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2021-08-22 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

COVID-19 cases hit record-high in the U.S and deaths surge 300%: Florida releases data dump which shows there were more than 150,000 new infections in a week as hospitals in the state buckle under pressure

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Posted by Skidmark 2021-08-22 06:28|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

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USA WEEKLY FIGURES
Last updated: August 22, 2021, 12:20 GMT

US "Reported" Ranking in the World

WE'RE #1

957,732 Cases in the last 7 days
934,261 Cases in the preceding 7 days
Note: The above figures include an overlap of already infected, still infected and newly found infected.

There was +3% growth in counted infected numbers fro the previous week

2,874 Cases in the last 7 days/1M pop.

5,622 Deaths in the last 7 days
4,735 Deaths in the preceding 7 days
+19% Weekly Death % Change

17 Deaths in the last 7 days/1M pop

333,209,597 US Population

ADDED FINGER POINTING
#1 State in the USA - California with 9,122 new cases and 58 Deaths.
Running roughly 1 in 20 persons tested were found infected.

#1 City in the #1 State in the USA - Los Angeles with 3,864 and 29 Deaths Running roughly 1 in 7 persons tested were found infected.

Posted by NN2N1 2021-08-22 09:29|| 2021-08-22 09:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Feb 13, 2021 -- 6,798 dead. One day.

Posted by Bobby 2021-08-22 10:00|| 2021-08-22 10:00|| Front Page Top

#3 and not one death from the flu.....

Posted by Mercutio 2021-08-22 10:09|| 2021-08-22 10:09|| Front Page Top

#4 COVID is a respiratory disease. It should not peak during summer, when people are out in the sunlight and vitamin d levels are high. Last summer it tapered off. So what's different this year?

Posted by Angstrom 2021-08-22 11:17|| 2021-08-22 11:17|| Front Page Top

#5 ^Maybe, just maybe, the virus is not familiar with your theories.

Posted by g(r)omgoru PB 2021-08-22 12:42|| 2021-08-22 12:42|| Front Page Top

#6 #5 Oof!

Posted by Rhinemann 2021-08-22 12:49|| 2021-08-22 12:49|| Front Page Top

#7 Cold and flu season soon. OH, what joy. Children starting school so covid alarms will sound. We will see at least eight years of this. Constant daily stress. So look for many more developments. All bad of course. Public is polarized as ever. Turn off the TV. Don't read the newspaper and avoid internet. A mass psychosis is occurring. The fun has just begun.

Posted by Dale 2021-08-22 12:51|| 2021-08-22 12:51|| Front Page Top

#8 Maybe, just maybe, the virus is not familiar with your theories.

A most excellent snark!
But Angstrom does raise an interesting question. Something is different.

Posted by SteveS 2021-08-22 12:52|| 2021-08-22 12:52|| Front Page Top

#9 #4 yes, indeed. I have met those who survived the Spanish flu. They speak plainly. No extreme views. Being outside did work without masks. 80% Higher death rate among those who wore masks and of course they shamed those who did not wear masks. Then of course to those who feel they are the anointed ones your words are blasphemous.

Posted by Dale 2021-08-22 13:04|| 2021-08-22 13:04|| Front Page Top

#10 It should not peak during summer, when people are out in the sunlight and vitamin d levels are high.

It peaks when people are crowded together indoors. In the American south, that would be summer air conditioning season. We went through this last summer, too.

Posted by trailing wife 2021-08-22 14:11|| 2021-08-22 14:11|| Front Page Top

#11 Wth I never asked for coronavirus. God, I had prayed for longest summer vacation not a pandemic. (。_。)

Posted by Wren 2021-08-22 14:18|| 2021-08-22 14:18|| Front Page Top

#12 Appreciate your thoughtful comment, TW. AC is something I hadn't considered.

I kind of arbitrarily picked Florida. Numbers are here, but I'm open to other sources. Click on "historical" to get everything through Jan, 2020.

It shows a steep rise peaking on July 1. I suspect that has more to do with ramping up testing than with actual case numbers, but again, open to alternative interpretations.

I didn't see a good month by month of AC usage, so I, again arbitrarily, picked Miami average temperature. This breaks 80 in March and stays over 80 through November.

I don't see a clear connection between what I would think of as AC usage months and case loads, or hospitalizations or deaths. I do see a clear drop off in August which starts rising again in October which appears to better fit a seasonality interpretation. However, I suspect that teasing out AC numbers specifically might be tough. Lots of states use it, not all of them in the South.

I haven't put in the time, but it would be interesting to look at seasonality in poor, hot countries where we would not expect widespread AC usage, and seasonality of other respiratory diseases. Common cold (another coronavirus) and flu (because there is a vaccine) could provide useful insights.

Posted by Angstrom 2021-08-22 18:44|| 2021-08-22 18:44|| Front Page Top

#13 So what's different this year?

Vaccines. These mRNA vaccines set the stage for increased infection rates. I'll be branded a kook, so be it. But soon you'll see a major die off of the vaccinated, exactly as intended.

Posted by Speart Whealet3245 2021-08-22 19:30|| 2021-08-22 19:30|| Front Page Top

#14 If there is to be a major die-off of the vaccinated, Speart Whealet3245, I’ll say my goodbyes now against future need. You’ll know what happened when there are no more articles posted by me for a few days in a row, and no periwinkle in-lines. Mr. Wife, trailing daughter #1, and final daughter also had the Pfizer vaccine, as did my 95 year old mother, so someone will need to stop by the house in Cincinnati to arrange for our bodies to be buried before the field mice and the raccoons get carried away with their feast.

My thanks in advance for the kindness.

Posted by trailing wife 2021-08-22 23:13|| 2021-08-22 23:13|| Front Page Top

#15 Angstrom, I purely love watching thinkers think aloud. Carry on. :-)

Posted by trailing wife 2021-08-22 23:15|| 2021-08-22 23:15|| Front Page Top

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