White Female privilege: Twice as many women as men have been vaccinated
Of the 13 million Americans who got at least one dose between Dec. 14 and Jan. 14, 63% were women Source: COVID-19 live updates: Moderna president hopeful for herd immunity…
How multi-day averaging time shifts data
Understandably, we all use 7-day, or 14 or 15-day or even 30 day moving averages to review trends. This is very useful when the underlying data has wild swings. This…
I witnessed the last of the scheduled “firefalls” to occur in Yosemite National Park
A long time ago, park staff would push a pile of burning embers off of Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park in an evening display of a “Fire fall” that…
The vaccines only work if you post a selfie on social media
Why you’re seeing coronavirus vaccine selfies all over Facebook and Twitter – CNET If you read the instructions, it says the vaccine will fail to activate unless you post a…
My little chart seems to have stirred up a hornet’s nest :)
The Oregon Health Authority stopped providing biographical details for each death, such as age, county, gender, date of a positive coronavirus test and date of death. Source: Gov. Kate Brown’s…
the impact of EVs on climate, good but not a panacea yet
True … One critical sector is transportation, which generates 28% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions — more than either electric power production or industry. … The media spotlight on EVs…
Another interesting finding from my Oregon public health data analysis
Previously, I transcribed about 1,600 Oregon Covid-19 death records by hand and discovered the public facing presentation of deaths was misleading – it had time shifted past deaths into the…
Pickup EVs could be practical for local businesses
Am thinking contractors, local businesses, etc could all be in the pick up EV market. For one thing, range is not such a big issue (even though most have decent…
Oregon confirms peak deaths were late Nov/Early Dec, adds great new chart!
Much to my blown out brain’s surprise, Oregon today fixed the problem with inappropriate daily death reports. As I previously explained, Oregon, like every state, publishes a daily body count.…
Why is this allowed?
U.K. variant Brazil variant South Africa variant California variant China or Wuhan virus Every variant has been named and identified by the media based on its first detection location. Except…