# Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2022 Breaking News **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [January 1, 2022, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022 "2022-01-01T05:02:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/461 "2022-03-15T17:00:25Z")
Yeah, if you look at the day before yesterday’s post, you’ll see that the number of US deaths was higher than it was yesterday’s. I figured there was a correction, so I changed it for last night’s post, giving us the 0 deaths in the US. I’m not particularly consistent in the time I grab the stats, which is why I add the date/time of when I retrieve them from Worldometers. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/462 "2022-03-15T17:27:25Z")
If I were more cynical, I’d call shenanigans, trying to delay the moment when the US his 1,000,000 deaths. But since we’ve been seeing these fluctuations from the start, I can’t convince myself. The 1,000,000-death mark should be this week, though: what will the reaction be? Ukraine seems to have knocked covid out of the headlines, because goodness knows no human could follow two stories at once. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/463 "2022-03-15T17:46:34Z")
You’re doing a great job! 👍🏽 ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/464 "2022-03-16T02:59:24Z")
Things do seem to have slowed down, for now. | Case count update as of | March 16, 2022 | 02:32 GMT | | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | _Worldwide_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 462,012,958 | | | Dead | 6,073,733 | | | Recovered | 394,896,086 | | | | | | | _In the US_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 81,244,936 | | | Dead | 992,302 | | | Recovered | 56,456,450 | | | | | | | **Differences since last time** | | | | | | | | _Worldwide_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 1,862,277 | | | Dead | 6,180 | | | Recovered | 1,669,282 | | | | | | | _In the US_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 28,685 | | | Dead | 1,265 | | | Recovered | 174,553 | | | | | | | | | | | **Last Time’s Numbers** | **3/15/2022** | **02:14 GMT** | | | | | | _Worldwide_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 460,150,681 | | | Dead | 6,067,553 | | | Recovered | 393,226,804 | | | | | | | _In the US_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 81,216,251 | | | Dead | 991,037 | | | Recovered | 56,281,897 | | ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/465 "2022-03-17T03:00:40Z")
| Case count update as of | 3/17/2022 | 02:09 GMT | | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | _Worldwide_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 464,190,193 | | | Dead | 6,080,965 | | | Recovered | 396,413,943 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 780.1 | | | | | | | _In the US_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 81,289,602 | | | Dead | 994,739 | | | Recovered | 56,631,117 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 2,976 | | | | | | | **Differences since last time** | | | | | | | | _Worldwide_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 2,177,235 | | | Dead | 7,232 | | | Recovered | 1,517,857 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 0 | | | | | | | _In the US_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 44,666 | | | Dead | 2,437 | | | Recovered | 174,667 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | **Last Time’s Numbers** | 3/16/2022 | 02:32 GMT | | | | | | _Worldwide_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 462,012,958 | | | Dead | 6,073,733 | | | Recovered | 394,896,086 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 780 | | | | | | | _In the US_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 81,244,936 | | | Dead | 992,302 | | | Recovered | 56,456,450 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 2,976 | | ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/466 "2022-03-17T11:49:19Z")
Hope everyone heals quickly, Siam Sam. It’s looking likely we’ll have to postpone our trip to visit family in Malaysia (with extended stopover, just for fun, in Japan) for yet another year. My kid hasn’t spent time with his cousins in so long! This really sucks. My wife just texted me: “Ah, damn Chinese vaccine. [We had lamented that it was the only option for her mother.] It’s only going to get worse after Eid.” She’s referring to the end-of-Ramadan holiday, I believe in May this year. About 65% of Malaysians are Muslims. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/467 "2022-03-18T03:02:38Z")
