Coronavirus

[IamNY]

White House communications director, a democrat, tests positive for COVID-19​

White House communications director tests positive for COVID-19

White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield has tested positive for COVID-19. Bedingfield said that "thanks to being fully vaccinated and boosted" she is only experiencing mild symptoms.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Mistral]

Walooo you must be bored with this lame bashing of democrats. And the President's name is Biden.

 

[sene5hos]

The coronavirus is still here, but we are winning the war.

He has the right to prefer the Republicans with Trump as their leader.

 

[IamNY]

Walooo you must be bored with this lame bashing of democrats. And the President's name is Biden.

Bashing? I posted a COVID related article in the COVID thread. Like this one:

Brandon's top COVID adviser WON'T attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner because of the personal risk​

Fauci WON'T attend the WHCD over COVID concerns

President Joe Biden's top medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci is skipping Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association dinner due to COVID concerns.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Mistral]

I actually just listened to some of it now. Biden had some good lines at that dinner. He even joked about the disrespectful name "Brandon" that some Republicans are using. Biden can take these jabs, because they are just stupid. Trump never attended the WH Correspondent's Dinner, he wouldn't have been able to take the jabs because they would have had a lot more truth.

A few lines from Biden:
"We had a horrible plague followed by two years of COVID."

"And, folks, I’m not really here to roast the GOP. That’s not my style. Besides, there’s nothing I can say about the GOP that Kevin McCarthy hasn’t already put on tape."

And my personal favorite, though didn't get the biggest laughs:
"And, look, Fox — Fox News, I’m — I’m really sorry your preferred candidate lost the last election. To make it up to you, I’m happy to give my Chief of Staff to you all so he can tell Sean Hannity what to say every day. "

 

[IamNY]

The phrase originated at an Oct. 2 NASCAR race at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. Brandon Brown, a 28-year-old driver, had won his first Xfinity Series and was being interviewed by an NBC Sports reporter. The crowd behind him was chanting something at first difficult to make out. The reporter suggested they were chanting “Let’s go, Brandon” to cheer the driver. But it was clear they were saying, “(Expletive) Joe Biden."

The point of my post which you clearly missed was that it was a super spreader event that shouldn't have been held. This DC gala a few weeks ago should have been a warning to not have further super spreader events, especially where Brandon is attending.

DC gala was COVID super-spreader event, Biden delays correspondents’ dinner RSVP

The viral hangover is casting uncertainty on whether President Biden will attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner later this month as Biden touts a return to normalcy after two years of…

nypost.com

What does ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ mean? Everything you need to know about the Joe Biden insult

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www.usatoday.com

 

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We all know the story about Brandon Brown. You are late on this one. And speaking about a "Super Spreader Event" where everyone is vaccinated is ironic. Curious you did not mention trump's rallies, while COVID was killing a lot of Americans every days, where the attendants where mostly not vaccinated and where they booed their leader when he admitted being fully vaccinated and inviting everybody to do so. As we say; "Your petticoat sticks out". "Ton jupon dépasse", comme on dit chez nous.

 

[IamNY]

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water:

Birx says US must prepare for summer COVID surge as immunity wanes

Deborah Birx, a leading member of the Trump administration’s White House coronavirus task force, said on Sunday the U.S. should be prepared for another potential COVID-19 surge after a recent uptic…

thehill.com

 

[2fast2slow]

it must suck these days for those whose actual name is Brandon

 

[gaby]

QUÉBEC ce jour....encore + 27 nouveaux décès pour un total de 15,036....vraiment pathétique....et oui on en meurt toujours ...+ 25 hospitalisations pour un total de 2195...cela doit nous laisser songeur ...et - 2 aux soins intensifs pour un total de 76...
heureusement sous contrôle.
Évidemment LEGAULT /DUBÉ sont passé à autre chose...élections obligent....MAIS les décès toujours nombreux portent sérieusement à réfléchir.

