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The state-wise additions on Friday, July 22nd were: ANI 7, AP 440, ARP 80, ASM 800, BIH 345, CHD 127, CHG 627, DNHDD 0, DEL 712, Goa 105, GUJ 884, HAR 428, HP 752, J&K 531, JH 218, KAR 1562, KER 2477, LDK 17, LKS 0, MP 219, MAH 2515, MNP 79, MEG 96, MIZ 207, NAG 20, ODI 1178, PUD 189, PUN 432, RAJ 263, SKM 276, TN 2033, TEL 739, TPR 414, UK 201, UP 459, WB 2237

That gets to a sum total of +21,669, which takes our average up by +229 to 19,831... There were 66 deaths (32 in KER, 7 MAH, 6 WB, 3 GUJ/UP, 2 ASM/BIH/JH/MEG, and 1 each in CHG/DEL/Goa/MP/PUD/SKM/TN)
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The case counts for Saturday, July 23rd were: ANI 12, AP 373, ARP 82, ASM 736, BIH 321, CHD 135, CHG 511, DNHDD 1, DEL 738, Goa 121, GUJ 937, HAR 516, HP 670, J&K 557, JH 157, KAR 1456, KER 2252, LDK 24, LKS 0, MP 262, MAH 2336, MNP 79, MEG 95, MIZ 147, NAG 8, ODI 1130, PUD 155, PUN 456, RAJ 253, SKM 162, TN 2014, TEL 652, TPR 216, UK 260, UP 408, WB 1844

The sum total of that is +20,076 which actually drops our average by -109 to 19,722 ... There were 36 deaths (7 in KER/WB, 5 MAH, 4 HP, 2 BIH/J&K, and 1 each in ASM/CHG/DEL/GUJ/MEG/MIZ/NAG/ODI/PUD)
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The numbers for Sunday, July 24th were: ANI 10, AP 442, ARP 24, ASM 113, BIH 289, CHD 145, CHG 196, DNHDD 1, DEL 729, Goa 66, GUJ 842, HAR 458, HP 281, J&K 631, JH 94, KAR 1151, KER 2021, LDK 19, LKS 0, MP 237, MAH 2015, MNP 90, MEG 88, MIZ 36, NAG 10, ODI 1011, PUD 162, PUN 417, RAJ 213, SKM 121, TN 1945, TEL 531, TPR 99, UK 142, UP 420, WB 1817

That yields a total of +17,297 which causes our average to increase by a little, +8 to 19,730... There were 41 deaths (13 KER, 6 in MAG/WB, 4 PUN, 2 DEL/SKM, 1 each in ASM/BIH/CHG/MNP/NAG/OD/TPR/UP)
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The case totals from the states for Meager Monday, Jul 26th were: ANI 4, AP 146, ARP 72, ASM 760, BIH 355, CHD 81, CHG 543, DNHDD 1, DEL 463, Goa 134, GUJ 633, HAR 508, HP 719, J&K 383, JH 159, KAR 939, KER 1700, LDK 31, LKS 0, MP 227, MAH 785, MNP 73, MEG 30, MIZ 36, NAG 16, ODI 739, PUD 88, PUN 323, RAJ 187, SKM 50, TN 1903, TEL 581, TPR 99, UK 182, UP 347, WB 1094

The yields a national total of +14,391, which drops our average by -77 to 19,653... There were 36 deaths (7 each in KER/WB, 6 DEL, 3 GUJ, 2 DEL/PUN, and 1 each in CHG/HAR/KAR/MP/MNP/MEG/ODI/TPR/UK
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The state-wise numbers for Tuesday, July 26th were: ANI 9, AP 337, ARP 104, ASM 686, BIH 363, CHD 87, CHG 640, DNHDD 1, DEL 781, Goa 150, GUJ 889, HAR 578, HP 986, J&K 697, JH 171, KAR 1425, KER 1488, LDK 21, LKS 2, MP 174, MAH 2135, MNP 91, MEG 106, MIZ 169, NAG 14, ODI 662, PUD 99, PUN 436, RAJ 232, SKM 134, TN 1846, TEL 795, TPR 127, UK 282, UP 364, WB 1232

That gives us a total of +18,645 which moves the average down by -309 to 19,344... There were 58 deaths (19 KER, 12 MAH, 7 WB, 4 MEG, 2 in BIH/DEL/ODI, 1 each in CHD/CHG/GUJ/HP/KAR/MP/NAG/PUN/TPR/UP)... It is amazing how few deaths TN has reported in this wave. Less than 10. Maybe less than 5. They should be ashamed of the job they are doing in getting the deaths counted properly.