| Case count update as of | 3/18/2022 | 02:14 GMT | | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | _Worldwide_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 466,472,159 | | | Dead | 6,087,899 | | | Recovered | 397,879,055 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 781 | | | | | | | _In the US_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 81,350,883 | | | Dead | 996,072 | | | Recovered | 56,822,580 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 2,979 | | | | | | | | | | | **Differences since last time** | | | | | | | | _Worldwide_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 2,281,966 | | | Dead | 6,934 | | | Recovered | 1,465,112 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 1 | | | | | | | _In the US_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 61,281 | | | Dead | 1,333 | | | Recovered | 191,463 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | **Last Time’s Numbers** | **3/17/2022** | **02:09 GMT** | | | | | | _Worldwide_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 464,190,193 | | | Dead | 6,080,965 | | | Recovered | 396,413,943 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 780.1 | | | | | | | _In the US_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 81,289,602 | | | Dead | 994,739 | | | Recovered | 56,631,117 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 2,976 | | ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/468 "2022-03-18T08:54:16Z")
So at current rates, it looks like the USA will cross the sad milestone of a million deaths in the next week or so. Do you think the media will mark that at all? ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/469 "2022-03-18T11:40:54Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Do you think the media will mark that at all? Not the Worldometer count. The media looks at the Johns Hopkins pages. When their number goes over 1M they’ll report it. But J-H has different sources and their numbers are lower (right now it’s about 970,000) than Worldometer. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2022, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/470 "2022-03-18T11:59:27Z")
Moderna seeks FDA authorization for a second booster dose of its coronavirus vaccine for all adults > **[Moderna seeks FDA authorization for a second booster dose of its coronavirus...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/03/17/moderna-second-coronavirus-booster-fda/)** > > The company’s request to the Food and Drug Administration is substantially broader than what Pfizer and BioNTech sought earlier in the week. Pfizer asked the FDA to approve a second booster for those over 65. Moderna asked for authorization for everyone over 18, saying it would give doctors latitude in recommending boosters to their patients. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/471 "2022-03-19T02:24:44Z")
Roughly twenty percent of the recorded deaths for the world in the last 24 hours were in the USA. (I didn’t do the calculation, just did the “a bit over 1,000 in the USA, a bit over 5,000 around the world” estimation.) | Case count update as of | 3/19/2022 | 02:04 GMT | | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | _Worldwide_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 467,956,228.0 | | | Dead | 6,093,261.0 | | | Recovered | 399,254,480.0 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 781.7 | | | | | | | _In the US_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 81,388,590.0 | | | Dead | 997,136.0 | | | Recovered | 56,975,477.0 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 2,983.0 | | | | | | | **Differences since last time** | | | | | | | | _Worldwide_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 1,484,069.0 | | | Dead | 5,362.0 | | | Recovered | 1,375,425.0 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 0.7 | | | | | | | _In the US_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 37,707.0 | | | Dead | 1,064.0 | | | Recovered | 152,897.0 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 7.0 | | | | | | | | | | | **Last Time’s Numbers** | **3/18/2022** | **02:14 GMT** | | | | | | _Worldwide_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 466,472,159.0 | | | Dead | 6,087,899.0 | | | Recovered | 397,879,055.0 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 781.0 | | | | | | | _In the US_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 81,350,883.0 | | | Dead | 996,072.0 | | | Recovered | 56,822,580.0 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 2,976.0 | | ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/472 "2022-03-19T04:38:17Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Pfizer asked the FDA to approve a second booster for those over 65. Moderna asked for authorization for everyone over 18, saying it would give doctors latitude in recommending boosters to their patients. Every shot, booster or otherwise, that is refused by an anti-vaxxer who is otherwise eligible for the shot, should become available to anyone else who actually wants the extra shot. I’ll get a booster every month until I have those anti-bodies oozing out my ears. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/473 "2022-03-20T03:40:20Z")
There doesn’t seem to be a lot of point in posting numbers on the weekend given the piss-poor reporting. I’ll catch up again on Monday. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/474 "2022-03-20T20:33:00Z")
