Fake news or stranger than fiction? Is there really a robot dog with a megaphone duct-taped to its back barking out Covid warnings on the streets of Shanghai? Check out the video in "Recommended Reading" and see what you think.
Covid-2019
Covid-2019
Saturday, April 30, 2022
Funny thing about the numbers... Until recently, China had reported almost no cases or fatalities for two years, so its case-fatality rate was stuck at 4% from the first wave in early 2020, when Covid was much more lethal. Now with new cases and fatalities reported, the CFR has plummeted to 0.5% cumulatively (and only 0.1% short-term), reflecting how non-lethal Covid is now known to be. And yet the mad fools are locking down still...
Covid-2019
Friday, April 29, 2022
You know the crisis is over when the panic-mongers at Bloomberg draw the distinction between the large number of people hospitalized WITH Covid and the small number of people hospitalized BECAUSE OF Covid. Funny, though, they haven’t published a retraction or correction for two years of stories based on failing to make the distinction!
Covid-2019
Thursday, April 28, 2022
Interesting phenomenon to keep an eye on: cases have been rising in South Africa (see the large chart on the last page). The seasonal rhythms there are more reliable than anywhere else, and it has been a breeding ground for new variants. Far be it from us to be alarmists, but...
Covid-2019
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job. The CDC reports that 75% of children and adolescents have already had Covid, with a third of those just since December. See "Recommended Reading."
Covid-2019
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Sore losers! In "Recommended Reading," see the New York Times story explaining how the travel mask mandate ended up getting overturned in court. As usual, it's not about the issues involved or their merits -- it's a personal attack on the individuals involved. In the end, sir, have you no honor?
Covid-2019
Monday, April 25, 2022
Only one state now shows a declining trend for test-positivity, and only 15 for infections. With at-home antigen tests gaining in use, how do we even know any more?
Covid-2019
Sunday, April 24, 2022
Starting today, in our larger US state charts, we're calling out the share of the BA.2 subvariant within the total Omicron variant share. The newcomer has made a a lot of progress in market-share. Thankfully, it seems to be no more lethal than its predecessor.
Covid-2019
Saturday, April 23, 2022
The day after Biden said that it was up to individual choice whether to mask, his CDC decided to appeal the court's decision saying the same thing. Here's the New York Times explaining the glaring hypocrisy: "The U.S. Appealed to Reinstate Masks. But Is It Seeking to Win?"
Covid-2019
Friday, April 22, 2022
In "Recommended Reading," a variety of stories about the Chinese zero-Covid lockdowns. Who knows what to believe -- except that we can believe nothing...