That Three-Well Pad Fire North Of Charlson -- Update -- Covid-19 Update -- Southern States Getting Religion? August 13, 2021

Tracked here. 

Update.

From The Williston Herald:

"There may be some contaminated soil in the berms built around a three-well fire near Lake Sakakawea, but DEQ inspectors said the site looked better than they had expected, and they don't anticipate cleanup taking very long."

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Covid-19

Louisiana: has the fourth wave peaked? It's subtle, but possible. 

Texas: third wave continues; deaths not yet on pace with new cases. Link here.

Florida: third wave is the worst wave so far; third wave is now greater than the second wave. Interestingly enough, the daily new deaths seems to have peaked. Really? Link here.

South Dakota: way too early to see the impact of the Sturgis Rally, first full week ends today. Having said that, number of daily new cases up a bit. Daily new deaths negligible. Most interesting: compared to three and four waves of Covid-19 since this whole thing began, South Dakota has experienced only one wave, lasting from September 3, 2020 - March 3, 2021. Link here.

North Dakota: almost identical graphs with that of South Dakota, and North Dakota had not motorcycle rally. Link here.

Iowa: this will be the most interesting state to follow for the next six weeks. The Iowa State Fair opened this weekend. One million unmasked visitors and no immunizations required. The "Field of Dreams" baseball game was played there last night. Iowa's graphics exactly match that of North Dakota and South Dakota, except possible an early first wave (deaths), but only one wave for new daily cases. Most interesting, a second wave seems to be developing -- and if it does, it should be noted this second wave began before the Iowa State Fair and before the Sturgis Rally. I doubt many riders came from / through Iowa. The vast majority would be local, west, and south. Link here.

Wow, wow, wow. Assuming the CDC numbers are correct, "we" haven't had such a good day for vaccinations in a long, long time. In the most recent 24-hour period, the US came close to administering one million vaccinations.

		A	B	C	E	F
		Total Doses Administered	Number of People Receiving At Least One Dose	Fully Vaccinated	Delta: Difference in daily doses from previous day	Percent (B+C)/A	Percent Of Americans (>18) Considered Fully Vaccinated	Delta from day before
Friday	August 13, 2021	354,777,950	197,081,471	167,699,170	918,056	102.82%	65.43%	0.13%
Thursday	August 12, 2021	353,859,894	196,505,543	167,354,729	654,350	102.83%	65.29%	0.10%
Wednesday	August 11, 2021	353,205,544	196,077,952	167,105,507	654,600	102.82%	65.19%	0.10%
Tuesday	August 10, 2021	352,550,944	195,646,711	166,861,912	617,769	102.82%	65.10%	0.08%
Monday	August 9, 2021	351,933,175	195,222,906	166,654,374	532,245	102.83%	65.02%	0.07%
Sunday	August 8, 2021	351,400,930	194,866,738	166,477,481	773,742	102.83%	64.95%	0.11%
Saturday	August 7, 2021	350,627,188	194,346,486	166,203,176	839,709	102.83%	64.84%	0.11%
Friday	August 6, 2021	349,787,479	193,764,457	165,918,256	821,060	102.83%	64.73%	0.23%
Thursday	August 5, 2021	348,966,419	193,199,353	165,334,987	863,941	102.74%	64.50%	0.00%
Wednesday	August 4, 2021	348,102,478	192,614,017	165,334,987	725,329	102.83%	64.50%	0.10%
Tuesday	August 3, 2021	347,377,149	192,120,576	165,081,416	452,804	102.83%	64.40%	0.06%
Monday	August 2, 2021	346,924,345	191,818,585	164,919,666	467,676	102.83%	64.34%	0.06%
Sunday	August 1, 2021	346,456,669	191,498,983	164,757,423	816,203	102.83%	64.28%	0.12%
Saturday	July 31, 2021	345,640,466	190,982,149	164,446,964	711,952	102.83%	64.16%	0.10%
Friday	July 30, 2021	344,928,514	190,509,183	164,184,080	856,919	102.83%	64.05%	0.12%
Thursday	July 29, 2021	344,071,595	189,945,907	163,868,916	710,071	102.83%	63.93%	0.11%
Wednesday	July 28, 2021	343,361,524	189,494,180	163,588,042	753,984	102.83%	63.82%	0.11%
Tuesday	July 27, 2021	342,607,540	188,996,475	163,312,474	395,489	102.83%	63.71%	0.05%
Monday	July 26, 2021	342,212,051	188,729,282	163,173,366	393,083	102.83%	63.66%	0.06%
Sunday	July 25, 2021	341,818,968	188,472,188	163,025,726	778,996	102.83%	63.60%	0.12%
Saturday	July 24, 2021	341,039,972	187,982,826	162,725,812	676,050	102.84%	63.49%	0.11%
Friday	July 23, 2021	340,363,922	187,579,557	162,435,276	600,157	102.84%	63.37%	0.10%

One has to go all the way back to June, 2020, a year ago so see more than a million vaccinations in one day.

Wednesday	July 7, 2021	331,651,464	182,896,080	157,908,171	349,070	102.76%	61.61%	0.15%
Tuesday	July 6, 2021	331,302,394	182,734,979	157,518,549	349,071	102.70%	61.45%	0.00%
Monday	July 5, 2021	330,953,323	182,573,877	157,518,549	349,070	102.76%	61.45%	0.08%
Sunday	July 4, 2021	330,604,253	182,412,776	157,323,738	633,702	102.76%	61.38%	0.13%
Saturday	July 3, 2021	329,970,551	182,109,860	156,982,549	1,161,081	102.76%	61.24%	0.28%
Friday	July 2, 2021	328,809,470	181,650,678	156,255,896	657,166	102.77%	60.96%	0.14%
Thursday	July 1, 2021	328,152,304	181,339,416	155,884,601	1,499,729	102.76%	60.82%	0.33%
Wednesday	June 30, 2021	326,652,576	180,639,809	155,042,133	1,499,729	102.76%	60.49%	0.33%
Tuesday	June 29, 2021	325,152,847	179,940,202	154,199,664	738,476	102.76%	60.16%	0.17%
Monday	June 28, 2021	324,414,371	179,615,165	153,776,118	1,087,043	102.77%	59.99%	0.29%
Sunday	June 27, 2021	323,327,328	179,261,269	153,028,665	1,204,225	102.77%	59.70%	0.33%
Saturday	June 26, 2021	322,123,103	178,873,816	152,184,243	923,724	102.77%	59.37%	0.22%
Friday	June 25, 2021	321,199,379	178,491,147	151,615,554	512,174	102.77%	59.15%	0.14%
Thursday	June 24, 2021	320,687,205	178,331,677	151,252,034	815,152	102.77%	59.01%	0.18%
Wednesday	June 23, 2021	319,872,053	177,948,892	150,787,303	648,209	102.77%	58.83%	0.14%
Tuesday	June 22, 2021	319,223,844	177,635,067	150,424,675	647,403	102.77%	58.69%	0.15%
Monday	June 21, 2021	318,576,441	177,342,954	150,046,006	729,322	102.77%	58.54%	0.18%
Sunday	June 22, 2021	317,847,119	177,040,048	149,585,585	729,322	102.76%	58.36%	0.18%
Saturday	June 19, 2021	317,117,797	176,737,141	149,125,164	1,069,021	102.76%	58.18%	0.26%
Friday	June 18, 2021	316,048,776	176,290,249	148,459,003	1,079,390	102.75%	57.92%	0.27%
Thursday	June 17, 2021	314,969,386	175,867,860	147,758,585	2,054,216	102.75%	57.65%	0.51%