Of the fifteen deadliest days in the history of the USA, ten have been in the last two weeks

[thewayne]

And it's not going to slow down. I expect it to accelerate at the end of the year and early '21 because of Christmas gatherings, then again in mid-January due to New Year's gatherings, then again in early/mid February for back to school. But that last one might not happen or be as bad since vaccines are beginning to be deployed.

We shall see. Today on this list was probably last Thursday. Data gathered by The COVID Tracking Project since the U.S. Government isn't doing it - at least not for another month. https://covidtracking.com/

Galveston Hurricane (in 1900) — 8,000
Battle of Antietam (1862) — 3,675
Battle of Gettysburg (1863) — 3,155
This Thursday - 3,067
This Wednesday - 3,054
September 11 (2001) — 2,977
Last Thursday — 2,879
Last Wednesday — 2,804
This Friday - 2,749
This Tuesday - 2,622
Last Friday — 2,607
Last Tuesday — 2,597
Today - 2,477
Last Saturday - 2,445
Pearl Harbor (1941) — 2,403

Comments

[motodraconis]

Have you seen this reported in the US? To add insult to injury the poor bloke now has a massive health bill to fork out.

[thewayne]

I did not see that.  Pity he wasn't a political chum of His Holiness, he would have gotten the cocktail that he got.  Then again, Herman Cain apparently didn't get that cocktail.  He made the mistake of being just a dedicated civil servant.

There was a Broadway star, singer/dancer/actor, lost both legs and ultimately died.  COVID can have terrible vascular consequences, as you well know.