Published Post #35000 -- Chinese Flu Update -- November 29, 2020

Updates

Later, 10:32 p.m. CT: 

Original Post

Wow, wow, wow.

About two hours ago I wrote this:

Chinese flu: I'm most excited about the Johns Hopkins data that will be released later today. Their update was delayed by almost a full eight hours yesterday. Johns Hopkins link here; it is updated daily; usually in the early morning. As of 9:22 a.m. CT it has not yet been updated today.

Johns Hopkins / The WSJ has updated the data.

Link here.  

Four data points for North Dakota:

• ND has highest penetration rate in the US, perhaps in the world for Chinese flu: at 10% trending toward 11% (for the archives: no vaccine yet)
• NoDaks reluctant to wear masks; value their independence; pioneering spirit
  
• a highly rural state with three or four urban centers
• Covid-19 with an R0 factor of less than 2, perhaps

With those data points and the graphic above, there is an obvious question. We may not know the answer for years.

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