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On March 14th, I began posting COVID-19 updates to my facebook page, regarding the status of the COVID-19 pandemic. I have used data from worldometer as a primary source for daily and cumulative data, with frequent supplementation from various national and local sites.  Notables this week: The USA case rate 7-day rolling average went up for the 54th consecutive day The USA death rate 7-day rolling average went up for the 23rd consecutive day The world single death record was set two more times There was a new weekly world death record USA cases and deaths both started going down on Thanksgiving Day This blog post compiles the period of November 23rd through 29th. see  https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/  for more November 23 | November 24 | November 25 | November 26 | November 27 | November 28 | November 29   NOVEMBER 23 Today's counts Location Total Cases Cases Today Total Deaths Deaths Today World

On March 14th, I began posting COVID-19 updates to my facebook page, regarding the status of the COVID-19 pandemic. I have used data from worldometer as a primary source for daily and cumulative data, with frequent supplementation from various national and local sites.  This blog post compiles the period of November 16th through 21st.  Some notables for this period: Michigan shut down lots of things, including in-person dining. Scott Atlas threatened the governor of Michigan, denied doing it, and finally deleted the tweet New York City closed its schools The single-day world record for deaths was broken 4 times The single-day USA record for cases was broken twice The single-day world record for cases was broken (just once) There were new weekly records for world cases and deaths, and for USA cases 29 states set new single-day records for cases 11 states set new singe-day records for deaths the rise and cases stopped being exponential, suggesting that we may soon crest I posted 5 new gr

On March 14th, I began posting COVID-19 updates to my facebook page, regarding the status of the COVID-19 pandemic. I have used data from worldometer as a primary source for daily and cumulative data, with frequent supplementation from various national and local sites.  This blog post compiles the period of November 10th through 14th. see  https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/  for more November 10 | November 11 | November 12 | November 13 | November 14 NOVEMBER 10 Today's counts Location Total Cases Cases Today Total Deaths Deaths Today World 51.81 million 553,937 1.279 million 9,305 USA 10.57 million 142,212 245,918 1,464 The big news over the past couple of days is the Pfizer / BioNTech announcement of early results of their vaccine testing showing more than 90% efficacy. William Gruber, Pfizer’s senior vice president of vaccine c

a local reminder about voters' rights Four years ago, as I walked to my local precinct to vote, I took a picture of the path. My premonition was that the election would not turn out the way most polls were predicting, and I just wanted one peaceful snapshot before things started to change. The next day, I wrote a blog post on my election thoughts, using the title from a Bruce Springsteen song. I called the post, "A Really Long Walk Home." This year, I had no such premonitions, and now that the results are in, and in light of the national direction over the past 46 months, I suppose I could have written a follow-up called, "An Even Longer Walk Home." But my own vantage point has changed in way I couldn't have predicted in 2016. Last year our township clerk contacted me to ask if I might be interested in being an Election Inspector in the November 2019 election. Lori's been working elections for years, and eventually I said "yes."  In March, I si

On March 14th, I began posting COVID-19 updates to my facebook page, regarding the status of the COVID-19 pandemic. I have used data from worldometer as a primary source for daily and cumulative data, with frequent supplementation from various national and local sites.  This blog post compiles the period of November 1st through 7th. see  https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/  for more November 1 | November 2 | November 4 | November 5 | November 6 | November 7 NOVEMBER 1 Today's counts Location Total Cases Cases Today Total Deaths Deaths Today World 46.80 million 436,707 1.205 million 5,300 USA 9.47 million 71,321 236,471 399 Last night marked the end of the 9th month of the pandemic outside of China. It was a month in which the worldwide case numbers exploded, including a huge 2nd wave that swept across Europe. There were more than