Correction to Emmerich column
Wyatt Emmerich referenced a web page claiming 38576 deaths from COVID-19 across the United States. The table from which he pulled his data had this note:
Note: Number of deaths reported in this table are the total number of deaths received and coded as of the date of analysis and do not represent all deaths that occurred in that period.
Data during this period are incomplete because of the lag in time between when the death occurred and when the death certificate is completed, submitted to NCHS and processed for reporting purposes. This delay can range from 1 week to 8 weeks or more, depending on the jurisdiction, age, and cause of death.”
If you check https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/cases-in-us.html, as of May 8th, the number was 75477.
Bonnie Oppenheimer
Columbus
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