Author Archives: Julian Fry

US Cases may be coming down – but fatalities are still very high

A quick look at this chart reveals that current US average deaths from COVID are over 1600 per day. That’s very high – and in fact numbers not seen since February of this year. Here’s a similar chart but with real numbers (not per capita). You’ll see back in July – average deaths were aboutContinueContinue reading “US Cases may be coming down – but fatalities are still very high”

Eastern Europe and the UK – feeling the Delta pinch

A quick look at the global numbers shows the UK and Eastern Europe feeling the surge of Delta cases. Latvia is the highest – with over 800 cases per million per day Not surprisingly this is translating into high current fatality levels in those countries. Romania and Bulgaria are leading the world with over 10ContinueContinue reading “Eastern Europe and the UK – feeling the Delta pinch”

The perils of misinformation: Alaska is the latest to feel the effects

All this pandemic needs to thrive is misinformation. You know – the kind where a fact is presented in isolation of other relevant data. Take for example the following statements There have been 700,000 side effects of the covid vaccine in the USAsymptomatic people don’t spread the virus Lets put the first point in contact.ContinueContinue reading “The perils of misinformation: Alaska is the latest to feel the effects”

In Alaska’s Covid Crisis, Doctors Must Decide Who Lives and Who Dies – The New York Times

Another example of misinformation leading to chronic medical capacity issues including rationing of care. Amid the nation’s worst Covid-19 outbreak, patients are trapped in remote communities and doctors are prioritizing treatment based on who is most likely to survive. — Read on http://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/03/us/coronavirus-crisis-alaska.html

The US may have crested this COVID wave, but still has a very long way to go

Things may be looking up for now. Seems that the US current levels of new cases at 358 per million per day are about 63% of the recent peak of 569 per million per day earlier this month. Its too early to call success on fatalities however. Below is the same chart – but withContinueContinue reading “The US may have crested this COVID wave, but still has a very long way to go”

COVID Country Comparisons: How the US compares to other countries

Many countries are delivering better results on COVID than the US. What can we learn from that? Clearly we are doing something wrong! Lets start with the big picture on the US. We see average daily deaths at 10.5 per million per day in Dec/Jan period – and currently on a significant upswing. Here’s theContinueContinue reading “COVID Country Comparisons: How the US compares to other countries”

States setting new peak COVID deaths

Mississippi; Florida and Louisiana have all set record peak daily death numbers so far this month MS had 124 on Sept 6th; Florida has 1,338 on Sept 2nd; and Louisiana had 223 on 1st Sept. Lets pull up the charts MS – currently 14 deaths per million per day Florida – 15.8 deaths per millionContinueContinue reading “States setting new peak COVID deaths”