The COVID-19 Civil War
Posted by Warm Southern Breeze on Monday, July 20, 2020
As of this date today, July 20, 2020, 183 days have passed since January 20, 2020 – when COVID-19 was discovered in the United States.
As of this date at 09:35:04 have been 140,563 (and counting) deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, aka COVID-19, in the United States. (Death totals in the US include confirmed and probable, in accordance with CDC guidelines as of April 14.)
Before proceeding further, we need to obtain some history for clarity, and perspective – because, you know… it’s all in how you look at things.
• January 20
First U.S. case of COVID-19 reported, a 35-year-old man in Snohomish County, Washington, who had traveled with his family to Wuhan, capital city of the Hubei Province, China.
• January 30
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports the first person-to-person transmission of COVID-19 in the United States from a woman who had traveled to Wuhan, China, and returned to the USA on 13 January, whose spouse became the 6th known positive case of COVID-19 in the United States, and 1st case in Chicago, and the 2nd case in IL. Dr. Ngozi O. Ezike, MD, Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health made the announcement.
(https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-coronavirus-patient-infected-spouse-in-1st-human-to-human-case-in-us-cdc/2210301/)
• February 6
Following autopsy results in mid-to-late April, the Santa Clara County California Medical Examiner’s office reported on April 21 that the first known COVID-19 related death occurred in the United States, previously thought to have occurred in Kirkland, Washington on February 29. The NYT reported that, “The virus has an incubation period of 14 days and people who die of it are often sick for at least three weeks, so the individual who died on Feb. 6 could have been infected — and transmitting the infection to others — in early January, experts said.”
(https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/us/coronavirus-updates.html)
(https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-21/autopsies-reveal-first-confirmed-u-s-coronavirus-deaths-occurred-in-bay-area-in-early-february)
• February 17
The second known COVID-19 related death occurred in Santa Clara County California. Following autopsy results in mid-to-late April, the Santa Clara County California Medical Examiner’s office reported on April 21 that the second known COVID-19 related death occurred in United States, the first COVID-19 related death was previously thought to have occurred in Kirkland, Washington on February 29. The NYT reported that, “The virus has an incubation period of 14 days and people who die of it are often sick for at least three weeks, so the individual who died on Feb. 6 could have been infected — and transmitting the infection to others — in early January, experts said.”
(https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/us/coronavirus-updates.html)
(https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-21/autopsies-reveal-first-confirmed-u-s-coronavirus-deaths-occurred-in-bay-area-in-early-february)
• April 22
News emerged that the first COVID-19 death did not occur in at EvergreenHealth Medical Center in Kirkland, Washington as previously thought. The Santa Clara County California Medical Examiner reported on the 21st that autopsies revealed 2 coronavirus-infected deaths occurred in Santa Clara County on February 6 and February 17. The NYT reported that, “The virus has an incubation period of 14 days and people who die of it are often sick for at least three weeks, so the individual who died on Feb. 6 could have been infected — and transmitting the infection to others — in early January, experts said.”
(https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/us/coronavirus-updates.html)
(https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-21/autopsies-reveal-first-confirmed-u-s-coronavirus-deaths-occurred-in-bay-area-in-early-february)
To obtain an average figure of deaths per day, divide the number of deaths – 140,563 (and counting) – by a number of days since (some point in time).
So, let’s pick a day.
Time from Date to Date (July 20) deaths per day
January 20 – 183 days – 768 deaths/day
January 30 – 173 days – 813 deaths/day
February 6 – 166 days – 847 deaths/day
February 17 – 155 days – 907 deaths/day
April 22 – 90 days – 1562 deaths/day
None of it looks good, does it?
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