Homesteader Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Johns Hopkins’ Dr. Mark Makary, writing recently in the Wall Street Journal, concludes that the welcome collapse in virus cases, which began in January, cannot be attributed solely to the end of holiday festivities or the start-up of vaccines. He says it also suggests that the medical community is vastly underestimating the number of people in the country who have contracted the virus, are asymptomatic, and who have developed immunities. Makary thinks, assessing the data, that "The country is racing toward an extremely low level of infection." He concludes that the U.S. is nearing "herd immunity" and that "COVID will be mostly gone by April, allowing Americans to resume normal life." Youyang Gu, a data scientist whose model has proved the most accurate forecaster of COVID deaths, predicts we will reach herd immunity (or "normality," as his team now calls it) by June/July. Not as soon as April, but soon. None of these forecasters suggests we should drop all precautions. Indeed, progress may require continued mask-wearing and social-distancing for the next few months. But by early summer, we can resume our pre-COVID lives. 4 1 Link to comment
Mother Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 (edited) Ambergris, thank you for the information. It explains some of the things I'd been seeing happening. Homey, that is encouraging news. I would embrace wholeheartedly the ability to be out and among family and friends freely again. Still, I've learned over the years not to believe everything I read or hear. I, for one, will continue to be cautious. Edited February 22, 2021 by Mother 3 Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 On 2/17/2021 at 6:20 PM, Ambergris said: My guess is that in Iowa, they test you if they are pretty sure you have it, while in Rhode Island, they test you if you don't run fast and far enough. On 2/18/2021 at 5:07 AM, Ambergris said: electronic “nose” manufactured by Dutch company Breathomix Like the cancer-sniffing dogs.......or airport drug dogs... Still, 70-75% leaves a quarter of errors. MtRider 2 Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 On 2/19/2021 at 5:49 PM, Ambergris said: Without a robust national surveillance program, ...talking about detecting the mutations of the COVID virus but does anyone understand how the scientists would surveil? By running more of the positive tests from lots of folks thru additional lab testing? MtRider ...new job market? Medical lab tech??? 2 Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 23 hours ago, Ambergris said: 91 percent were not serious they say... what does not serious mean? Because that nine percent of of the 7,000 means a lot of people when you extrapolate to hundreds of millions of people (or even billions of people) eventually getting vaccinated. 2 Link to comment
Ambergris Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 (edited) I am getting conflicting information on the California variant. The name of it keeps changing, for one thing. Here's one article: Researchers warn 'the devil is already here' after analysis of California COVID-19 variant Brendan Morrow Tue, February 23, 2021, 12:14 PM Researchers in California are expressing concern over a COVID-19 variant in the state, which the Los Angeles Times reports appears "increasingly dangerous." Scientists from the University of California, San Francisco examined the B.1.427/B.1.429 COVID-19 variant spreading in California, and they say that it "not only spreads more readily than its predecessors, but also evades antibodies generated by COVID-19 vaccines or prior infection and it's associated with severe illness and death," the Los Angeles Times writes. The researchers warned that the variant should be viewed as a "variant of concern" like others from the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil. "The devil is already here," warned Dr. Charles Chiu, who led the new analysis. "I wish it were different. But the science is the science." The California strain reportedly appears to reduce the effect of