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    Decreasing COVID-19 Fraction of US Deaths
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    Decreasing COVID-19 Fraction of US Deaths

    Robert Hamill 2 May 20227 Sep 2022Leave a comment

    arbinger, as Dr. Fauci intimated, of the pandemic converting to a background disease that we can deal with as we do the yearly flu shot?

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    Covid World Counts

    Robert Hamill 22 Mar 202130 May 20222 Comments

    Brazil is in the direst situation. Its density of new cases is twice that of the USA.

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    Postal Service and Covid
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    Postal Service and Covid

    Robert Hamill 12 Dec 202030 May 20221 Comment

    Rural postal areas with small staff. It’s there that, by ill luck, when a worker catches covid there is less staff to pick up the…

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    Covid by Age Group
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    Covid by Age Group

    Robert Hamill 26 Nov 202030 May 20221 Comment

    Children under 5 account for about 1% of all covid hospitalizations. Not zero. It does happen, but it's a low rate.

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    Covid-19 Cases and Hospital Admissions
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    Covid-19 Cases and Hospital Admissions

    Robert Hamill 15 Nov 202030 May 2022Leave a comment

    The major decline resulted from the mainly successful effort to ensure that covid-19 did not run rampant through long-term care facilities.

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    Covid-19 Increase in Deaths
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    Covid-19 Increase in Deaths

    Robert Hamill 8 Nov 202030 May 2022Leave a comment

    It has increased the US death rate by 10% every month.

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    Mid-Pandemic Prognosis
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    Mid-Pandemic Prognosis

    Robert Hamill 5 Aug 202030 May 2022Leave a comment

    It is most likely that the new coronavirus will be with us until everyone in the US has been exposed.

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    Covid-19 MD and GA new cases
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    Covid-19 MD and GA new cases

    Robert Hamill 23 Jun 202030 May 2022Leave a comment

    States may not accept mask and distancing guidelines until their hospital systems are nearly overwhelmed.

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    Lockdown GDP Decline & Steps for Reopening
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    Lockdown GDP Decline & Steps for Reopening

    Robert Hamill 6 May 202030 May 2022Leave a comment

    Lockdown costs 50% of our GDP, we are using our savings and borrowing from the future. The state governments need to further pick up the…

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    Why Lockdown?
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    Why Lockdown?

    Robert Hamill 4 May 202030 May 20221 Comment

    1/3 of worldwide cases. 1/4 worldwide deaths, with just 1/25 of the world’s population. Not the numbers of a successful handling of the pandemic.

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