2023-03-30

edschweppe: Myself in a black suit and black bow tie (Default)
2023-03-30 06:37 pm
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Local COVID-19 updates

Wall-o-text, covering 7 days of data )

I'd call this week's statewide numbers mixed at best; newly reported confirmed cases were down slightly compared to last week and current hospitalizations dropped as well, while newly reported tests were actually up a little bit. However, newly confirmed deaths jumped over 55% (from 38 last week to 59 today), and that's not good news under any circumstances. The national numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also look good at first blush, as both nationally reported case and death counts are down week-to-week.

If only I felt confident that the dropping official case counts accurately reflected the actual number of currently infectious people wandering around ...
edschweppe: (whiskey tango foxtrot)
2023-03-30 10:45 pm
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Half a day is a long time in politics

The big news this morning: Disney stripped Florida governor Ron Desantis' handpicked board of pretty much all their power to control Walt Disney World back in February - and the new board only just now learned about it. (Or, as Talking Points Memo described it, "Wow! Disney Pantsed Lil' Ron!")

The big news this evening: Former President Donald Trump has been indicted in New York City; said indictment is still sealed as of this typing.

What a difference half a day makes.