Chinese Flu Watch: California Enters Top-5 List At #3 -- State Will Likely Be Shut Down For The Holidays -- December 17, 2020

 Chinese Flu Watch

Johns Hopkins data just updated a few minutes ago:

• Oh, oh, this is not good. New York is now moving up; it's showing up as #6 this morning! But even worse, California is now among the top five! CA enters the list at #3.
• Tennessee: #1
• followed by Rhode Island (#2), California #3), Arizona (#4) and, Indiana, #5).
• North Dakota and South Dakota fall off the top-5 list;

I talked to a very, very smart friend of the family last night who lives out in California. He/she does still not "get it." He/she has no idea how much worse it's going to get in southern California. Seeing California jump to #3 on the top-five list is ... alarming. The only question I have: why did it take so long?

Herd immunity: some folks don't "believe" in herd immunity. LOL. 

North Dakota active cases plummeting. Chinese flu penetration trending toward 12%.

California active cases surging. Chinese flu penetration not yet at 5%.

Coronavirus: statistics. By country. By state.

The World In Data.

WSJ - Johns Hopkins data.   

Most recent data.

Herd immunity (penetration rate):
North Dakota leads the nation at 11.6% and rising quickly.
South Dakota #2 at 10.5%.
US average at: 5.3%, less than half the penetration seen in North Dakota.
California: at 4.3% -- a long, long way to go. 

Is it herd immunity or something else?

With regard to herd immunity, North Dakota is #1, whereas California is #38, following by New York at #39.

Remember: North Dakota has been almost hands-off with regard to state mandates. On the other hand, California and New York have had some of the most draconian interference.

By the way, there's another derivative from this. Due to the shortage of vaccine, the amount each state receives was supposedly based on population (I'm not sure if that's how it played out). If so, then North Dakota and South Dakota with more than 10% of their population already have less folks (on a percentage basis) than states like California and New York.