Friday, October 2, 2020

On covid performance

There are really only two important things to look at with regards to disease - prevention and mitigation. In other words, how well did our system and response prevent the spread of the disease, and for those infected, how well did our system keep them alive.

The US is made up of 50 states and various territories, and as we have with our state laws, we had various responses to the pandemic. Using data from Worldometer, we can perform this basic analysis and see how well each state did in each area. Perhaps in doing so, we can then review the approaches of the different states and find out what worked, and what didn't, and make some more cohesive country-wide plans to be implemented in any future situations.

Simple math shows that just 6 states had death rates above 5%, and those 6 states account for a massive 34.09% of the total deaths - 71,048 deaths. Those states are Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire, and Michigan.

We should study their actions carefully, as they are surely a blueprint of what not to do during a pandemic.

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