For those of you who doubt the power of the legacy media, here it is on full display. The media has successfully scared the heck out of most Americans. That fear is so deep that no amount of logic, reason, or data that eases those fears is acceptable.
Agreed, the media is not dead yet. Fingers crossed. People forget that the only reason Mueller was appointed is because of the ranting and raving for weeks by the media demanding a special investigation. I can remember Charlie Rose on CBS this morning, before being fired, almost getting out of his chair screaming and turning Red in the face imploring the need to investigate Trump. I thought he was going to have a heart attack. Everyone else in the media piled on.
I agree. That’s why it is good to see things like this. Even the despicable NYT had a similar article a day or so ago. Tide seems to be turning. Way too slowly for me.
The virus has shown just how much power MSM still has. I can say without a doubt in my mind if Obongo had done exactly what Trump has done in this his approval numbers would be in upper 70’s to low 80’s. So it is fair to say MSM gives the rats a 20-30 point advantage right off the top.
People have gotten hysterical, that’s for sure. And you can’t say anything, they get defensive and angry, like you’re trying to endorse contagion and death.
They’ll violate the social distancing rule to smack someone for not wearing a mask.
“The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street.” An old TZ episode. Case in point!
“The media has successfully scared the heck out of most Americans. That fear is so deep that no amount of logic, reason, or data that eases those fears is acceptable.”
They scared the emotional members of our society. Once you scare them, forget it.
I don’t underestimate the power of the media, but you cannot deny the truth of what Hume said here.
It appears that Trump is beginning to push to reopen, but he is not moving nearly fast enough for me. Many of the governors fear being blamed for a second outbreak and deaths so they will likely wait another two weeks to see how those states that did start reopening perform. Some of them will drag it out.
I said 6 weeks ago that the media was driving the bus with the doom doctors giving direction and everyone, including Trump, was along for the ride.
We now KNOW, unlike 6 weeks ago, with a high degree of certainty that it is safe for the majority of Americans not in a vulnerable category to return to work. The risks for them are very minimal outside of potentially infecting those who are vulnerable.
This is the only solution that will preserve what is left of the economy.
Including many on FR!
Well, no. Most Americans spend their lives LOOKING FOR things to be scared of. And if they don't find anything, they'll make sh!t up to frighten them (global warming or "weapons of mass destruction," for example).
Quote: “For those of you who doubt the power of the legacy media, here it is on full display. The media has successfully scared the heck out of most Americans. That fear is so deep that no amount of logic, reason, or data that eases those fears is acceptable.”
Well said, but there is something about fear. Once you unleash that monster, there is no controlling it. The pressure of another more monstrous fear is building. Like a volcano, it is erupting. That is the fear of economic ruination and it is starting to overwhelm the fear of the virus.
I hope that I am wrong, but my state of NJ is ground zero for it. The war will start right here. I am not saying that anyone is going to go out and start shooting the state up. How it will start, however, is with a shot. Our citizens are increasingly ignoring Murphy’s orders, especially by the shore. Oh sure, the sheep in the state pay lip service to obeying. But everyday I can see lefties that I know violating the orders. I know one who decries the protests as “reckless” yet is out playing a pickup basketball game with friends on his driveway everyday.
This weekend it is supposed to be in the 70’s. The dam will break and Murphy will not see as a sign that he should loosen things up. Oh no, instead he will double down on enforcement that will become even more thuggish.
It is only a matter of time before the tension reaches such a boiling point that law enforcement uses deadly force somewhere. And then, there will be blood on an increasingly larger and larger scale.
For those new to the data, I standardize each municipality's cumulative COVID-19 fatality count per GitHub by its population, then multiply the resulting quotient by the US' population of 329MM to put everyone on a common/US scale. I then index each municipality's time-series to Day 1, where their size-adjusted fatality count is right before it breaches 1,000 people. This corrects for what I call the "Golf Problem" where broadcasts of the Masters etc have to show not only each golfer's score, but which hole they're at. I also list the Day 1 date and the population for reference. I've posted the history back to Day 1 on my About page.
