Omicrons not messing around. New York Time's covid 14 day % increase today...

[Ellipsis]

Puerto Rico › 4,595--- +3,610%
Hawaii › 1,186--- +922%
Florida › 17,825--- +818%
Washington, D.C. › 1,313--- +622%
New York › 25,769--- +165%


...makes one more than a little nervous. Wisconsin hasn't been reporting, as well as others. I can't imagine what it's going to be like in a week.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/covid-cases.html

[Blues Heron]

1. what are those percentages

is that week over week increase?

[Ellipsis]

2. % increase over 14 days.

[Blues Heron]

4. thanks

some hefty increases there

[madville]

3. I'd almost rather just go ahead and get it

I’d say there’s about a 99% chance I get it at work so maybe it would be better to get it now before my booster immunity wanes. I got the booster about 8 weeks ago and the articles I was reading yesterday said effectiveness against Omicron begins to wane after 10 weeks.

[Blues Heron]

5. don't let your guard down now!

you really don't want this- either to have it or spread it to others

[madville]

7. I was thinking more about getting 10 paid days off work

I need a vacation lol (luckily I’m scheduled off work for vacation the last two weeks of January, that may be when Omicron is everywhere).

[Ellipsis]

6. Fortunately we can stay in and we have 3 months worth of coffee to get us through.

[nycbos]

8. I am Lurr variant of the planet Omicron Persei 8

Sorry couldn't resist. In these stressful times we need to keep our sense of humor.

[Ellipsis]

9. Don't be. I couldn't agree with you more.

I was out and about on 24th and maybe 20% of people were masked. It's just nuts.

[Skittles]

10. wait until all the results of the xmas gatherings come in

yup

[Ellipsis]

11. I know.

We flew out to Arizona for short trip on the 9th. We were both a little nervous about going. I surely wouldn't fly now.

[Skittles]

16. not enough people really care about stopping this pandemic

it will continue

[Orrex]

13. I wish you all the best during your long membership here at DU

I'm sure that you won't be banned in seconds or anything.

[NickB79]

14. It's pizza time, baby!

FYI, that's 4 million globally per year, not just in US.

4 MILLION died in India alone from COVID in 2021 from Delta.

[former9thward]

20. What?

The death toll in India from Covid since the start of the pandemic is 480,000. Where are you getting 4 million???

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/world/india-covid-cases.html

[NickB79]

23. Their reported deaths are 1/10 the excess death numbers

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/07/20/1018438334/indias-pandemic-death-toll-estimated-at-about-4-million-10-times-the-official-co

The analysis, from the Center for Global Development, a think tank in Washington, D.C., looks at the number of "excess deaths" that occurred in India between January 2020 and June 2021 — in other words, how many more people died during that period than during a similar period of time in 2019 or other recent years.

Drawing death data from civil registries and other sources, the report came up with three estimates for undercounts. The conclusion is that between 3.4 and 4.7 million more people died in that pandemic period than would have been predicted. That's up to 10 times higher than the Indian government's official death toll of 414,482.

[former9thward]

25. Well that is speculation at best.

I will go by the number accepted by the global health community.

[NickB79]

26. You're going to believe the Indian government?

The same government that downplayed reports of bodies floating down the Ganges, hospitals running out of oxygen, and who's run by a Trumper? Ok.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/14/world/asia/india-modi-science-icmr.html

In September 2020, eight months before a deadly Covid-19 second wave struck India, government-appointed scientists downplayed the possibility of a new outbreak. Previous infections and early lockdown efforts had tamed the spread, the scientists wrote in a study that was widely covered by the Indian news media after it was released last year.

The results dovetailed neatly with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two main goals: restart India’s stricken economy and kick off campaigning for his party in state elections that coming spring. But Anup Agarwal, a physician then working for India’s top science agency, which reviewed and published the study, worried that its conclusions would lull the country into a false sense of security.

Dr. Agarwal took his concerns to the agency’s top official in October. The response: He and another concerned scientist were reprimanded, he said.

[former9thward]

27. President Biden doesn't seem to think he is a "Trumper"

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/09/24/u-s-india-joint-leaders-statement-a-partnership-for-global-good/

[Skittles]

15. HAHAHA your moniker truly fits

I BET YOU ARE A GUN HUMPER TOO

[Orrex]

18. I miss him already.

[Skittles]

19. I feel honored to be mentioned by name

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jeez, that one was truly off the rails

[Orrex]

24. I was on the jury

It was not a difficult decision.

[Ellipsis]

21. Missed it. What was it? n/t

[Skittles]

22. fucked up troll claiming there is no COVID, it's all made up

[634-5789]

17. Hunkered down, See you in April!