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-- either as free people or as slaves.

If they remain self-reliant, they stay free.
Unchecked, ever-expanding government power
-- destroys lives.

Government panacea is a defective idea.
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Friday, August 14, 2020

COVID 19 -- We are getting better. Slowly.

Despite the absence of a vaccine for general distribution, we are getting better.  Slowly.  


Positive tests for COVID 19 and related virii are declining.
  • Public health laboratories decreased from 7.9% during week 31 to 7.0% during week
  • Clinical laboratories decreased from 6.3% during week 31 to 5.8%during week
  • Commercial laboratories decreased from 7.9% during week 31 to 7.1% during week 32
(US Center for Disease Control.CDC pdf document)


The overall hospitalization rate is 0.1441%.   By age groups, the highest rate of hospitalization was among adults aged ≥ 65 years, followed by adults aged 50-64 years, then adults aged 18-49 years.

(US Center for Disease Control)



Infection summary for USA

Coronavirus Cases: 5,441,647
Deaths:
170,952
Recovered: 2,851,130
Currently ill:
2,419,565
Hospitalized (approx.) 45,391

(Worldometer)
(Center for Disease Control )

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