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Biden’s convention embraced racial justice. BLM leaders saw it mostly as lip service.

S&P 500’s return to a record doesn’t tell the full story, with 60% of stocks still with losses

Dr. Birx says it’ll be safe to vote in-person in November

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John Brennan says he isn’t under criminal investigation after 8-hour interview with attorney Durham

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Biden says he’d lock down country if spread of coronavirus warranted it

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WH National Security Advisor calls the suspected poisoning of Kremlin critic Novalny “extraordinarily concerning”

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Why Trump is focused on making Marco Rubio happy

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Obama endorses 100+ Dem candidates — skips AOC

TV ratings crash for return of woke NBA and MBL

House committee subpoenas 4 top Pompeo aides

Trump returns to the Hamptons for fundraising swing as Biden closes the cash gap

July shootings in Portland double amidst chaos

34 shot, 9 fatally in Mayor Lightfoot’s Chicago

Trump blasts Birx after she warns coronavirus pandemic is ‘extraordinarily widespread’

Coronavirus cases ease in the Sun Belt states as nationwide deaths climb

Pompeo says Chinese software companies are feeding data directly to CCP

New York Times Op-ed: ‘Lets scrap the presidential debates’


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Karen Bass renounces her praise of Fidel Castro

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Trump demands death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber

Portland protesters burn Bibles, American flags in the streets

Pelosi accuses Trump, Birx of spreading misinformation about coronavirus

COVID-19 test delays create a nightmare as schools try to reopen

Twitter endangers Americans by suppressing medical debate

Farage: Government burying ‘their heads in the sand’ on migration

German leaders warn of coronavirus resurgence, condemn protests

Eastman Kodak’s top executive reportedly got Trump deal windfall on an ‘understanding’

There have more shootings in NYC this year than in all of 2019

Report: 21 shot, 6 dead, Friday-Saturday afternoon in Chicago


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Schumer calls on VA to explain use of unproven drug on vets

Mnuchin says jobless numbers ‘may get worse before they get better’ — unemployment may hit 25%

Dr. Birx: ‘Nothing from CDC I can trust’ ...

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Mnuchin: Trump administration ‘carefully’ monitoring reopening

Coronavirus live updates: VA spent $208,000 on Trump-promoted malaria drug to treat vets

Florida nursing home fatalities spike dramatically ...

73 percent of US adults: China holds blame for coronavirus deaths

Court halts ban on mass gathering at Kentucky churches

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White House aides rattled after infections strike inner circle ...

Scalise: Obama, Biden should answer for their role in Flynn case

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Colorado governor defends move to reopen

Coronavirus live updates: NY to plan phased reopening after hospitalizations decline for two weeks

U.S. deaths 53, 983 ...

Birx: Trump knows disinfectant ‘not a treatment’

“It bothers me that this is still in the news cycle,’ Birx says on Trump’s disinfectant and light comments

Trump pulls punches and clings to his China trade deal after backlash against Beijing grows

Mnuchin: Bounce-back by election ...

Adam Schiff: 50,000 Americans dead because Trump wasn’t removed

Italy and Spain announce plans to ease coronavirus lockdowns further

More than 5,000 New York pharmacies to give coronavirus tests in bid to screen 40,000 people daily

With Kim Jong Un’s health uncertain, focus shifts to powerful sister Kim Yo ...

[Gov.] Whitmer: ‘Most important thing we can do is vote by mail’

Bending the Curve

 

Both Doctors Birx and Fauci keep pointing to”bending the curve” and “logarithmic growth” as key elements in determining when we will emerge from the COVID-19 woods. What do these terms mean? Dear reader, in this blog post, I will try to explain.

I have previously pointed you to the Latest Data link to show you the numbers describing what is happened with the coronavirus case and mortality statistics. The first two charts show how the numbers are progressing worldwide. At the top of each chart you have the option between linear and logarithmic forms of these numbers. Why logarithmic? 

Because there is a convenient mathematical trick that allows you to quickly assess the growth rate of the underlying raw data. Neato!

To see this trick in action chick on the logarithmic option on say the worldwide Coronavirus Cases chart. Now look at the slope of this logarithm curve at various points. To convert this slope estimate into a growth rate look at the above table ... converting the rightmost column to degrees by multiplying by 100. Then read the growth rate from th left column. As one can see, when the slope of the curve on the logarithmic trend line flattens, the “growth rate” of the raw numbers is zero ... meaning not that the numbers are going down, just the change in these numbers is unchanging.

Click on the top table entry  “US” link to drill down into the numbers just for America and perform this same mathematical trick.

One can also see that the actual numbers will not decrease until the slope of the logarithmic transform is also negative. So, dear readers, if you want to track things like Dr. Birx, take a daily excursion into the above link and click on the logarithmic options on these charts. (At the moment, the logarithmic cases chart DOES show a flattening of the curve ... good news!) A flattening of the deaths chart will be delayed by a week or two.

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AOC breaks with Bernie on how to lead the left

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Gov. issues stay-at-home order for south Florida — through mid May!

Reports of mask theft not controversial until Trump brought it up

Trump: Gov. Cuomo would be a better candidate than Biden

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The Great Wait ... April cancelled ...

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Trump calls for ousting GOP congressman from party ahead of coronavirus relief vote

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Trump criticizes GM, CEO Mary Barra for wanting ‘top  dollar’ for producing ventilators

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Federal Reserve’s balance sheet tops $5 trillion for first time ...

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