[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Summary:

• At https://www.healthweather.us/?mode=Atypical you find a map of the US which indicates - discounting the expected influence of the flu - which have more than the historically predictable number of people with fevers in each county (for which they have data).

• Below that map, you find a graph of % of US population which had a fever, vs. time since February 15.

• Whittle also showed a map showing the change by county in the number of people having fever over the past week.

The upshot is that the number of people having a temperature got atypically high when Covid hit - but since the institution of social distancing, that number has dropped below what historical data would lead you to expect.

So much so that it seems likely that the public reaction to Covid has saved more lives than Covid itself has carried off. Because so many fewer people than expected have contracted the flu this past month.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

The caveat in interpreting this fever data is that it could be that normal flu is reacting more strongly to social distancing than Covid is.

Or less, FTM.

[pa_dweller]

The upshot is that...
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Nice.   Thanks!

[ifinnegan]

Thanks. I plan to look at this when I get to my desk top.