It has been a while since our last check in with the Great Race to the Bottom. While the New York Times gets better and better at creating The Best Source for Coronavirus Information, the US is holding "strong": 1st in total cases by a mile (though Brazil is catching up), 1st in cases in the last 7 days, back to 10th in the world for cases per person (my primary statistic), and 6th in the world for cases per person in the last 7 days. We are 1st place in most deaths, are 2nd behind Brazil for most deaths in the last 7 days, 10th for deaths per person in the world and tie for 9th for most deaths per person in the last 7 days.
Good work.
I guess the death rate has dropped considerably and no one is worried anymore.
If we go back to school, maybe we can be #1 in every statistic!
If you're wondering where our numbers are coming from, the statistics above are the states with the greatest caseload per person in the last 7 days. Florida is "winning". Making good on all the jokes the world tells about them.
Last time I reported (7/09), Gunnison was at 125. A few days ago, I checked Gunnison's statistic, it was 127. Now we're at 130, and have a lot of pending tests out. I think one of them was from my place of work. It's getting closer and closer to home again. Tourism! The Most dysfunctional of all dysfunctional economies. Even though we have mask laws in place in the state, the tourists are coming from Many of the states above: Texas, Arizona, Alabama...
Don't be an asshole. Stay home.
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