the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, COVID cases appear to have peaked around January 6 or so nationally. In the two weeks since that peak, it has been all downhill with cases, percent positive, emergency room visits, and hospitalizations dropping substantially. Nationally hospitalizations have declined for the 23rd straight day!
Here is the national case curve, which is now down 43.6% from its January 11 (7-day average) peak:
The national emergency department visits with Coronavirus-Like Illness (CLI) curve is down 42% from its January 6 peak (recent days will revise up some, but the trend is clear):
The inpatient COVID hospital census peak was on January 12. We’re down 25% since then:
Deaths are down 7% from the January 13 peak and should accelerate downward.
We’ve had false hopes before but this really looks like the end of the virus season. Every region of the country is declining in every metric. And yet the media seems desperate to keep the bad news and fear going. We even still see headlines about “surging cases” – surging while down 43%?
Covidians are no longer allowed to count “cases” or drive public discourse on the topic. With Trump out, our rulers are tallying damage done by them during 2020 and pivoting to rebuilding the economy. The remaining covidians are walking around, outside, wearing double masks for no reason. Poor souls didn’t get the message that their virtue signaling is played out and no longer valued. I see them in Ridgewood here and there. So sad.
I thought they were supposed to peak on January 20th
Heads are going to roll over this one!
Interesting timing. Did something happen in January ?