There are currently 986,917 reported case in the US and 55,482 deaths.
New York has 293,696 cases and 22,365 deaths
New Jersey has 109,038 cases and 5,938 deaths
Massachusetts has 54,938 cases and 2,899 deaths
Illinois has 49,903 and 1,933 deaths
California has 45,558 cases and 1,725 deaths
If you trace from week to week the numbers look like this.
April 12 - April 19 -- 202,739 new cases and 18,402 deaths
April 19 - April 26 -- 224,318 new cases and 15,007 deaths
These aren't exact because the snapshots may from different times but it does seem to indicate a slight slowing down in the rate of new cases if not in the actual numbers.
A number of GOP led states including Georgia and Texas are preparing to reopen the economy in the next week or so. I hope things work out but we shall see.
In the meantime the moron in the White House actually suggested, on national TV, that doctors should look into injecting disinfectant into the lungs of people sick with the virus. I mean, what the fuck, if it works on counter tops then why not in someone's lungs?
The really terrifying part is that everyone from the FDA to the manufacturers of Lysol felt it necessary to issue frantic warnings against trying something that stupid.
My tooth issue got really bad. It was so bad I couldn't sleep and I was forced to call my dentist. He spent a while nailing down my symptoms and then gave me an antibiotic. The pain is abating but I just hope it doesn't return when I'm finished with the antibiotic.
He also spent a good ten minutes telling me not to go out but to stay put until things get more resolved.
Sunday, April 26, 2020
Sunday, April 19, 2020
The Corona Virus April 19, 2020
There are currently 762,599 reported case in the US and 40,475 deaths.
New York has 247,698 cases and 18,133 deaths
New Jersey has 85,301 cases and 4,362 deaths
Massachusetts has 38.077 cases and 1,706 deaths
Pennsylvania has 32,809 and 1,275 deaths
Michigan has 31,053 cases and 2,308 deaths
Another bad week with some 18,400 deaths. Yet people are starting to make noises like the worst is behind us. Cuomo in New York has especially been singing that tune.
I see nothing in New Jersey that's leads me to believe that things are letting up.
In the meantime there have been protests against the "stay at home" orders. Most of these have been by right wing groups in states with Democratic governors.
Republican governors seem ready to "return to normal." In Florida some beaches have been reopened and in Texas Governor Abbott has announced May 1 for reopening the Texas economy.
I wish these folks luck. They may get away with it because the virus doesn't appear to be as widespread in these states as in the northeast.
I suppose we shall see what we shall see.
In the meantime I now have a tooth which hurts when I bite down. Just what I need.
New York has 247,698 cases and 18,133 deaths
New Jersey has 85,301 cases and 4,362 deaths
Massachusetts has 38.077 cases and 1,706 deaths
Pennsylvania has 32,809 and 1,275 deaths
Michigan has 31,053 cases and 2,308 deaths
Another bad week with some 18,400 deaths. Yet people are starting to make noises like the worst is behind us. Cuomo in New York has especially been singing that tune.
I see nothing in New Jersey that's leads me to believe that things are letting up.
In the meantime there have been protests against the "stay at home" orders. Most of these have been by right wing groups in states with Democratic governors.
Republican governors seem ready to "return to normal." In Florida some beaches have been reopened and in Texas Governor Abbott has announced May 1 for reopening the Texas economy.
I wish these folks luck. They may get away with it because the virus doesn't appear to be as widespread in these states as in the northeast.
I suppose we shall see what we shall see.
In the meantime I now have a tooth which hurts when I bite down. Just what I need.
Sunday, April 12, 2020
The Corona Virus April 12, 2020
There are currently 559,860 reported case in the US and 22,073 deaths.
New York has 189,033 cases and 9,385 deaths
New Jersey has 61,850 cases and 2,350 deaths
Massachusetts has 25,475 cases and 756 deaths
Michigan has 24,638 cases and 1,487 deaths
Pennsylvania has 22,938 and 557 deaths
Last week was a very bad week. From April 5 to April 11th there were 12,108 deaths compared to a total of 8,511 prior to that. This week isn't starting off well either with 1,454 deaths reported today so far.
I still don't see any indication that the virus is slowing down. It appears to have reached a plateau but my concern is that it's a false plateau enforced by limited testing.
This is Easter Sunday and a number of churches went ahead with traditional Easter services despite "stay at home" orders.
