New York City goes full vaccine-passport. Biden renews eviction moratoria -- "targeted" to only 90% of America, in hopes that this time it will pass Supreme Court scrutiny. The political class is in "do something" mode, and the good news is that the something they are doing isn't lockdowns this time.
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Covid-2019
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Be the right amount of alarmed by today's US new case count at 143,000. In early summer, when cases were light, some states went to weekly reporting, and almost all stopped reporting on weekends. So Monday's data -- which we are showing in today's report -- actually represents three days' worth of cases for most states. We do take some steps to smooth away this kind of effect, but it's gotten so pervasive we feel there is only so much we can do without undue distortion.
Covid-2019
Monday, August 2, 2021
New feature today: to each of the large state and country charts, we're adding the share of the total population that has been completely immunized. From a low two weeks ago, US daily vaccinations have started to move up again sharply -- but not yet back to a million a day.
Covid-2019
Sunday, August 1, 2021
China is now reporting vaccination statistics for the first time. It claims only 15.5% of the population is fully immunized. How do you square that with new cases averaging just 44 per day over the last month, and no fatalities at all? Let's stipulate, for the sake of argument, that the data is being faked. But in which directions, and why? Can you think of any reason why China would want to appear undervaccinated?
Covid-2019
Saturday, July 31, 2021
In "Recommended Reading" -- a new CDC report on Covid cases arising in public settings in a Massachusetts town, with the scary result that three quarters of them were people who were fully vaccinated. We noticed that oddly, of the report's 23 authors, only one is a doctor. And three, including the lead author, are veterinarians. No wonder credibility issues continue to dog the CDC.
Covid-2019
Friday, July 30, 2021
Biden offers $100 incentive to get vaccinated. Hmmmm... we were good citizens in February and got jabbed right away. Will you pay us in arrears, or is the reward only for those who waited too long?
Covid-2019
Thursday, July 29, 2021
In "Recommended Reading," the McKinsey consultancy studies the devastating effects on children of interrupting their schooling for the sake of Covid lockdowns. Children were unlikely to get seriously ill in the first place -- but the lockdowns have set them back for a lifetime.
Covid-2019
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Narrative-protection alert! New cases in the UK continue to fall!
Covid-2019
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
New cases have been suddenly falling in the UK and other purported hotbeds of the Delta variant -- with no apparent reason, just as they did at Delta's origin in India. Bloomberg's headline today? "Falling Covid Cases Are Welcome Surprise for U.K. Scientists." Please allow us to rewrite that. "So-called Scientists are Wrong Again."
Covid-2019
Monday, July 26, 2021
The free rein for governors and agencies to control the economy and our lives in the name of the Covid emergency is coming to an end. The Ninth Circuit overturned California governor Newsom's order for private schools not to convene in person. And the Sixth Circuit has overturned the CDC's suspension of evictions. The rule of Covid is giving way to the rule of law, at last.