Updates
August 2, 2020: something is still screwy in Fargo and no one is talking about it, but everybody knows.
- 76 deaths in the Fargo area
- 4 deaths in the Grand Forks area
- 4 deaths in the Bismark area
- only 4 deaths in the Bakken where there are real challenges with social distancing on the rigs, and roughnecks coming in from all areas of the country, Texas (the Bakken: Williams, Mountrail, McKenzie, and Dunn counties)
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Look at the map below.
The numbers in WHITE are the number of active cases; the numbers in RED are the number of deaths. For
example, in Williston (Williams County): 75 cases, only two deaths.
Something strange is going on in Fargo (Cass County). It has a huge
population and yet it has ONLY 136 active cases, not all that many more than
Williston. And yet it has 75 deaths. Even in Grand Forks, only four deaths.
Minot, one death. Bismarck has way more cases than Fargo (261cases) and only three deaths.
The confounding factor is the fact that these are active cases. Maybe Fargo has a huge number of cases overall but they are coming down quickly and there are only 136 now. But that still wouldn't explain the double-digit number of deaths in Fargo (almost triple-digit) compared to low single digits everywhere else. In fact, not one other city in North Dakota, not even Bismarck, has recorded more than three deaths due to the virus, except for Grand Forks with four.
Does it mean anything to anybody that the heart of the Bakken, McKenzie County, where exists the highest concentration of oil workers (with associated challenge of social distancing) there have been zero, repeat zero, deaths to date due to coronavirus, compared to 75 in Fargo? What does McKenzie County not have much of: ICUs, and nursing homes.
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