Note for the US as nation, that Day 1 is March 25, which means Day 35 is April 28 for that row of data. You can do the math for the other municipalities to find out what Day XX means for them in calendar times; as a general rule, the last actual data point is the freshest date, but on a Golf timeline it gives each municipality's score as of the "35th hole."
The sort order is Day 35 for the international table. For the states' data, I sort by Day 31 which generally keeps the relative ranking steady for later days. For those states that haven't played the 31st hold, the sort order is Day 25.
I dropped the West Bank because their fatality total rose then fell, so I don't trust the data. I replaced them with Canada, which is doing very well (if I can even use that terminology). The international ranking of the US hasn't changed in a long time. Sweden and the Netherlands' "hands off" approach hasn't yielded fewer fatalities than the US, and Sweden deserves its own scrutiny because they aren't truly a hands-off/'flubro' nirvana. But that doesn't mean we should ignore what they're doing.
Stateside, for Day 35 the ranking of municipalities adjusted fatalities higher than the US as a whole remains unchanged: New York (Blue), New Jersey (Blue), Connecticut (Blue), Massachusetts (Blue), Michigan (Red), Louisiana (Red) and District of Columbia (Blue), respectively.
This data could/should be used to help assess where we can re-open for business on an unchained basis, and where a more risk-based approach to re-opening can be used adopted. But we must re-open.
Pray for those impacted.
| Country | Date of Day 1=day priot to hitting 1,000+ population-adjusted deaths | Population | Day 25 | Day 26 | Day 27 | Day 28 | Day 29 | Day 30 | Day 31 | Day 32 | Day 33 | Day 34 | Day 35 | Day 36 |
| San Marino | 3/3/20 | 33,574 | 206,132 | 215,948 | 215,948 | 245,396 | 255,211 | 255,211 | 294,475 | 294,475 | 314,106 | 314,106 | 314,106 | 333,738 |
| Belgium | 3/19/20 | 11,524,454 | 102,947 | 111,611 | 118,875 | 126,967 | 138,892 | 147,643 | 155,935 | 162,513 | 166,659 | 171,520 | 179,070 | 185,590 |
| Andorra | 3/21/20 | 77,543 | 131,749 | 140,249 | 140,249 | 148,749 | 148,749 | 152,999 | 157,249 | 157,249 | 157,249 | 157,249 | 169,999 | 169,999 |
| Spain | 3/13/20 | 47,100,396 | 93,346 | 98,271 | 103,498 | 108,081 | 112,517 | 116,190 | 120,410 | 124,237 | 126,336 | 130,898 | 135,145 | 139,952 |
| France | 3/18/20 | 67,076,000 | 68,052 | 70,809 | 73,629 | 77,373 | 84,448 | 88,147 | 91,891 | 95,045 | 97,006 | 99,698 | 102,337 | 105,009 |
| Italy | 3/5/20 | 60,243,406 | 58,966 | 63,408 | 67,986 | 71,963 | 76,121 | 80,311 | 84,036 | 86,908 | 90,388 | 93,692 | 96,657 | 99,994 |
| United Kingdom | 3/20/20 | 66,435,550 | 56,287 | 60,166 | 63,961 | 68,252 | 72,459 | 76,878 | 79,840 | 82,097 | 86,204 | 90,039 | 93,214 | 97,063 |
