Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2021 Breaking News

Snowboarder_Bo · October 18, 2021, 4:07am

241,475,527 total cases
4,914,142 dead
218,710,136 recovered

In the US:

45,792,532 total cases
744,546 dead
35,374,595 recovered

Yesterday’s numbers for comparison:

CalMeacham · October 18, 2021, 1:17pm

Pretty amazingly, the only state to set a new (seven day averaged) Daily reported cases of Covid is Vermont , with 259 as of October 16. Nobody else is even in the pink, meaning that averaged reported cases are declining in all other states.

Whack-a-Mole · October 18, 2021, 1:37pm

He died of COVID complications. He was fully vaccinated:

ThelmaLou · October 18, 2021, 2:08pm

Here is the salient part of that article:

Powell had multiple myeloma, according to NBC News. It is a type of blood cancer that hurts the body’s ability to fight infections.

echoreply · October 18, 2021, 4:30pm

I don’t know who paid for my Moderna booster in August, but it wasn’t me.

Less flippantly, it did not cost me anything out of pocket, but I do not know how the cost is divided between the government and my insurance. The pharmacy never asked me how they would get paid.

Snowboarder_Bo · October 19, 2021, 4:28am

241,893,064 total cases
4,920,594 dead
219,241,018 recovered

In the US:

45,902,575 total cases
746,415 dead
35,572,825 recovered

Yesterday’s numbers for comparison:

Snowboarder_Bo · October 20, 2021, 4:19am

242,335,622 total cases
4,928,965 dead
219,683,229 recovered

In the US:

45,996,507 total cases
748,652 dead
35,710,331 recovered

Yesterday’s numbers for comparison:

Tomorrow the US will have more than 46,000,000 total cases. It took only 13 days to go from 45,000,000 to 46,000,000 cases.

Snowboarder_Bo · October 20, 2021, 4:30am

Here’s some news:

Federal regulators are expected to authorize the mixing and matching of COVID-19 booster doses this week in an effort to provide flexibility as the campaign for extra shots expands.

The upcoming announcement by the Food and Drug Administration is likely to come along with authorization for boosters of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson shots and follows the OK for a third dose for the Pfizer vaccine for many Americans last month. The move was previewed Tuesday by a U.S. health official familiar with the matter who was not authorized to speak publicly ahead of the announcement.

The FDA was expected to say that using the same brand for a booster was still preferable, especially for the mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna that have proved most effective against the coronavirus. The agency was still finalizing guidance for the single-shot J&J vaccine.

Snowboarder_Bo · October 20, 2021, 5:05pm

Thing is Russia must be bad if they are taking this public stance now:

Snowboarder_Bo · October 20, 2021, 5:17pm

Yup:

puzzlegal · October 20, 2021, 9:33pm

FDA will approve mixing and matching, and boosters for all J&J recipients (after 2 months) and all Pfizer and Moderna recipients over 65 or at increased risk, after 6 months.

BippityBoppityBoo · October 20, 2021, 9:33pm

Just posted:

Snowboarder_Bo · October 20, 2021, 10:10pm

But wait; there’s more!

Senegoid · October 21, 2021, 1:41am

I can hear already the screeching of the anti-vaxxers over the mere possibility that schools may be vaxxing their children.

I haven’t read the news yet about FDA doing all those approvals today, but from prior news, I think there is still a step remaining: Now that FDA has approved the boosters, I believe CDC must also approve. Then we can “officially” begin to get our boosters. That is expected to be a pro forma step, and should happen Real Soon Now – maybe later this week or next week?

BippityBoppityBoo · October 21, 2021, 2:50am

The NYT said possibly as early as this weekend for the Moderna and J &J boosters. Hopes are high that the decision about children 5-11 might come later next week or at least by early November.

Snowboarder_Bo · October 21, 2021, 4:06am

242,809,062 total cases
4,937,649 dead
220,090,865 recovered

In the US:

46,092,362 total cases
751,811 dead
35,814,326 recovered

Yesterday’s numbers for comparison:

Snowboarder_Bo · October 21, 2021, 4:49am

I just found this:

The World Health Organization said there was a 7% rise in new coronavirus cases across Europe last week, the only region in the world where cases increased, and said uneven vaccine uptake posed a threat to the continent.

In its weekly assessment of the pandemic, the U.N. health agency said there were about 2.7 million new COVID-19 cases and more than 46,000 deaths last week worldwide, similar to the numbers reported the previous week.

WHO said the two regions with the highest rates of COVID-19 incidence were Europe and the Americas. Globally, the U.S. reported the biggest number of new cases, more than 580,000, which still represented a 11% decline.

Britain, Russia and Turkey accounted for the most cases in Europe.

The biggest drop in COVID-19 cases were seen in Africa and the Western Pacific, where infections fell by about 18% and 16%, respectively. The number of deaths in Africa also declined by about a quarter, despite the dire shortage of vaccines on the continent.

Bonum_Legatum · October 21, 2021, 2:36pm

Here’s an interesting article. Weather that causes people to spend more time indoors appears to have a large effect on the number of cases. Now it remains to be seen whether southern states will be affected as cooler weather moves in their direction.

wguy123 · October 21, 2021, 3:32pm

I don’t want to say “nearly everyone” is at increased risk, according to the CDC, but it is a lot of the adult population:

Ever smoked?
Have history of cancer?
Asthma?
Diabetes?
Mental health issues including depression?
Drink too much?
BMI 25 and over?

zimaane · October 21, 2021, 3:38pm

The CDC sets policies about how the shot is administered, who should get the shots, et cetera…

Their advisory panel is scheduled to meet on 10/21, so guidance should be issued in a few days.