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They've had to double the scale of the new case graph to capture going through 1,000,000 cases a day. The 1/21 and Delta peaks now look like bumps in the road. Hospitalizations are problematic, but hopefully they - and the more lagging death numbers - will continue to be flatter than new cases.

In regard to how causes of death are categorized, what is not up for debate is the actual number of deaths and the 1.5 year decline in life expectancy in 2020. That's the largest decline since at least WWII. I expect 2021 will show a further decline, but it's COVID and, to a much lesser degree, increases in drug overdoses and murders. Car accidents declined.

It'd be nice to get through this together.

RTR,

Tim

<blockquote data-quote="It Takes Eleven" data-source="post: 1416650" data-attributes="member: 11353">[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-case-count-11594333471?st=45pikjff2zn27vi&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink[/URL][ATTACH=full]20111[/ATTACH]They&#039;ve had to double the scale of the new case graph to capture going through 1,000,000 cases a day.&nbsp; The 1/21 and Delta peaks now look like bumps in the road.&nbsp; Hospitalizations are problematic, but hopefully they - and the more lagging death numbers - will continue to be flatter than new cases.In regard to how causes of death are categorized, what is not up for debate is the actual number of deaths and the 1.5 year decline in life expectancy in 2020.&nbsp; That&#039;s the largest decline since at least WWII.&nbsp; I expect 2021 will show a further decline, but it&#039;s COVID and, to a much lesser degree, increases in drug overdoses and murders.&nbsp; Car accidents declined.It&#039;d be nice to get through this together.RTR,Tim</blockquote>

[QUOTE="It Takes Eleven, post: 1416650, member: 11353"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-case-count-11594333471?st=45pikjff2zn27vi&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink[/URL] [ATTACH type="full"]20111[/ATTACH] They've had to double the scale of the new case graph to capture going through 1,000,000 cases a day. The 1/21 and Delta peaks now look like bumps in the road. Hospitalizations are problematic, but hopefully they - and the more lagging death numbers - will continue to be flatter than new cases. In regard to how causes of death are categorized, what is not up for debate is the actual number of deaths and the 1.5 year decline in life expectancy in 2020. That's the largest decline since at least WWII. I expect 2021 will show a further decline, but it's COVID and, to a much lesser degree, increases in drug overdoses and murders. Car accidents declined. It'd be nice to get through this together. RTR, Tim [/QUOTE]