PostedApr 27, 2020 | Covid-19, international news, lifestyle, opinion, sustainability
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...
PostedApr 24, 2020 | Covid-19, international news, lifestyle, news
Rosco Reports by Ross Thrasher The COVID-19 virus continues its relentless march around the globe, with total cases consistently increasing daily by around 80,000 and deaths by several thousand per day. About 27% of the 2.7 million positives have now recovered. The...
PostedApr 21, 2020 | Covid-19, international news, lifestyle, news
Rosco Reports IV by Ross Thrasher Today’s international coronavirus totals: 2.4 million cases and 165,000 deaths. The USA represents nearly one-third of these cases and almost one-quarter of the fatalities. A recent article in The Atlantic discusses a new...
PostedApr 16, 2020 | Covid-19, international news, lifestyle, opinion, policy
Rosco Reports III by Ross Thrasher On April 15 the global tally of coronavirus cases passed the two-million mark, growing by 80,000 daily. 25% of these have recovered and 6.5% have died. In the media there has been much discussion of “the curve”, the...
PostedApr 14, 2020 | Covid-19, international news, lifestyle
Rosco Reports II by Ross Thrasher The penetration of this pandemic into all jurisdictions is quite remarkable. Case in point: the American states and Canadian provinces, not one of which has been spared by COVID-19. 40 of the 50 states have over 1000 cases now, and...
PostedApr 9, 2020 | Covid-19, international news
Rosco Reports on Covid-19 by Ross Thrasher The coronavirus continues to rage worldwide. As of today the WHO has recorded more than 1.6M cases and 95K deaths, a fourfold increase in the past two weeks. Almost one quarter of registered cases have recovered, but 49,000...
