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I knew you were salivating to post this number. I’d tou go to sourced data the New York death count was overstated yesterday on world odometer by 600. There is a collapsing of numbers in out hotspots. The data you breathlessly report only when it suits your narrative are suspect.

Being a doctor I would expect you to glean all data and make an educated analysis. You are violating scientific convention and your oath to do no harm. Shame on you.

Well, we know the numbers are being manipulated and artificially increased - that basically almost anyone who dies and can't be proven *not* to have CV is counted as a CV death. The guidance literally says if the physician has any reason to suspect the deceased had CV it is to be counted. Well, he/she certainly has a "reason" - more compensation for their facility if it is counted as a CV death.

When we look back on this year, we're going to be amazed at how healthy we all were in the middle of a "pandemic." Deaths due to heart disease, cancer, nominal flu, etc. - all down significantly. :-/

I've been charting US cases for weeks now, using data pulled from CDC going back into January when the official case count was 1. Hey, I'm an engineer, a bit of a math guy, I like graphs and I'm stuck at home teleworking so...

I've noticed a couple of interesting phenomenon. For weeks the number of cases was more or less steadily increasing - as you would expect. There were some minor variations but in general the numbers were trending consistently up. Then about 1 April new cases per day hit the mid 20 thousands or so and more or less leveled off. There were a couple of blips above that, and we eased up into the low 30s for a couple of days but the rate of increase had obviously fallen off significantly.

The thing is, here it is 3 weeks later and the numbers haven't really started back down yet. We're still in the mid to upper 20k range of new cases per day. Other Countries have exhibited a significant roll-off in new cases. Yet ours are remaining high / level... Maybe there's a valid reason or reasons for it. Or maybe there's some other pressure on the system to keep the numbers high, keep this thing going, at least on paper - or in this case on the spreadsheets for as long as they can milk it.

For a big scary "pandemic" it still seems odd that I don't know anyone who has died from it. I don't know anyone who knows anyone who has died from it. I don't know anyone who has it or had it. I don't know anyone who knows anyone who has it or had it. I don't have a huge circle of friends, but I'm no hermit either. I have family and friends scattered across 5 states. My project team is over 100 people scattered across 3 states. You'd think for a "pandemic" I wouldn't have to play 6 degrees of separation to try to find someone with it. Playing that game I'm more likely to run into Kevin Bacon before a CV patient.