Covid Still Killing Americans Faster Than Guns, Cars and Flu Combined

By artappraiser on Fri, 07/16/2021 - 8:23pm |

The U.S. remains a dangerous place for the unvaccinated

Covid-19 is still killing Americans faster than guns, car crashes and influenza combined, according to the latest mortality data https://t.co/nrQesgH0Ea pic.twitter.com/jb7uO1Vf3e
— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) July 16, 2021

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-16/how-many-covid-deaths-still-more-than-guns-car-crashes-and-flu?srnd=premium&sref=omvmmwIg

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In June, coronavirus was responsible for 337 deaths a day in the U.S.

Deaths from gunshots, car crashes and the flu add up to 306 a day, historically https://t.co/YhJor8N9M1 pic.twitter.com/J1VclY8sxN
— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) July 16, 2021

#COVID19 cases are going up in over half of U.S. states and territories. The 7-day average of daily new cases is 24,141, up 65.9% from the week before. Get vaccinated as soon as you can to protect yourself & your community. More: https://t.co/gp6X4zTnBT. pic.twitter.com/flpHQbfQOC
— CDC (@CDCgov) July 14, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 07/16/2021 - 8:26pm

Many restaurants were rushing to respond to a new public health recommendation in seven Bay Area counties that vaccinated people again wear masks indoors. https://t.co/JECx6XZKI5 pic.twitter.com/gE5z4pYBVO
— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) July 16, 2021

One cautious restaurant owner has decided to lay off any unvaccinated employees.

She said she doesn’t want to take the risk as concerns increase about the highly infectious delta variant of the coronavirus. https://t.co/JECx6XZKI5
— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) July 16, 2021

“If anyone doesn’t want to get vaccinated, we will let them go. It’s terrible but we need people to understand this is serious. It’s better to be cautious than to be sorry.”
— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) July 16, 2021

Recently, restaurants such as Khom Loi in Sebastopol, Trinks Cafe in Gualala and the reopened Tosca Cafe in San Francisco have had to temporarily shut down due to a positive coronavirus case on staff. https://t.co/JECx6XZKI5
— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) July 16, 2021

But the new guidance is likely to spark confusion — and perhaps pushback — among customers.

“I just don’t feel like we’re in a position to make requirements beyond what is mandated,” said one Bay Area chef. “People can make their own decisions.”https://t.co/JECx6XZKI5
— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) July 16, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 07/16/2021 - 8:59pm

Disgusting but reality:

I’ve met a lot of people who have not been vaccinated, and many of them would happily do so for, say, a $150 gift card. https://t.co/WUL7P8qiV0
— Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) July 17, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 07/16/2021 - 10:52pm

I'm with her. This stick should be added to any carrot and I don't just mean for libertarian numbnuts but also for stupid negative-about-medical-care poor folk who haven't done it yet, but live under blue governments (there's been plenty enough "out-reach" to poor and minority neightborhoods in those, what are you, babies that have to be fooled into it?) and anti-vaxxers:

I’m struggling with empathy for the unvaccinated. They’re draining hospital resources, verbalizing regret but it all could’ve been avoided. They should be last on transplant list,last for ICU. They made their choice let them live with it. #consequences #PandemicOfTheUnvaccinated
— integritymatters (@2Nurseregi) July 16, 2021

They're stealing good doctors and nurses from me and others who have been vaccinated; they are all getting burned out and despite what the tv ads imply, most of them give a shit about any other health problems you might have, they are just going through the motions when you see them.

by artappraiser on Sat, 07/17/2021 - 2:09am

I saw an Indian article from 2 years ago talking about the coming explosion in in Indian medical knowledge, how they had such an evolving infrastructure. Now tens of thousands of health professionals have died, taking all that wisdom and future promise with them.

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 07/17/2021 - 2:20am

I think those who lost someone need a heckuva lot more than white flags but it's a start:

Hundreds of thousands of white flags will be planted along the National Mall in Washington for two weeks in September to memorialize the more than 600,000 people who have died from Covid-19 in the U.S. https://t.co/I00jV3T4eE
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 15, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 07/16/2021 - 11:51pm

Joe not having any trouble with words:

No malarkey. FB is allowing Covid misinformation which is killing people. Maybe we need a tobacco style settlement against Facebook. Make em pay for their crimes #DeleteFacebook https://t.co/NP1V9uSBm3
— Duty To Warn (@duty2warn) July 17, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 07/17/2021 - 11:10am

We are pleased to provide 500,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to help save Jordanian lives. We're grateful for Jordan’s COVID-19 related medical assistance to the U.S. in July 2020, and proud to be able to respond in kind by sharing this resource with our crucial ally and friend. pic.twitter.com/ss6qA0JZHO
— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) July 18, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 07/18/2021 - 3:26am

Covid killing teaching? thread

I quit my teaching job and now make more bartending for 15 less hours week. Also I get blamed for way way less and get told thank you way way more. No lesson plans or grading papers.