| Ireland | 3/25/20 | 4,921,500 | 38,236 | 40,847 | 46,003 | 48,883 | 51,494 | 53,168 | 67,900 | 71,181 | 72,788 | 73,793 | 77,610 | - |
| Netherlands | 3/17/20 | 17,451,031 | 47,589 | 50,101 | 51,876 | 53,500 | 55,804 | 59,392 | 62,829 | 65,549 | 68,230 | 69,816 | 71,082 | 74,198 |
| Sweden | 3/23/20 | 10,333,456 | 42,512 | 44,649 | 48,189 | 49,114 | 50,390 | 56,290 | 61,775 | 64,454 | 68,632 | 69,908 | 69,971 | 72,523 |
| United States | 3/25/20 | 329,556,365 | 38,664 | 40,661 | 42,094 | 44,444 | 46,622 | 49,954 | 51,949 | 53,755 | 54,881 | 56,259 | 58,355 | - |
| Switzerland | 3/16/20 | 8,586,550 | 36,385 | 38,457 | 39,762 | 42,449 | 43,677 | 45,059 | 47,553 | 49,165 | 50,931 | 52,505 | 53,464 | 54,846 |
| Luxembourg | 3/17/20 | 613,894 | 28,989 | 33,283 | 35,431 | 37,041 | 35,968 | 37,041 | 37,041 | 38,652 | 38,652 | 39,189 | 40,262 | 41,873 |
| Macedonia | 3/24/20 | 679,600 | 23,761 | 23,761 | 24,731 | 26,186 | 26,671 | 27,156 | 27,156 | 27,641 | 28,611 | 29,581 | 31,520 | 34,430 |
| Canada | 4/1/20 | 37,979,093 | 22,118 | 23,108 | 24,652 | 25,884 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Portugal | 3/23/20 | 10,276,617 | 20,171 | 21,069 | 22,031 | 22,897 | 23,570 | 24,436 | 25,174 | 26,296 | 27,387 | 28,220 | 28,958 | 29,760 |
| Germany | 3/25/20 | 83,149,300 | 17,673 | 18,176 | 19,270 | 19,948 | 20,923 | 22,096 | 22,829 | 23,293 | 23,685 | 24,280 | 25,025 | - |
| Denmark | 3/22/20 | 5,822,763 | 17,489 | 18,168 | 19,017 | 19,583 | 20,092 | 20,602 | 20,941 | 21,734 | 22,300 | 22,809 | 23,658 | 23,884 |
| Austria | 3/23/20 | 8,902,600 | 15,177 | 15,955 | 16,399 | 16,732 | 17,398 | 18,176 | 18,879 | 19,323 | 19,620 | 19,842 | 20,064 | 20,323 |
| Iran | 3/9/20 | 83,331,064 | 12,497 | 13,027 | 13,652 | 14,249 | 14,787 | 15,313 | 15,791 | 16,254 | 16,737 | 17,231 | 17,694 | 18,133 |
| Iceland | 3/23/20 | 364,260 | 7,238 | 8,143 | 8,143 | 8,143 | 9,047 | 9,047 | 9,047 | 9,047 | 9,047 | 9,047 | 9,047 | 9,047 |
| Cyprus | 3/23/20 | 875,900 | 4,515 | 4,515 | 4,515 | 4,515 | 4,515 | 4,515 | 4,891 | 4,891 | 5,267 | 5,267 | 5,267 | 5,644 |
| Municipality | Date of Day 1 = day prior to breaching size-adj 1,000 COVID19 fatalities | Population | Day 25 | Day 26 | Day 27 | Day 28 | Day 29 | Day 30 | Day 31 | Day 32 | Day 33 | Day 34 | Day 35 | Day 36 |
| New York | 3/20/20 | 19,795,791 | 167,410 | 180,362 | 192,881 | 202,970 | 213,458 | 222,448 | 230,888 | 238,846 | 246,854 | 254,745 | 262,036 | 269,062 |
| New Jersey | 3/23/20 | 8,958,013 | 129,424 | 141,270 | 149,731 | 154,587 | 161,025 | 174,858 | 186,263 | 197,483 | 206,644 | 215,694 | 218,453 | 222,353 |
| Connecticut | 3/23/20 | 3,590,886 | 89,114 | 95,080 | 99,668 | 103,431 | 122,154 | 130,597 | 141,702 | 150,421 | 161,892 | 170,887 | 176,668 | 184,653 |
| Massachusetts | 3/25/20 | 6,794,422 | 75,666 | 82,748 | 87,744 | 95,116 | 105,836 | 114,469 | 123,976 | 132,416 | 140,613 | 145,657 | 152,933 | - |
