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…
Public health expert calls for immediate nationwide lockdowns
This enables the privileged wealthy to outsource their risk to low paid grocery workers, InstaCart deliveries and so on. Wonderful! She also wants to mandate N95 masks at all times,…
Austria joins France and White house in saying cloth masks do not work
Austria now joins France and the White House in saying that cloth masks do not work. Austria now mandates use of N95 masks at all times when shopping in stores.…
Electric vehicles, now
This part is likely negative for the environment: Biden administration will also pursue direct-consumer rebates to encourage American car buyers to swap out fossil-fuel-powered cars for zero-emission vehicles. Source: Biden…
Why would one large metro not see a holiday “surge” while the next one over did?
State health chief said the state appeared not be seeing as big a post-Christmas surge as it had expected. Source: Sacramento region’s COVID-19 stay-at-home order being lifted | The Sacramento…
Face masks work they said: Ontario Canada considering “more extreme measures” on top of existing lock downs
January 8, 2021: TORONTO (Reuters) – Ontario is considering “more extreme measures” on top of the widespread lockdowns in place, the premier said on Friday, Source: Canada’s Ontario says ‘more…
If you want to feed the conspiracy theorists, this is how you do it
I’m so old, I remember posting this a week ago: 15 days to flatten the curve! Oh, may be a month Two months Okay, at least 3 months Well, until…
CDC announces priorities for vaccinations in Phase 1a, 1b and 1c
This information comes from the CDC ACIP recommendations updated on December 20, 2020. The suggested dates, in parenthesis, are my estimates based on best available information. See here for my…
When will life return to normal?
It looks like first availability of vaccinations is not until summer of 2021. What does that mean for when life returns to normal? First availability means the start of vaccinating…
CDC says most Americans have been wearing masks since spring of 2020
Does this mean the CDC is saying that face masks did not work to prevent the spread of Covid-19 as cases exploded since then? Despite President Trump’s very public resistance…