As I sit here at home in almost house arrest, I have little to do except think about Coronavirus. I have heard that a local community and the state of Missouri have issued a “shelter in place” order.
So, I take the time to look up the Coronavirus stats for Missouri.
From the states website, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services , there have been 106 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 3 deaths attributed to it.(1) The population of Missouri in July 2018 was 6,126,452. Acknowledging that there is a backlog of testing and reporting, and some degree of ghosting (those that haven’t come into contact with healthcare) and some degree of transients (travelers that continued on to other places of residence), I still wonder what is going on?
So, I check with the CDC’s website for mortality statistics for the state of Missouri. Some of the causes of death in Missouri as of 2017.(2)
- Heart disease 14,820
- Cancer 12,971
- Chronic lower respiratory disease 3940
- Influenza 1,281
- Firearm, homicide, drug OD 3329
What did the governor of Missouri do about these? Order a “shelter in place”, house arrest? Nothing?
From your confused grumpy Uncle Dave.
- https://health.mo.gov/living/healthcondiseases/communicable/novel-coronavirus/, 3/23/2020.
- https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/states/missouri/missouri.htm, 3/23/2020
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