In Kansas the governor, a Democrat, issued an order prohibiting gatherings of 10 or more with no exceptions for church services. The GOP dominated legislature executive committee immediately overruled her in a 5-2 party line vote. She sued and the Kansas Supreme Court overruled the legislature executive committee. The argument being that the full legislature could overrule the governor but not the executive committee.
A church in Kentucky held services and some clown, apparently upset over the violation of social distancing orders, threw nails in the parking lot. Police put warnings on the cars, asked the owners to quarantine for 14 days and took down the license plate numbers. I figure the odds of these people quarantining themselves are between slim and none.
In Louisiana a pastor expected 2,000 to gather for Easter service. I haven't seen anything about how many people actually showed up.
I suspect the ongoing collision of secular versus religious authority is going to have some far reaching implications. I'm just not sure what those implications are going to be.
Trump is again talking about reopening the economy and throwing around a May 1st date. It's not going to happen unless the numbers start to come down significantly and I don't see that happening anytime soon.
New York has 189,033 cases and 9,385 deaths
New Jersey has 61,850 cases and 2,350 deaths
Massachusetts has 25,475 cases and 756 deaths
Michigan has 24,638 cases and 1,487 deaths
Pennsylvania has 22,938 and 557 deaths
Last week was a very bad week. From April 5 to April 11th there were 12,108 deaths compared to a total of 8,511 prior to that. This week isn't starting off well either with 1,454 deaths reported today so far.
I still don't see any indication that the virus is slowing down. It appears to have reached a plateau but my concern is that it's a false plateau enforced by limited testing.
This is Easter Sunday and a number of churches went ahead with traditional Easter services despite "stay at home" orders.
In Kansas the governor, a Democrat, issued an order prohibiting gatherings of 10 or more with no exceptions for church services. The GOP dominated legislature executive committee immediately overruled her in a 5-2 party line vote. She sued and the Kansas Supreme Court overruled the legislature executive committee. The argument being that the full legislature could overrule the governor but not the executive committee.
A church in Kentucky held services and some clown, apparently upset over the violation of social distancing orders, threw nails in the parking lot. Police put warnings on the cars, asked the owners to quarantine for 14 days and took down the license plate numbers. I figure the odds of these people quarantining themselves are between slim and none.
In Louisiana a pastor expected 2,000 to gather for Easter service. I haven't seen anything about how many people actually showed up.
I suspect the ongoing collision of secular versus religious authority is going to have some far reaching implications. I'm just not sure what those implications are going to be.
Trump is again talking about reopening the economy and throwing around a May 1st date. It's not going to happen unless the numbers start to come down significantly and I don't see that happening anytime soon.
Wednesday, April 08, 2020
The Corona Virus April 8, 2020
There are currently 428,110 reported case in the US and 14,544 deaths.
New York has 150,697 cases and 6,268 deaths
New Jersey has 47,437 cases and 1,504 deaths
Michigan has 20,436 cases and 959 deaths
California has 17,803 cases and 453 deaths
Louisiana has 17,030 and 652 deaths
It's been six days since the last one of these I did and you can see things are pretty bad.
Recently there's a lot of talk about the virus "slowing down" but it's not that obvious. The rate of increase in new cases appears to be slowing but how much of that is real and how much is due to testing limits is hard to say.
Getting food deliveries is beginning to be almost impossible from local grocery stores. You can get food from Amazon but it's taking two to three weeks. Same for over the counter meds.
The prices have jumped significantly for some stuff. I bought six cans of soup for about $10 which I thought was a tad high but when I went back to maybe order more the price had jumped to almost $24. That's $4 a can.
Masks when you go out are now "recommended" which says we should all wear them. I have a couple and I've got some on order but who knows if they'll be effective?
New York has 150,697 cases and 6,268 deaths
New Jersey has 47,437 cases and 1,504 deaths
Michigan has 20,436 cases and 959 deaths
California has 17,803 cases and 453 deaths
Louisiana has 17,030 and 652 deaths
It's been six days since the last one of these I did and you can see things are pretty bad.
Recently there's a lot of talk about the virus "slowing down" but it's not that obvious. The rate of increase in new cases appears to be slowing but how much of that is real and how much is due to testing limits is hard to say.
Getting food deliveries is beginning to be almost impossible from local grocery stores. You can get food from Amazon but it's taking two to three weeks. Same for over the counter meds.
