Monthly Archives: October 2020

Trump’s Last Days Election Assaults

Trump’s Last Days Election Assaults Update:  After I had written and posted this, I came across this article in The Hill and the Stanford Economics Department paper, that 18 Trump rallies led to 30,000 COVID-19 cases, and 700 deaths.  The … Continue reading

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IHME Projections for February 1 for California, Texas, Florida and Swing States

IHME Projections for February 1 for California, Texas, Florida and Swing States We discuss the IHME projections from October 29 for February 1 for swing states. A short summary of results of daily deaths on February 1, which are projected … Continue reading

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IHME Projection for February 1 US Coronavirus Deaths go back to 400,000

IHME Projection of October 29th for February 1 US Coronavirus Deaths Goes Back up to 400,000.  This is about 15,000 more than last week’s estimate. While we hoped that the Coronavirus would die out over the summer, it didn’t.  Now … Continue reading

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The Art of the Cult, by Donald Trump

The Art of the Cult, by Donald Trump Trump rallies are far more than just public speeches.  Kurt Vonnegut said to “join a gang”, as the cure to modern cultural separateness in a city of total strangers.  Later, it was … Continue reading

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Trump’s Continuous Coronavirus Pandemic Has Been Terrible for Oil Companies

Trump’s Continuous Coronavirus Pandemic has been Terrible for Oil Companies While Trump was blasting Biden for saying that the US would be using less oil, that will be a very long range adoption of Electric cars, which are only selling … Continue reading

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Battleground Orange County, CA, On Fire, with Worst Air Ever

Battleground Orange County, CA, On Fire, with Worst Air Ever It is shocking to wake up with the smell of smoke, and then to go outside and discover that the sunrise is blurred by smoke and the air is full … Continue reading

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IHME Projections to February 1 for California, Texas, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Georgia

October 22nd IHME Projections for California, Texas, Florida,  New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, Ohio, and North Carolina We cover the four largest states, which include two swing states, and then six other swing states. California IHME projections for total … Continue reading

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IHME Projects 62,000 Lives Savable by Masking by February 1

IHME Projects 62,000 Lives Savable by Masking by February 1. The October 22 IHME projections lower the February 1 death toll by 5,000, but decrease the lives savable by full masking by 11,000, compared to last week’s projection. The February … Continue reading

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Ratio of Excess Deaths to Confirmed Coronavirus Deaths by State

We use CDC data to early September as integrated by the New York Times in a September 23rd article.  The Excess Deaths are those in excess of those of the last few years, which count the full casualties of the … Continue reading

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CDC Excess Deaths 50% More than Confirmed Coronavirus Deaths

The CDC has evaluated Excess Deaths up to October 3 from January 16.  Those account for the complete casualties from the Coronavirus pandemic attack on the US.  The Excess is over the average deaths in the last five years, 2015-2019. … Continue reading

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