Meanwhile, the national total dropped by the highest amount since this wave started in early April, and it has dropped in 3 of the last 4 days too. Are we past the peak? Possibly. We should know in the next couple of days.
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The cases reported by the states on Wednesday, July 28th were: ANI 12, AP 355, ARP 85, ASM 797, BIH 264, CHD 117, CHG 491, DNHDD 3, DEL 1066, Goa 80, GUJ 979, HAR 579, HP 916, J&K 692, JH 156, KAR 1624, KER 2130, LDK 22, LKS 0, MP 248, MAH 2138, MNP 87, MEG 97, MIZ 169, NAG 15, ODI 1174, PUD 141, PUN 584, RAJ 268, SKM 185, TN 1803, TEL 852, TPR 127, UK 284, UP 491, WB 1273

That leads to a total of +20,304, which meant a drop in the average once again, by -178 to 19,166... There were 41 deaths (12 KER, 8 MAH, 5 WB, 2 in DEL/J&K/KAR/MP/MNP and 1 each in ASM/CHD/CHG/HP/ODI/SKM)
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The counts for Thursday, July 28th were: ANI 10, AP 333, ARP 82, ASM 652, BIH 293, CHD 156, CHG 284, DNHDD 1, DEL 1128, Goa 115, GUJ 1101, HAR 660, HP 930, J&K 686, JH 120, KAR 1889, KER 1822, LDK 9, LKS 1, MP 244, MAH 2203, MNP 77, MEG 114, MIZ 145, NAG 13, ODI 1030, PUD 122, PUN 571, RAJ 252, SKM 206, TN 1712, TEL 836, TPR 404, UK 334, UP 466, WB 1495

That sums up to +20,496 nationally, and drops out average again by a -183 to 18,983... There were 34 deaths (7 in WB, 3 in MAH/KAR, 2 CHG/PUN/TPR/UK, and 1 each in CHD/Goa/GUJ/HAR/J&K/KER/MP/MNP/MIZ/NAG/ODI/RAJ/UP)

Looks like we went over the current wave's peak about 6 days ago. Getting drops in the average every day now. Some places like Delhi can just never finish the waves, though. Delhi is on their third mini-wave during this national wave. Karnataka is also a little unpredictable. Kerala, Maharashtra, TN and WB are steadily dropping, which is nice.
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I was little perplexed when govt is primarily using corbevax for 12-14 year olds and this may be the reason as manufacturer is slowing down their production to address WHO concerns . This is old news and was not sure if this was covered here.


https://indianexpress.com/article/expla ... s-7852938/


A well balanced article though slightly slanted towards the pharmacy company. Would have liked it to address what is the risk of using such a vaccine that the manufacturer decided to ignore the initial warnings to meet the demand.

This article on stats news is a hit piece (not necessarily false), but without giving POV from the company.

https://www.statnews.com/2022/04/15/ind ... -of-lives/
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I was not following vaccine stories much lately, and was not aware of the Bharat Biotech lawsuit against The Wire etc. The Indian Express article seems to indicate that the objections from WHO were indeed pretty much "routine", and were expected by Bharat Biotech. That is, things like the requirement to shut down production etc that are probably deliberately placed so as to prevent over-zelous plant conversion in normal times in the vaccine industry. They are overlooked when emergency licenses are given based on trial data, and are bound to kick in when they can implement it.

And there must be a host of other things like sleep time or bathroom facilities given to workers or guarantee against power failure, flies in the canteen, or whatnot - the international agencies are known to ask for such things, and force Indian companies to comply, which is in most cases a good thing. Otherwise these companies will take the chalta hai approach and cut corners everywhere they can do that!

