the no-nonsense, nothing-but-the-facts-m'am C19 thread

[gh]

meanwhile, in optimism-world...

COVID-19 virus likely to get weaker and become a common cold, says Oxford-AstraZeneca vax creator


https://www.businessinsider.in/scien...w/86456862.cms

[TN1965]

Nowhere left for Covid to go to mutate into a deadly variant, says Oxford vaccine creator

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nowhere-l...175101965.html

Covid is unlikely to mutate into a much deadlier variant because there “aren’t many places for the virus to go”, the lead scientist behind the Oxford vaccine has said.

[jeremyp]

Female friend (40) had a pretty bad reaction to her first Moderna shot, now has hives over most of her body. Apparently this is not rare.

My daughter had a moderna shot and slept for 12 straight hours.

[NotDutra5]

Florida has a population about 2.2 times the size of NJ. It would have to have about 18.5K nursing home deaths to be equivalent to the 8.5K that NJ has had.

I'd argue that both NY and NJ had to deal with the pandemic early when things were out of control while Florida had plenty of time to review the situation and make plans accordingly for dealing with the virus in facilities....which continues through today. It isn't pure numbers. I don't think there is much of an argument for an opinion of the state doing a good job or even a better job than what went on and goes on in the NYC area.

[gm]

Female friend (40) had a pretty bad reaction to her first Moderna shot, now has hives over most of her body. Apparently this is not rare.

[jeremyp]

I am thankful my 94-year old aunt retired from NJ to Florida and is in a nursing home down there. Florida has had a good record in the nursing homes.

You might want to check out this site

https://www.aarp.org/ppi/issues/care...dashboard.html

Florida nursing homes are caring for more than 60,000 people, N.J 40,000.

Only Louisiana has a lower vaccination rate per staff

.36 per 100 residents death rate in Fl Highest in country.

.02 in N.J.00 residents death rate

Florida 5.3 cases per 100 residents. Highest in country

[Halfmiler2]

meanwhile in vaccine-land....
The Differences Between the Moderna and Pfizer Vaccines Are Starting to Matter

https://slate.com/technology/2021/09...fferences.html

I did see a warning somewhere to only get a booster of the same kind as the original shots.

[Halfmiler2]

Florida was over 11,000 in the middle of June. NY is higher than that. Neither are good which was more my point and FL is currently worse.

Florida has a population about 2.2 times the size of NJ. It would have to have about 18.5K nursing home deaths to be equivalent to the 8.5K that NJ has had.

[NotDutra5]

The report does not say but it must be for only a month because the number is small compared to the NJ cumulative number for nursing homes which is at 8.5K. And NY is even higher.

Florida was over 11,000 in the middle of June. NY is higher than that. Neither are good which was more my point and FL is currently worse.

[gh]

meanwhile in vaccine-land....
The Differences Between the Moderna and Pfizer Vaccines Are Starting to Matter

https://slate.com/technology/2021/09...fferences.html

[Halfmiler2]

Then there is this:

https://www.fox13news.com/news/flori...-deaths-report

Florida tops country for COVID-19 nursing home deaths: report

The report does not say but it must be for only a month because the number is small compared to the NJ cumulative number for nursing homes which is at 8.5K. And NY is even higher.

[NotDutra5]

While NY and NJ lost many thousands in nursing homes last year, Florida did much better. My cousin reported that his mom’s nursing home had all sorts of protocols in place early on.

Then there is this:

https://www.fox13news.com/news/flori...-deaths-report

Florida tops country for COVID-19 nursing home deaths: report

[Halfmiler2]

Weekly Update:
The Monday (9/13/21) afternoon numbers:

Cumulative Numbers:
Global: 224.217 million cases & 4,621K deatths
The USA: 41.548 million cases & 670.5K deaths
NY State: 2,323K cases & 43,977 deaths
NJ State: 974.1K cases & 24,313 deaths
Bergen: 97,763 cases & 2,623 deaths

NJ & NY Detail:
The Rt for NJ fell to 1.01 from summer peak of 1.51.
NJ has 1,114 & NY has 2,390 hospitalizations.
NJ has 5.32% & NY had 3.3% spot positivity rate.
NJ has 27,079 deaths including probables.
NY has 56,029 deaths including probables.

7-day daily averages:
Global: 491K cases & 7.7K deaths
The USA: 135K cases & 1.6K deaths
NY State: 4,559 cases & 32 deaths
NJ State: 1,728 cases & 13 deaths
Bergen: 143 cases & 0.9 deaths

Weekly Update
The Monday 9/20/21) afternoon numbers:

Cumulative Numbers:
Global: 228.486 million cases & 4,688K deaths
The USA: 42.533 million cases & 686.4K deaths
NY State: 2,358.6 cases & 42,197 deaths
NJ State: 987K cases & 24,429 deaths
Bergen: 98,705 cases & 2,623 deaths
(Global numbers exclude China which has reported no deaths in over a year. NY, NJ, & Bergen numbers include only confirmed and not probables.)

NJ & NY detail:
The Rt for NJ rose to 1.07.
NJ had 4.77% and NY had 3.19% for positivity rates
NJ has 1,137 & NY had 2,395 hospitalizations.
NJ has 27,202 deaths including probables.
NY has 56,200 deaths including probables.

7-day daily averages:
Global: 610K cases & 10.2K deaths
The USA: 140K cases & 2.3K deaths
NY State: 5,000 cases & 31 deaths
NJ State: 1,878 cases & 16.6 deaths
Bergen: 135 cases & 0.0 deaths

[Halfmiler2]

It (we) does? I thought it was pretty bad.

While NY and NJ lost many thousands in nursing homes last year, Florida did much better. My cousin reported that his mom’s nursing home had all sorts of protocols in place early on.

[TN1965]

1st case of COVID in American Samoa arrives on Hawaii flight

https://news.yahoo.com/1st-case-covi...011046980.html

American Samoa, a U.S. territory in the Pacific, reported its first case of coronavirus on Friday.

The territory’s acting governor, Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo Ale, and health officials said the islands’ first case of COVID-19 was in a resident who returned to America Samoa from a trip to the U.S. mainland and Hawaii earlier this week.