Remember this when people ask about the teacher shortage.
— Abby Norman (@abbynormansays) July 17, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 07/18/2021 - 12:57pm

The director of the local public hospital of Mateur (NW of #Tunisia) is literally crying. They're running out of oxygen. There is a nationwide shortage of medical oxygen. The reserves of many hospitals can barely cover the next hours. pic.twitter.com/bnplRg6Fme
— Mohamed-Dhia Hammami - (@MedDhiaH) July 18, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 07/19/2021 - 1:36am

indeed:

While those vaccinated in the United States can feel safer, no one can be sanguine about the world as a whole, the Editorial Board writes https://t.co/ZfEB8JtlwA PostOpinions
— Dr. Joseph Frusci (@JFrusci) July 19, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 07/19/2021 - 1:42am

Demographic Characteristics of People Receiving COVID-19 Vaccinations in the United States

Overall US COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Administration; Maps, charts, and data provided by CDC, updates daily by 8 pm ET†

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working with states to provide more information on the demographic characteristics of vaccinated people.

These demographic data only represent the geographic areas that contributed data and might differ by populations prioritized within each state or jurisdiction’s vaccination phase. Every geographic area has a different racial and ethnic composition, and not all are in the same vaccination phase. These data are thus not generalizable to the entire US population.

Percentages displayed in the charts below represent the percent of people vaccinated for whom the demographic variable of interest is known

CDC | Data as of: July 18, 2021 6:00am ET. Posted: Sunday, July 18, 2021 1:45 PM ET

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graphs and charts follow.

lots more options for sorting data on the menu at the left with drop-down selections

by artappraiser on Mon, 07/19/2021 - 2:58am

Another reminder that the free-to-be-an-anti-vaxxer thing is not unique to the U.S.:

Vaccination rates and protests have grown in France after new COVID policies will make it mandatory next month to get the shot or show a negative test in order to visit a cafe, see a movie, take a train and more.https://t.co/qj8e8sT4oM
— Axios (@axios) July 20, 2021

Basically "it's all Republicans fault" is a lazy ass bullshit complaint just because some of them are taking advantage of a problematic reality about human nature.

How about trying to use some of the olde American ingenuity to help allay the situation instead of playing tit for tat with partisan U.S. culture war? After all, even Trump promoted development of vaccine early on.

by artappraiser on Mon, 07/19/2021 - 8:16pm

Twitter Jack is taking Biden's J'accuse seriously; Marjorie Greene is being spanked for "amplifying vaccine lies"

https://t.co/Ie1R5qayN4
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 20, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 07/19/2021 - 10:45pm

Matthew Yglesias obeyed and retweeted:

Likely never going to say this again.
Please retweet Sean Hannity https://t.co/BZuhSqAIkX
— Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) July 20, 2021

I've been thinking MurdochCo is worried about lawsuits after Biden's comment.

by artappraiser on Tue, 07/20/2021 - 1:42am

earlier Yglesias interacting with Barro, tweeted strong evidence the Hannity thing is the result of a MurdochCo order until someone pointed out that it was an April 22 NYPost cover

I think the challenge is not “how do you devise conservative-friendly pro-vaccination rhetoric” but “how do you persuade Rupert Murdoch to put these arguments on his US-based properties the way he does he UK-based ones”? https://t.co/UqMf2hZ8Go
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 19, 2021

pic.twitter.com/9M0rWXf37A
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) July 19, 2021

pic.twitter.com/2c0KuSJUEI
— Cody Johnston (@drmistercody) July 19, 2021

back to: the Biden effect?

by artappraiser on Tue, 07/20/2021 - 2:02am

and then there's this!

Hell of a scoop here from @ryangrim

Fox News has a "FOX Clear Pass" for all vaccinated employees. Yep, the very vaccine passport that Tucker Carlson and other hosts have railed so loudly against on air.https://t.co/d3tK8PZaFD
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) July 19, 2021

by artappraiser on Tue, 07/20/2021 - 2:09am

OMG!

The quiet diplomacy here seems to be having an impact in getting Fox to move. It's saving lives. https://t.co/xrMYun5Ozm
— Ben LaBolt (@BenLaBolt) July 20, 2021

by artappraiser on Tue, 07/20/2021 - 12:48pm

The above is how you defang the negative effect of political culture wars being involved for reasons of monetary profit. And then the below is the technocrat's apolitical job, to be out there hammering at the outliers who are playing the game for actual ideological reasons:

Thread https://t.co/kMA31LV6CE
— Pat Bagley (@Patbagley) July 20, 2021

Which may not be as effective, as the technocrat may have already been painted as a political culture warrior, successfully with some.

