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Data valid as at 23:59 GMT December 25th, 2020.
Note: As not all Australian States report at the same time, the data below is based on the previous full day reporting. 11 new cases for Australia and 0 deaths so the CMR is 3.212%. NSW recorded 10 cases, SA and Queensland recorded 2 each and WA recorded 1. No new cases and no deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.175% and active cases 49. The UK had 32,725 cases yesterday and 570 deaths. Just over 193k new cases in the USA yesterday and 2,835 deaths sees CMR drop to 1.764% and active cases at 39.5% with the raw numbers rising and now over 7.5M. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences. Other notable points - bearing in mind that some countries didn't report: Global cases pass 84M with the last 1M in 2 days; Global deaths pass 1.75M with the last 50k in 4 days; North America passes 22M cases; The USA completes 243M, India 166M, Russia 88M, Germany & France 33M, UAE 20M, Australia 11M and Denmark 10M tests. Namibia (683) - 15% above the high yesterday; South Korea (1,237) - 13% above the previous high; Japan (3,841) - 25% above the previous high; Slovakia (4,046); South Africa (14,796); and Colombia (14,941) ... recorded new daily highs; those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive days.
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Cuba is the latest country to join those struggling with 2nd/3rd waves. Their first; over April & May was fairly mild with a peak of 74 cases before the 2nd during August / September which peaked at 93 cases and now the 3rd which started in late November peaked at 217 on 24th December and has been mostly above 100 cases per day all month.
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Japan will need to get a lid on it to have any hope for the Olympics. Change of season may help but they would now have an enormous amount off virus seeding in the community.
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Data valid as at 00:00 GMT December 26th, 2020.
Note: As not all Australian States report at the same time, the data below is based on the previous full day reporting. 24 new cases for Australia and 0 deaths so the CMR is 3.209%. NSW recorded 15 cases, WA 6, and Queensland recorded 1. No new cases and no deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.175% and active cases 49. The UK had 34,693 cases yesterday and 210 deaths. Just under 146k new cases in the USA yesterday and 1,314 deaths sees CMR drop to 1.757% and active cases at 39.7% with the raw numbers rising and now over 7.6M. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences. Other notable points - bearing in mind that some countries still haven't reported over the Christmas period: Russia passes 3M cases; North America passes 22M cases; The USA completes 245M, India 167M, M, M and M tests. Only Malaysia (2,335) ... recorded new daily highs; those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive days.
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Looking at the worst hit countries over the last 14 days, sees the trend of European countries dominating the list continue with only one of the worst 15 countries not European. These numbers look at the cases per 100k of population in the last 14 days:
The worst hit include: Lithuania (1,421), Panama (884), Czechia (881), Netherlands (880), USA (859), Montenegro (856), Georgia (840), Croatia (772), Denmark (761), Luxembourg (720), Slovakia (657), Serbia (709), Switzerland (679) and the UK (626).
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Looks like they're currently in discussions about amending the procedure for entry into the country. Quote:
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Japan has another problem. My cousin living there tells me a vast majority of the population does not believe in vaccines. |
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https://www.who.int/immunization/mon...e/data/jpn.pdf Japan has near 100% vaccination rates for most diseases ![]()
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She seems to think the locals are all very weary and skeptical on vaccines due to historical issues. Not going to argue against WHO stats, but a quick google brought this up. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/20...y-coronavirus/ |
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Very interesting analysis on Japan's vaccination programs from the NCBI. This article in dated 2014 so things may have changed.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4300546/ They have one of the highest Vaccine Preventable Deaths in the developed world. It appears they split their vaccines into two categories, Routine and Voluntary. The high take up of vaccines from the WHO stats could be in the "routine" category. Covid will be voluntary according to the japantimes article. Anyhow, I hope they get a high uptake as it would be good for the world have the Olympic games in 2021. |
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Japan had it's second highest number of positive cases yesterday (3'567). The day before that (Christmas day), they had the highest recorded number ever, 3'841 positive cases. Their numbers are still on a upwards trajectory since the start of November.
My thoughts remain the same as my previous post on the subject. https://fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?p=6515770 |
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South Australia now has the UK variant. Returning traveller from UK - was in medi-hotel, but has been moved to the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
13 countries have reported new variants of the virus: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/...s-of-covid-19? |
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I wonder how differently we might view this pandemic, if it had been called the Strayavirus.
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Strayviant maybe
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This just in , media focus groups find the word "mutation" 73% scarier , all new reports will require that word
Never in history has such nonsense been used to politically bludgeon citizens ! Its breathtaking the descent into madness we are witnessing. The flu mutates all the time , no one mentions it . News of a covid mutation however is "an earthshattering developement!" all citizens of the UK are hereby viewed as trash by dozens of other countries based on what exactly? Without evidence the new strain is worse its been declared the rapture is about to begin , by the media of course who rule all countries now apparently. ![]() Don't viruses mutate all the time? and don't the mutations usually weaken the virus ? Well thats not nearly alarming enough so it won't be mentioned Last edited by mostly_broncos; 28-12-2020 at 08:02 AM. |
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What they don't want is a virus that has mutated and is now not blocked by the vaccine. But I agree with the news media hype.
