It was only a few weeks ago that the news was wondering if the end of the pandemic was nigh, and now Austria is locking down, and, oh, look at the pretty map: https://www.usatoday.com/storytelling/coronavirus-reopening-america-map/.
Massachusetts: The number of confirmed new cases is *growing*, with *18,596* for the seven days ending November 18 compared to *9,580* the seven days prior. New Mexico: *Caseload:* The number of confirmed new cases is *growing*, with *11,544* for the seven days ending November 18 compared to *7,275* the seven days prior. -- rec -- On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 7:36 PM Alexander Rasmus <[email protected]> wrote: > Nick, > > The hysteria seems appropriate, though perhaps unsustainable. I was going > to say that deaths are surely down relative to a year ago, but this isn't > really the case. As Frank says, the real question is whether you are part > of the general that the deaths are happening in, or whether you are part of > some other general, so that you can uncomfortably feel like your odds of > being infected and noticeably impacted by covid are small, even though your > status as a fair die remains fraught. Either way, covid is here to stay. > > Best, > Alex > > On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 5:23 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This is Hysterical Nick writing: >> >> >> >> Hysterical Nick just looked at the numbers for the first time in several >> weeks and was startled to find that the case rate in santa fe is 41 per >> 10^5, which is roughly where we were last year ahead of the holiday >> blowout. Only this year, almost everybody I know is planning to stand >> around hot steamy kitchens drinking and yelling at their relatives over >> politics. I can no longer manipulate the doh website to find out the >> present demographics or zipcode of the epidemic so I have to assume that >> there are approximately 600 people currently infected with covid and that >> they are all standing in line with me at Whole Foods. >> >> >> >> Has any of you don’t deeper and less hysterical thinking about this? >> >> >> >> n >> >> >> >> Nick Thompson >> >> [email protected] >> >> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ >> >> >> >> .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: >> 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >> > > .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: > 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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