Sunday, December 27, 2020

Global – 79,200,000/1,800,000; USA – 18,900,000/331,000 Deb’s note for the day: Hospitalizations had stablized and specific metros were significantly declining so we will be able to see a post-Holiday surge in cases and hospitalizations and predict depth of surge impact by 10 Jan. 1. Data will be unstable for the next 2 weeks and decreases cannot be interpreted with both Christmas and New Years but will be tracking new hospital admissions 2. 24 States did not report yesterday on critical pandemic parameters and will cause a surge in cases and fatalities due to this reporting issue in the next few days 3. Summarizing the current state of the pandemic : overall the USA is at a high plateau for cases and hospitalizations and due to lagging fatalities reporting in improving states we won't see the fatality plateau until the next 2 week s Some areas going done and others are still surging. Big question will be whether we will have a post-holiday (Christmas and New Year surge). Letter from VP Pence - December 18 Photo with VP Pence - December, 2 Raising concern about what Trump might do as a last-ditch effort to prevent Biden from assuming the Presidency. He is already calling for demonstrations in Washington at the time of the January 6 ratification of the electoral votes by the Congress. He could induce riots and then invoke martial law to “control” the riots. Also, he could not sign the Omnibus budget bill and cause a government shutdown that could interfere with the inauguration PRESS: CNN State of the Union with Dana Bash; The Guardian: Interview 'New disease, no treatment, no cure': how Anthony Fauci's fight against Aids prepared him for Covid-19 Benjamin Ryan