Covid-19 Update -- September 8, 2023

Locator: 45572COVID. 

Several items:

•  Growth factor: most important metric, previously discussed; link here.

• non-credible source; like reading something from Vogue; The WSJ Covid-19 expert was a former restaurant critic. She may be proved right, but if so, more luck, than science:

• credible source:

Beth Mole:

Sumathi Reddy:

Buzz:

• new vaccines / prior infection: will likely prevent/mitigate serious disease;
• new outbreaks: will be made worse due to governmental complacency and lack of individual responsibility;
  
• it appears "herd immunity" was a meme; didn't play a role in management of Covid-19, in 2020; 
• "masking," per se, makes no sense; "masking" in toto, makes all kinds of sense.
• role of Covid-19 and "disappearance of "seasonal flu" will become clearer this season (2023 - 2024)

Current and old links:

• Wuhan flu. The blog. Coronavirus: statistics.     Seasonal flu: CDC.    
• Covid Data Tracker Weekly Review: link here, new.   Covid data tracker: by community, new.
  

Politics:

• the fact that it was the lead story -- why President Trump did not fire Dr Fauci -- speaks volumes about journalists covering this story.
• mainstream media has never -- to the best of my knowledge -- explained this in language that eighth graders -- their audience -- could understand