Archive for December 9th, 2020

Mask wearing up, cases up, deaths up … huh?

December 9, 2020

A team of northeastern academic researchers, doing a  “Covid States Project”,  recently published their most recent survey of  how “the human behaviors that have been shown to inhibit the spread of COVID-19 have evolved across the US since April, 2020.”

Said differently, they were evaluating whether or not people were complying with the CDC’s COVID mitigation guidance.

The researchers found that, since Spring, mask wearing compliance has increased from slightly over 50% to over 75%  (the light yellow diagonal  line running from the lower left to upper right corners).

Hmmm.

Mask wearing has increased to a relatively high level, yet the number of confirmed cases are spiking to record highs.

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Seems counter-intuitive, doesn’t it?

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Dec. 9: COVID Data Dashboard

December 9, 2020

293,358 Deaths-to-Date

2,857 Daily New Deaths  (peak 2,857 Dec. 8)
> 7-day average 2,340    (peak 2,340 Dec. 8)

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Confirmed Cases

201,979 New Cases
> 7-day average  204,960

Currently Hospitalized

104,600 Current level

> Prior Peaks: 59,700 Apr 12, July 24
> Prior Lows:  28,000 June 21, Sept 20

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