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Severe weather? What is this concept that you speak of? The question that jumps out at me right away is whether moisture return would be sufficient. Looks like a fairly typical dynamic system for this time of year though.

About 75k with almost 20 states yet to report. Undoubtedly going considerably over 100k today.

Today we had just over 0.1% of the total population in my county test positive. Does not sound like much but that is fairly significant for one day. That would add up to 3%+ if that rate continued for 1 month, and we are probably still only catching ~1/3 of cases which would make actual infections close to 10% of the county population in one month.

By the way, Holcomb seems content to leave any decisions up to county officials. Obviously this is a change from how it was handled in spring when the decisions came down from the executive. Not sure whether that approach can be sustained in the long run, because we have 92 counties and it could get awfully confusing if/when counties choose to impose restrictions. No Indiana COVID-19 Policy Changes Post-Election, Holcomb Says https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/no-indiana-covid-19-policy-changes-post-election-holcomb-says/2364513/

Can argue it has been going on for about 5 weeks, but the slope seems to be accelerating in the last 2 or 3.

And 97 deaths

Statewide hospitalizations are starting to approach 2000. Sometimes it moves in a stairstep motion (whether that is real or due to reporting issues) but it should pass that mark in the next day or three.

Almost 4500 today in IN.

Over 100k now.

Delays happen. I'd say the statement below could fuel some conspiracy theories though. A batch of votes came out of Philly that didn't have one vote for Trump. From Aaron Bycoffe at fivethirtyeight: And just as I wrote that, two more batches of Pennsylvania vote were reported: 23,277 votes in Philadelphia, all for Biden, and about 5,300 votes in Luzerne County, nearly 4,000 of which were for Biden. Trump’s lead in the state is now just below 6 points, with 83 percent of the expected vote in.

Want to keep post-election commentary limited and narrowly focused. It's clear that we are a very divided country, and I don't see how any of this bodes well in terms of trying to deal with the virus in the coming days ahead. There's bound to be a lot of distractions at the federal level and media attention seems likely to be slanted toward matters related to election disputes. Meanwhile, covid-19 is out there and only getting worse. The good news is we still control our own behavior.

Following the pattern since this began. Sun/Mon are the lower reporting days with a rebound after.

So the first place he referred to ranks in the top 25% of population by county in Indiana. The other one (Jennings co.) is in the bottom half.

IWXwx and I have heard opposite stories (his sounded worse than mine though). I guess it depends on where you are. Region by region or even county by county can vary.

Speaking of which, today is a new statewide high for covid hospitalizations in IN.

Covid hangs over just about everything in life. Unfortunately, not shocking that this isn't exempt.

Over 80k today. Makes me think we might hit 110k later this week.

Of course not. I am referring to Hurricane Eta.

Just a little warning as we draw closer... No election talk please. Technically, nothing changes tomorrow anyway.

Probably hard to know for sure but I wonder if tonight will be one of the most sleepless nights in America since right after 9/11. You can feel the tension. Just remember that no matter what, the sun will rise and we'll make it through.

I think we have been doing worse on positivity rate pretty much since this began. We aren't running as many tests as Illinois even after adjusting for population. Illinois has run a little under 8 million tests and Indiana has run about 3 million. Illinois has just under 2x the population.

The home gatherings/parties are a significant source of spread, but it's obviously harder to control those unless you go into a draconian lockdown.

A little over 3,000 cases in Indiana today. Hadn't even had 2,000 before on a Monday so skipped right over that.

There's a difference between November 1 and November 25 imo. There's a well known local guy who has a really elaborate setup with Christmas decorations and music... has been doing it for over 20 years and it draws thousands of visitors each season. He starts setting up right after halloween and then it goes "live" on Thanksgiving evening. That just feels more right to me, but to each their own.

How Are Americans Catching the Virus? Increasingly, ‘They Have No Idea’ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/how-are-americans-catching-the-virus-increasingly-they-have-no-idea/ar-BB1azq1G