Saturday, September 26, 2020

Is the United States Really Doing the Worst in the World in Handling the Coronavirus? Update

Martin Hill Ortiz    4:08 PM    No comments
 This is a follow-up to last week's post. Last week, I found that the United States was doing the most poorly out of the 134 countries with populations of more than 3,000,000, in terms of total cases and deaths. The United States was doing 6th most poorly in cases when adjusting for population...

Monday, September 21, 2020

Solutions for the Mystery Word Ladders

Martin Hill Ortiz    3:08 PM    No comments
Here are the solutions for the mystery word ladders presented in this post. Go to the link if you want the puzzles without solutions. There are likely shorter answers to some of these: these were handmade.The dots represent several steps.STAB to BACK in 7 steps.STAB, SLAB, BLAB, BLAM, BEAM, BEAK, BECK, BACKFrom DANGER to SAFETY in 10 steps.DANGER, DINGER,DINGEY, DINKEY, DINKLY, DANKLY, LANKLY,...

Sunday, September 20, 2020

Mystery Word Ladder With Hints

Martin Hill Ortiz    3:23 PM    No comments
Here are hints for the mystery word ladders presented in yesterday's post. Go to yesterday's post if you want the puzzles without clues. Wait for tomorrow's post if you want the full answers. There are likely shorter answers to some of these: these were handmade.The dots represent several steps.STAB...

Saturday, September 19, 2020

Mystery Word Ladders

Martin Hill Ortiz    5:53 PM    No comments
It has been some time since I've made a non-coronavirus post. A fair number of earlier posts are related to my passion for mystery stories and mystery writing. Among other works, I have had three mystery stories appear in Mystery Weekly in the last few months, April, May and June. I also have a general passion for words. Words are chewy and when you masticate enough of them, you can build anything...

Friday, September 18, 2020

Is the United States Really the Worst When it Comes to Containing the Coronavirus?

Martin Hill Ortiz    9:52 PM    No comments
The answer is not that simple to get to. While the United States does have, by far, the highest number of diagnosed COVID-19 cases, the United States is the third most populated country in the world. So let's look at the major statistics as totals and then let's look at them after adjusting for population. First,...

Thursday, September 10, 2020

New Cases, Testing, and Deaths for the Week Ending September 5th.

Martin Hill Ortiz    2:41 PM    2 comments
 Above: although new cases have not greatly increased in Montana since mid-July, the hospitalizations have risen markedly. Graphs from The COVID Tracking Project.I decided to display the data a bit differently this week. Rather than 51 graphs that show each state and its history of new cases, I...
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