Monthly Archives: April 2021

http://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/24/world/asia/india-coronavirus-deaths.html It’s a complete massacre of data,” said Bhramar Mukherjee, an epidemiologist at the University of Michigan who has been following India closely. “From all the modeling we’ve done, we believe the true number of deaths is two to five times what is being reported.” At the same time, India’s Covid vaccine campaign is struggling:Continue reading “India deaths likely 2 to 5x higher than reported”

Uruguay now leads the world in new cases per capita (almost 1000 per million per day average) – followed by Turkey and Sweden. With respect to current rates of fatalities eastern Europe is leading the league tables – but Uruguay is also very high (position #6). Brazil now has a higher total level of deathsContinue reading “Uruguay leads the world in new cases per capita; Brazil overtakes US in total deaths per capita”

As fast as we roll out the vaccine for COVID; we need to remain cautious at this critical time of new variants. The chart below shows the location of the current hot spots. Michigan leads the country for new cases per capita. New York has noted a significant increase in caseload over the past twoContinue reading “US – North East is a hot spot again”