📣 WEEKLY UPDATE: Has the COVID Red/Blue divide finally peaked??
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Two weeks ago, the new COVID case rate since 6/30 in the reddest tenth of the population was running 3.06x higher than in the bluest tenth.
As of today that's dropped slightly, to exactly 3.0x higher:
As of today that's dropped slightly, to exactly 3.0x higher:
What about the COVID *death* rate since 6/30? Two weeks ago that was running 5.5x higher in the reddest tenth than the bluest tenth.
Today that ratio has *increased* to 5.76x higher...
...however, deaths are a lagging indicator, so it's possible this, too, will start to shrink.
Today that ratio has *increased* to 5.76x higher...
...however, deaths are a lagging indicator, so it's possible this, too, will start to shrink.
Both of these could be one-offs; it's entirely possible that one or both will continue to increase. However, this is the first time I've seen either ratio drop at all since the Delta wave started.
Meanwhile, here's the county-level death rates since 6/30 in scatter-plot format:
Meanwhile, here's the county-level death rates since 6/30 in scatter-plot format:
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