| Michigan | 3/24/20 | 9,922,576 | 73,932 | 76,622 | 79,345 | 81,903 | 89,608 | 93,394 | 98,874 | 102,428 | 108,705 | 110,067 | 113,123 | 118,503 |
| Louisiana | 3/20/20 | 4,670,724 | 62,373 | 71,475 | 77,825 | 81,565 | 85,587 | 89,397 | 91,443 | 93,701 | 99,134 | 103,932 | 108,659 | 112,963 |
| Rhode Island | 3/29/20 | 1,056,298 | 56,471 | 58,966 | 63,022 | 67,078 | 70,510 | 72,694 | 74,566 | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Columbia | 3/24/20 | 672,228 | 42,161 | 44,612 | 47,064 | 51,476 | 54,907 | 62,261 | 68,144 | 75,007 | 80,890 | 87,264 | 90,695 | 93,147 |
| United States | 3/25/20 | 329,556,365 | 38,664 | 40,661 | 42,094 | 44,444 | 46,622 | 49,954 | 51,949 | 53,755 | 54,881 | 56,259 | 58,355 | - |
| Pennsylvania | 3/28/20 | 12,802,503 | 41,701 | 44,275 | 44,353 | 45,974 | 47,416 | 48,162 | 50,093 | 52,667 | - | - | - | - |
| Illinois | 3/27/20 | 12,859,995 | 34,826 | 37,902 | 40,413 | 43,463 | 46,230 | 48,280 | 49,792 | 51,048 | 54,456 | - | - | - |
| Delaware | 3/27/20 | 945,934 | 25,084 | 28,568 | 31,007 | 32,052 | 34,839 | 39,020 | 41,807 | 43,549 | 47,730 | - | - | - |
| Indiana | 3/26/20 | 6,619,680 | 27,979 | 28,327 | 31,364 | 32,907 | 35,148 | 36,890 | 39,081 | 40,475 | 42,018 | 44,856 | - | - |
| Colorado | 3/24/20 | 5,456,574 | 23,494 | 24,702 | 25,427 | 27,058 | 29,232 | 31,768 | 33,641 | 40,586 | 40,465 | 40,949 | 42,579 | 44,452 |
| Georgia | 3/23/20 | 10,214,860 | 19,712 | 21,325 | 21,616 | 22,003 | 24,745 | 26,133 | 27,004 | 28,101 | 28,681 | 28,939 | 29,262 | 31,649 |
| Mississippi | 3/27/20 | 2,992,333 | 18,613 | 20,154 | 21,256 | 22,137 | 23,018 | 24,340 | 25,000 | 25,221 | 26,322 | - | - | - |
| Ohio | 3/29/20 | 11,614,373 | 17,309 | 18,614 | 19,579 | 20,175 | 20,657 | 21,366 | 22,672 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nevada | 3/24/20 | 2,890,845 | 17,214 | 17,670 | 18,012 | 18,582 | 18,582 | 21,318 | 22,230 | 23,142 | 23,484 | 23,484 | 24,966 | 24,966 |
| Virginia | 3/29/20 | 8,382,993 | 13,720 | 14,742 | 16,236 | 17,140 | 17,612 | 18,005 | 19,342 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Florida | 3/29/20 | 20,271,272 | 15,054 | 16,030 | 16,989 | 17,135 | 17,444 | 17,672 | 19,037 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Washington | 3/8/20 | 7,170,351 | 11,444 | 12,501 | 13,467 | 14,616 | 15,811 | 17,603 | 18,798 | 19,763 | 20,958 | 22,199 | 22,889 | 23,486 |
| Vermont | 3/18/20 | 626,042 | 13,160 | 14,213 | 14,740 | 15,266 | 15,792 | 18,424 | 18,424 | 19,477 | 19,477 | 20,004 | 21,057 | 21,057 |
| Wisconsin | 3/29/20 | 5,771,337 | 14,104 | 14,675 | 14,961 | 15,189 | 15,646 | 16,046 | 17,131 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oklahoma | 3/27/20 | 3,911,338 | 12,049 | 13,818 | 14,239 | 15,082 | 15,840 | 16,346 | 16,430 | 16,599 | 17,441 | - | - | - |
| California | 3/27/20 | 39,144,818 | 10,296 | 11,079 | 11,997 | 13,075 | 13,630 | 14,245 | 14,447 | 15,154 | 15,693 | - | - | - |
