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Posted on August 6, 2020 Summary of Situation on July 23 On July 23, I posted a comparison between these two jurisdictions having roughly the same population but with Montana being less susceptible to the spread of COVID due to less population density and the lack of an international airport. This advantage was borne out …

Montana versus Nova Scotia COVID Update Read More »

Posted August 1, 2020 In trying to make the case that the US, under his direction, is doing really well, Trump stated: “All over the world, they’re having tremendous problems. A resurgence has taken place in many countries that people thought were doing well. Despite a wide range of approaches to the pandemic between countries, …

COVID: Another Trump Argument about how well they are doing debunked Read More »

Posted July 23, 2020 I started looking at Montana a few weeks ago when it had the lowest number of cases per capita in the continental US. It is interesting to compare it to Nova Scotia because the two areas have roughly the same population (approximately 1 million) and had their first cases at roughly …

COVID: Lessons from Nova Scotia and Montana Experience Read More »

Posted July 18, 2020. These would be funny if the situation wasn’t so serious. I suppose there are some Democrats who have said equally ignorant things but I haven’t found any. Feel free to add your favourites by adding a comments I am imitating a model used by Chris Cilizza of CNN who typical picks …

Some Crazy Statements from Republicans on COVID Read More »

Posted July 12, 2020 The bottom line here is that more testing means fewer new cases – not the opposite as Trump and others keep claiming Quotes form Trump and some Governors Some amazing statements have been made by US some Republican officials along the lines that the current soaring number of Coronavirus cases is …

No Mr Trump: More Testing leads to fewer cases not more Read More »

On June 25, the US had the most new cases in one day since the start of the cycle –    40,184 cases compared to 39,072 on April 24 which had been regarded as the peak. The next day, this record was blown away with 47341 cases – a day to day increase of 17.8%!  …

Coronavirus: from Bad to Worse in the US Read More »

 Posted on June 22, 2020 NotesActual Crowd Size at TulsaI intended to post this before the actual event but didn’t get it finished in time. As we know now, the crowds were far less than anticipated but still enough that the risk of a big jump in cases still exists. You also have the option …

Will Trump’s Tulsa Rally cause a big jump in COVID cases? Read More »

LAST UPDATE June 11 2020Major Changes this Update New section of testing addressing the issue of undetected spreaders, amount of testing necessary and the importance of when testing is done. Click here to go directly to it. New section on government actions as well as their timing and effectiveness. Click here to go directly to …

Coronavirus Statistics and trends and how the USA got it wrong Read More »