Patching OMI on SLES in Azure
Great write up from the MSRC
- make sure the Microsoft repos are added for your distros
- update as part of your regular cycle
My SLES15 servers were patched in minutes. Reboot required – but that’s part of the process.
COVID – week 79 – September 13 – September 19
Weekend – 42 million COVID cases in the US, 1 million in the last week. Nowhere close to being out of this yet.
Weekly data from The Seattle Times. Cases at a plateau (and hopefully downward trend), deaths still climbing.
Friday – Washington cases may have peaked – above the rate of last winter.
Thursday – “over 90% of young adults have antibodies” – did the last wave of Delta in the UK bring about enough for herd immunity?
Wednesday – Covid deaths and cases in the US are at and above the levels of last winter. Healthcare crisis (and potential triage/rationing) in Idaho.
Tuesday – Pfizer looking for Emergency Use Approval for kids 5-12 and fast following 6 months – 5. That will certainly help with schools being a major vector for infection right now.
Monday – vaccine passports and vaccine mandates are starting to become required. This is the next round of politicisation of Covid.
This time last year – back to school, virus outbreaks, no vaccines “for a year”. BBC stopped doing daily updates
| The Guardian | The Seattle Times | |
| 13 Sep | here | here |
| 14 Sep | here | here |
| 15 Sep | here | here |
| 16 Sep | here | here |
| 17 Sep | here | here |
| 18 Sep | here | here |
| 19 Sep | here |
COVID – week 78 – September 6 – September 12
Weekend – deaths, protests, politics.
Seattle Times weekly status. Average case numbers seems to be stabilising at around 4300 cases per week – which is still higher than any point of the pandemic to date.
Friday – vaccine mandates announced in the US. Political firestorm follows.
Thursday – Microsoft “no return to office in foreseeable future, indefinitely delayed” – which seems to be the new normal with Delta cases across the State, US and world climbing still. Here in King County – cases per 100k population seems to have stabilised. Still too high by far.
Data from King County Health Key indicators of COVID-19 activity – King County
Wednesday – those UK case numbers look dreadful. More cases in the last month than over the 2020 winter break.
Tuesday – Chile approving Sinovac for over 6 year olds.
Monday – UK positive numbers are huge; big discussion on whether this will burn out quickly (October) or slowly (mid 2022). Mu detected variant across the US.
This time last year – vaccine trials, record cases in Europe. Rising cases in US.
| The Guardian | The Seattle Times | |
| 6 Sep | here | here |
| 7 Sep | here | here |
| 8 Sep | here | here |
| 9 Sep | here | here |
| 10 Sep | here | here |
| 11 Sep | here | here |
| 12 Sep | here |
COVID – week 77 – August 30 – September 5
Weekend – UK deaths rising, continued mask and vaccine resistance.
Brazil – Argentina WCQ game called off because of Covid restrictions.
On a personal note – we attended our first live music gig since Covid started – fully vaccinated requirement, masks also required. This is going to be the new normal.
Weekly local data from The Seattle Times. 14 day average cases >4000 still.
Friday – UK NHS GPs are cancelling flu shots because of vaccine shortages.
Thursday – Delta still raging; average cases >3200 per day in Washington State, which is higher than the peak of last winter. Graph from The Seattle Times.
Wednesday – is mu the variant that will breakout? It’s the newest VOI.
Tuesday – Back to school, masks on. Washington State hospitals are full, with similar stories from Idaho, Oregon and beyond.
Monday – US travelers to the EU face restrictions again. Back to school in Washington State, across much of the US and Canada, and the UK and Europe. Fears of escalating cases.
This time last year – vaccine is on the way; half a year of blogging and working from home. News changing from hopeful to grim.
| The Guardian | The Seattle Times | |
| 30 Aug | here | here |
| 31 Aug | here | here |
| 1 Sep | here | here |
| 2 Sep | here | here |
| 3 Sep | here | here |
| 4 Sep | here | here |
| 5 Sep | here |
COVID – week 76 – August 23 – August 29
Weekend – Washington State is now averaging more than 3000 cases per day; which is more than the peak of November/December 2020. Return to school in the northern hemisphere “will lead to sharp rise in cases”
Weekly graphic from The Seattle Times
Friday – UK cases, hospitalisations are rising again. EU moves to restrict travel from the US.
From The Guardian.
Thursday – 990% increase in hospitalisations since July 9th in Portland, OR. Washington State and Oregon State are adopting strict requirements for masking and social distancing.
Wednesday – the continued politicisation of vaccines and masking. Extremely polarising. Locally, King County positive case rates are starting to drop; mask mandate working? Back to school next week – so fingers crossed.
Key indicators of COVID-19 activity – King County
Tuesday – Hawaii heading to shutdown tourists; more US school districts move back to remote learning. School starts here in Washington next week.
Monday – FDA give full approval to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine – moving from Emergency Authorisation granted in December 2020.
This time last year – in the plateau before the fall wave; 500 or so cases per day and declining. Compare to a year later – and it’s over 3,800 cases per day.
| The Guardian | The Seattle Times | |
| 23 Aug | here | here |
| 24 Aug | here | here |
| 25 Aug | here | here |
| 26 Aug | here | here |
| 27 Aug | here | here |
| 28 Aug | here | here |
| 29 Aug | here |
COVID – week 75 – August 16 – August 22
Weekend – Still huge numbers of cases in the UK; >30k per day. Graph from The Guardian.
Locally – over two weeks of >3000 cases; hospitals are filling. The death rate is still relatively stable.
Good write up from The Seattle Times on “ZIP code hesitancy” – echoes previous notes here.
Friday – After last years UV light, bleach and then hydroxychloroquine; now we hear of Ivermectin (used to control stock parasites) being taken. 70% of recent calls to the Mississippi Poison Control Center are regarding Ivermectin poisoning.
Thursday – Local hospitals are full; mainly with younger, non vaccinated patients. From Portland, OR where there is a city-wide ambulance triage and rotation in place.
Wednesday – Delta variant is spreading in NSW, Australia; case numbers are low – but after 18 months of strict border control and late vaccinations – there’s a real risk.
Tuesday – UK numbers are still high. NZ reports first case in months. Strong lockdown has high approval in NZ.
Monday – Florida, Texas – cases, mask mandates, politics, schools and full hospitals.
This time last year – news of vaccine trials, mutations, folk rushing back from vacation to avoid lockdown.
| The Guardian | The Seattle Times | |
| 16 Aug | here | here |
| 17 Aug | here | here |
| 18 Aug | here | here |
| 19 Aug | here | here |
| 20 Aug | here | here |
| 21 Aug | here | here |
| 22 Aug | here |
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