The Daily Dread - Tracking the spread, 8/9/21

[calimary]

Source: Johns Hopkins/NBC News

Brand new day. Brand new dread.

At 8:49am
Confirmed cases US - 35,857,128
Deaths US - 620,747
Confirmed cases worldwide - 202,768,821
Deaths worldwide - 4,297,843


At 9:07am
Confirmed cases US - 35,862,005
Deaths US - 620,748
Confirmed cases worldwide - 202,791,698
Deaths worldwide - 4,297,844


At 10:04am
Confirmed cases US - 35,864,248
Deaths US - 620,748
Confirmed cases worldwide - 202,793,941
Deaths worldwide - 4,297,844


At 10:07am
Confirmed cases US - 35,865,243
Deaths US - 620,767
Confirmed cases worldwide - 202,974,936
Deaths worldwide - 4,297,863


At 10:10am
Confirmed cases US - 35,873,101
Deaths US - 620,798
Confirmed cases worldwide - 202,802,794
Deaths worldwide - 4,297,894


What's REALLY disturbing to me is something else here. I spent much of last year tracking the spread and rate of increase, from statistics that were aired every day. And in some cases, those stats were running ALL day. This year all that intensive coverage began to dry up. There were weeks on end where you never saw these graphics at all, during ANY daypart. Almost like "hey, it's over! Everything's all good again! Nothing to see here, folks!"

Today, Monday August 9th, those revolving stats are running continuously - at least through the morning hours so far.

[alwaysinasnit]

1. Thanks for the updates calimary. Hope all is well with you my friend.

[calimary]

4. Yes indeed, my friend!

Awwwww, alwaysinasnit, thanks for asking - AND for checking in.



We're well. Everybody we know is, too. But then again, with everybody we know (including our kids), the behavior is there right where it should be. It's very much about being careful, and mindful, and wearing masks when not at home.

Hope you and yours are safe, healthy, and doing okay, too!

[alwaysinasnit]

8. I am happy to hear that you and yours are well. We are doing the same (masking out in public). We

are occasionally getting bad air quality from the fires up north (the Dixie fire). My heart goes out to those folks, but between the heat and the drought here in CA, I expect even more fires to be stirred up. On a more positive note, my daughter gave us some morning glory seeds in the spring and they are going nuts along one fence. A variety of color to brighten up the day.

Stay well and safe my friend.

[calimary]

2. Update

At 8:49am
Confirmed cases US - 35,857,128
Deaths US - 620,747
Confirmed cases worldwide - 202,768,821
Deaths worldwide - 4,297,843


At 9:07am
Confirmed cases US - 35,862,005
Deaths US - 620,748
Confirmed cases worldwide - 202,791,698
Deaths worldwide - 4,297,844


At 10:04am
Confirmed cases US - 35,864,248
Deaths US - 620,748
Confirmed cases worldwide - 202,793,941
Deaths worldwide - 4,297,844


At 10:07am
Confirmed cases US - 35,865,243
Deaths US - 620,767
Confirmed cases worldwide - 202,974,936
Deaths worldwide - 4,297,863


At 10:10am
Confirmed cases US - 35,873,101
Deaths US - 620,798
Confirmed cases worldwide - 202,802,794
Deaths worldwide - 4,297,894



At 11:04am
Confirmed cases US - 35,892,419
Deaths US - 620,853
Confirmed cases worldwide - 202,822,112
Deaths worldwide - 4,297,949

...goin' up...

[nitpicker]

3. I've switched to once a week

Because:

1. FL only reports once a week

2. So does NE.

3. KS and maybe others report MWF.

4. Some others report MTWThF.

I think maybe everyone took their eyes off the ball as paint appeared to be drying, BUT it's running again.

[calimary]

6. Yeah, good point. Paint's NOT dry. It IS running again.

[nitpicker]

5. And I hope you realize

1. A lot of coroners don't appear to report on the weekends.

2. And test events and test-reading also may slack off on the weekends.

Just wait until Wednesdays...

[calimary]

7. YES. Definitely aware that the feed of statistics depends on human handling.

It's on whoever is keeping track, and at what frequency. Out here in non-pro land (at least in that respect), I go by the same sets of statistics on MSNBC. I found early-on that CNN's stats are close but not exactly the same. But because I got into the habit of watching and making note of MSNBC's stats, I decided it was best to keep using the same source for consistency's sake. No mix-'n'-match from different sourcing at different hours and dayparts.