 

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La situation est encore sérieuse. Les gens de 60+ sont encore beaucoup à risque, surtout ceux avec des maladies chroniques (coeur, enphysème, etc.)
Ceci dit et admis, les derniers chiffres me confortent que nous sommes sur une lente décroissance des hospitalisations.
J'aimerais savoir, parmi eux, combien ne sont pas encore vaccinés, ou n'ont que les 2 premières doses.
J'ai eu ma 3ième dose en janvier... et récemment j'ai testé positif (test rapide). Rien de menaçant dans mon cas, un peu de fièvre, mal de gorge. Je me suis isolé et j'ai refait un test, 15J plus tard, qui s'est avéré négatif, cette fois. Je n'ai plus aucun symptômes. Je compte aller chercher ma 4ième dose d'ici 3-5 mois, selon la situation. Probablement que l'issue aurait pu être très différente si je n'avais pas été vacciné ou si je n'avais pas reçu mon "booster" en janvier.
Il faut que tous, et surtout les 60+, comprennent que cette 3ième dose peut faire toute la différence entre quelques symptômes et une hospitalisation ou la mort. Surtout que présentement, 50% des hospitalisés COVID ne se rendent pas à l'hôpital pour des symptômes de COVID... mais testent positifs à leur admission.
À ceux qui ne sont pas encore vaccinés, bonne chance! Il est toujours temps de réviser votre position. Si vous ne le faites pas pour votre propre santé, faites-le pour la société et surtout ceux qui n'ont peut-être pas la chance d'avoir un aussi bon système immunitaire que vous. À la fin, nous y gagnerons tous quelque chose.

 

[gaby]

..et le virus est en croissance aux Etats-Unis de même que les hospitalisations....rien pour crier victoire....encore....

 

[IamNY]

COVID cases are definitely on the rise. I really wish I knew what could be done at this point.

NYC COVID-19 cases, alert level rise

New York City's COVID-19 alert level has been upgraded to "medium." According to the state's health department, citing data as of April 29, there have been more than 200 new cases per 100,000 people in the city over the last seven days.

www.foxnews.com

 

[gaby]

BREAKING NEWS....BOILEAU va annoncer demain la FIN du port du masque DANS LES LIEUX PUBLICS le 14 MAI.....partant de là ça deviendra un choix personnel.....MAIS va demeurer obligatoire dans les transports publics et hôpitaux...c'est bien comme ça.

 

[wetnose]

Yep, Alberta stats tell the story of 3x vaxxed vs 2x vaxxed. For older age groups, it can be about 4x as much. See Table 5 (ICU) and Table 8 (deaths).

https://www.alberta.ca/stats/covid-19-alberta-statistics.htm#vaccine-outcomes

 

[IamNY]

Do as I say not as I do:

Journalists from multiple news outlets test positive after White House Correspondents Dinner weekend

Trevor Noah joked about the event becoming a superspreader — and now the cases are rolling in.

www.cnn.com

 

[sene5hos]

Johns Hopkins count shows US could soon hit 1 million COVID-19 deaths

According to numbers from Johns Hopkins University, which were at just under 1 million all-time COVID-19 deaths by late Wednesday, the country could soon surpass the grim 1 million mark by their count.

www.turnto23.com

Official numbers from Johns Hopkins University showed that the all-time COVID-19 death count for the United States had arrived at just under the 1 million mark on Wednesday, and confirmed cases for infections stood at over 81,000,000.

The grim number of deaths is a reminder that the country is still fighting the spread of the deadly virus.
According to a count by Johns Hopkins, 66.62% of the U.S. population is fully vaccinated.

 

[sene5hos]

Update:
Yesterday US = 1,929 dead

 

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Do as I say not as I do:

Journalists from multiple news outlets test positive after White House Correspondents Dinner weekend

Trevor Noah joked about the event becoming a superspreader — and now the cases are rolling in.

www.cnn.com

I don't get what idea you are trying to push. Everybody knows that even being triple shots vaccinated, no one is 1000% protected against catching the virus COVID. The big difference is that being vaccinated you are 95% protected against serious illness needing to be hospitalized. Trying to divert the discussion focus is totally of bad faith and will not help in anyway to improve the health situation. Previously you post that the situation is going in the wrong direction in NY and ask what could be done. I would suggest to stay honest and addressing the real problem would be a good beginning. We all know the recent wave is due to unvaccinated people who made bad choices and vulnerable people on which vaccination is not very efficient because diverse co-morbidity factors, mainly being over 60. A journalist, fully vaccinated, testing positive to COVID, with none or small symptoms, is not a big deal. I do not get what is your agenda posting about it, and staying silent about GOP meetings full of anti-vax and/or not vaccinated people.

 

[Mistral]

Do as I say not as I do:

Were they not following local, state or federal guidelines at the WH Correspondents Dinner?