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The measles virus seems to have been stable enough that the vaccine has been effective for many years. Lets hope that is the case with Covid. I don't know of any research that indicates mutations usually weaken a virus, if you have a link I'd be interested.
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My understanding was that most RNA viruses regularly mutate and the mutations are generally minor enough to not have an impact on the efficacy of a vaccine. I've read a couple of articles that suggest they can weaken with mutations but I don't know just how definitive that work is.
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Scientists/medical professionals have already provided evidence of it being "worse" in terms of being more contagious. They've already stated that it doesn't cause more serious disease but will infect more people than the original would have.
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1) I don't think I've actually seen it being referred to as a 'mutation' in headlines, but rather as a 'variant'. The only scaremongering I've noticed so far has come from this one post. 2) Yes, viruses mutate all the time. Yes, they do mention it, every year that we need a new vaccine for the flu. 3) Covid hasn't changed. Remember, Covid-19 is the disease, not the virus. And no, the new virus variant is not an 'earth-shattering development'. The Virus has been mutating since it was discovered, hence why we're able to trace where particular cases have come from. 4) Without evidence? https://cmmid.github.io/topics/covid...l-variant.html It's right there, ready for your peer review. 5) Yes, this new variant (note, not strain) is worse in that it drastically increases infectiousness. The tl;dr of the study is this - The virus genetic material is within a spike protein shell. Spikes make it easier to attach itself to the host. Spikier spike protein = more infectious. How do we know that it's more infectious? By the rise in rate of infections... https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/uk/ 6) No, mutations don't usually weaken the virus (that's not to say that they don't they certainly can). By definition, mutations are the virus' method of improving itself. We are just often able to exploit certain mutations to our advantage in the development of vaccines. Finally, even CNN, the Big Bad Wolf of the fake news media, and Covid scaremonger extraordinaire, already made the point of noting that mutations aren't a significant occurrence... https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/21/e...hnk/index.html Quote:
The news isn't being used to 'politically bludgeon citizens', most people are intelligent enough to follow up and do research of their own. If you're sitting yourself in front of a screen for your daily intake of words being said at you without any intention of forming an opinion for yourself, then you're bludgeoning yourself. The news is not a one-way form of communication, it's your own choice to research multiple sources, and to investigate further when you suspect something is 'nonsense'. The only 'political bludgeoning' comes once you've chosen to be another mouth for these people and chose to further spread that 'nonsense'. Lastly, try to stay away from articles with the words 'analysis' or 'opinion' in the headline. These are usually the ones with the most nonsense... |
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Data valid as at 00:00 GMT December 27th, 2020.
Note: As not all Australian States report at the same time, the data below is based on the previous full day reporting. 15 new cases for Australia and 0 deaths so the CMR is 3.207%. NSW recorded 11 cases, WA & SA 2 each and Victoria recorded 1. 16 new cases and no deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.166% and active cases 50. The UK had 32,340 cases yesterday and 347 deaths. Just over 184.5k new cases in the USA yesterday and 1,543 deaths sees CMR drop to 1.748% and active cases at 39.6% with the raw numbers rising and now over 7.6M. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences. Other notable points - bearing in mind that some countries still haven't reported over the Christmas period: Global cases pass 81M with the last 1M in 2 days; Russia passes 3M cases; North America passes 22M cases; The USA completes 246M, India 168M, Russia 89M, France 34M, Italy 26M and Indonesia 7M tests. Only Canada (10,403) ... recorded new daily highs; those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive days.
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Seen an interview a day or so ago that the lady (in position I think) said that she was happy to see people wearing masks when she went out because the northern NSW persons are normally quite 'cool', 'casual' people.
What the **** you ignorant uninformed, isolated ****, you think we are different here ? |
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Covid, considering its been a year and hasnt ****ed off, im of the attitude that no one is completely safe, and if every person takes the recomended precautions, and thats a big statement, it may die off. Issue being, its world wide, not isolated. So probably not happening anytime soon. Even if there is a vaccine, there will be persons who chose against. So its not a race against time, its a waiting game in my opinion untill it goes away. Im not being a negative nancy. But you can recommend people to do things, but that doesnt mean they do it. |
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Another Chinese journalist jailed for early reporting of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/28/a...hnk/index.html 4 years for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble." China has punished 8 whistle blowers so far. ![]() |
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Your immune system offers no protection against inoculation of the virus. Think of it like an airbag. Airbags don't prevent crashes. They reduce the impact of the crash on the driver. You wouldn't rely on your airbags to prevent a crash from occurring. You certainly wouldn't drive on worn tyres or with worn brakes simply because you know you have an airbag to save you... |
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