# 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:** 30
**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:** [April 29, 2022, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/581 "2022-04-29T02:46:32Z")
| Case count update as of | 4/29/2022 | 01:38 GMT | | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | _Worldwide_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 512,181,416 | | | Dead | 6,256,249 | | | Recovered | 465,885,071 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 803 | | | | | | | _In the US_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 82,954,768 | | | Dead | 1,020,159 | | | Recovered | 80,623,433 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 3,050 | | | | | | | **Differences since last time** | | | | | | | | _Worldwide_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 788,897.0 | | | Dead | 3,216.0 | | | Recovered | 1,193,486.0 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 0.4 | | | | | | | _In the US_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 80,400.0 | | | Dead | 430.0 | | | Recovered | 49,613.0 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 2.0 | | | | | | | | | | | **Last Time’s Numbers** | **4/28/2022** | **01:18 GMT** | | | | | | _Worldwide_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 511,392,519 | | | Dead | 6,253,033 | | | Recovered | 464,691,585 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 802 | | | | | | | _In the US_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 82,874,368 | | | Dead | 1,019,729 | | | Recovered | 80,573,820 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 3,048 | | ---
**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:** [April 29, 2022, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/582 "2022-04-29T07:01:52Z")
It’s been a bit so I’ll say: thank you @Morgyn for posting these stats for us. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2022, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/583 "2022-04-29T08:57:41Z")
A- **men!** ---
**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:** [April 29, 2022, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/584 "2022-04-29T10:13:02Z")
I admire the diligence in finding them and posting them but I confess they mean nothing to me now and I don’t even look at them. Such bald figures are too general by far and the seriousness of the situation is not now necessarily represented by simple infection figures nor even by the number of deaths (what with the distinction to be made between deaths with/because of Covid) Not sure what we would replace them with though, if the purpose is to show the changing impact of the virus then I’m not sure what would do that effectively. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/585 "2022-04-29T10:26:52Z")
I can see an argument for why infection numbers aren’t as important, due to the virus being less deadly now. But deaths still show the severity of the pandemic. People aren’t being marked as dying from COVID-19 when it wasn’t an actual factor in their death. [COVID-19 Death Data and Resources - National Vital Statistics System](https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/covid-19.htm#:~:text=Cause%20of%20Death%20and,contribute%20to%20the%20death). ---
**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:** [April 29, 2022, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/586 "2022-04-29T10:44:41Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > But deaths still show the severity of the pandemic. People aren’t being marked as dying from COVID-19 when it wasn’t an actual factor in their death. That may be true for some countries but it isn’t true for others. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2022, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/587 "2022-04-29T12:17:52Z")
> **[Covid deaths no longer overwhelmingly among the unvaccinated as toll on...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/04/29/covid-deaths-unvaccinated-boosters/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjYyMDc3NTgiLCJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjUxMjMzMzU2LCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNjUyNDQyOTU2LCJpYXQiOjE2NTEyMzMzNTYsImp0aSI6IjUxYTI3YjYxLWNmMmQtNGFjMy04NjhmLTFlNmU5YjM0YjEzNCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9oZWFsdGgvMjAyMi8wNC8yOS9jb3ZpZC1kZWF0aHMtdW52YWNjaW5hdGVkLWJvb3N0ZXJzLyJ9.NnpesiztRnoxcj7xCaMCtF66tRT00WfxJ_d0NY_c5i0&itid=gfta)** > > The pandemic’s toll is no longer falling almost exclusively on those who chose not to get shots, according to a Post analysis, as the elderly and immunocompromised have a harder time dodging increasingly contagious strains. (Gift link) > … > The pandemic’s toll is no longer falling almost exclusively on those who chose not to get shots, with vaccine protection [waning over time](https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/03/18/coronavirus-vaccine-worked-against-omicron/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2) and the elderly and immunocompromised — who are at greatest risk of succumbing to covid-19, even if vaccinated — having a harder time dodging [increasingly contagious strains.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/04/15/new-omicron-variants/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2) > > The vaccinated made up 42 percent of fatalities in January and February during the highly contagious omicron variant’s surge, compared with 23 percent of the dead in September, the peak of the delta wave, according to nationwide data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed by The Post. The data is based on the date of infection and limited to a sampling of cases in which vaccination status was known. > … The sobering article wraps up with stories of several vaccinated and boosted people who died of COVID. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/588 "2022-04-29T16:32:09Z")
