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@meepins Sep 22, 2020, 2:23 AM UTC

COVID Update - We're Overlooking a Key Point.

I’ve noticed lately that several threads in our national dialog about COVID-19 and how to manage it have been missing a key point. I’ve boiled it down to this statement: “It takes less effort and few…

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@meepins Aug 28, 2020, 10:51 PM UTC

US COVID Update - The sky is NOT falling.

Well, I'm still trying to keep up, but the disjuncture between what the data is/says and the 'reporting' of the data is still getting worse, and, really, I'm very tired of trying to make corrections…

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@meepins Aug 20, 2020, 10:08 AM UTC

US COVID Update - Why are we still on lockdown?

I have gotten incredibly tired of trying to use lousy data and of the politicization of science and stats. It's just too much. I was feeling way too 'ranty'. I don't like feeling that way. But here g…

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@meepins Jul 29, 2020, 12:04 AM UTC

US COVID Update - Even cleaned data shows the "surge" is levelling out.

These are getting harder and harder to write. The data is problematic at best. The media emphasis and interpretation does not even rise to the level of problematic. As the politics increasingly ignor…

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@meepins Jul 26, 2020, 3:51 AM UTC

US COVID Update - The tale of Dr. Birx

Dr. Deborah Birx said in an interview on NBC’s “Today.” > “We’re already starting to see some plateauing in these critically four states that have really suffered under the last four weeks, so Tex…

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@meepins Jul 19, 2020, 10:26 PM UTC

US COVID Update - Initiate rule by decree.

I was waiting, as I alluded before, to see if more data will improve my understanding as to what is going on. The simple, best answer is “sort of”. It turns out the data reporting may be even worse t…

142 upvotes 1 replies $3.84
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@meepins Jul 16, 2020, 7:06 PM UTC

US COVID Update - Over-reaction over Texas and Florida.

This is from CDC data I collected on 7/16/2020. The weekly data of the past several weeks is incomplete. A few states have not reported last week's data, which is the most incomplete anyways, so I di…

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Meepins
@meepins Jul 11, 2020, 11:43 PM UTC

US COVID Update - Why are we trying to bankrupt the country?

Had a little time to run new data. Nationally, we reported over 750,000 new tests today and the 7 day MA is 4.7M. New cases are flat at 8% of new tests for the week. New deaths are near 900 for the 4…

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@meepins Jul 9, 2020, 7:41 PM UTC

US COVID Update - Instilling needless panic.

I got hung up a little, so this is later than I wanted. But. . . There are two things about the COVID panic that have really bothered me (aside from bad policies). They are: 1) Over-reliance on the n…

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Meepins
@meepins Jul 1, 2020, 5:25 PM UTC

US COVID Update - Sharp increase in cases but deaths continue to trend down.

First, I will be visiting family (and making sauerkraut) over the July 4th weekend. I'll be mostly offline from Wednesday night until probably the next Monday. I will be keeping up with the data as w…

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