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The Issue PodcastBecause Issues Still Matter Author: Craig
I spent over a 10 years in the Air Force until I swapped out the F-15E cockpit for the courtroom as a practicing lawyer. I guess you could call me an extreme pragmatist, because issues still matter to me. Discourse today continues to move only one waytoward a team sports mentality. This Balkanization has continued rapidly for my entire adult life, which happens to coincide with the mainlining of not just a 24-hour news cycle, but more recently the perpetual social media engagement and commentary cycle where success is driven almost solely by eyes and clicks. In The Issue Podcast, I hope to depart from this trend and cover a variety of topics, serious and fun, without the partisan horse blinders. thelawyercraig.substack.com Language: en Genres: News, News Commentary, Politics Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Episode 2: Faulty Covid Logic + Weekly Data Update
Monday, 11 July, 2022
In this episode, in addition to summarizing the Covid data and trends, I use a recent study out of Iceland on children and Covid transmission in school to discuss an oft-used logical fallacy in the Covid discourse. Here is the link to the referenced study. I’ve included the data below.US Covid-19 DataCases (7-day Average, CDC Data)* Current: 106,021 (7/7/2022)* Last Week: 112,331 (-5.6%)* Notes and Trends* Testing is much lower, so we’re seeing very low ascertainment of infections (see infections and positive testing percentage below)* Up 343.3% from Omicron low point (24,804) on 3/29/2022* Up 731.7% from the same day last yearInfections (Biobot Wastewater Data)* Current: 837 copies/mL (7/6/2022)* Last Week: 769 copies/mL (+8.8%)* Notes and Trends* Infections this wave are higher at a more sustained level than all previous non-Omicron waves* Up 682.2% from Omicron low point (107 copies/mL) on 3/9/2022* Up 762.9% from the same day last yearPositive Testing Percentage (7-day Average, CDC Data)* Current: 17.58% (7/5/2022)* Last Week: 15.36% (+14.5%)* Notes and Trends* Continued rise since mid-March* Up 733.2% from Omicron low point (2.11%) on 3/17/2022* Up 502.1% from the same day last yearHospitalization Census (HHS Data)* Current: 38,268 (7/8/2022)* Last Week: 34,093 (+12.2%)* Notes and Trends* Down 76.4% from Omicron wave peak, up 167.2% from Omicron low* Up 94.7% from the same day last yearICU Census (HHS Data)* Current: 3,883 (7/8/2022)* Last Week: 3,391 (+14.5%)* Notes and Trends* Down 85.3% from Omicron wave peak, up 171.2% from Omicron low* Down 9.8% from the same day last yearDeaths (7-day Average, CDC Data)* Current: 278 (7/7/2022)* Last Week: 341 (-18.7%)* Notes and Trends* Down 89.8% from the Omicron wave peak* Up 27.1% from the same day last yearThanks for reading The Issue! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelawyercraig.substack.com