6 posts were merged into an existing topic: [Coronavirus general discussion and chit-chat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-general-discussion-and-chit-chat/917903/1503) ---
**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:** [April 29, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/591 "2022-04-29T14:40:41Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > That may be true for some countries but it isn’t true for others. Exactly. Denmark simply counts all deaths 30 days after a positive test as a covid death. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2022, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/592 "2022-04-30T02:09:14Z")
| Case count update as of | 4/30/2022 | 01:52 GMT | | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | _Worldwide_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 512,830,834 | | | Dead | 6,259,110 | | | Recovered | 466,634,879 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 803 | | | | | | | _In the US_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 83,037,059 | | | Dead | 1,020,660 | | | Recovered | 80,655,685 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 3,051 | | | | | | | **Differences since last time** | | | | | | | | _Worldwide_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 649,418.0 | | | Dead | 2,861.0 | | | Recovered | 749,808.0 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 0.4 | | | | | | | _In the US_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 82,291.0 | | | Dead | 501.0 | | | Recovered | 32,252.0 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 1.0 | | | | | | | | | | | **Last Time’s Numbers** | **4/29/2022** | **01:38 GMT** | | | | | | _Worldwide_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 512,181,416 | | | Dead | 6,256,249 | | | Recovered | 465,885,071 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 803 | | | | | | | _In the U_S: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 82,954,768 | | | Dead | 1,020,159 | | | Recovered | 80,623,433 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 3,050 | | ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/593 "2022-04-30T22:05:50Z")
If anyone can survive it, it’s this guy. > **[Sharon Osbourne tearfully reveals husband Ozzy has Covid-19 | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/29/entertainment/sharon-ozzy-osbourne-covid/index.html)** > > Sharon Osbourne is taking some time off from her new job to help her husband through Covid-19. ---
**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 1, 2022, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/594 "2022-05-01T21:45:10Z")
The wife and I both got our second booster shot yesterday. Four shots total, all Pfizer. No adverse effects for me, as usual: the wife thought her arm was a little sore at the injection site, but that lasted just a few hours. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/595 "2022-05-02T14:42:26Z")
Most states are in the pink as COVID cases are rising, but only Puerto Rico is really alarming so far. We’ve had COVID at our house over the past couple of weeks. I’ve recovered and my daughter has, but my wife is still getting over the effects. She took her first walk down the block yesterday, and spent some time on the swing outdoors for the first time in half a month. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/596 "2022-05-03T01:51:22Z")
| Case count update as of | 5/3/2022 | 01:47 GMT | | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | _Worldwide_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 513,845,174 | | | Dead | 6,262,987 | | | Recovered | 468,261,945 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 804 | | | | | | | _In the US_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 83,170,367 | | | Dead | 1,021,089 | | | Recovered | 80,752,565 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 3,052 | | | | | | | **Differences since last time** | | | | | | | | _Worldwide_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 1,014,340.0 | | | Dead | 3,877.0 | | | Recovered | 1,627,066.0 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 0.5 | | | | | | | _In the US_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 133,308.0 | | | Dead | 429.0 | | | Recovered | 96,880.0 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 1.0 | | | | | | | | | | | **Last Time’s Numbers** | **4/30/2022** | **01:52 GMT** | | | | | | _Worldwide_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 512,830,834 | | | Dead | 6,259,110 | | | Recovered | 466,634,879 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 803 | | | | | | | _In the US_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 83,037,059 | | | Dead | 1,020,660 | | | Recovered | 80,655,685 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 3,051 | | ---
