Category Archives: COVID-19

The State of COVID in D.C.*: Starting to Level Off, but Still High

*And by D.C., I mean Alexandria, VA, because the publicly available D.C. data don’t seem to be collected anymore. The rate of decline really slowed this week: With a decline from 789 copies/ml to 646 copies/ml, we’re still six to … Continue reading

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A Failure of COVID Policy: The Nursing Home Vaccination Edition

While the carnage among the elderly from COVID is well known, I suspect it’s far less known that around one in six all of COVID deaths, not just the elderly occurred in those in nursing homes. That’s why it’s distressing, … Continue reading

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The State of COVID in D.C.*: Still High, but a Big Decline

*And by D.C., I mean Alexandria, VA, because the publicly available D.C. data don’t seem to be collected anymore. A very solid decline for Alexandria, VA: With a decline from 1,249 copies/ml to 979 copies/ml, we’re still ten times higher … Continue reading

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The State of COVID in D.C.*: A Modest Improvement (Sort of)

*And by D.C., I mean Alexandria, VA, because the publicly available D.C. data don’t seem to be collected anymore. A reasonable decline for Alexandria, VA: With a decline from 1,432 copies/ml to 1,318 copies/ml, we’re still thirteen times higher than … Continue reading

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Four Years into the Pandemic and We Still Don’t Have the Numbers We Need

A couple articles in the last week demonstrate how our COVID policy, such as it is, still lacks any basis in, well, numbers. A Time article (and, boy howdy, is Time a ghost of its former self) discusses how people … Continue reading

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The State of COVID in D.C.*: Well, It Didn’t Get Worse

*And by D.C., I mean Alexandria, VA, because the publicly available D.C. data don’t seem to be collected anymore. We have a very slight decline–which is better than another sharp increase (January 6 data): With a slight decline from 1,502 … Continue reading

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The State of COVID in D.C.*: We’ve Blown By the January 2023 Peak

*And by D.C., I mean Alexandria, VA, because the publicly available D.C. data don’t seem to be collected anymore. Holy haberdashery, it’s not good:

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Initially, We Didn’t All Experience the Same Pandemic–And That Matters

One thing to remember amidst some of the COVID pandemic revision is the first wave, March to July 2020, really only hit the coasts hard* in the U.S. Much of the U.S. really didn’t get hammered until the summer, and … Continue reading

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The State of COVID in D.C.*: We’re Back to the January 2023 Peak

*And by D.C., I mean Alexandria, VA, because the publicly available D.C. data don’t seem to be collected anymore. Well, technically wer’re at ‘only’ 94% of the January 2023 season peak: With an increase from 901 copies/ml to 1,230 copies/ml, … Continue reading

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The State of COVID in D.C.*: It’s Getting Worse

*And by D.C., I mean Alexandria, VA, because the publicly available D.C. data can’t really be easily understood and don’t seem to be collected anymore. We had another significant increase this week: With an increase from 736 copies/ml to 817 … Continue reading

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