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Para cinco estadounidenses muertos por el virus corona la semana pasada. Deux hommes et trois femmes; deux nègres et trois blancs; un compétiteur olympique spécial et un unitarien. Median age of sixty-three and average of sixty-nine; from West Virginia to Minnesota. B.L.U.F. (bottom-line up-front) . A collection of, and commentary on, COVID-related data during a week in which new deaths have once again exceeded twenty thousand. Review of the ‘info-demic’ and vaccine grab around the world. INTRODUCTION Summary. Mixed data creating a cause for pause and concern; death rates stuck at 2.2x of pre-Thanksgiving levels.  The week's results have shown conflicting results once again with new cases up by 4% to nearly 23,000, while hospitalizations and people in critical care have declined monotonically during the week. Specifically, hospitalizations have dropped by 13% during the week to 101,003, while critical care patients have diminished in number by 9% to 24,863.   The concern...

In remembrance of five Americans ripped away by the epidemic this week. Three men; two men. Two people of color; one immigrant from Liberia; average age of seventy-four and median of seventy-eight. From New Jersey to California.  B.L.U.F. (bottom-line, up-front) : death rate is levelling off; speed of inoculation has assumed a paramountcy with exponential, existential variations of the virus. INTRODUCTION Summary. This week, there is little new to report. Some unusual daily numbers emerged during the week that might be attributable to good news or bad. The analysis again is limited due to personal constraints (i.e., a professional euphemism for laziness). My review of the video produced by The Los Angeles Times should suffice only for those who really can not take the requisite ninety minutes to watch it. I have watched and listened three times and still am missing much of the substance. The greatness of this vid. lies in its intelligibility. A brief overview of those data...

In remembrance of five fellow Americans torn away by the vicious virus this week. Two men; three women. Two immigrants; one holocaust survivor. A conservationist, seamstress, and journalist. Ranging from forty-six to ninety-six years old; average age of seventy-two; median of of seventy-seven. From California to Oklahoma to Virginia. B.L.U.F. (bottom-line up front) : despite an increase in deaths, January's New Year's spike may work out better than expected. Addition to notes on methodology about presenting testing data. OVERVIEW Summary. Mixed results with tentative indications of improvements ahead based on positivity rates and patient loads coming down. Deaths increased by 7% (i.e., 23,585), yet another high, and exceeded 395,000, Despite those dreary top-line numbers, some good-news on the data for testing and patients emerged this week. This week's high death toll may have indicated a run-down of the fifteen-to-thirty day lag-time between coming down with full-blown ...