Kinsa HealthWeather™
Kinsa model down to just 3 states still in an accelerating trend and all 3 of those may now be in a downwards trend (too early to tell yet but…
The Thanksgiving travel surge did not happen
Update: On December 15th, the Oregon Health Authority reported 54 deaths (all of these deaths took place across about six weeks prior to today’s report). Of these, 42 of those…
Don’t hold a get together, hold a protest!
The order, which takes effect Monday and will last until at least Dec. 21, exempts church services and protests, which county health officials said are constitutionally protected. Source: More California…
Hypocrites Part 1: The Elite who ignore their own public health orders
This list is obsolete. Please refer to the updated Part 1: https://coldstreams.com/2022/11/17/hypocrites-part-1-the-elite-who-ignore-their-own-public-health-orders/ Part 2: https://coldstreams.com/2022/11/17/hypocrites-part-2-the-elite-who-ignore-their-own-public-health-orders/ Expecting this to be an historic event, I started taking notes – copious notes in…
89% of the U.S. is wearing face masks where required
According to research at CMU, 89% of those surveyed wear a face mask, as required. Source: Home – COVIDcast – Delphi Research Group – Carnegie Mellon University When a public…
Study finds no one understands which pandemic control policies work or do not work
This report’s conclusions are what I observed with the eyeball-o-matic Stat-O-Meter since the beginning – there are rarely correlations between policies and effectiveness in reducing the spread of Covid-19. The…
We need to mandate face masks in homes, 24 x 7
40+/-% of cases due to in-home contacts, and 20+/-% due to close social contacts, mostly inside homes: Social gatherings seem to be driving the spread of coronavirus within communities. Source:…
IOT, Covid: Smart Watch fitness trackers may help predict Covid-19 infections and outbreaks
Combines self reported data and information such as heart rate, from fitness trackers and smart phones to identify potential Covid-19 infections: Source: Early results from DETECT study suggest fitness trackers…
Software: The greatest software error in history?
In The Price of Panic, a detailed, albeit dated, overview of the world’s Covid-19 response, the authors note the use of Neil Ferguson’s ICL Covid simulator software – and its…
Covid-19: Another model failure
As in 400% too high: One of the most alarming charts presented by the government when it announced the latest lockdown on Saturday looked at a range of scenarios for…