As the curve flattened in Texas and Arizona, Democrats and the media continue to proclaim doom on COVID.

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Okay, so let us begin with where we now stand on COVID.

It is perfectly clear at this point that the case numbers are starting to alleviate in places like Texas and Arizona.

I'm looking at a chart from the New York

Times right now. And what it is showing is that there is a leveling off that is beginning to

happen in a variety of states. According to this particular New York Times study, cases per capita,

where new cases are mostly the same. California over the last 14 days, mostly the same. New Jersey, New York, mostly the same. California, over the last 14 days, mostly the same.

New Jersey, New York, mostly the same.

Where new cases are decreasing.

Arizona, it's decreasing.

Where new deaths are increasing, right?

New deaths are trailing indicators.

They're still increasing in some places like Florida and Arizona.

But again, that is because death usually comes, you know, within seven to 14 days after diagnosis if you are going to die from COVID. Even in areas where it seems like the cases are increasing over the last 14 days, over the last seven, they seem to be decreasing. So Texas is starting to see a bit of a drop-off. If you look at the chart from the New York Times, you can see that Florida is experiencing a bit of a drop-off. They have a very sharp spike, and now they are beginning to recede. So in terms of hospitalization, rates of ICUs, fewer people are being hospitalized to have it. Fewer people who end up in the hospital are going to the ICU. Fewer people who are going to the ICU are dying. And what this means is that overall, the death rates from this thing seem to be dropping fairly precipitously. Now, it doesn't mean that it isn't highly deadly. It is significantly more deadly than the flu by most available estimates. According to the Wall Street Journal, six months into the pandemic, researchers are homing in on an answer to one of the basic questions about the virus. How deadly is it? Researchers initially analyzing data from outbreaks on cruise ships, and more recently from

surveys of thousands of people in virus hotspots have now conducted dozens of studies trying

to calculate the infection fatality rate of COVID-19. That research suggests COVID-19 kills

from around 0.3% to 1.5% of people infected, but the generality of studies is between 0.5% and 1%.

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