World: US: NC and local: In my country, Forsyth, we had another death reported this morning, bringing the total to four. A new executive order will go into effect today that will require stricter social distancing guidelines for stores. It goes into effect Monday at 5 p.m. Under the new order, stores cannot exceed 20 percent of fire capacity or … Read More
COVID-19 Update: End Of Another Week
I took the day off from reporting yesterday, so these numbers are going to show a significant jump. World: US: This week, Covid-19 passed heart disease and cancer as the leading cause of death per day in the United States. In this graph made by Dr. Maria Danilychev using data from Worldometer and the CDC, you can see that Covid-19 overtook heart disease sometime on … Read More
COVID-19 Update: The Very Beginnings Of Turning A Corner Maybe Perhaps
World: US: The good news here is that IMHE model, which assumes social distancing, now looks at a US death total of 60,415 — about 20,000 deaths fewer than predicted a few days ago. NC: North Carolina has at least 3,321 reported cases of coronavirus as of Wednesday morning, and 54 people have died, according to state and county health departments. At … Read More
COVID-19 Update: US Death Toll Over 10,000
Almost 11,000 this morning as a matter of fact World: US: North Carolina has at least 3,031 reported cases of the coronavirus as of this morning, and 48 people have died, according to state and county health departments. The number of reported cases in North Carolina doubled in six days, hitting the 3,000 mark Monday evening. But the total number of cases is likely … Read More
COVID-19 Update: This Is Getting Old
When certain folks all push the same angle — Trump, Giuliani, Solomon, et al — one may think immediately it’s a scam. Like the Ukraine quid pro quo scam on which the very same players worked together, singing from the same hymnal. The scam is more obvious because two of the people involved are promoting a pharmaceutical and they’re not medical doctors — they may … Read More
Washington Post Delves Into All The Trump Administration Fuckups Of COVID-19
Max Boot calls Trump the worst president in all US history. Here’s why: By the time Donald Trump proclaimed himself a wartime president — and the coronavirus the enemy — the United States was already on course to see more of its people die than in the wars of Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq combined. The country has adopted an … Read More
COVID-19 Update: What is it, Friday?
I did not do an update yesterday: heavy fatigue. Yeah, I was concerned it was COVID-19 creeping up on me. But it was more likely a few nights of rough sleep. But in essence, nothing changed. The rates of COVID19 cases in the world and the U.S. grew exponentially. Here’s where we are now. Here’s some of the bullshit from … Read More
COVID-19 Update: Long Haul Continues
It’s a curious benchmark, but people are noting that the US has passed deaths for 9/11. At least 1,512 people have tested positive for coronavirus in NC, and 8 residents have died. One of them was in Forsyth County, our first, a 90 year old woman who died yesterday. Good news: Harsh measures, including stay-at-home orders and restaurant closures, are … Read More
COVID-19 Update: Trump Learns About This Thing Called “Projections”
North Carolina: 1,167 cases and 5 deaths in the state as of Sunday. State-wide lockdown starts effective today. Forsyth County has 35 positive coronavirus case The numbers are still rising exponentially. We seem to have a working model from University of Washington. So that national peak appears to be April 15 with a total projected death total of 82,121; the … Read More
COVID-19: End of Week Two
World as of this morning: And in the U.S., we have more cases than any other country: 636 in North Carolina (2 deaths); 17 in Forsyth County. Boris Johnson – England’s PM – has tested positive. Boris Johnson boasting about shaking hands with coronavirus patients. You could not make it up. Britain is about to learn the hard way this … Read More
COVID-19: Relief Package Passes Senate As Jobless Claims Break All Records
636: Number of confirmed cases in the state of North Carolina12,910: Number of coronavirus tests conducted in the state2: Number of deaths related to the coronavirus in North Carolina 17: Cases in Forsyth County; zero deaths Winston-Salem will go into “stay at home” order beginning at 5 p.m. Friday. A full list of essential businesses, along with the full stay-at-home order … Read More
COVID-19: Cake Or Death?
World as of 10 am: Spain’s coronavirus death toll overtook that of China on Wednesday, rising to 3,434 after 738 people died over the past 24 hours, the government said. The spiraling number of deaths came as Spain entered the 11th day of an unprecedented lockdown to try and rein in the COVID-19 epidemic that has now infected 47,610 people. Prince Charles has … Read More
COVID-19: Day 5
As of 12:30 pm: US cases are 14,322 (with 210 deaths). That’s quite a leap over yesterday’s 9,000 or so, but we are testing more. NC has 123 cases, zero deaths. Five cases in my county. Dow is down 200 points. Again, seems to be veering from huge changes. The biggest development — GOP scandal: Senator Richard M. Burr sold … Read More
COVID-19: Day 4
The US has 9415 cases and 150 deaths (10:00 am) uh, make that 10,755 and 157 deaths (1:30 pm). That is more than 2,700 new cases from yesterday morning. But that doesn’t necessarily reflect a spread in the virus. It is because we are testing more. NC has 93 cases and no deaths. As of 10:00 am. As of 10 … Read More
COVID-19 Self-Isolation: Day 3
As of 9:45 a.m.: US at 6,510 cases; 114 deaths. West Virginia, the last state to be case-free, now has one case. North Carolina at 66 cases; no deaths. Stock market down 1,150 as of 9:45 am. And…. half an hour or so ago…. Salt Lake City, UT just had a 5.7 earthquake. No reports of injuries. Trump seems to … Read More