| Kansas | 3/29/20 | 2,911,641 | 12,564 | 12,677 | 13,243 | 13,469 | 13,582 | 14,261 | 14,375 | - | - | - | - | - |
| South Carolina | 3/27/20 | 4,896,146 | 8,346 | 9,087 | 9,423 | 10,096 | 10,568 | 11,173 | 11,712 | 11,914 | 12,923 | - | - | - |
| Idaho | 3/28/20 | 1,654,930 | 10,156 | 10,753 | 10,753 | 10,753 | 11,152 | 11,152 | 11,550 | 11,948 | - | - | - | - |
| North Dakota | 3/29/20 | 756,927 | 6,095 | 6,531 | 6,531 | 6,966 | 7,402 | 8,272 | 8,272 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oregon | 3/27/20 | 4,028,977 | 6,135 | 6,380 | 6,380 | 6,789 | 7,035 | 7,116 | 7,443 | 7,525 | 8,098 | - | - | - |
| Montana | 3/29/20 | 1,032,949 | 4,467 | 4,467 | 4,467 | 4,467 | 4,467 | 4,467 | 4,786 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Maryland | 3/31/20 | 6,006,401 | 39,669 | 43,729 | 45,375 | 47,076 | 55,745 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Missouri | 4/1/20 | 6,083,672 | 15,168 | 15,276 | 16,035 | 17,876 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| New Hampshire | 4/1/20 | 1,330,608 | 14,860 | 14,860 | 14,860 | 14,860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| New Mexico | 4/1/20 | 2,085,109 | 14,699 | 15,647 | 16,437 | 16,595 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kentucky | 3/30/20 | 4,425,092 | 14,448 | 15,118 | 15,491 | 15,714 | 16,086 | 16,757 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alabama | 3/31/20 | 4,858,979 | 14,175 | 14,447 | 14,853 | 15,464 | 16,413 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Minnesota | 3/31/20 | 5,489,594 | 13,267 | 14,648 | 16,329 | 17,169 | 18,070 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arizona | 3/30/20 | 6,828,065 | 12,404 | 12,935 | 13,273 | 13,369 | 13,369 | 13,273 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| North Carolina | 4/4/20 | 10,042,802 | 11,912 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Iowa | 4/1/20 | 3,123,899 | 11,815 | 12,448 | 13,398 | 14,347 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Maine | 3/30/20 | 1,329,328 | 10,908 | 11,652 | 12,396 | 12,396 | 12,644 | 12,644 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nebraska | 4/1/20 | 1,896,190 | 9,211 | 9,559 | 9,559 | 9,733 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tennessee | 3/31/20 | 6,600,299 | 8,987 | 9,337 | 9,487 | 9,587 | 9,387 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Texas | 4/2/20 | 27,469,114 | 8,110 | 8,386 | 8,626 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arkansas | 3/31/20 | 2,978,204 | 5,201 | 5,311 | 5,533 | 5,643 | 6,307 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerto Rico | 4/1/20 | 3,680,058 | 4,657 | 4,746 | 4,746 | 7,701 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alaska | 4/3/20 | 738,432 | 3,124 | 4,017 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
And what Hume advocates just makes too much sense. What is sadder is how the public is still so easily manipulated by the media.