by ezs | Dec 28, 2020 | evilzenscientist
New Year and weekend – entering the New Year with some hope that the multiple vaccines will slow and eventually eradicate the pandemic. All signs from the US are that distribution is being botched.
Weekend numbers from The Seattle Times – cases have decreased (yay!) and deaths seem to have peaked. Hospital beds are >85% utilised which is a big concern.
Thursday – looking back at the first year of Coronavirus: 83M reported, positive cases, 1.8M deaths. That curve isn’t slowing down. Data from JHU
US data shows a more pronounced jump since November. Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year…
Wednesday – vaccination is slow in the US.
Tuesday – When the history of Covid and 2020-202? is written, there will be a lot said about how the US responded. Reading today that 40M+ Americans are behind in mortgage, car and credit card payments. Those payments all become due in mid 2021.
Monday – Already writing about 2021 – soon this will be a full year of working from home, school from home. The disruption to normal life has been immense. The loss of life, livelihoods and the elimination of societal norms will be here for a long time. UK, US and around the globe new cases are reaching new peaks. 41,385 new positive cases in the UK, NHS warns of collapse.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/series/coronavirus-live
https://www.seattletimes.com/tag/coronavirus/
by ezs | Dec 22, 2020 | evilzenscientist
Christmas and Weekend – The UK mutation is everywhere; reported by the UK because of good virus genomics teams. Some delays in reporting new numbers because of Christmas and the weekend – but Washington State continues to look bleak. Graphics from The Seattle Times.
Thursday – Call for whole of England to move into Tier 4 immediately. Almost 40k daily cases in the UK. Lots of breaking the travel ban happening.
Wednesday – 1M vaccines given in US so far.
Tuesday – UK positive cases up by 18k!
Monday – slight dip in WA case numbers – which is encouraging. Massive spikes in the UK. More vaccines arriving.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/series/coronavirus-live
https://www.seattletimes.com/tag/coronavirus/
by ezs | Nov 30, 2020 | evilzenscientist
Weekend – Discussion is moving to “how to promote vaccine adoption” – and breaking through the antivax/COVID hoax rhetoric, as well as reaching to BIPOC communities that have been historically underserved and abused by the medical professions. Tough message to land.
Washington State still seeing record positive cases per day, and a steady uptick in deaths and hospitalisation.
Friday – full steam ahead for vaccine production. Rollouts starting across many countries this month. Even with “500M doses in a year” – it’s going to be a long slog.
Thursday – Italy record deaths. Biden will launch “masks for 100 days”.
Wednesday – vaccine rollout starts in Russia. Germany extends lockdown to mid January.
Tuesday – Washington State notification app goes live.
Monday – Record deaths across the globe; following the surge and hospitalisations.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/series/coronavirus-live
by ezs | Nov 25, 2020 | evilzenscientist
Weekend – no end to the positive cases in Washington. As always weekend graphic from The Seattle Times.
Friday – positive tests spiking at around 20% in parts of Washington State. That is alarming.
Thursday – Thanksgiving Day. 3M+ travelled.
Wednesday – 60M global cases, vast numbers of US cases. Records broken across the globe.
Tuesday – Italy and Spain hit hard again. UK and French lockdowns easing.
Monday – today Russia with peak cases. 12% positive test rate in Washington State.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/series/coronavirus-live
by ezs | Nov 17, 2020 | evilzenscientist
Weekend – 200k cases per day; holiday travel is surging.
Weekly data from The Seattle Times. That positive test rate at >10% – ouch.
Friday – COVID tests spiking at 20% positive in King County. Trump Jr has COVID. Testing before Thanksgiving leads to huge lines.
UK cases may have plateaued; here come the hospitalisations and then the deaths. Compare with Monday.
Thursday – positive tests stop Brexit negotiations. “Don’t travel for Thanksgiving” – which is being widely ignored.
Wednesday – 250k deaths in the US. That’s 4 Vietnam wars.
Tuesday – “Trump administration has checked out”, US COVID cases continue to accelerate.
Monday – talking with friends about the last 36 weeks about “lockdown”: no school (all from home), no work (all from home), seen friends twice (socially distanced, wearing masks, outside), been outside the town a handful of times (to collect flour and visit Orcas Island for some isolated time away). This has not been normal, it’s not been with people. Our bubble of four has has had near zero contact with anyone else.
Today the talk has been around vaccines. A second encouraging report. UK numbers look dreadful.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/series/coronavirus-live
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