Friday, December 04, 2020

COTW: The Latest Surge

Update: US sets new record for daily deaths: 2,804 on Wednesday. (revised by John Hopkins due to data error.) Today's (Friday) record: 2,879.

{1/12/20} Because of the chaotic government response to the pandemic*, See e.g. Scott Atlas, random radiologist, and Mericans' notorious disrespect for public health restrictions, the country has the largest number of COVID-19 cases in the world and a 2% mortality rate, which puts it in the top ten per 100,000 people. USA!, USA!....The governor of California said the latest surge in his state threatens to overwhelm the hospital system, in which case unspecified "drastic action" will have to be taken.  To date no state has had to experience the complete quarantine mandated in countries like New Zealand and Australia; both of which have successfully controlled their infection rates. The US is on course for 300,000 deaths by the end of the year with daily mortality in excess of 800.

US COVID DEATHS (est.): 287,452

Donald, can you spare a pardon?...
 

*A recent CDC study of blood samples shows Americans were producing antibodies in response to the SARS CoV-2 virus in December, 2019. According to reports, “Of the [7,389] samples tested, at least 106 were found to have antibodies for SARS-CoV-2, including ones collected from California, Oregon and Washington from Dec. 13 through Dec. 16, 2019.... [CDC]also found 67 samples with antibodies in Massachusetts, Michigan, Wisconsin or Iowa, and Connecticut or Rhode Island,” US intelligence was briefing Killer in November of the potential "cataclysmic" pandemic brewing in China. The first identified case occurred in Washington in January 2020. International travel was restricted by the hapless regime, but only after some 40,000 people arrived in New York City from Europe. Killer's spociopathic personality has cost the country dearly.