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[digitS']

"Just get over it!" Some people couldn't.

"Scott Davison, the CEO of the Indianapolis-based insurance company OneAmerica. ... said in a statement to The Associated Press, citing CDC data.

“CDC data indicates that 65% of 3Q excess deaths can be directly attributed to COVID,” Davison said. “Our own claims data is consistent with that as well. Based on the data and our analysis, we believe that a significant portion of the remaining excess deaths are driven by deferred medical care and individuals who recover from COVID but later die from the toll COVID has taken on their bodies.”

LINK

Interesting also is what an industry representative said about Delta and its impact on working-age patients.

 

[digitS']

Just an informal comment from that Dean in the medical school ~

"CFR (case fatality rate) for Omicron in the US during surge was 0.4%. About a quarter of what it was for delta. That really is good. But Omicron surge caused so many infections ... That it killed about 50K people just in the last 3 weeks."

 

[flowerbug]

Just an informal comment from that Dean in the medical school ~

"CFR (case fatality rate) for Omicron in the US during surge was 0.4%. About a quarter of what it was for delta. That really is good. But Omicron surge caused so many infections ... That it killed about 50K people just in the last 3 weeks."

yes, it's done a number here too. overall hospitalisation rates are down again and that is good to see but we still lost about 165 people a day to this disease the past few days. the obituary pages are full.

2/4	2,882	537	354	1,991	30,379	1,409	70
2/7	2,639	521	334	1,784	30,417	1,366	69
2/9	2,516	458	295	1,763	30,747	1,551	79
2/11	2,364	435	247	1,682	30,899	1,337	79
2/14	2,166	370	217	1,579	30,959	1,028	70
2/16	1,896	326	199	1,371	31,271	1,276	71

 

[digitS']

US has suffered more than 1m excess deaths during pandemic, CDC finds

The latest statistic hints at the breadth of Covid-19’s impact on health in the United States

www.theguardian.com

 

[flowerbug]

the crud is continuing to head in the right direction. a ways to go yet but so glad to see the hospitalisations keep coming down and also the rates of infections and deaths.

2/16	1,896	326	199	1,371	31,271	1,276	71
2/23	1,603	305	159	1,139	31,695	1,273	54
2/25	1,522	285	154	1,083	31,791	1,231	57

 

[flowerbug]

seven days later still heading in the right direction for hospitalisations:

2/25	1,522	285	154	1,083	31,791	1,231	57
2/28	1,155	232	126	797	31,817	930	33
3/2	1,065	219	125	721	32,050	1,097	27

 

[digitS']

Struggling along with my math ... I was curious what the Europeans are paying for gasoline.

Liters to gallon. Euros to dollars. Ugh, Euronews has information only a day or two old ... convert/convert

Struggle struggle ... I came up with $9.13 per gallon in some parts of Germany. Good Gravy that can't be right! How am I gonna check my math?

Well, here's the Stars & Stripes. I'm reading along thinking how these prices in the article are not profit-driven. You have to be in the military service or a family member to buy at the gas station. Then, I arrive at the final line in the article.

Gas prices surge well past $5 per gallon at US bases in Germany

www.stripes.com

Wow. $9.12 per gallon, off base.

Steve

 

[flowerbug]

ok, they've fixed it:

3/2	1,065	219	125	721	32,050	1,097	27
3/4	939	212	104	623	32,118	983	33
3/7	841	182	92	567	32,134	960	34
3/9	809	157	83	569	32,374	1,024	23

3/11	738	153	71	514	32,419	928	34
3/14	699	140	63	496	32,443	909	30

there are still a fair number of people getting sick but this is winding down compared to where we were two months ago.

average number of cases 440ish over the past 3 days. much better than 20,000

 

[digitS']

Wastewater Surveillance

COVID Data Tracker

CDC’s home for COVID-19 data. Visualizations, graphs, and data in one easy-to-use website.

covid.cdc.gov

 

[digitS']

Oil enters a bear market on China lockdowns, as OPEC leaves demand forecast 'under assessment'

Oil prices on Tuesday drop to levels not seen since the initial days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and enter a bear market, marked by a more than 20%...

www.marketwatch.com