The UK has definitely peaked on Omicron – as can be seen from the chart below. Cases now are a little over half of the peak values. Looking at the charts – the peak is about 1 month after daily cases per capita exceeded 600 cases per million. Fatalities not yet falling. The Uk isContinueContinue reading “UK has definitely peaked on Omicron”
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Where has Omicron peaked?
Has Omicron peaked in some countries – and what are the lessons for the US. Read on – and find the connection to the Australian Open.
The last 7 years have been Earth’s 7 hottest – Axios
Even though 2021 was relatively cool, it still ranked as the fifth warmest year on record. — Read on http://www.axios.com/earth-7-hottest-years-climate-change-56fdd198-baa3-44ab-87e1-2fc53f83ce00.html Scary stuff
Omicron workforce disruption Jan 2022
Great reporting from Morning Brew…. Consider subscribing: In workplaces across the country, Americans who have Covid are asking their colleagues to cover for them while they’re out sick. And when those coworkers can’t, because, well, they also have Covid, you get the kind of severe economic disruptions the US is facing right now. The numbers: The US isContinueContinue reading “Omicron workforce disruption Jan 2022”
70,000 people are testing positive per day in NY
The state of New York, population 19 million is currently experiencing 70,000 positive new tests per day . That’s about 0.4% of the population every day! Here’s the number of positive tests for the first week: Average deaths are about 100 per day over the same period. Here’s the graphical trend – per capita atContinueContinue reading “70,000 people are testing positive per day in NY”
Omicron Spreads – fatalities on the rise
This picture tells it all – new cases across America are at extreme levels: Lets look at this in table form: Perhaps the messaging on Omicron being less lethal has resulted in a false sense of confidence – as we can see average daily fatality rates starting to rise across the country: Generally a levelContinueContinue reading “Omicron Spreads – fatalities on the rise”
TN icu capacity at 8%
As expected the Omicron wave is starting to make its presence felt in hospital capacity. Many of my readers will note that I periodically look at hospital capacity stats. TN does a nice job in making this data available. The data shows very limited capacity available to deal with additional cases. Be careful out there.ContinueContinue reading “TN icu capacity at 8%”
Good Bye 2021
Year in review 2021
TN hits 9% hospital capacity
Tennessee hits 9% hospital capacity (source TN website): While not yet at the prior levels of cases from last year – cases are significantly higher than the prior 3 months. Note from the orange bars we can see TN got hit pretty hard with the Delta wave: Also note the spike in fatalities in DecContinueContinue reading “TN hits 9% hospital capacity”
Europe sets new records
WHO global data shows the following data for new cases – basically virtually matching the peak from April / May (driven out of India and South East Asia). Notice how the green portion of the chart is growing significantly – which is Europe. Here’s a closer look at the Europe case trend. As you canContinueContinue reading “Europe sets new records”
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