYz1lZGl0X2NiXzIwMjEwNjEwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTMyNzA3Jm5sPWNvcm9uYXZpcnVzLWJyaWVmaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9MzUxODE4MTkmc2VnbWVudF9pZD02MDM3MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9ZTdlZjMwYTQyOTUyZGE0MWUxNzk5MzYyY2E4NWFmODNXA255dEIKYMIHgcJgRW0r1lISc2FzaGE5OUBydW5ib3guY29tWAQAAAAA). ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1538 "2021-06-11T01:53:07Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > In better news: > > [AP source: US to buy 500M Pfizer vaccines to share globally (apnews.com)](https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-coronavirus-pandemic-g-7-summit-health-government-and-politics-7009b0d0e8df4897d1827909611c2155) > > The US and Pfizer have agreed to make 500M doses of vaccine available to Covax, 200M to be delivered this year and the other 300M in the first half of 2022. > > Hopefully, we will see more deals like this with various vaccines and various wealthy countries paying the cost. I just heard that on the radio. Excellent news. ---
**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1539 "2021-06-11T05:04:38Z")
Has anyone noticed that the state of Florida, which was averaging between 2000 and 5000 new cases per day during the month of May, has not had a new case reported since June 3? What’s going on down in Florida? Did they find a magic spring? ---
**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:** [June 11, 2021, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1540 "2021-06-11T05:23:43Z")
175,622,971 total cases 3,788,831 dead 159,172,266 recovered In the US: 34,275,783 total cases 614,007 dead 28,278,394 recovered Yesterday’s numbers for comparison: > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > 175,177,177 total cases > 3,777,097 dead > 158,696,555 recovered > > In the US: > > 34,264,727 total cases > 613,494 dead > 28,254,091 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:** [June 11, 2021, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1541 "2021-06-11T05:24:45Z")
> [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](#): > > Has anyone noticed that the state of Florida, which was averaging between 2000 and 5000 new cases per day during the month of May, has not had a new case reported since June 3? What’s going on down in Florida? Did they find a magic spring? On WoM they do show new cases still occurring every day: > **[Florida COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer](https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/usa/florida/)** > > Florida COVID-19 Coronavirus update by county with statistics and graphs: total and new cases, deaths per day, current active cases, recoveries, historical data, trends, projections, and timeline. ---
**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1542 "2021-06-11T09:16:06Z")
When I mouse-over the Daily New Cases in Florida chart, the last day that has any cases is June 3 (1,878). Click on the 7-day moving average and it drops to zero for June 10. ---
**Author:** ![Slight\_Off\_Hand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@Slight\_Off\_Hand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slight_Off_Hand)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1543 "2021-06-11T10:35:54Z")
Apparently Florida and Alabama are no longer doing daily reports of Covid cases. > **[Florida, Alabama No Longer Reporting Daily Coronavirus Data](https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-06-08/florida-alabama-no-longer-reporting-daily-coronavirus-data)** > > More than a year into the pandemic, the states have begun updating their case, death and vaccination data less frequently. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2021, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1544 "2021-06-11T11:58:23Z")
But there have been Monday/Wednesday/Fridays since June 3rd, so if they have cases they should have been reporting them. Also, 91-divoc is still showing Florida with more than 1500 cases per day in the weekly average days, which is what i usually look at. Even when they report every day weekends get pedicurist fewer reported cases, and it makes more sense to look at weekly averages. ---
**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1545 "2021-06-11T12:50:21Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Also, 91-divoc is still showing Florida with more than 1500 cases per day in the weekly average days, which is what i usually look at. Not really. Their last datapoint for Florida for the 7-day average graph is 696.9 for Wednesday, showing a sharp decline all week. > [@Slight\_Off\_Hand](#): > > Apparently Florida and Alabama are no longer doing daily reports of Covid cases. From Puzzlegal’s link, Alabama appears to be updated, that is, no obvious drop-off. Florida has gone completely off-line, it seems. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2021, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1546 "2021-06-11T12:52:35Z")
Huh, maybe i failed to update? It can be a little hard to read on my phone. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1547 "2021-06-11T14:02:50Z")
The powers that be in Florida decided to stop reporting on a daily basis. In theory there are now weekly reports but I haven’t found them. We’re basically operating in the dark now. > **[Florida to stop daily reporting of COVID-19 cases, deaths](https://www.winknews.com/2021/06/04/florida-to-stop-daily-reporting-of-covid-19-cases-deaths/)** > > The Florida Department of Health plans to cease the daily COVID-19 reports that have been used by the media and the public to track changes in the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the state. Gov. Ron DeSantis’ press secretary Christina... ---