Fauci has experience, though, he learned all about culture warring years ago over AIDS, from his experience with his eventual friend, Larry Kramer.

by artappraiser on Tue, 07/20/2021 - 1:22pm

Fox News contributor and political editor of Townhall.com:

The. Vaccines. Work. https://t.co/AaM1eJl8PK
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) July 20, 2021

by artappraiser on Tue, 07/20/2021 - 1:39pm

another GOP publicly promoting

“Especially with the delta variant becoming a lot more aggressive and seeing another spike, it was a good time to do it,” Rep Scalise said in an interview. https://t.co/IrYsEVl9vh
— Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD) July 20, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 07/21/2021 - 12:26am

KIDS HOSPITALIZATIONS—hospitalizations are ~2-3 times more than back in the winter months with #COVID19 in Arkansas. “We are seeing more and more kids admitted because of their COVID infection”. This is #DeltaVariant. Let’s vax and mask to protect kids.https://t.co/2Yndb26aMx
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) July 21, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 07/21/2021 - 12:41am

nice metaphor

Covid-19 running through every letter in the Greek alphabet until it find one that breaks the vaccines... pic.twitter.com/ZjbiW73l14
— Cognoscente of Cognomens (@ShimminyKricket) July 22, 2021

must have been inspired by this he retweeted directly before:

Illinois reporting six times more gamma variant cases than delta: report https://t.co/13Fu6E8JPy pic.twitter.com/L9DoAiGTX2
— The Hill (@thehill) July 22, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 07/21/2021 - 11:36pm

I am skeptical about this being anything more than finally confronting current reality and how it's playing out requiring stopping the bullshit, but it's worth pointing out that people are thinking it:

Yes, this is my concern.

Whatever can make (of all goddamn people) @GovRonDeSantis pull a 180° from literally selling “Don’t Fauci My Florida” t-shirts to hosting a statewide vaccination address is D I R E. https://t.co/FaD66fmBcZ
— Nick Farruggia (@NickFarruggia) July 23, 2021

And the fact that Scalise suddenly got vaccinated means it’s not simply polling data, fear of losing the House, or even fear of lots of constituents dying. The fear is far more personal if Scalise ran to get a vaccine just this past weekend. Someone told them the sky is falling.
— John Aravosis (@aravosis) July 21, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 07/22/2021 - 10:24pm

Nationally vaccinations are slow

But some states actually seeing a pick up

Who has vaccinated most new folks past 2 weeks?

Louisiana
Florida
Arkansas
Missouri
Nevada

Yup states with the largest surges

Whether its seeing loved ones sick or something else, its having an impact
— Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@ashishkjha) July 23, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 07/23/2021 - 1:02am

The little buggers have always been expert at spreading disease amongst themselves without thinking, why would anyone think that had changed?

"A co-ed sleepaway camp in New York said that 31 campers between 7 and 11 years old have tested positive for Covid-19 -- but none of their vaccinated 12-and-up campers did" https://t.co/bZp3uGzCoY
— Esther Choo MD MPH (@choo_ek) July 22, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 07/23/2021 - 12:46am

Oklahoma will be having a painful test of the upper limits of its hospital system shortly:

The United States is 4 to 6 weeks behind what’s happened in the UK with Covid. We are only at the beginning of this new Covid wave and face a steep painful ascent to the summit that will test the upper limits of our hospital capacity in Oklahoma. #Covid_19 #Oklahoma https://t.co/BJ4iXRbE3K
— George Monks (@GeorgeMonks11) July 26, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 07/26/2021 - 7:08am

Empty stadiums. A resurgent virus. Angry voters. The Tokyo Olympics are turning into a nightmare for Japan’s leaders. https://t.co/nehANbbgO1
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) July 21, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 07/26/2021 - 7:59am

The Manhattan Marriage Bureau re-opened for in-person weddings Friday, some 16 months after the pandemic hit the city. Here are some images from the long-awaited happy day. https://t.co/V9eRWRyDmf
— THE CITY (@THECITYNY) July 26, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 07/26/2021 - 8:02am

Exclusive-U.S. will not lift travel restrictions, citing Delta variant -official https://t.co/bhhRMQGrRL
— Heal the Planet (@fwtoney) July 26, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 07/26/2021 - 10:37am

Covid Still Killing Americans Faster Than Guns, Cars and Flu Combined

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