It's been 54 weeks since COVID-19 - or SARS-CoV-2 - was pronounced a pandemic. Vaccines are available now - to some. Some countries have a glut of the vaccine, and some countries have yet to receive any doses of any type of vaccine. The World Health Organization, a part of the United Nations, is trying to ensure an equitable distribution of the available vaccines, but it isn't working.
I became eligible to receive the vaccine here in Colorado on March 15, but I knew I'd be working outside my home for two weeks, and didn't want to take the chance of becoming ill from the vaccine (my body reacts oddly to a lot of things) while I was supposed to be working. I will be making an appointment for my first of two doses tomorrow. My best friend wanted to take the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, but it isn't available in Colorado. I think she'll observe my reactions, and then get her vaccinations.
Due to the continuing pandemic, and all of the variations that are spreading, many events are again canceled for this year. The Spring Chincoteague Pony Round-Up will take place on April 9 & 10, but without any observers other than the Fire Department, Salt Water Cowboys, and their dependents. The Chincoteague Fireman's Carnival and Pony Penning have been cancelled as well. The Pony Auction of this year's foals will be held on-line, as it was last year - we have 5 babies on the ground so far.
I'll report the numbers I've been reporting - world-wide, US, and the state of Colorado - for number of cases and deaths. The first two sets are from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Mapping database, and the third set is from the Colorado Department of Public Health. I will also pass along the weekly WHO Epidemiological Report for countries reporting those numbers, along with the most important headline (to me, anyway) news stories of each week. I will make this report on the first and last days of the month, and every 5 days in between. This month, the reports will be on the 1st, 6th, 11th, 16th, 21st, 26th, and 30th. ***** As always, my own person notes, asides, and comments will be marked with multiple asterisks before and after. ***** I will also include any news-worthy headlines regarding the previous squatter in the White House.
And, since it's April 1, my youngest cat, Nedi, turned 11 today...
Second foal born on the CNWR this year, a palomino colt,
to Catwalk Chaos and Prince. Photo by DSC Photography.
1 April 2021 -
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
128,465,881 cases 2,825,940 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
30,538,515 cases 553,120 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment):
463,685 cases 6,250 deaths
6 April 2021 -
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
132,277,211 cases 2,872,883 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
30,845,703 cases 556,506 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment):
470,254 cases 6,266 deaths
6 April - WHO Weekly Epidemiological Report (for most countries):
https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/weekly-epidemiological-update-on-covid-19---6-april-2021
WHO News:
Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Media Briefing On COVID-19 On 6 April 2021
https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19-6-april-2021
WHO Urges Equitable COVID-19 Vaccine Access To Widen Reach In Africa
https://www.afro.who.int/news/who-urges-equitable-covid-19-vaccine-access-widen-reach-africa
Slow Vaccine Roll-Out Prolonging Pandemic
https://www.euro.who.int/en/media-centre/sections/press-releases/2021/slow-vaccine-roll-out-prolonging-pandemic
US News:
A Third Of COVID Survivors Suffer Neurological Or Mental Disorders: Study
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-brain-idUSKBN2BT2ZI
Covid-19 Vaccine Developed By U. S. Army Begins Human Testing
https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-vaccine-developed-by-u-s-army-begins-human-testing-11617706803
Nearly Half Of New U.S. COVID-19 Infections Are In Just 5 States
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-aud-nw-covid-infection-hotspots-20210406-f4mkkyla7nfcpdxs5bmrbj7jqe-story.html
CDPHE Confirms 2 New COVID-19 Variant Cases Involve Boulder County Residents
https://www.dailycamera.com/2021/04/06/cdphe-confirms-2-new-covid-19-variant-cases-involve-boulder-county-residents/
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Police Finish Investigation At Boulder King Soopers Where 10 Were Fatally Shot
https://coloradosun.com/2021/04/05/boulder-king-soopers-shootings-store-reopens/
Ex-Salt Lake City "Officer Of the Year" Arrested For Role In Capitol Riot: Feds
https://nypost.com/2021/04/04/ex-salt-lake-city-officer-of-the-year-was-allegedly-at-capitol-riot/
11 April 2021 -
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
135,849,016 cases 2,934,778 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
31,195,580 cases 562,061 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment):
478,678 cases 6,296 deaths
WHO News:
COVAX Reaches Over 100 Economies,42 Days After First International Delivery
https://www.who.int/news/item/08-04-2021-covax-reaches-over-100-economies-42-days-after-first-international-delivery
Less Than 2% Of World's COVID-19 Vaccines Administered In Africa
https://www.afro.who.int/news/less-2-worlds-covid-19-vaccines-administered-africa
57,600 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Received Today In Tripoli
https://www.emro.who.int/media/news/57600-covid-19-vaccine-doses-received-today-in-tripoli.html
WHO Confirms the Safety And Efficacy Of COVID-19 Vaccines And Urges Iraqis To Register And Vaccinate To Help Defeat the Pandemic
https://www.emro.who.int/irq/iraq-news/who-confirms-the-safety-and-efficacy-of-covid-19-vaccines-and-urges-iraqis-to-register-and-vaccinate-to-help-defeat-the-pandemic.html
PAHO Director: The Americas Need More COVID-19 Vaccine Doses And Faster
https://www.paho.org/en/news/9-4-2021-paho-director-americas-need-more-covid-19-vaccine-doses-and-faster
US News:
U.S. Has Administered 183.5 Million Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccines, CDC Says
https://news.yahoo.com/u-administered-183-5-million-015933717.html
You Should Still Be Wearing A Mask, Even If You Got the COVID_19 Vaccine. Here's Why.