neutralizing antibodies by a factor of two, compared to a factor of 6.2 for the South Africa strain. The study also suggests it "could have greater virulence," the Times writes, noting the researchers looked at 324 hospitalized patients' medical charts and found that those infected with the B.1.427/B.1.429 variant were more likely to be admitted to the ICU, as well as more likely to die. Still, Chiu said this could potentially be a result of hospitals being overwhelmed due to the increased transmissibility of the variant, rather than the variant itself being more deadly. There are opposing views, such as by Eric Topol, who calls the California strain a media "scariant" of little consequence: Eric Topol @EricTopol · 22h There's a problem with labelling the California variant (B.1.427/B.1.429) "increasingly dangerous" when there isn't even a preprint published and we're watching dramatic descent in cases, hospitalization and deaths despite its high frequency +++++ Eric Topol is on Twitter with some interesting commentary. He's worth looking up every once in a while. Edited February 24, 2021 by Ambergris 3 Link to comment
Mother Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Are they just doing checks on hospitalized cases and not all cases? It would make sense that those who were hospitalized would be more ill. Isn't mutation to be expected with viruses? It always seems the regular flu has so many variants that it's hard for the manufacturers of vaccines to figure out which one will be more prevalent in any given year so they can match their vaccine to as many as possible. I'm not saying that a nasty 'mutant ninja virus' is what anyone wants to deal with and I'm glad they are trying to keep up on the latest mutation but I also don't believe it's unexpected. 3 Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 14 hours ago, Mother said: Isn't mutation to be expected with viruses? According to what DH has studied, GENERALLY....the virus/bacteria seeks to NOT kill off it's host with the mutations. In other words, if you have Virus A that is killing off the hosts, Virus A will not last as long as Mutation Virus B that is far less deadly to the host. LOL ..so it's not like virus has a mind to figure out killing host is bad..... Rather, it will spread more...becoming the dominate virus merely because it's hosts last longer and spread and such.... Did that make sense on the 3 attempts to explain it? MtRider ...it's late 4 Link to comment
euphrasyne Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 (edited) So there is this game called Plague, Inc that is super fun to play. You can play real life scenarios on it and it requires thought. A fatal virus does not necessarily kill fast. A virus doesn't seek to do anything--it just replicates. The more people and time it has, the more it does. The more replications it has, the greater the chance of mutation that is more deadly/fatal/contagious. The contagion and the fatality are actually separate. An instantly fatal virus may last longer than say an STD simply because it is passed through air, water, animals, or corpses. Contagion does not depend on the host being alive, and can exist for extended times without a host for several virus. Examples of this are corona lasting for a few days on a box, or Hep A lasting weeks on a dirty counter. A frozen Siberian virus was unthawed and still infectious 30K years later. ~I play way too many video games and read too much medical literature. Here is an article I used with my kids to explain some of the basics: There are more viruses than stars in the universe. Why do only some infect us? (nationalgeographic.com) Edited February 25, 2021 by euphrasyne 2 2 1 Link to comment
Ambergris Posted February 26, 2021 Author Share Posted February 26, 2021 That's why Ebola never got very far. It's been killing off the hosts before they could spread the virus. 3 Link to comment
Ambergris Posted February 26, 2021 Author Share Posted February 26, 2021 The trick to winning Plague is not to let any fatal symptoms evolve until after Greenland is infected. It also helps to start in India, since the virus is always discovered when the first country is fully infected. Link to comment
