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Quick COVID update.
Data is 7 day moving average per capita, so the numbers are broadly compatible. Data shows the US' six most populace states
It's...bad. Anything above 50 indicates the virus has become endemic and can only be rooted out w a vaccine (US has been there awhile)
Data is 7 day moving average per capita, so the numbers are broadly compatible. Data shows the US' six most populace states
It's...bad. Anything above 50 indicates the virus has become endemic and can only be rooted out w a vaccine (US has been there awhile)
Epidemic is worst in the upper Rockies & upper Midwest, which has been the case this past few weeks. We're seeing reports of overwhelmed hospitals in WY IA NB & SD. Health officials in more densely populated CO & IL are warning hospital overflows there are now unavoidable.
But the bottom line is that this new wave is everywhere. Even the Northeast Corridor which had done a reasonably good job of tamping cases down since March is now in the grips of a new wave of cases.
Cooler weather & open universities are the two big causes of the case explosion.
Cooler weather & open universities are the two big causes of the case explosion.
2nd bloc: new cases
3rd bloc: total hospitalizations
4th block: new deaths
Last week deaths in this new wave topped the July-August wave levels, and as hospitals become overwhelmed new deaths will rise <very> quickly.
3rd bloc: total hospitalizations
4th block: new deaths
Last week deaths in this new wave topped the July-August wave levels, and as hospitals become overwhelmed new deaths will rise <very> quickly.
Internationally, the picture is ugly.
These are the world's top 6 consumption-led economies. (Brazil/India/Mexico's figures are only lower because their testing systems are more limited.)
It doesn't matter if the export-led economies contain the virus - they've no one to sell to
These are the world's top 6 consumption-led economies. (Brazil/India/Mexico's figures are only lower because their testing systems are more limited.)
It doesn't matter if the export-led economies contain the virus - they've no one to sell to
