I'll update this later today, but I am really, really impressed with the low number of new deaths in New York and New Jersey. Link here. Yesterday, both states (NY, NY) had fewer new deaths due to Covid-19, combined, than either ND or SD. Considering the difference in population, this is simply astounding.
Assuming the numbers are accurate, these are the contributing factors:
- herd immunity;
- lock downs still in place; relaxation proceeding slowly;
- reversal of early policy decisions that decimated the nursing home populations;
- better understanding of how to treat individuals with the disease;
- one can't rule out a mutated virus with less virulence;
The big question: pandemics tend to burn themselves out regardless (think of the Black Plague, back in 1666 or thereabouts. It, too, ended, without explanation. Is the pandemic in NY/NJ just "burning out" or are efforts to stop the spread working? Apparently schools in New York have "re-opened" and have managed to stay "open" despite a surge in students testing positive.
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The Sturgis Rally Update
Sturgis Rally: August 7 - August 16, 2020.
At link above, set "search" for "yesterday."
Number of cases means absolutely nothing.
Number of deaths associated with Covid-19 "means more" but numbers are incredibly questionable. Criteria for diagnosis varies across jurisdiction.
But be that as it may, new deaths in last 24 hours:
- Iowa: 8 -- ouch! In comparison, New York only had two.
- Minnesota: 3
- Nebraska: 0
- North Dakota: 9 -- oh, oh
- Montana: 0
- South Dakota: 8 -- oh, oh
- Wyoming: 0 -- four days in a row with zero new deaths;
Deaths per million population, and (ranking among 50 states and DC):
- Iowa: 413 (23) -- ranking unchanged
- Minnesota: 362 (28) -- drops one (good)
- North Dakota: 278 (34) -- up one (bad)
- Nebraska: 239 (39) -- ranking unchanged
- South Dakota: 237(40) -- ranking unchanged and no new deaths in time period
- Montana: 153 (44) -- ranking unchanged
- Wyoming: 86 (50) -- ranking unchanged -- only Alaska is lower with 63 deaths / one million
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