euphrasyne Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 De evolving symptoms works works well on the bacteria mode. There are a few other things that can work better for some of the other things. You can ignore Greenland on a few if you environmentally harden to cold and then pass via water and animals. It will infect before Australia that way. I find Simian Flu and Prion a bit more tricky. Mega-Brutal <3. 1 1 Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Plague ....is a video game, huh? Well, I think COVID nearly becomes that too, for all the charts and maps and computations and such these days. Some research type folks isolated away with the numbers and graphs might well be those who NEED to take a peek out into the real hospitals. The numbers in research don't always add up.....sometimes because of the mutations/variables we're referring to... MtRider ....some of these COVID mutations do sound....ominous. 3 Link to comment
Ambergris Posted March 3, 2021 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 (edited) Nationwide, about 15% of the population has had a first dose of the vaccine, which is apparently the important dose. Alaska, the Dakotas, New Mexico, and Connecticut have all all dosed at least 20% of the population Tennessee, Texas, Alabama, Utah, Georgia, and Puerto Rico have dosed less than 14%. The February good news re dropping cases appears to have ended, but the number of people in hospitals is still going down in most states: For the week ending Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021 CURRENTLY HOSPITALIZED State Avg. this week Per 100K 1-wk chg. United States 51,838 16 –15.2% Alaska 43 6 +22.2% South Dakota 94 11 +2.3% Washington, D.C. 192 27 –5.1% Rhode Island 172 16 –5.9% Michigan 831 8 –5.9% Maine 81 6 –6.3% Missouri 1,191 19 –7.5% Colorado 418 7 –7.8% Mississippi 531 18 –8.0% Tennessee 959 14 –9.5% Nebraska 162 8 –10.1% New York State 5,670 29 –10.1% Florida 3,955 18 –10.2% Delaware 167 17 –10.6% West Virginia 272 15 –10.7% Idaho 142 8 –10.7% Kentucky 829 19 –11.0% Maryland 941 16 –11.1% Puerto Rico 197 6 –11.1% Minnesota 264 5 –11.4% Utah 258 8 –11.7% New Jersey 1,993 22 –12.4% Wisconsin 337 6 –12.5% Pennsylvania 1,895 15 –12.6% Iowa 208 7 –12.9% Oregon 173 4 –13.0% Connecticut 494 14 –13.2% Illinois 1,425 11 –13.3% Virginia 1,484 17 –14.4% Montana 78 7 –14.5% Hawaii 35 3 –14.6% New Mexico 236 11 –14.9% Texas 6,488 22 –15.0% Georgia 2,557 24 –15.1% Ohio 1,274 11 –16.1% New Hampshire 99 7 –16.1% Washington 449 6 –16.3% Arkansas 519 17 –16.6% Louisiana 679 15 –17.2% Indiana 796 12 –17.4% North Carolina 1,493 14 –18.9% Massachusetts 835 12 –18.9% Kansas 233 8 –19.6% South Carolina 918 18 –19.8% Oklahoma 574 15 –20.1% Vermont 30 5 –23.5% California 6,440 16 –23.6% Arizona 1,409 19 –23.7% Nevada 531 17 –24.3% Alabama 727 15 –26.6% Wyoming 23 4 –31.6% North Dakota 27 4 –31.8% Regardless of the good news re hospitals, the number of people dying has gone up in nineteen states: For the week ending Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021 DEATHS TO DATE ONE-WEEK TOTAL State Total deaths Per 100K New deaths Per 100K 1-wk chg. United States 513,721 155 14,387 4.3 +5.5% Maine 703 52 45 3.3 +400.0% Virginia 8,552 100 1,221 14.3 +282.8% Oregon 2,208 52 53 1.3 +194.4% Hawaii 439 31 9 0.6 +125.0% Texas 44,031 152 1,635 5.6 +81.3% Oklahoma 4,428 112 247 6.2 +57.3% Idaho 1,860 104 34 1.9 +47.8% Rhode Island 2,502 236 126 11.9 +46.5% Utah 1,935 60 83 2.6 +43.1% Mississippi 6,681 225 128 4.3 +40.7% Tennessee 11,411 167 278 4.1 +39.0% Washington, D.C. 1,017 144 22 3.1 +37.5% Iowa 5,471 173 135 4.3 +35.0% South Dakota 1,888 213 25 2.8 +31.6% California 52,215 132 2,874 7.3 +23.7% Kentucky 4,637 104 190 4.3 +15.2% Wisconsin 7,014 121 143 2.5 +13.5% Ohio 17,297 148 481 4.1 +2.3% Indiana 12,573 187 201 3.0 +1.0% North Dakota 1,445 190 7 0.9 +0% Montana 1,357 127 15 1.4 +0% New Jersey 23,252 262 394 4.4 –2.5% New Mexico 3,716 177 92 4.4 –3.2% Alabama 9,929 203 337 6.9 –3.7% Maryland 7,869 130 154 