In today's numbers, the world has 3.54 million infected, with 247,000 deaths. Spain is approaching 250,000 cases, Italy has topped 210,000 cases, and the UK has attained 4th place with 186,000 cases. Russia is on the move with 134,000 cases, including over 10,000 in the past day. Brazil's burning rainforest approach to the virus has now pushed them past China to 97,000 cases, right on the heels of Iran.
The US is nearing 1.2 million cases, with over 68,000 dead. Worldometers is now breaking New Jersey and a few other states down by county, but not Massachusetts even though our data is available. (We are up 3% again today.)
On the karma front, China's policy of inveigle the world, infect the world doesn't seem to be paying off, with a crippled export industry showing "no sign of recovery." Also, a pair of honeymooners who somehow made their way to Hawaii have been jailed after violating the 14-day quarantine for out-of-state visitors by leaving their hotel room to get pizza. You can read the state's press release, "From the honeymoon suite to cell block", here, and the blow-by-blow of their violations here. Hawaii is ranked #47 out of the 50 states with only 620 cases, and they seem to intend to keep it that way.
PlagueBlog was never a fan of the L vs. S strain theory, and yet another paper is out debunking it: No evidence for distinct types in the evolution of SARS-CoV-2.
Sunday, May 03, 2020
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