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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.