The prices have jumped significantly for some stuff. I bought six cans of soup for about $10 which I thought was a tad high but when I went back to maybe order more the price had jumped to almost $24. That's $4 a can.
Masks when you go out are now "recommended" which says we should all wear them. I have a couple and I've got some on order but who knows if they'll be effective?
Friday, April 03, 2020
A Little Price Gouging
Ordering things online has become an exercise in limiting how ripped off you get.
Talk about buyer beware.
There is a lot of money to be made by someone who can offer stuff at a more reasonable inflated price.
I care but it's not critical to me. I can afford to get a little ripped off. But what do people do who can't?
Talk about buyer beware.
There is a lot of money to be made by someone who can offer stuff at a more reasonable inflated price.
I care but it's not critical to me. I can afford to get a little ripped off. But what do people do who can't?
Thursday, April 02, 2020
The Corona Virus April 2, 2020
There are currently 244,688 reported case in the US and 5,917 deaths.
New York has 92,597 cases and 2,373 deaths
New Jersey has 25,590 cases and 537 deaths
California has 10,950 cases and 240 deaths
Michigan has 10,791 cases and 417 deaths
Louisiana has 9,159 and 310 deaths
I'm convinced that nobody knows what they're doing and especially here in New Jersey. Murphy and company are lucky that I'm not asking the questions.
Let's start with why are there so many states that seem so far ahead of us in tests administered?
The second question would be why do we have such a high percentage of positives compared to other places? The New Jersey positive results are now at 25,590 out of 59,110. That's a positive result rate of 43.3%. Florida has done 78,000 tests and has a positive rate of 10.4%.
My third question would be other than tell everyone to stay home, what are we doing to reduce the numbers because they seem to be going up at about the same rate limited only by limits on testing?
Finally, the New Jersey health commissioner, Judith Persichilli, is a goddamn administrator. Who's the infectious disease expert actually helping to make the decisions?
The latest thing is the CDC is now thinking about telling people to wear masks when they go out. You know, those things they told us NOT to wear.
Then we have the crazies. Hobby Lobby refuses to close their stores (although the police are apparently closing them for them). Why you ask? Because apparently God advised the owner, through his wife, to keep the stores open.
Pastors are still holding services so they can “lay on hands,” and the only one the GOP hasn’t blamed for this catastrophe is the squirrel that lives in the tree in my backyard.
There is no word in the English language to describe the stupidity of these people.
I don’t see any end in sight to this and, even if things calm down, we all know the next wave of disaster will just be waiting to happen.
Now we're also hearing forget about a vaccine in 12-18 months. That's way too optimistic. What the fuck guys?
New York has 92,597 cases and 2,373 deaths
New Jersey has 25,590 cases and 537 deaths
California has 10,950 cases and 240 deaths
Michigan has 10,791 cases and 417 deaths
Louisiana has 9,159 and 310 deaths
I'm convinced that nobody knows what they're doing and especially here in New Jersey. Murphy and company are lucky that I'm not asking the questions.
Let's start with why are there so many states that seem so far ahead of us in tests administered?
The second question would be why do we have such a high percentage of positives compared to other places? The New Jersey positive results are now at 25,590 out of 59,110. That's a positive result rate of 43.3%. Florida has done 78,000 tests and has a positive rate of 10.4%.
My third question would be other than tell everyone to stay home, what are we doing to reduce the numbers because they seem to be going up at about the same rate limited only by limits on testing?
Finally, the New Jersey health commissioner, Judith Persichilli, is a goddamn administrator. Who's the infectious disease expert actually helping to make the decisions?
The latest thing is the CDC is now thinking about telling people to wear masks when they go out. You know, those things they told us NOT to wear.
Then we have the crazies. Hobby Lobby refuses to close their stores (although the police are apparently closing them for them). Why you ask? Because apparently God advised the owner, through his wife, to keep the stores open.
Pastors are still holding services so they can “lay on hands,” and the only one the GOP hasn’t blamed for this catastrophe is the squirrel that lives in the tree in my backyard.
There is no word in the English language to describe the stupidity of these people.
I don’t see any end in sight to this and, even if things calm down, we all know the next wave of disaster will just be waiting to happen.
Now we're also hearing forget about a vaccine in 12-18 months. That's way too optimistic. What the fuck guys?
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