Over the last week to ten days a wealth of new information has come to light about ‘excess mortality’ in the COVID19 Crisis. My last major installment in this series was back on April 15th when I pulled together preliminary data from a number of countries in Europe and compared them to the emerging data from New York City. As we discussed back in March, the basic formula is the same everywhere: collect data on average mortality in recent years, compare it to the total number of deaths over the same calendar dates this year and then subtract the official COVID19 death toll numbers from that “excess” amount. You are left with an approximate number which captures the true mortality levels, the true number of people who died, because of the COVID19 Crisis and the difference between the ‘true’ number and the official numbers we’ve grappled with in recent weeks.
Where Things Stand: Workers Without A Choice
Risk your health to return to work or lose your unemployment benefits.
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Car Crashes Plummet As The US Sees What It’s Like To Shut Down
History’s biggest social experiment is starting to yield weird results.
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Jared Kushner: We’re Doing Amazing With This Pandemic!
Jared Kushner, a White House senior adviser and son-in-law to President Donald Trump, praised himself and the rest of the administration on Wednesday morning for its efforts to reopen the U.S. economy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kushner’s comments came after the nation’s death toll from coronavirus surpassed the Vietnam War.
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Appeals Court Rules Against Kansas Voter Restriction Championed By Kobach
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Kansas’ proof-of-citizenship voter registration requirement in a decision issued Wednesday.
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Navy Will Keep Probing Captain Crozier, Despite Recommending He Get His Job Back
The spotlight will continue to shine on Capt. Brett Crozier, who was relieved of command earlier this month after ringing alarm bells about the spread of COVID-19 aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
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Romney Subtly Jabs At Trump’s Handling Of COVID: ‘We Didn’t Look Real Strong’
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) took a veiled shot at President Donald Trump’s delayed response to the COVID-19 pandemic on Tuesday night.
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Airbus: This Is ‘Gravest Crisis The Aerospace Industry Has Ever Known’
PARIS (AP) — Airbus says the aviation industry’s unprecedented troubles are just beginning.
The European manufacturing giant reported 481 million euros ($515 million) in losses in the first quarter, put thousands of workers on furlough and sought billions in loans to survive the coronavirus crisis. And its CEO said Wednesday it’s still at an “early stage.”
Even after virus-related travel restrictions eventually ease, Chief Executive Guillaume Faury acknowledged it will take a long time to persuade customers to get back on planes. Just how long, he can’t predict.
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The Next Big Hurdle In Easing Lockdowns: Making Public Transit Safe
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — In cities around the world, public transit systems are key to getting workers back on the job and restarting devastated economies, yet everything from trains and buses to ferries and bicycles will have to be re-imagined in the coronavirus era.
In Europe in particular, public transportation is shaping up as a new front line in the battle to tame the outbreak that has killed over 120,000 of its citizens.
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Italy Stocks Up On Ventilators To Prepare For Possible Second Wave Of COVID-19 Cases
ROME — Italy’s head of the coronavirus pandemic strategy says the country is prepared for a second wave of infections “even bigger than the first” if its gradual reopening leads to a surge in new cases.
Domenico Arcuri told the lower Chamber of Deputies that Italy’s 20 regions now have twice as many ventilators than currently needed and the 5,200 intensive care beds Italy had before the pandemic had nearly doubled to 9,000.