Tag Archives: US

3 April 2020 – Friday – #19

I had a doctor’s appointment yesterday and walked to his office. It felt great to get outside and stretch my legs. Here’s how quiet it was on Passeig de Gracia in the middle of the day. That’s the edge of the Gaudi Pedrera building on the right. It’s usually swamped with tourists, even in theContinue reading “3 April 2020 – Friday – #19”

1 April 2020 – Wednesday – #17

Let’s start today with maps. Kinsa, a company that has sold a million smart thermometers, sees evidence that social distancing in the US is paying off. The company provides a live map of data from is US customers. Map viewers can drill down to results in their zip code. Here’s a map from two daysContinue reading “1 April 2020 – Wednesday – #17”

31 March 2020 – Tuesday – #16

Will the US Covid-19 response be worse than Italy’s? There are new data points since I estimated US Covid-19 mortality a few days ago. It’s not good news. The Chinese Covid-19 death toll may be ten times higher than officially reported based on cremation activity in the area. Reports that Wuhan residence were paid forContinue reading “31 March 2020 – Tuesday – #16”