https://www.sfgate.com/coronavirus/article/Why-you-should-wear-mask-even-if-COVID-vaccinated-16083588.php
Covid-19 Hospitalizations Among Younger People Are Rising In the US - - Especially In One Region
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/11/health/us-coronavirus-sunday/index.html
Nearly 40% Of US Marines Have Declined Covid-19 Vaccine
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/09/politics/marines-coronavirus-vaccines/index.html
Florida Woman Who Coughed On Cancer Patient Amid COVID Pandemic Sentenced To 30 Days In Prison
https://people.com/crime/florida-woman-who-coughed-on-cancer-patient-amid-covid-sentenced-to-prison/
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Trump Repeats Election Lies And Insults McConnell In Front Of RNC Donors In Palm Beach
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/10/politics/rnc-donors-palm-beach-donald-trump/index.html
A Black Army Officer Held At Gunpoint During Traffic Stop Was Afraid To Get Out Of His Car. "You Should Be," Police Said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/04/10/virginia-police-gunpoint-army-nazario/
Boulder bedroom view of the Flatirons, morning, 16 April 2021
16 April 2021 -
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
139,665,669 cases 2,997,008 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
31,574,956 cases 566,211 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment):
487,578 cases 6,330 deaths
13 April - WHO Weekly Epidemiological Report (for most countries):
https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/weekly-epidemiological-update-on-covid-19---13-april-2021
WHO News:
Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Media Briefing On COVID-19 On 16 April 2021
https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19-16-april-2021
Global Shortage of Innovative Antibiotics Fuels Emergence And Spread Of Drug Resistance
https://www.who.int/news/item/15-04-2021-global-shortage-of-innovative-antibiotics-fuels-emergence-and-spread-of-drug-resistance
Global Advisory Committee On Vaccine Safety (GACVS) Review Of Latest Evidence Of Rare Adverse Blood Coagulation Events With AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine (Vaxzevria and Covishield)
https://www.who.int/news/item/16-04-2021-global-advisory-committee-on-vaccine-safety-(gacvs)-review-of-latest-evidence-of-rare-adverse-blood-coagulation-events-with-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-(vaxzevria-and-covishield)
US News:
New Side Effect From mRNA COVID Vaccines? - Surprise Finding In Israeli Case Series
https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19vaccine/92106
Doctors Home In On Cause Of Blood Clots Potentially Linked With Covid-19 Vaccines
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/16/health/blood-clots-vaccine-possible-cause/index.html
Nearly Half Of US States Reported An Increase In Covid-19 Cases This Week. Here's What Experts Say Can Stop Another Surge.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/16/health/us-coronavirus-friday/index.html
New Global Coronavirus Cases Nearly Double In Two Months
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/04/16/global-coronavirus-cases-surge-who/
CDC: U.S. Has Administered Over 200 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses
https://www.axios.com/covid-vaccine-us-200-million-00f353c7-4a3c-41c9-9229-a961ba120220.html
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Member Of the Oath Keepers First To Plea Guilty In U.S. Capitol Attack Investigation
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/16/988200830/member-of-the-oath-keepers-first-to-plea-guilty-in-u-s-capitol-attack-investigat
Police ID Gunman Who Killed 8 People At An Indianapolis FedEx Facility As 19-Year-Old Former Employee
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/16/us/indianapolis-shooting-fedex-facility/index.html
Police Shooting Of 13-Year-Old In Chicago Leads To Calls In the City For Radical Police Reform ***** This should read "Police Killing" not "Shooting" *****
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/toledo-shooting-chicago-police-protests/2021/04/16/2f992ec0-9eee-11eb-8a83-3bc1fa69c2e8_story.html
Daunte Wright Shooting: Family More Severe Charges Against Former Minnesota Police Officer Kim Potter
https://abc7ny.com/daunte-wright-video-shooting-kim-potter-charged-taser/10519076/
Derek Chauvin Takes the Fifth, the Defense Rests, And Closings Next In Trial Of George Floyd's Death
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/16/us/derek-chauvin-trial-george-floyd-wrap/index.html
21 April 2021 -
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
143,503,705 cases 3,055,760 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
31,862,076 cases 569,407 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment):
494,521 cases 6,362 deaths
20 April - WHO Weekly Epidemiological Report (for most countries):
https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/weekly-epidemiological-update-on-covid-19---20-april-2021
WHO News:
Bolstering Vigilance As Africa Rolls Out COVID-19 Vaccines
https://www.afro.who.int/news/bolstering-vigilance-africa-rolls-out-covid-19-vaccines
Misinformation Fueling Vaccine Hesitancy, PAHO Director Says
https://www.paho.org/en/news/21-4-2021-misinformation-fueling-vaccine-hesitancy-paho-director-says
Apply All Tools, Take Urgent Action To Prevent Further COVID-19 Infections: WHO
https://www.who.int/southeastasia/news/detail/16-04-2021-apply-all-tools-take-urgent-action-to-prevent-further-covid-19-infections-who
Healthy Ramadan During COVID-19
http://www.emro.who.int/health-topics/corona-virus/healthy-ramadan.html
US News:
Biden Says Goal Of 200 Million COVID-19 Vaccinations In 100 Days Has Been Met
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/21/989487650/biden-says-goal-of-200-million-covid-19-vaccinations-in-100-days-has-been-met
An UnVaccinated Worker Set Off An Outbreak At a US Nursing Home Where Most Residents Were Immunized
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/health/vaccine-nursing-homes-infections.html
Masks Remain Extremely Effective Indoors, But Are They Necessary Outside?
