Axios has created a map of COVID-19 deaths relative to population size. In the seven states hit hardest by the pandemic, more than 1 in every 500 residents have died from the coronavirus.Continue Reading
Bloomberg has a map that tracks changes in cases and deaths in the United States. This map is useful to see what the situation is in each state on a daily basis. It is important to realize that there is a lag of days between when people get infected andContinue Reading
Coronavirus deaths are going to get a lot worse soon in some parts of the US. That’s according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which on Friday released a new estimate showing an increase in expected coronavirus deaths in the US over the next few weeks. TheContinue Reading
Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Wednesday that the U.S. may have around 300,000 deaths from the coronavirus by year-end if current trends were to persist. That would be more than double the current total. He said that “Right now we have close to 1,000 casualties a day; so ifContinue Reading
There was always a logical explanation for why cases rose through the end of June while deaths did not. The Atlantic writes about the lag between new cases of COVID-19 and deaths. When cases go up deaths will rise also, but three weeks later. The deaths are also not happeningContinue Reading
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert, said on Tuesday we “can’t deny the fact” that the COVID-19 pandemic could reach the level of the Spanish flu, which killed millions of people around the globe between 1918 and 1920. In the U.S., about 28% of the populationContinue Reading
America Needs the Contagion Equivalent of the National Weather Service. Foreign Affairs Magazine argues for the creation of a national pandemic forecasting service. With the world moving quickly toward an age of pandemics, the story of how weather forecasting in the United States improved deserves attention. Because when it comesContinue Reading
While much about the COVID-19 pandemic remains uncertain, we know how it will likely end: when the spread of the virus starts to slow (and eventually ceases altogether) because enough people have developed immunity to it. At that point, whether it’s brought on by a vaccine or by people catchingContinue Reading
A federal face mask mandate would not only cut the daily growth rate of new confirmed cases of Covid-19, but could also save the U.S. economy from taking a 5% GDP hit in lieu of additional lockdowns, according to Goldman Sachs. The Goldman analysts estimate that a national mask requirementContinue Reading
The coronavirus keeps spreading around the United States. New hot spots are emerging and heating up by the day. The death toll keeps mounting. So how can the U.S. beat back the relentless onslaught of this deadly virus? Public health experts agree on one powerful weapon that’s gotten a lotContinue Reading