It is also possible that some of the things they found like not enough inspection for quality control might be the reason for some of the vials produced to not be good enough and affecting the efficacy showed by the vaccine (while no safety concerns ever arose from the trials). That is, they might have found deficiencies in quality control measures without which the vaccine could have shown more efficacy - but that also can be grounds for losing license, for no problem with the vaccine or its safety. It may be like saying, for instance, "nothing wrong in your vaccine, but many vials are basically placebo and should have been checked and thrown away, if you had enough people checking and production was slowed down a bit. Some of the 25% efficacy loss might have been from placebo vials being sent out!".

ICMR probably considered the totality of such details when they said that these were "routine" issues (which was of course politically convenient to satisfy their bosses too!). Even the hit piece article seems to say that such license revocations are nothing new in Indian Phrama industry. The foreign pharma who are forced to spend money on these things (and Indian pharma export industry who have been forced to comply too) would certainly make sure that Bharat Biotech is not given undue advantage, once the emergency period was over. That seems to be what happened.

That said, it was indeed troublesome that investigative (and hit piece) news articles died out after the court case. There probably was sufficient cause for the courts to grant BB the injunction and ask The Wire to remove articles and hit pieces (as described in the Donesh Thakur StatNews hit piece). But I still do not like the courts gagging news outlets like that. The Dinesh Thakur blog article is probably right that it had a "chilling effect" on news reporting on the vaccine quality matter.

But then again, if the press continues to do investigation only on matters where they can write a hit piece on PM Modi, they deserve this fate. The idiots who write these hit pieces don't know that the moment they bring in "Narendra Modi administration" they lose credibility. Nobody anymore take anything else they say to be serious. People aren't fools. It is unfortunate that we have idiots in the press, who don't even know how to cover up their political biases. In the end, we all pay, as I for one, would like them to do investigative articles and criticize the Government.

But pick all topics, not just the ones where you can take an unnecessary dig at the Prime Minister for quality control issues at Bharat Biotech!! The anti-Modi faction of the Indian press just doesn't seem to understand this line of thinking as they are basically political animals and are no paragons of press responsibility. Now the courts are going after them too, not just PM Modi and Amit Shah!
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But isn't this true for both sides. The media has become highly biased and predictable like US media. You can tell what news would be playing on TV based on which channel you are watching.
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SaniaFan wrote: Sat Jul 30, 2022 1:17 amBut isn't this true for both sides.
Maybe not so much in India. I am not saying there isn't polarization, and biases on both sides. Certainly there are. Just that the pro-Modi press is a bit more savvy in how they write things. They won't praise Modi or the administration openly but generally give the news of the "good things", avoiding reporting the "bad things," so to say, in their articles. The anti-Modi press will foolishly take a topic and openly place the blame on PM Modi (on many things that has nothing really to do directly with Modiji, even if the overall climate in the country that leads to many of those problems are the responsibility of the Modi/Amit pair).
SaniaFan wrote: Sat Jul 30, 2022 1:17 amThe media has become highly biased and predictable like US media. You can tell what news would be playing on TV based on which channel you are watching.
You are right about the US media. It is extremely polarized. The items they cover and do not cover are usually the telltale sign of the bias, just as you said. Outside of opinion pieces (which are not required to have balance), the news articles in the press sites themselves are often written in more nuanced ways with the requisite journalistic balance though - and I notice that on both Fox and CNN on either side. But on what topics the articles are written and what topics are highlighted, it is another story.

In India, the bias just shows in every article, frequently with questionable journalistic balance -- especially in those written by the anti-Modi gang. Not so clearly on the pro-Modi side. At least that is the impression I get. Maybe that is my bias too!