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/04/21/989104800/masks-remain-extremely-effective-indoors-but-are-they-necessary-outside
U.S. Vaccination Pace Holds Above 3 Million Shots Per Day For Two Weeks Straight
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/21/covid-19-cases-deaths-vaccinations-daily-update.html
New, Antibody-Resistant Coronavirus Variant Discovered In Texas
https://www.sfchronicle.com/local/article/New-antibody-resistant-coronavirus-variant-16114754.php
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Ex-Officer Derek Chauvin Found Guilty Of All Three Charges In Killing Of George Floyd
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/20/us/derek-chauvin-trial-george-floyd-deliberations/index.html
Officer Shooting Deaths Show Need To Reevaluate U.S. Policing Systems, Says Former Police Captain
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/21/officer-shooting-deaths-show-need-to-reevaluate-us-policing-systems-says-former-police-captain.html
North Carolina Officials Investigating After Sheriff's Deputies Shot, Killed Man While Executing Search Warrant
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/north-carolina-officials-investigating-after-sheriff-s-deputies-shot-killed-n1264874
****** I will get my first COVID-19 vaccination on 30 April at 10 a.m., with the second shot on 28 May. It's the Moderna vaccine, and the Clinic my MD works for just started offering the vaccination shots. ******
26 April 2021 -
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
147,526,922 cases 3,116,582 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
32,123,535 cases 572,652 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment):
503,253 cases 6,403 deaths
WHO News:
Immunization Services Begin Slow Recovery From COVID-19 Disruptions, Though Millions of Children Remain At Risk From Deadly Diseases - WHO, UNICEF, Gavi
https://www.who.int/news/item/26-04-2021-immunization-services-begin-slow-recovery-from-covid-19-disruptions-though-millions-of-children-remain-at-risk-from-deadly-diseases-who-unicef-gavi
Fighting Misinformation In the Time of COVID-19, One Click At a Time
https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/fighting-misinformation-in-the-time-of-covid-19-one-click-at-a-time
Getting Closer Together - One Vaccine At a Time
https://www.euro.who.int/en/about-us/patron/speeches-and-statements/eiw-2021-statement-getting-closer-together-one-vaccination-at-a-time
US News:
New U.S. Cases Still At a "Precarious" Level, Dr. Fauci Says, Amid A Slowing Vaccine Rate
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04/26/coronavirus-covid-live-updates-us/
CDC Data Shows More Americans Are Missing Their Second Dose of Covid-19 Vaccines
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/25/health/us-coronavirus-sunday/index.html
Alaska Airlines Bans Eagle River Lawmaker For Violating COVID-19 Mask Policy
https://www.adn.com/politics/alaska-legislature/2021/04/24/alaska-airlines-bans-eagle-river-lawmaker-for-violating-covid-19-mask-policy/
U.S. Racing To Send Aid To India As COVID-19 Cases Soar
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/us-deploy-support-india-govt-healthcare-workers-2021-04-25/
As India Breaks Another Global COVID-19 Record And Hospitals Run Out Of Oxygen, Countries Pledge Assistance And Aid
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/26/india/india-covid-international-aid-intl-hnk/index.html
30 April 2021 -
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
150,984,120 cases 3,176,214 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
32,345,038 cases 575,921 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment):
510,966 cases 6,449 deaths
27 April - WHO Weekly Epidemiological Report (for most countries):
https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/weekly-epidemiological-update-on-covid-19---27-april-2021
US News:
The Trump Organization Charged US Taxpayers For Un-Disclosed Stays and Luxury-Car Rentals At His Foreign Golf Resorts
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-organization-charged-undisclosed-stays-at-golf-resorts-report-2021-4
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