By Ross Thrasher I hope you have found my frequent musings on the pandemic informative and interesting. It has been a cathartic exercise for me to document the unfolding of this historic natural disaster, depressing as the numbers are. Feedback is always welcome...
By Ross Thrasher How does COVID-19 compare to influenza? The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that 12,000 to 61,000 American deaths annually since 2010 can be blamed on the flu. Last winter there were 34,200 flu-related deaths in the USA. Globally, the...
by Ross Thrasher My previous posts have included some rather basic analyses of the www.worldometers.info data on COVID-19. I have focused mainly on total cases and deaths in various countries, making comparisons and trying to discern trends in the trajectories of the...
by Ross Thrasher Measuring and predicting the progress of COVID-19 is not an exact science, as explained in this informative website: A Comic Strip Tour Of The Wild World Of Pandemic Modeling According to worldometers.info, the pandemic shows no sign of slowing down...
by Ross Thrasher Worldometers.info reports 3.3 million worldwide coronavirus cases as of today, April 30, and 233,000 deaths. The USA has topped 63,000 fatalities from COVID-19, and on Monday exceeded the one million mark in positive cases. Three weeks ago 60,000 was...
by Ross Thrasher No numbers this time, just some rambling thoughts about how some good could emerge from the pandemic that is strangling our world. In spite of denialism and quackery from the White House and elsewhere, most people seem to be gaining respect for...