2.5 –4.3% Puerto Rico 2,036 64 57 1.8 –5.0% Washington 4,956 65 134 1.8 –8.8% Minnesota 6,483 115 51 0.9 –8.9% Arizona 15,980 220 475 6.5 –9.9% Vermont 204 33 7 1.1 –12.5% New York State 47,335 243 800 4.1 –12.9% Colorado 5,951 103 59 1.0 –13.2% Massachusetts 16,118 234 292 4.2 –14.6% Florida 31,406 146 972 4.5 –16.1% Pennsylvania 24,056 188 416 3.2 –17.5% Missouri 8,228 134 229 3.7 –18.2% Louisiana 9,608 207 142 3.1 –18.4% Illinois 22,735 179 269 2.1 –22.0% Nebraska 2,082 108 35 1.8 –22.2% West Virginia 2,300 128 39 2.2 –23.5% New Hampshire 1,170 86 16 1.2 –23.8% Michigan 16,508 165 166 1.7 –25.6% Connecticut 7,622 214 99 2.8 –30.3% North Carolina 11,212 107 286 2.7 –34.3% Delaware 1,422 146 55 5.6 –34.5% South Carolina 8,530 166 206 4.0 –36.8% Georgia 17,295 163 551 5.2 –36.9% Wyoming 671 116 9 1.6 –40.0% Nevada 4,957 161 85 2.8 –47.9% Kansas 4,735 163 121 4.2 –51.6% Alaska 290 40 1 0.1 –88.9% Arkansas 5,243 174 -114 0.0 –223.9% What we are seeing, I think, is the predicted peak of cases in January, falling off sharply through the first three weeks of February, with the peak of hospitalizations following (and falling) a week or two behind that, and hopefully the peak of deaths following a week or two later--meaning now. 400% on 45 means 30 some new cases--that's not huge in the big picture. Texas and Virginia are in trouble, especially if the count goes up like that again on the first Sunday in March, but this is really good news for 48 states and I am reasonably confident the good news will continue for the next week. Then something will swing, but that's then. Edited March 3, 2021 by Ambergris 2 2 Link to comment
TheCG Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-lifts-mask-mandate-opens-texas-100-percent This should be interesting. Won't affect much up here, except for the vitriolic mask-deniers will have more vitriol. Businesses haven't been enforcing anything around here, so it'll still be that the people who want to wear masks will masks, and the people who don't won't. 3 1 Link to comment
Mother Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 I know people are tired of being locked down and TOLD what to do. And there's something about spring coming that makes people want to get out and DO things. I can understand that totally. There are a lot of reasons I can think of for the PTB to be backing off on 'mandates'. I just hope people are also responsible enough to realize it's still out there and some of us are more at risk than others and could still use their help at avoiding it. On a side note, in looking up the numbers from the 1918 pandemic it appears (according to the CDC) it's numbers were still much worse than this one. It was estimated that over 500 million world wide became infected with the number of deaths estimated at 50 million worldwide. About 675 thousand of those deaths occurred in the US. Compare that with 115,420,464 cases worldwide as of today and 2,562,917 deaths world wide with approximately 530,000 of those deaths occurring in the US. Interesting. 2 Link to comment
Ambergris Posted March 4, 2021 Author Share Posted March 4, 2021 He's opening the state, dropping the mask rules, and announcing that the Covid rates are fixing to explode because of federal immigration policies--when Mexico has never had anywhere near the infection rate Texas has. Link to comment
Midnightmom Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 3 hours ago, Ambergris said: He's opening the state, dropping the mask rules, and announcing that the Covid rates are fixing to explode because of federal immigration policies--when Mexico has never had anywhere near the infection rate Texas has. Lets be fair here. The "immigrants" are NOT Mexicans. And the ones that are coming to our borders are only passing through Mexico on their way here. Link to comment
Ambergris Posted March 4, 2021 Author Share Posted March 4, 2021 The trek is over 1100 miles through Mexico alone, meaning well over two weeks of walking for a healthy person. In a recent testing binge for a caravan, less than I think thirty out of over 2000 or 3000 were found to test positive for Covid. Remember hearing how "the cowards never started, and the weak died on the way?" Well, the sick don't get far. Link to comment
