Checking in with World-O-Meter, as of this morning here are the US ratios (lower numbers are worse):
1 in 29 persons have been infected (down from the 90's late summer)
1 in 78 persons actively infected (down from holding fairly steady in the low 130s until the past 6 weeks or so)
1 in 1,313 persons dead (down from the 1700s late summer)
Depending on how you guesstimate actual active infections vs the trailing indicator of active infections per testing, 1 in 78 is a frightening number. It's easily 1 in 8 or even 1 in 4 in real world terms. Even if it's 1 in 10, imagine that every 10th person you encounter when going to the grocer or gas station is infectious. Especially for an at-risk person like myself, this is a five-alarm fire.
1 in 29 persons have been infected (down from the 90's late summer)
1 in 78 persons actively infected (down from holding fairly steady in the low 130s until the past 6 weeks or so)
1 in 1,313 persons dead (down from the 1700s late summer)
Depending on how you guesstimate actual active infections vs the trailing indicator of active infections per testing, 1 in 78 is a frightening number. It's easily 1 in 8 or even 1 in 4 in real world terms. Even if it's 1 in 10, imagine that every 10th person you encounter when going to the grocer or gas station is infectious. Especially for an at-risk person like myself, this is a five-alarm fire.
