COVID-19: What We Learned from a Recent New Mexico Press Conference

January 9, 2022Posted inHealthcareNo Comments

On January 5. 2022 the New Mexico Department of Health held its weekly press conference. That press conference reinforces my belief that it is difficult to figure out what is going on with COVID-19 and all its variants.  It is not clear to me that what is going on is part of any coherent plan.  I will discuss all of this in the body of this article.  For those who want to know more about the presentation, I have provided some links at the end of this article.

Best and Worst States for COVID-19

Best and Worst States for COVID-19

January 3, 2022Posted inHealthcareNo Comments

Corrected January 4, 2022.  Death per capita numbers were all high by a factor of 10, now correct.

There have been significant differences in the impact of COVID-19 across the various U.S. states.  This article will compare the best and worst of these impacts.  We look at two important factors:  total COVID case counts and COVID deaths.  It is found that states faring well or poorly in one regard may not have a similar standing with the other.