Like many people, I've spend the past year trying to understand what's happening with the pandemic, and I thought it might be useful to share some of my favorite websites for data on COVID-19 in the United States.CovidActNowIf you want a one-stop snapshot of how the pandemic is going, start at CovidActNow. They don't have a lot of fancy data tables and charts. Instead, … [Read more...] about Some Useful Sources of COVID-19 Data
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The Windypundit Immunity Model
Some of you may know that I tweet out COVID-19 statistics and commentary once a week. One of my goals with this blog -- and by extension, my Twitter stream -- is that no one should be stupider for having read it. Since I'm not a professional epidemiologist, I try not to get too far outside the data in reaching for things to say. In particular, I have avoided the temptation of … [Read more...] about The Windypundit Immunity Model
Jack Marshall – Science Dunce
Last year, I wrote my first Jack Marshall day post. I was writing too many posts in response to things that Jack Marshall said in his blog, Ethics Alarms, and wanted to cut back to preserve my sanity. My announced plan was to do just one post a year. Unfortunately that year was 2020, and Jack had a lot to write about. I recently decided that Jack's posts about the science of … [Read more...] about Jack Marshall – Science Dunce
The Vaccine Rollout is OK
The Covid-19 vaccine rollout has been a lot slower than hoped. Health authorities predicted that about 20 million Americans would receive their first dose by the end of 2020, but here we are, five days after that, and the official numbers say that only 15.4 million doses have been distributed and, more importantly, only 4.6 million people have received the initial dose of the … [Read more...] about The Vaccine Rollout is OK
The Danish mask study and the evidence for community masking
You may have heard about a Danish study that supposedly showed that wearing a mask doesn't protect you against Covid-19. Since I just wrote a whole series of posts on how to protect yourself and others with masks, I want to address that study and how it affects my thinking about masking. (Short answer: It doesn't change anything.)Before doing that, I need to set some … [Read more...] about The Danish mask study and the evidence for community masking