But the news people in the US have often gone through fairly rigorous journalism degrees in the Universities and it is a field selected by many bright students for college study. In India, we don't have great journalism programs and it hasn't been a field that kids aspired to study and get good at. A lot of them are good writers with other degrees who could not find better things to do, didn't like other fields, or simply liked journalism later, who ended up as journalists. So they often learn journalism from their work rather than in college. The lack of rigorous training in journalistic principles and quality shows sometimes in the younger journalists who don't know about analyzing their own biases and dealing with them to produce quality pieces that readers like.
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Meanwhile, the state-wise case additions on Friday, July 29th were: ANI 7, AP 325, ARP 69, ASM 670, BIH 275, CHD 147, CHG 477, DNHDD 1, DEL 1244, Goa 111, GUJ 1125, HAR 685, HP 929, J&K 724, JH 155, KAR 2126, KER 1598, LDK 10, LKS 0, MP 245, MAH 1991, MNP 98, MEG 87, MIZ 218, NAG 14, ODI 1019, PUD 124, PUN 522, RAJ 268, SKM 221, TN 1624, TEL 923, TPR 231, UK 308, UP 505, WB 1278

That takes the total to a +20,396 and drops the average for another day by -182 again, to 18,801... There were 45 deaths (6 in MAH/WB, 4 HAR/KAR, 3 GUJ/PUN/UP, 2 BIH/CHG/J&K/MP, and 1 each in CHD/DEL/Goa/HP/KER/MIZ/ODI/SKM)

Northwest and North are raging - the whole belt Punjab/Haryana/Delh/HP/J&K... So are Gujarat, Karnataka and Telangana. So, despite Maharahstra, Kerala, TN and WB all dropping noticeably, the wave is not dropping a whole lot. But it is dropping slowly and has been past the peak for a week now.
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The case counts for Saturday, July 30th were: ANI 8, AP 341, ARP 58, ASM 520, BIH 266, CHD 157, CHG 658, DNHDD 0, DEL 1333, Goa 125, GUJ 1012, HAR 687, HP 873, J&K 703, JH 199, KAR 1886, KER 1589, LDK 10, LKS 0, MP 228, MAH 2087, MNP 53, MEG 101, MIZ 218, NAG 10, ODI 981, PUD 143, PUN 437, RAJ 309, SKM 113, TN 1548, TEL 851, TPR 231, UK 288, UP 630, WB 1113

That adds up to a +19,766 which drops our weekly average of daily cases by -44 to 18,756... There were 38 deaths (7 WB, 4 MAH, 3 DEL, 2 each in CHG/GUJ/HAR/HP/J&K/KER/MP/PUN/UP and 1 each in ASM/Goa/KAR/NAG/SKM/UK)
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The numbers for Sunday, July 31st were: ANI 9, AP 332, ARP 17, ASM 60, BIH 290, CHD 188, CHG 220, DNHDD 2, DEL 1263, Goa 76, GUJ 942, HAR 625, HP 198, J&K 704, JH 47, KAR 1692, KER 1624, LDK 15, LKS 0, MP 213, MAH 1849, MNP 37, MEG 55, MIZ 136, NAG 3, ODI 1029, PUD 113, PUN 465, RAJ 243, SKM 117, TN 1467, TEL 705, TPR 214, UK 224, UP 504, WB 1011

That yields a sum total of a +16,689, which drops our average further by a -87 to 18,670... There were 25 deaths (7 WB, 3 MAH, 2 each in KAR/ODI/PUN/RAJ/UP and 1 in ASM/HAR/J&K/SKM/TPR)
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The state-reported figures for meager Monday, August 1st were: ANI 11, AP 75, ARP 69, ASM 508, BIH 125, CHD 69, CHG 518, DNHDD 6, DEL 822, Goa 85, GUJ 606, HAR 600, HP 859, J&K 397, JH 140, KAR 1287, KER 1314, LDK 13, LKS 0, MP 186, MAH 830, MNP 59, MEG 17, MIZ 62, NAG 15, ODI 797, PUD 38, PUN 272, RAJ 298, SKM 31, TN 1359, TEL 771, TPR 48, UK 275, UP 324, WB 436

That results in a national figure of +13,322 which drops our weekly average by -153 to 18,517... There were 27 deaths (6 WB, 3 HP, 2 each in DEL/Goa/KAR/PUN and 1 in CHG/GUJ/HAR/J&K/MAH/MEG/NAG/ODI/PUD/UK)... Still no sign of any death additions in TN. Just about 10 deaths from some 30K+ or whatever cases reported. Come on TN. Report something at least!
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