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Klaralven

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5. The 7-day moving average is still lower than just before Thanksgiving

Reply to beachbumbob (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 3, 2020, 09:21 AM

Dec 2020

So this is largely catch up -- either delayed reporting of deaths or delayed deaths due to not wanting to unplug patients during the holiday weekend. Next of kin may also have been unavailable for end of life decisions.

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US reports 3,100 COVID-19 deaths in one day, surpassing previous record by 20 percent [View all] left-of-center2012 Dec 2020 OP

big driver of that number as the Tday holiday weekend, Today;s and Friday;s number beachbumbob Dec 2020 #1

The 7-day moving average is still lower than just before Thanksgiving Klaralven Dec 2020 #5

many states would have data delay based on the 4 day weekend but other states not so much, Illinois beachbumbob Dec 2020 #6

But but but malaise Dec 2020 #2

That is an American death every 28 seconds. Botany Dec 2020 #3

Once again, we are all held hostage DeminPennswoods Dec 2020 #4

we barely have enough doctors and nurses at this point and NO country has a healthsystem geared beachbumbob Dec 2020 #7

From the get-go, every move has been in service of DeminPennswoods Dec 2020 #10

I know of NO employed doctors or nurses any where, the ones who are by choice based on current beachbumbob Dec 2020 #12

Your relatives are overwhelmed because of the system DeminPennswoods Dec 2020 #13

can we call it what it is bdamomma Dec 2020 #8

Shhhhhit, this takes my calculations 10 days early ... shhhhhhit. If this baselines at 2.5k by mid uponit7771 Dec 2020 #9

I haven't done the arithmetic, because I'm just too beaten down for that, just now. BobTheSubgenius Dec 2020 #11

Any evidence that any GOPer death cult members are waking up yet? Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2020 #14

I haven't seen 3000+ deaths for Wednesday from anyplace I trust - Ms. Toad Dec 2020 #15

I'm even afraid to go out mvd Dec 2020 #16

For comparison, 9/11 was 2,996 deaths. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2020 #17

I suspect it will pass 5,000 per day before Spring. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2020 #18

We Could See 5k GB_RN Dec 2020 #19

Yep, it wouldn't surprise me at all. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2020 #20

More new cases and deaths... 'almost nothing' acc to the Trump family. keithbvadu2 Dec 2020 #21

There are only 1440 minutes in a day. That more than death every 30 seconds in the US. NurseJackie Dec 2020 #22

America will suffer fallout from covid for generations bucolic_frolic Dec 2020 #23