The Daily Dread - Tracking the spread, 8/5/21

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Source: Johns Hopkins/NBC News

At 9:04am -
Confirmed cases US - 35,471,573
Deaths US - 618,601
Confirmed cases worldwide - are you ready? 200,335,614 - that's TWO-HUNDRED-MILLION-PLUS.
Deaths worldwide - 4,260,079


"We're in this for the long haul. And I hope people understand. This isn't gonna be a one-and-done. If you'r thinking about trying to run the clock out on this one and not get vaccinated, DON'T! We're in this for awhile yet. Get vaccinated now!"

- Dr. Michael Osterholm, Director of the Center for Infectious Disease research & policy, University of Minnesota

[abqtommy]

1. Thanks. I bookmarked this.

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2. Good thing Donald Trump scrapped the organizations or fired the people who were looking for ...

.... possible break out virus in China.

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3. Just for comparison's sake, since Tuesday

At 9:04am, this morning (8/5/21) -
Confirmed cases US - 35,471,573
Deaths US - 618,601
Confirmed cases worldwide - are you ready? 200,335,614 - that's TWO-HUNDRED-MILLION-PLUS.
Deaths worldwide - 4,260,079


My apologies! I forgot to add this set of statistics from two days ago, Tuesday (8/3/21):
Confirmed cases US - 35,231,368
Deaths US - 617,473
Confirmed cases worldwide - 198,995,212
Deaths worldwide - 4,239,266

And two weeks ago, back on Thursday, July 22nd (partial set of stats):
Confirmed cases US - 34,386,273
Deaths US - 613,236


I try to grab 'em when I see 'em. Not very scientific. But it does give you an idea of the rate of increase. STILL going up.