Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Continuing to Break Records: the Fall Wave of COVID-19

 The mid-summer peak in COVID-19 cases did not represent a true second wave: the spread of the virus could be clearly traced to those places where the first wave had only begun to crash. In mid- to late-July numbers of infections in the United States peaked, mostly due to very high infection rates...

Thursday, October 22, 2020

The Zombie March of COVID-19: A Report for the Week Ending October 17

 The principles of my COVID-19 virus analyses have been these:1) Numbers per population are more important than total numbers. Total numbers dazzle but the population of a state is more significant in its capacity to deal with cases. Population correlates to numbers of hospitals, contact tracing,...

Thursday, October 15, 2020

It's Getting Bad Again: A Report for COVID-19 Cases for the Week Ending October 10th

 The story thus far, abridged. Abridged, because you know much of the story thus far. In early March of 2020, at a time when few tests were available and all positive tests had to be confirmed through the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, the SARS-CoV-2 seeded itself throughout the...

Saturday, October 3, 2020

Report for the Rates of Infection for the week ending September 26

Washington, DC, includes all its historical COVID-19 reports on its main page, a long column of information. As of late, they have been handling their viral outbreaks well. When compared to the states, they have the eighth best record of having the fewest new cases per million population for the week...