Thanks for the well-wishes for wife and niece. They’re both out of quarantine and doing fine. The wife was supposed to have been home by now but has had to delay until next weekend to obtain the necessary clearance for the airline. Starting April 1, Thailand is eliminating the requirement to stay in a hotel on your first and fifth nights. And Vietnam has reopened its borders. Speaking of the wife coming home, here’s a fun fact: The time difference between Hawaii and Thailand is 17 hours, and travel time between the two is 17 hours. So when you go from Bangkok to Honolulu, after traveling for 17 hours you step off the plane on the same day and almost exactly the same time as you left Bangkok. I’ve seen other flights that were, say, one hour and you step off the plane at the same time you left because you’re in the next time zone. But I believe this to be one of the more extreme examples. Seventeen hours. It’s almost like stepping into a time portal. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/475 "2022-03-21T11:56:50Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > So when you go from Bangkok to Honolulu, after traveling for 17 hours you step off the plane on the same day and almost exactly the same time as you left Bangkok. An airplane and a photon leave Bangkok for Hawaii at the same time. Which one arrives first? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/476 "2022-03-21T12:59:45Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > > [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > > > So when you go from Bangkok to Honolulu, after traveling for 17 hours you step off the plane on the same day and almost exactly the same time as you left Bangkok. > > An airplane and a photon leave Bangkok for Hawaii at the same time. Which one arrives first? - The airplane. Photons wouldn’t follow the curvature of the Earth. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/477 "2022-03-22T01:23:42Z")
We’re definitely hitting the 1,000,000 dead mark in the USA this week. Probably Wednesday, maybe Thursday. | Case count update as of | March 22, 2022 | 01:18 GMT | | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | _Worldwide_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 471,925,910.0 | | | Dead | 6,104,420.0 | | | Recovered | 408,273,817.0 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 783.1 | | | | | | | _In the US_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 81,441,002.0 | | | Dead | 998,514.0 | | | Recovered | 63,219,125.0 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 2,983.0 | | | | | | | **Differences since last time** | | | | | | | | _Worldwide_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 3,969,682.0 | | | Dead | 11,159.0 | | | Recovered | 9,019,337.0 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 1.4 | | | | | | | _In the US_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 52,412.0 | | | Dead | 1,378.0 | | | Recovered | 6,243,648.0 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 0.0 | | | | | | | | | | | **Last Time’s Numbers** | **3/19/2022** | **02:04 GMT** | | | | | | _Worldwide_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 467,956,228.0 | | | Dead | 6,093,261.0 | | | Recovered | 399,254,480.0 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 781.7 | | | | | | | _In the US_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 81,388,590.0 | | | Dead | 997,136.0 | | | Recovered | 56,975,477.0 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 2,983.0 | | ---
**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:** [March 22, 2022, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/478 "2022-03-22T02:13:31Z")
Lord…what was the thinking at the very beginning-- maybe 30,000 total? 😢 ---
**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:** [March 22, 2022, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/479 "2022-03-22T05:07:37Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > It’s almost like stepping into a time portal. I was once traveling from Okinawa to California and was able to show my family “tomorrow’s newspaper” for a couple of hours until the time caught up with me. It was pretty cool. I have a nurse friend (New York) who happily announced yesterday that there were NO Covid cases in the ER. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/480 "2022-03-22T09:37:32Z")
[A recent calculation](https://www.ft.com/content/e26c93a0-90e7-4dec-a796-3e25e94bc59b) for the severity of Covid in the UK shows we are now below that of seasonal flu. i.e. for a given number of people catching Covid and flu, fewer people will die in the Covid group (for every 100k with Covid, 35 deaths, for 100k with flu, 40 deaths) Of course with more cases doing the rounds at the moment it still means more deaths in total but vaccinations, treatments, natural immunity and variant changes now mean that whereas previously, catching Covid meant a 20x greater risk of death than with flu, the risk of death with Covid now is lower than flu. These figures also seem to date from before any widespread use of the antivirals at our disposal. This is a UK analysis of data and of course, seeing as all the mitigating factors above vary from country to country, I’d expect that severity figure to fluctuate on a local basis but I’d be surprised if a similar scale of reductions weren’t seen everywhere sooner or later. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022.md?page=25)