As cases rise astronomically, the number of deaths per day or week have gone to normal levels (like we would see at this time in 2019).
This indicates that the number of cases is not significant but is an indication that the coronavirus is not a big issue. Whatever the problem was earlier in the year, the death problem no longer is an issue.
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I made this chart from the CDC data concerning deaths per week. I cut off the right of the chart because it is the data in red -- which is the death rate in 2020 up to the first week of October. The blue is the 2019 data.
It is interesting that extra deaths did not start to happen until after shutdowns began. We should have seen deaths occurring before this -- since people would have already had the virus in order for it to pass on to other people.
The drop at the end may be related to the late arrival of data from the states. But it sounds like the death rate is back to average levels ... the dip may help reflect that -- or we probably would have had increased deaths filling in the area that appears as a drop.
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