Category Archives: COVID-19

IHME Projects Four Million Infections a Day in China by New Year’s

Posted on September 19, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

IHME Projects Four Million Infections a Day in China by New Year’s We use the IHME model run on September 9.  For China, today, September 19th, there are projected to be about 320,000 infections a day.  However, the infections per … Continue reading →

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IHME Projects Rapid Drop in US COVID, Then Resurgence Over the Holidays

Posted on September 19, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

IHME Projects Rapid Drop in US COVID, Then Resurgence Over the Holidays Updates, September 23.  In The Atlantic article by Sarah Zhang quoting virologist Trevor Bedford, so far in September, 88% of US COVID deaths have been in people over … Continue reading →

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Quinnipiac Polls on Student Loan Reduction, Climate Change, and Abortion Rights

Posted on September 3, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Student Loan Reduction Overall, Americans approve of President Biden’s cancellation of some student loan debt by 53% to 43%.  The Quinnipiac polling was from August 25-29, with a 2.5% error. Democrats approve of it 88% to 9%; Independents approve of … Continue reading →

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IHME Projects Rise in Covid Infections in Russia by November 1 to a Third of Previous Peak

Posted on August 7, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The IHME estimates that 98% of those in the Russian Federation have already been infected by the Covid virus. Only 3% of Russians are currently masking.  Only 51% are fully vaccinated which is projected to just rise to 53% by … Continue reading →

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IHME Projects Only 40% of Global Covid Deaths Have Been Reported

Posted on July 25, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

IHME Projects Only 40% of Global Covid Deaths Have Been Reported. Future Total Deaths to November are over a half a million.  Half can be prevented by going  to 80% masking. IHME model numbers of Total and Reported Deaths are … Continue reading →

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IHME Projects Rapid Covid Rise in China. It Can Be Halved by 80% Masking.

Posted on July 24, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

IHME Projects Rapid Covid Rise in China.  It Can Be Halved by 80% Masking. The IHME projections have been higher than have occurred since China has been very strict about masking and movement in infected areas. Current masking in China … Continue reading →

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IHME Projects Decline of Covid for California, then a Rise Again in the Fall

Posted on July 20, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The monthly IHME model for California was run on July 15 and reported on July 17.  It projects Total Deaths for California of 127,751 on November 1, 2022.  Subtracting 125,343 Total Deaths from today, July 20, gives 2,408 more to … Continue reading →

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IHME Projects USA Declining Cases, with Rise in the Fall

Posted on July 20, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The monthly IHME run on July 15 was reported on July 18. Total Deaths for the USA will total 1,332,288 in the model on November 1, 2020.  With 1,297,997 modeled today July 20, there are 34,291 more Total Deaths to … Continue reading →

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Covid Deaths That Were Preventable in the US, California, Texas, Florida, and New York

Posted on May 22, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

A study of Covid death data from when vaccines became available in the US until April 30, 2022, has figured out how many lives could have been saved by those people being vaccinated up until 100%, at the rate that … Continue reading →

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IHME Projections of May 16 for the US, California, Texas, Florida and New York

Posted on May 18, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

We present the IHME projections of May 16 for the US, California, Texas, Florida, and New York in Total Deaths and compare it to Reported Deaths for August 1.  We also show the Deaths to Go to August 1, and … Continue reading →

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