Homesteader Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 According to the CDC report released today, almost 80% of those who were hospitlized, on ventilators, or died from covid were either overweight or obese. The obese number was over 50%. News came through CNBC.com. There are a lot more reasons to stay healthy that we only discovering. 2 1 Link to comment
Ambergris Posted March 9, 2021 Author Share Posted March 9, 2021 Per the Business Insider, the tests are still showing available vaccines, this one focusing on Moderna, are significantly less effective against the South African variant. Details here: https://www.businessinsider.com/south-africa-variant-vaccines-pfizer-moderna-covid-vaccine-study-mutation-2021-3 Only 21 countries are at the peak of their infection cycle. These include Brazil, Cuba, Jamaica, Ivory Coast, Botswana, Palestinian Territories, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Finland, Hungary, and Mongolia. I'll get to the charts later today. 2 Link to comment
Mother Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 12 hours ago, Homesteader said: According to the CDC report released today, almost 80% of those who were hospitlized, on ventilators, or died from covid were either overweight or obese. The obese number was over 50%. I might be in trouble. More reason to stick closer to my eating plan.... 3 Link to comment
Ambergris Posted March 9, 2021 Author Share Posted March 9, 2021 Countries reporting the most deaths each day, averaging 7 days' reports USA 1,597 BRAZIL 1,525 MEXICO 682 RUSSIA 416 ITALY 308 US deaths last week: 11,800 down 18.0% from the prior week deaths in the last week in order of number of deaths For the week ending Sunday, March 7, 2021 DEATHS TO DATE ONE-WEEK TOTAL State Total deaths Per 100K New deaths Per 100K 1-wk chg. California 54,225 137 2,010 5.1 –30.1% Texas 45,527 157 1,496 5.2 –8.5% Virginia 9,596 112 1,044 12.2 –14.5% Florida 32,266 150 860 4.0 –11.5% New York State 48,051 247 716 3.7 –10.5% Georgia 17,906 169 611 5.8 +10.9% Arizona 16,328 224 348 4.8 –26.7% Pennsylvania 24,394 191 338 2.6 –18.8% New Jersey 23,574 265 322 3.6 –18.3% Massachusetts 16,417 238 299 4.3 +2.4% North Carolina 11,502 110 290 2.8 +1.4% Illinois 23,014 182 279 2.2 +3.7% Missouri 8,471 138 243 4.0 +6.1% South Carolina 8,754 170 224 4.4 +8.7% Alabama 10,148 207 219 4.5 –35.0% Ohio 17,502 150 205 1.8 –57.4% Kentucky 4,819 108 182 4.1 –4.2% Indiana 12,737 189 164 2.4 –18.4% Michigan 16,658 167 150 1.5 –9.6% Louisiana 9,748 210 140 3.0 –1.4% Tennessee 11,547 169 136 2.0 –51.1% Mississippi 6,808 229 127 4.3 –0.8% Oklahoma 4,534 115 106 2.7 –57.1% New Mexico 3,808 182 92 4.4 +0% Wisconsin 7,106 122 92 1.6 –35.7% Oregon 2,296 54 88 2.1 +66.0% Iowa 5,558 176 87 2.8 –35.6% Maryland 7,955 132 86 1.4 –44.2% Washington 5,041 66 85 1.1 –36.6% Connecticut 7,704 216 82 2.3 –17.2% Nevada 5,037 164 80 2.6 –5.9% Kansas 4,812 165 77 2.6 –36.4% Arkansas 5,319 176 76 2.5 –166.7% Minnesota 6,550 116 67 1.2 +31.4% Delaware 1,473 151 51 5.2 –7.3% Utah 1,976 62 41 1.3 –50.6% Rhode Island 2,541 240 39 3.7 –69.0% Colorado 5,989 104 38 0.7 –35.6% Nebraska 2,113 109 31 1.6 –11.4% Puerto Rico 2,062 65 26 0.8 –54.4% West Virginia 2,325 130 25 1.4 –35.9% Montana 1,381 129 24 2.2 +60.0% Idaho 1,879 105 19 1.1 –44.1% Alaska 305 42 15 2.1 +1400.0% New Hampshire 1,184 87 14 1.0 –12.5% Washington, D.C. 1,030 146 13 1.8 –40.9% South Dakota 1,900 215 12 1.4 –52.0% Wyoming 682 118 11 1.9 +22.2% Hawaii 445 31 6 0.4 –33.3% Vermont 208 33 4 0.6 –42.9% North Dakota 1,449 190 4 0.5 –42.9% Maine 706 53 3 0.2 –93.3% deaths in the last week ordered by how hard they hit their state For the week ending Sunday, March 7, 2021 DEATHS TO DATE ONE-WEEK TOTAL State Total deaths Per 100K New deaths Per 100K 1-wk chg. Virginia 9,596 112 1,044 12.2 –14.5% Georgia 17,906 169 611 5.8 +10.9% Texas 45,527 157 1,496 5.2 –8.5% Delaware 1,473 151 51 5.2 –7.3% California 54,225 137 2,010 5.1 –30.1% Arizona 