Corona Part 7 - November 2020

Lars Poulsen - 2020-11-15

November 2020 - The numbers

It has been several weeks, since I wrote the last update and it has gotten worse, partly due to election, partly due to people being fatigued by mitigation procedures.

Here in Santa Barbara, we are still in fairly good shape. Here are some comparative numbers:

Place Daily cases
per 100,000
population

United States 43.9

California 18.6

Santa Barbara City 5.8

Santa Barbara County 9.2

Ohio 51.8

Iowa 147.7

Warren Cty, IA 133

Polk Cty, IA (Des Moines) 128.4

Madison Cty, IA 90.9

Portugal 52.4

United Kingdom 37.2

Germany 19.8

Denmark 16.9

Canada 12.3

Japan 0.7

Place	Daily cases per 100,000 population

United States	43.9

California	18.6
Santa Barbara City	5.8
Santa Barbara County	9.2

Ohio	51.8
Iowa	147.7
Warren Cty, IA	133
Polk Cty, IA (Des Moines)	128.4
Madison Cty, IA	90.9

Portugal	52.4
United Kingdom	37.2
Germany	19.8
Denmark	16.9
Canada	12.3
Japan	0.7

You can also look at my table of daily cases in Santa Barbara county. This is derived from the daily statistics published by the SB County health department at their website.

The Prospects

There are several vaccines in the pipeline. We may be able to start vaccinating some health care workers around the start of the new year, but it will probably be around March before the main vaccination campaign gets underway. We may begin to see the benefits around May: Churches re-opening, schools operating normally etc.

The national office of my church told us in March, when our congregation went into Zoom mode and closed down our campus, that we should expect this to continue until late spring 2021. That prediction looks amazingly accurate. (Which should not be a surprise: Unitarian-Universalists are better educated than average.)

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