This was originally a Facebook post of mine from 2020-8-15, and is archived here as a curiosity. Minor changes to formatting, as well as basic copy-edits, may have been made in the transition from Facebook post to web format.
Today, the United States reported 56,499 cases of the novel coronavirus, about even with the 53,923 cases a week ago (Covid Tracking Project). All of the last twelve days have seen between 50k and 60k cases, except for one day with more and one day with less. That's pretty flat.
We reported 1218 deaths today, up a bit from the 1088 reported a week ago. If you look at the rolling seven-day average of deaths, that number has stayed between 1000 and 1200 for twenty days now.
The usual graphs are attached. I think I might try making graphs three times a week now instead of daily, since there's not a whole lot of new news on the virus front happening day-to-day at this point.
The main questions I still want answers for are there: where is the death rate going to go over the next couple months? When will cases and deaths stop being flat and start going up or down? How are things going in Russia as they roll out their new vaccine? How is cold weather going to affect this thing? Are we going to get a handle on what the long-term consequences of the lung damage, neurological damage, and heart inflammation in survivors are? How is schooling going to work out this year?
Most of these questions aren't going to magically answer themselves based on checking in with the numbers daily.
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