16,328 224 348 4.8 –26.7% Alabama 10,148 207 219 4.5 –35.0% South Carolina 8,754 170 224 4.4 +8.7% New Mexico 3,808 182 92 4.4 +0% Massachusetts 16,417 238 299 4.3 +2.4% Mississippi 6,808 229 127 4.3 –0.8% Kentucky 4,819 108 182 4.1 –4.2% Florida 32,266 150 860 4.0 –11.5% Missouri 8,471 138 243 4.0 +6.1% New York State 48,051 247 716 3.7 –10.5% Rhode Island 2,541 240 39 3.7 –69.0% New Jersey 23,574 265 322 3.6 –18.3% Louisiana 9,748 210 140 3.0 –1.4% North Carolina 11,502 110 290 2.8 +1.4% Iowa 5,558 176 87 2.8 –35.6% Oklahoma 4,534 115 106 2.7 –57.1% Pennsylvania 24,394 191 338 2.6 –18.8% Nevada 5,037 164 80 2.6 –5.9% Kansas 4,812 165 77 2.6 –36.4% Arkansas 5,319 176 76 2.5 –166.7% Indiana 12,737 189 164 2.4 –18.4% Connecticut 7,704 216 82 2.3 –17.2% Illinois 23,014 182 279 2.2 +3.7% Montana 1,381 129 24 2.2 +60.0% Oregon 2,296 54 88 2.1 +66.0% Alaska 305 42 15 2.1 +1400.0% Tennessee 11,547 169 136 2.0 –51.1% Wyoming 682 118 11 1.9 +22.2% Ohio 17,502 150 205 1.8 –57.4% Washington, D.C. 1,030 146 13 1.8 –40.9% Wisconsin 7,106 122 92 1.6 –35.7% Nebraska 2,113 109 31 1.6 –11.4% Michigan 16,658 167 150 1.5 –9.6% Maryland 7,955 132 86 1.4 –44.2% West Virginia 2,325 130 25 1.4 –35.9% South Dakota 1,900 215 12 1.4 –52.0% Utah 1,976 62 41 1.3 –50.6% Minnesota 6,550 116 67 1.2 +31.4% Washington 5,041 66 85 1.1 –36.6% Idaho 1,879 105 19 1.1 –44.1% New Hampshire 1,184 87 14 1.0 –12.5% Puerto Rico 2,062 65 26 0.8 –54.4% Colorado 5,989 104 38 0.7 –35.6% Vermont 208 33 4 0.6 –42.9% North Dakota 1,449 190 4 0.5 –42.9% Hawaii 445 31 6 0.4 –33.3% Maine 706 53 3 0.2 –93.3% I'm not going to repeat the chart to show the order of the 14 states that showed a positive instead of a negative change. In each case, the change was a minimal number of cases: fifteen or less, usually. That's tragedy, not catastrophe. number of people in hospitals (short version: it went down everywhere but Michigan and Wyoming, and stayed even in Wyoming) For the week ending Sunday, March 7, 2021 CURRENTLY HOSPITALIZED State Avg. this week Per 100K 1-wk chg. United States 43,675 13 –15.7% Texas 5,248 18 –19.1% New York State 5,136 26 –9.4% California 4,901 12 –23.9% Florida 3,512 16 –11.2% Georgia 2,195 21 –14.2% New Jersey 1,877 21 –5.8% Pennsylvania 1,621 13 –14.4% Virginia 1,269 15 –14.5% North Carolina 1,261 12 –15.5% Illinois 1,214 10 –14.8% Arizona 1,093 15 –22.4% Ohio 1,009 9 –20.8% Missouri 1,008 16 –15.4% Michigan 873 9 +5.1% Maryland 859 14 –8.6% Tennessee 837 12 –12.7% Massachusetts 732 11 –12.3% Indiana 714 11 –10.3% South Carolina 683 13 –25.6% Kentucky 640 14 –22.8% Louisiana 573 12 –15.7% Alabama 562 12 –22.8% Mississippi 442 15 –16.8% Connecticut 433 12 –12.3% Washington 424 6 –5.6% Nevada 420 14 –21.0% Oklahoma 420 11 –26.8% Arkansas 386 13 –25.6% Colorado 368 6 –12.1% Wisconsin 267 5 –20.7% Utah 240 8 –6.9% Minnesota 233 4 –11.8% Kansas 206 7 –11.6% West Virginia 200 11 –26.6% Iowa 181 6 –13.0% New Mexico 180 9 –23.8% Washington, D.C. 165 23 –14.5% Puerto Rico 152 5 –22.7% Rhode Island 148 14 –14.1% Nebraska 147 8 –9.4% Oregon 138 3 –20.4% Idaho 136 8 –4.0% Delaware 130 13 –21.8% New Hampshire 87 6 –12.8% South Dakota 84 10 –10.9% Montana 69 7 –11.5% Maine 69 5 –14.7% Alaska 29 4 –32.3% Hawaii 28 2 –20.0% Vermont 25 4 –14.9% Wyoming 23 4 +0% North Dakota 22 3 –17.5% 1 1 Link to comment
Ambergris Posted March 11, 2021 Author Share Posted March 11, 2021 This is a chart of daily reports of new cases in the US, last updated March 3, with the red line being a running seven-day average: 1 Link to comment
Ambergris Posted March 11, 2021 Author Share Posted March 11, 2021 The view of the forest, not just the tree of the week, is important because even though we have had an up here and there, the overall trend is still down. I don't think the ninety three, ninety four thousand people a month we had dying in December and January is coming back unless we have a massive mutation or civil unrest. March's numbers are only a little worse than the end of February's when they are bad, and are better when they are good. 3 Link to comment
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