As we have discussed, it is disquieting that reports of no more death tracking emerged in January.
But of the state total not reporting today, only Tennessee looked worrisome and it may catch up. The death count today was 150ish below same day last week. Tennessee could add to that. Texas looked a little light, too.
A springtime approaching death count decline is likely, but the curve should not be vertical down. We’ll know from its appearance if we really are outright lacking lots of hospitals reporting.
The only ones that it is disquieting to are the gullible vaxxers.
I’d note that more conservative states did not report than liberal states that did not report — and all the big blue states reported, I believe.
Perhaps Tennessee may have had trouble getting data from ice storm areas?
BTW, check out S. Korea’s curves. I’m guessing they were late to the party with Delta, which gave their truly Orwellian mitigation a good test. It’s rather looking like Omicron may break through it. I’d also note that SK’s effective CFR with Delta was almost as high as their prior wave, running around 1.1%. I’m not sure what they were doing for vaccines or treatments...