New Cases: 555,846 (⬆︎ .29%)
New Deaths: 8,640 (⬆︎ .21%)
USA
New Cases: 56,525 (⬆︎ .16%)
New Deaths: 416 (⬆︎ .07%)
Yesterday, July 21, 2021
8,640 people were killed by COVID-19
99.5 % of them were not vaccinated
USA Vaccination Scorecard
At Least One Dose: 186.8 million (56.3%)
Fully Vaxxed: 161.9 million (48.8%)
We've been averaging down around 8,000 - 15,000 New Cases per day for a pretty good stretch.
And now we're up at 42,000 - almost exclusively among the Un-Vaxxed, and just as almost-exclusively among those who support Republicans and watch too much DumFux News.
With everything Qult45 has done to minimize the monster, and with the continued bullshit being spread pretty much every fucking day by Wingnut Media and the simpish GOP, we need to start calling this thing what it is: The Red Plague.
We can always count on Republicans to be upside down and backwards, and to start catching up with Problem 1 just as we're slamming headlong into Problem 5 - or Problem 37, or Problem 962.
A Texas hospital reported its first case of the Lambda COVID-19 variant as cases rise across the state, ABC News writes.
The big picture:
The Lambda variant was first detected in Peru last August. From this April through June, the variant made up 81% of COVID-19 cases in Peru, according to the World Health Organization.WHO categorizes it as a "variant of interest." It has been detected in 29 countries.
Driving the news:
- Houston Methodist Hospital reported its first case of the Lambda COVID-19 variant on Monday.
- The hospital had a little more than 100 COVID-19 patients across the eight hospitals in its network last week, but that number rose to 185 as of Monday. The majority of the infections are in those who remain unvaccinated.
- 85% have been diagnosed with the Delta variant, per ABC News, which is the top concern across the U.S. as it accounts for 83% of nationwide cases.
Growing number of Republicans urge vaccinations amid delta surge
A growing number of top Republicans are urging GOP supporters to get vaccinated as the delta coronavirus variant surges across the United States, marking a notable shift away from the anti-vaccine conspiracy theorizing that has gripped much of the party in opposition to the Biden administration’s efforts to combat the virus.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was part of the rising chorus on Tuesday, stressing the need for unvaccinated Americans to receive coronavirus shots and warning that the country could reverse its progress in moving on from the pandemic.
“These shots need to get in everybody’s arm as rapidly as possible, or we’re going to be back in a situation in the fall that we don’t yearn for, that we went through last year,” McConnell said during his weekly news conference. “I want to encourage everybody to do that and to ignore all of these other voices that are giving demonstrably bad advice.”
The remarks from McConnell followed comments in recent days from other top Republicans and from conservative voices urging people to get vaccinated, even as other members of the GOP continue to sound notes of skepticism and spread misinformation about the safety and efficacy of the vaccines.
Among the most notable voices was Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana, the No. 2 Republican in House leadership, who received his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine over the weekend and urged others to follow suit. Scalise had long resisted vaccination, claiming protection from antibodies and saying earlier this year that he wanted to ensure his constituents had a chance to be vaccinated first.
In an interview Tuesday, Scalise said that “there shouldn’t be any hesitancy over whether or not it’s safe and effective.” He said that he was compelled to get the shot in light of the recent spread of the delta variant and the associated spike in cases — and that politics was not a consideration.
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Right, Steve - I'm sure you've received no info from your pollsters telling you the GOP's numbers are going completely in the shitter. And I'm just as sure none of your big-dollar donors have told you to knock off the bullshit and get with the fuckin' program.
And just so we're clear on this: No - you don't get any credit when you breeze in at 11:30 for a 9 o'clock meeting. People who show up and do the work are the ones who get the donuts - no donuts for you, Steve.
Nation’s largest hospital group supports mandatory coronavirus vaccines for health workers
The nation’s largest hospital association called Wednesday for all health workers to be vaccinated against the coronavirus as case numbers surge again.
“To protect all patients, communities and personnel from the known and substantial risks of COVID-19, the American Hospital Association strongly urges the vaccination of all health care personnel,” the organization said in a policy statement. “The AHA also supports hospitals and health systems that adopt mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies for health care personnel, with local factors and circumstances shaping whether and how these policies are implemented.”
“The evidence is clear: COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective in reducing both the risk of becoming infected and spreading the virus to others,” said Richard J. Pollack, the AHA’s president and chief executive, in an accompanying statement.
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When AHA "urges" you to do something, you shut up and fucking do it.
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