I haven't written a Tier Tuesday blog in several weeks. I've been meaning to use the weekly slot to talk about not Coronavirus but another potential pandemic on the horizon. While the Coronavirus pandemic isn't really over so much as it's turning into the Coronavirus endemic it seems that player 2, or pandemic 2, is already entering the game. ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I wrote a Tier Tuesday blog. My last Tier Tuesday check was 7 weeks ago. What's changed since then? Well, it's basically "The same, but more." Per my primary source of numerical data, The New York Times's Coronavirus in the U.S., average new case rates are up 30%, the hospitalization rate is up 40%, and the daily average ( Read more... )

It's been four weeks since I last did a Tier Tuesday check. In four weeks a lot could change. As I checked my primary source of numerical data, The New York Times's Coronavirus in the U.S., I didn't see a dominant narrative about the latest developments. Instead I observed several smaller stories. So, here are Five Things:

1) The new case rate is ( Read more... )

Tier Tuesday was two days ago, so today is... non-Tier Thursday? There's a second thing I want to note about Coronavirus statistics this week that I didn't include in Tuesday's post focused on passing the 1,000,000 death mark. It's that even as we're passing that grim milestone in the US, our new case rates are on the climb again ( Read more... )

It's Tier Tuesday so time for my weekly check-in on Coronavirus statistics. This week's check of the data at The New York Times Covid in the U.S. (retrieved 3 May 2022) shows the 7-day average number as of Monday was 60,953, vs. the previous Monday's average of 49,175. That's a 24% increase in average daily reported casesThis week's increase is a ( Read more... )

It's Tier Tuesday so time for my weekly check-in on Coronavirus statistics. This week's check of the data at The New York Times Covid in the U.S. (retrieved 26 Apr 2022) finds that yet again reported Covid cases are increasing week over week. Last week there was a 21.5% increase from the week before. This week's average daily new cases of 49,423 is ( Read more... )

It's Tier Tuesday so time to for a weekly check of Coronavirus statistics. I skipped last week because I was on vacation in Hawaii- and already backlogged with travel blogging that's still about 5 days behind. Let's catch up on Tier Tuesday now ( Read more... )

It's Tier Tuesday so time for my weekly check of Covid statistics. I missed doing an update last week as I was busy with stuff ("stuff" being mostly T-Mobile f*cking idiots) so I'll cover both weeks today. That said, it's almost the same story both weeks. Covid case rates continue to drop, but slowly. The curve is flattening out ( Read more... )

It's Tier Tuesday, as California's health department used to call it when it updated risk charts weekly on Tuesday. I like the cadence of checking stats once a week. It keeps me abreast of what's going on without it becoming an "Every day is Coronavirus news day" doomscrolling situation. Sharp-eyed readers will note I didn't post on Coronavirus ( Read more... )

It's Tier Tuesday so time to check the latest stats on Covid-19 spread. This week the numbers take on extra significance as I'm headed to Las Vegas for 2½ days of meetings in rooms with 200 colleagues in a crowded casino-hotel where masks are no longer required and vaccines have never been required. Wow, that has all the hallmarks of a ( Read more... )