Coronavirus thread

[Karl Henning]

Can't tell that to the "magic & pixie dust" president.

[T. D.]

More news items (CNBC):

Gottlieb: U.S. is about a week away from a rapid Covid-19 case spike


Former FDA chief Dr. Scott Gottlieb is warning that the U.S. is about "a week away from seeing a rapid acceleration" in coronavirus cases.

Without a backstop from widely available treatments, Gottlieb said Monday evening on CNBC's "The News with Shepard Smith," "the fall and winter season is when this coronavirus is going to want to spread."

"We can look to happier days, but these are going to be some tough months ahead," he cautioned.

Echoing similar comments from Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, Gottlieb said the holiday season and family gatherings are especially precarious for the spread of coronavirus because that's when people let their guard down.

Covid-19 likely to become as 'endemic' as annual flu virus

Covid-19 is likely to become as "endemic" as the annual flu virus, the U.K.'s chief scientific advisor said.

"We can't be certain, but I think it's unlikely we will end up with a truly sterilizing vaccine, (that is) something that completely stops infection, and it's likely this disease will circulate and be endemic, that's my best assessment," Patrick Vallance told the National Security Strategy Committee in London on Monday.

"Clearly as management becomes better, as you get vaccination which would decrease the chance of infection and the severity of disease ... this then starts to look more like annual flu than anything else and that may be the direction we end up going," he said.

A vaccine against the new coronavirus — and there are a handful in Phase 3 clinical trials, according to the World Health Organization — is not likely to eradicate the virus anyway, Vallance added.

[Karl Henning]

Alas! Perfectly sound (as it were)

[Herman]

Can't tell that to the "magic & pixie dust" president.

Hopefully he'll be irrelevant soon.

[Karl Henning]

Hopefully he'll be irrelevant soon.

Amen.

[Karl Henning]

We saved our economy in Sweden. But too many people died.

[T. D.]

I often feel that the Orange Swindler's coronavirus "policy" is governed by "WWJD", or "What would Jair do?"

But not in this case... 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-54619730

Covid: China's Sinovac vaccine to be included in Brazil immunisation plan

Brazil plans to use a Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine as part of a national immunisation programme, officials have announced.

São Paulo Governor João Doria said the federal government had agreed to buy 46 million doses of the vaccine CoronaVac.

He said the immunisation programme could begin as soon as January 2021, making it one of the first such efforts in the world to fight the pandemic.

[MusicTurner]

Not the best of situations here either, the number of daily infections reaching the busiest days earlier in the year. On the positive side, only few fatalities, and less than 2% of intensive care units occupied. Experts say that due to the general development, all travel abroad, everywhere, might be warned against in just a couple of days from now ...

[T. D.]

I often feel that the Orange Swindler's coronavirus "policy" is governed by "WWJD", or "What would Jair do?"

But not in this case... 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-54619730

Covid: China's Sinovac vaccine to be included in Brazil immunisation plan

Brazil plans to use a Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine as part of a national immunisation programme, officials have announced.

São Paulo Governor João Doria said the federal government had agreed to buy 46 million doses of the vaccine CoronaVac.

He said the immunisation programme could begin as soon as January 2021, making it one of the first such efforts in the world to fight the pandemic.

WWJD -2- the plot thickens

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-21/bolsonaro-slams-chinese-vaccine-his-government-said-it-would-buy

Bolsonaro Slams Chinese Vaccine His Government Said It Would Buy

[Karl Henning]

Coronavirus Now: Boston public schools suspend in-person learning for all students

[T. D.]

This is slightly scary:

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/22/cdc-updates-definition-of-close-contact-to-someone-with-coronavirus.html

Even more scary when you consider it's from the Orange Pustule - tainted CDC and thus likely an optimistic spin.

[Karl Henning]

Mass. coronavirus case numbers jump to 986 with 30 deaths; 77 communities now designated high risk

[Karl Henning]

For the first time since late July, the United States on Thursday topped 73,000 new coronavirus infections — the third-highest daily count since the pandemic began.

Seven states — including Indiana, Ohio and Oklahoma — reported record case counts Thursday as the virus has continued to surge in the Midwest.

[Todd]

Europe Daily Coronavirus Cases Double in 10 Days, Reports 200,000 Daily Cases for the First Time

[MusicTurner]

In my country, they're now trying to stop the begun worsening by implementing new restrictions, but the new measures are relatively moderate - masks in all public indoor areas, no selling of alcohol after 10pm (where all eating out establishments already must close), everybody recommended to a maximum social contact group of 10 people besides work, and no meetings of more than 10 people. This combined with other measures in existence.

Of more general interest perhaps: it was said today by the authorities, that 95% of registered fatalities (approaching 700 now, of 5.6 mio) are the direct result of the virus itself.

Also, a survey seems to indicate that the fewer female fatalities are probably the result of them taking the precautions and the virus more seriously - not something coming from their bodies.

[drogulus]

     

[T. D.]

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/23/dr-scott-gottlieb-warns-of-staggering-covid-death-totals-in-us.html

https://news.yahoo.com/half-million-deaths-end-february-150017409.html

Meanwhile it's business as usual for Cheeto Mussolini:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-23/trump-ramps-up-rallies-bucking-health-guidelines-as-virus-rages

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-23/trump-hasn-t-met-with-virus-task-force-in-months-fauci-says

It's been "several months" since President Donald Trump met with the White House coronavirus task force, said Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, who's faced repeated criticism from the president.

Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told MSNBC on Friday that the task force now meets about once a week, versus its daily gatherings early in the pandemic. The team also holds a regular call with governors, and its medical experts meet virtually as well, Fauci said.

But Fauci said it had been "a while" since he'd spoken with Trump directly about Covid strategy, and that the president is instead relying on the advice of Scott Atlas, who has expressed skepticism about the benefit of wearing masks, urged the reopening of the country, and said it's preferable for young, healthy people to be exposed to the virus.

[Que]

And the news from the US is not uplifting either...


Coronavirus: US cases reach record high amid new wave of infections (BBC)

[Mandryka]

It is clear that Europe has a big problem....

An assessment in a free article in the Financial Times:

Europe battles to contain surge in Covid-19 cases

Q

But from July.

[Todd]

Europe becomes second region to cross 250,000 deaths as second COVID wave hits