> My heart breaks every time I read about someone going into the hospital and having to live their final 2-3 weeks of life without being able to see their family and friends. That is a deep disregard of essential human dignity and I think it’s a scandal that we’ve allowed it to go on.
It's more than a scandal, it's absolutely criminal and all people involved in implementing it should be punished harshly. It needs to be done so it is clear that we cannot and will not accept it ever again in the future.
You do a great job analyzing the numbers. I would like to see you analyze the death rate as a % of total cases by month and if possible compare it to a typical influenza season. USA Today reports "Today's numbers: The U.S. has reported more than 45 million COVID-19 cases and 726,000 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University." Unless I am missing something is a death rate of less than 2%. The monthly death rate in the early stages had to be staggering, so that would imply that the death rate now is really low.
I've long subscribed and enjoyed your posts, and this is one of the finest yet.
I've been uneasy about "getting back to normal," whatever that means. But we'll get incrementally closer as we continue to develop medicine and treatments. The development of molnupiravir is a huge deal. The glacial pace of rolling out easy at-home tests needs to be resolved. As each of those become approved and more widely available, we'll be able to move further forward. Beyond that, it's on each of us to simply decide to be more normal and advocate for those policies. Though different from the flu, that's an apt comparison for how we should approach this disease.
> My heart breaks every time I read about someone going into the hospital and having to live their final 2-3 weeks of life without being able to see their family and friends. That is a deep disregard of essential human dignity and I think it’s a scandal that we’ve allowed it to go on.
It's more than a scandal, it's absolutely criminal and all people involved in implementing it should be punished harshly. It needs to be done so it is clear that we cannot and will not accept it ever again in the future.
You do a great job analyzing the numbers. I would like to see you analyze the death rate as a % of total cases by month and if possible compare it to a typical influenza season. USA Today reports "Today's numbers: The U.S. has reported more than 45 million COVID-19 cases and 726,000 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University." Unless I am missing something is a death rate of less than 2%. The monthly death rate in the early stages had to be staggering, so that would imply that the death rate now is really low.
What am I missing?
I've long subscribed and enjoyed your posts, and this is one of the finest yet.
I've been uneasy about "getting back to normal," whatever that means. But we'll get incrementally closer as we continue to develop medicine and treatments. The development of molnupiravir is a huge deal. The glacial pace of rolling out easy at-home tests needs to be resolved. As each of those become approved and more widely available, we'll be able to move further forward. Beyond that, it's on each of us to simply decide to be more normal and advocate for those policies. Though different from the flu, that's an apt comparison for how we should approach this disease.