COVID: No Good States
I've been hearing increasingly dire reports about Covid infections in the news lately. How bad is it really? Looking at Covid-19 numbers for all the states, it's hard to say that any of them are ....
Month: December 2020
EU Peak Covid Deaths, US Peak Cases
COVID-19 deaths/person in the EU and UK are about the same as the US this week, as they are in Germany and France. Italy is considerably higher and Spain lower. But... Peaks in deaths continue ....
Quantifying the Congressional Assault on Democracy
In a move that generated derision from legal experts across the political spectrum, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked the Supreme Court to throw out the votes of Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in the ....
Mixed Signals on Covid Responses
International case statistics show a range of trends in recent weeks. US cases have skyrocketed in recent weeks, as amply covered by the media. EU and UK cases also skyrocketed (left panel), starting a couple ....
Why You Should Ignore Latest Voter Fraud Claims from Trump
I don't know what other claims Donald Trump and his allies will make about voter fraud over the next few weeks, but in the spirit of Slow News, I'm providing a quick reference sheet for ....