Disasters in Slow Motion

Been out for a while, let me update the numbers. Let me give some month to months and then catch up to this month. Feb 09, 2021 (02:37 GMT) - Actual Numbers vs. January 09, 2021 (16:18 GMT) Worldwide Cases: 107,004,444 (+17,337,292) Worldwide Deaths: 2,336,242 (+408,856) Worldwide Mortality Rate: 2.18% (+0.03%) Worldwide Mortality Rate (without US): 2.35% (+0.04 %) US Cases:  27,700,629 (+5,196,946) US Deaths: 476,405 (+97,748) US Mortality Rate: 1.72% (+0.04%) US Total Recovered: 17,512,584 (+4,249,721) Florida Cases: 1,783,720 (+334,468) Florida Deaths: 27,822 (+5,147) Florida Mortality Rate: 1.56% (+0.00%) Florida Total Recovered:  941,472 (+180,359) Mar 9, 2021 (06:46 GMT) - Actual Numbers vs.  Feb 09, 2021 (02:37 GMT) Worldwide Cases: 117,754,621 (+10,750,177) Worldwide Deaths: 2,612,289 (+276,047) Worldwide Mortality Rate: 2.22% (+0.04%) Worldwide Mortality Rate (without US): 2.36% (+0.01 %) US Cases: 29,744,652 (+2,044,023) US Deaths...

Nationwide, things continue to improve. However, cases are on the rise in Alabama, Wyoming, and Washington DC. United States - Population: 331,022,651 - Cases: 33,884,635 - Infected: 1 in 10 Deaths: 603,912 - Death Rate: 1 in 548 - Mortality Rate: 1.78% Active Cases: 5,808,426 - Active Case Rate: 1 in 57 (-2) Alabama - Population: 4,908,620 - Cases: 541,673 - Infected: 1 in 9 Deaths: 11,080 - Death Rate: 1 in 443 - Mortality Rate: 2.05% Active Cases: 20,793 - Active Case Rate: 1 in 236 (+53) Alaska - Population: 735,720 - Cases: 67,107 - Infected: 1 in 11 Deaths: 362 - Death Rate: 1 in 2,032 - Mortality Rate: 0.54% (+0.02%) Active Cases: 7,500 - Active Case Rate: 1 in 98 (-6) Arizona - Population: 7,378,490 - Cases: 876,411 - Infected: 1 in 8 Deaths: 17,547 - Death Rate: 1 in 420 - Mortality Rate: 2.00% Active Cases: 18,319 - Active Case Rate: 1 in 403 (-23) Arkansas - Population: 3,039,000 - Cases: 340,040 - Infected: 1 in 9 Deaths: 5,816 - Death Rate: 1 in 523 - Mortal...

 Life has been keeping me busy and, in the US, numbers have been on the decline. Those two factors have conspired to keep my updates less frequent than I would like. As things are (hopefully) winding down, I've added a new row to the figures, "Active Cases" and "Active Case Rate". It should be noted that some states do not report these figures and, in other cases, the number of active cases is unusually high versus the total number of cases - leading me to believe that those States are being very conservative when it comes to declaring a case as recovered. Now the numbers. United States - Population: 331,022,651 - Cases: 33,698,744 - Infected: 1 in 10 Deaths: 599,962 - Death Rate: 1 in 552 - Mortality Rate: 1.78% Active Cases: 5,998,536 - Active Case Rate: 1 in 55 Alabama - Population: 4,908,620 - Cases: 537813 - Infected: 1 in 9 Deaths: 11,038 - Death Rate: 1 in 445 - Mortality Rate: 2.05% Active Cases: 16,975 - Active Case Rate: 1 in 289 Alaska - Populat...

  There are a number of reasons that Covid-19 has spread so rapidly and caused such devastation. There are the normal culprits, covid-denial, anti-maskers, anti-vaxxers; all of those things being anti-science. But what about when science itself is anti-science? It turns out that a flawed understanding of a paper from the 1960s led the WHO to determine that pathogens could only aerosol at 5 microns or less and could only travel 5-6 feet. It turns out that pathogens of 5 microns can travel HUNDREDS of feet and pathogens as large as 100 microns can aerosolize. When members of the scientific community cling to outdated science rather than embracing new information, it can have horrific results. Members of the scientific community have the same confirmational biases that all humans have. This WIRED article is a real eye-opener . But, despite the main point, there is something else to keep in mind. The CDC and WHO were NOT erring to the side of caution, quite the opposite. Things should ...