**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:** [June 11, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1548 "2021-06-11T15:17:46Z")
> [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](#): > > Has anyone noticed that the state of Florida, which was averaging between 2000 and 5000 new cases per day during the month of May, has not had a new case reported since June 3? What’s going on down in Florida? Did they find a magic spring? The state went to reporting only once a week. My county in Texas has just shifted to weekly reports as well. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1549 "2021-06-11T15:19:33Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > The powers that be in Florida decided to stop reporting on a daily basis. In theory there are now weekly reports but I haven’t found them. We’re basically operating in the dark now. So they said they’re shifting to weekly but went completely offline? That’s sooo Florida (I used to live there). ---
**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1550 "2021-06-11T15:29:19Z")
> [@Tfletch1](#): > > So they said they’re shifting to weekly but went completely offline? That’s sooo Florida (I used to live there) This doesn’t look like they’ve stopped reporting. Just gotten sporadic. It has not yet been a weeks since the last update. > **[An interactive visualization of COVID-19 | 91-DIVOC](http://91-divoc.com/pages/covid-visualization/?chart=states&highlight=Florida&show=highlight-only&y=both&scale=linear&data=cases-daily&data-source=merged&xaxis=right-8wk&extra=Florida#states)** > > An interactive, data-forward visualization of COVID-19 data by Prof. Wade at The University of Illinois. Updated daily. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1551 "2021-06-11T16:33:23Z")
Excess cases of myocarditis or pericarditis – heart inflammation – have been associated with kids in particular, and people under 30, who’ve had the Covid vaccination. The risk/benefit is still in favor of vaccination, according to this article. No deaths, and 81% fully recovered, so far. This risk is associated more with males. They don’t yet know why or how it is happening. I presume it’s the Pfizer shot for kids, as that’s the only one approved. And it’s mentioned as after the 2nd shot, so presumably Pfizer and Moderna for adults. I’ll check for a better article. > [@](#): > > “At this point, the risk/benefit still favors vaccination certainly in this age group,” Gottlieb, a Pfizer board member, said in an interview on “Squawk Box.” “That’s what CDC and FDA have also affirmed.” > > A day earlier, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicated it has seen a higher-than-projected number of cases of heart inflammation in 16-to-24-year-olds following their second Covid shot— 275 recorded occurrences compared with expectations of 10 to 102. > > In people age 30 and below, there’s been 475 total reports of myocarditis or pericarditis, which according to the CDC involves inflammation of the heart muscle or the lining around it. Men make up the vast majority of reported instances of post-vaccine myocarditis or pericarditis. > > Of the 270 people who developed the conditions and have been discharged from the hospital, 81% have fully recovered, according to CDC data. The remaining 19% either still have symptoms or their status is not known. Fifteen people are still hospitalized, the CDC said. > **[Dr. Gottlieb: Rare heart inflammation cases shouldn't stop young people from...](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/11/dr-scott-gottlieb-on-rare-heart-inflammation-in-young-covid-vaccine-recipients.html)** > > The number of severe cases of myocarditis or pericarditis in people ages 16 to 24 remains quite low, Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1552 "2021-06-11T16:47:01Z")
Here’s an article with more medical-oriented information. It has this information, which I hadn’t seen quantified before, which helps put the risk/benefit in perspective. There have been Covid deaths of children in the hundreds, but there’s a serious, life-threatening condition that Covid can cause in kids as well. > While children — particularly younger children — are generally much less susceptible to the worst effects of Covid-19 than adults, hospitalizations and deaths do occur. There have also been [more than 4,000 cases](https://www.cdc.gov/mis-c/cases/index.html) of MIS-C in the United States, an inflammatory disorder that can occur after a case of Covid-19 and can require urgent care. > **[U.S. health officials report higher-than-expected heart inflammation cases...](https://www.statnews.com/2021/06/10/officials-higher-than-expected-heart-inflammation-cases-covid-19-vaccination/)** > > Officials said they’re seeing rare but higher-than-expected cases of a heart issue called myocarditis among adolescents and young adults who got their second Covid vaccine shot. ---
**Author:** ![keopsyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@keopsyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keopsyd)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1553 "2021-06-11T18:58:09Z")
You can find the weekly COVID-19 reports on the Florida Department of Health website > **[Home](https://floridahealthcovid19.gov/)** > > ... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428.md?page=75) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428.md?page=77)