Covid by Age Group
We hear that covid is more serious for older people and that children don't get it much. Being a number person, I like to see the numbers. I went to CDC and got the latest…
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Covid-19 Cases and Hospital Admissions
I've heard the doctors and newscasters say that hospitalizations occur a few weeks after the covid-19 cases occur. I wanted to see how long that lag was. CDC Data I went to the CDC site,…
Covid-19 Increase in Deaths
How trivial is the covid-19 death rate? It has increased the US death rate by 10% every month. Deaths per Day. Aggregated to Month October portended 232,500 deaths, but there were 256,000 deaths. MonthCovid-Identified DeathsTypical…
Mid-Pandemic Prognosis
The fatality rate for people who contact Covid-19 has dropped. Look at the left table below. It shows the heavy toll the disease took on the early centers of US infection. Each state had greater…
Non-Logical Influences
Placebo Effect If a number of people are given a sugar pill (unbeknownst to them and inert with respect to an illness), some will report relief of their symptoms. The placebo effect demonstrates one way…
Fundamental Attribution Error. A Real Impact
Let me start with a formal description. The fundamental attribution error (FAE), also known as correspondence bias or attribution effect, is the tendency for people to under-emphasize situational explanations for an individual's observed behavior while…
MindWorks and Internal Worldview
I always look for new angles to understand how the mind works. When Mark Gorkin (@stressdoc) mentioned that MindWorks uses beliefs, thoughts, and feelings to build its internal worldview, I knew I needed to read…
Education Cluster
The education cluster of posts starts with general principles then focuses on high school changes. It ranges from overall educational goals to curriculum changes to styles of learning to graduation rates and post high school…
Handful of High School Curriculum Changes
As discussed in Education K-12 Requirements, the three goals of schooling for students are: Develop their capabilities as completely as possibleLearn their rights and responsibilities of adulthood and citizenshipDevelop skills sufficient for their next stage,…
High School and Success
With the start of another school year, I want to add a few thoughts on what high school should provide to three distinct groups who attend it. Students, society, and employers are each being short-changed.…