**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:** [May 4, 2022, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/597 "2022-05-04T03:10:48Z")
| Case count update as of | 5/3/2022 | 01:47 GMT | | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | _Worldwide_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 514,653,221 | | | Dead | 6,265,797 | | | Recovered | 469,151,118 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 804 | | | | | | | _In the US_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 83,240,101 | | | Dead | 1,021,581 | | | Recovered | 80,795,416 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 3,054 | | | | | | | **Differences since last time** | | | | | | | | _Worldwide_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 808,047.0 | | | Dead | 2,810.0 | | | Recovered | 889,173.0 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 0.3 | | | | | | | _In the US_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 69,734.0 | | | Dead | 492.0 | | | Recovered | 42,851.0 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 2.0 | | | | | | | | | | | **Last Time’s Numbers** | **5/3/2022** | **01:47 GMT** | | | | | | _Worldwide_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 513,845,174 | | | Dead | 6,262,987 | | | Recovered | 468,261,945 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 804 | | | | | | | _In the US_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 83,170,367 | | | Dead | 1,021,089 | | | Recovered | 80,752,565 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 3,052 | | ---
**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:** [May 5, 2022, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/598 "2022-05-05T02:36:27Z")
Drat, I forgot to update the date last time. Oh, well. | Case count update as of | May 05, 2022 | 02:01 GMT | | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | _Worldwide_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 515,327,840 | | | Dead | 6,269,507 | | | Recovered | 469,866,848 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 804 | | | | | | | _In the US_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 83,356,490 | | | Dead | 1,023,513 | | | Recovered | 80,836,418 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 3,059 | | | | | | | **Differences since last time** | | | | | | | | _Worldwide_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 674,619.0 | | | Dead | 3,710.0 | | | Recovered | 715,730.0 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 0.5 | | | | | | | _In the US_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 116,389.0 | | | Dead | 1,932.0 | | | Recovered | 41,002.0 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 5.0 | | | | | | | | | | | **Last Time’s Numbers** | **5/4/2022** | **01:47 GMT** | | | | | | _Worldwide_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 514,653,221 | | | Dead | 6,265,797 | | | Recovered | 469,151,118 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 804 | | | | | | | _In the US_: | | | | | | | | Total cases | 83,240,101 | | | Dead | 1,021,581 | | | Recovered | 80,795,416 | | | Deaths / 1M pop | 3,054 | | ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/599 "2022-05-05T06:58:32Z")
Cruise ships and Covid: still a big problem: > **[Carnival Cruise Ship passengers say COVID overwhelmed ship](https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-seattle-9fc10d7f393fc4581a8fe256a2f527cd)** > > SEATTLE (AP) — Passengers on a Carnival Cruise Ship that docked Tuesday in Seattle say more than 100 people aboard the ship tested positive for COVID-19 and the ship was overwhelmed. Multiple people say they’re in quarantine at Seattle-area hotels... ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/600 "2022-05-05T07:01:22Z")
A milestone: > **[Covid's toll in the U.S. reaches a once unfathomable number: 1 million deaths](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/covids-toll-us-reaches-1-million-deaths-unfathomable-number-rcna22105)** > > "It's an exponential number of other people that are walking around with a small hole in their heart," one widow said. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/601 "2022-05-05T13:49:49Z")
From March 23rd of this year, upthread: > [@Banksiaman](#): > > [Worldometer’s count](https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/) for the US has now crossed the 1 million deaths mark, while Johns Hopkins is still a bit shy of the mark. I still wonder what accounts for the large difference in the various counts between sources. For maybe the first year or so, the counts were very, very close between sources. Since then, there’s been a significant and increasing amount of divergence. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2022, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022/602 "2022-05-06T08:51:21Z")
And also: May 4th, 2022 [The US is closely watching this Covid surge for clues | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/04/world/coronavirus-newsletter-intl-05-04-22/index.html) also nice to know (a hubby came home early and his BFF also feels like crap): > **[Omicron as severe as other COVID variants -large U.S. study](https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/omicron-severe-previous-covid-variants-large-study-finds-2022-05-05/)** > > The Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV2 virus is intrinsically as severe as previous variants, , according to a preprint version of a large U.S.studythat counters assumptions in other studies that it was more transmissible but less severe. my hubby… I’d be wishing for “a hubby”. I’m on “desktop. Chrome” and moving to delete or erase is stupidly wrong when it comes to inside the tiny posting box. 2 sentences high and no way to make the posting box bigger, [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2022-breaking-news/957022.md?page=31)