As discussed previously T cells is where its at for long-term immunity and that it explains why living in a clean bubble is likely not healthy in the long term if you ever leave that bubble. It is very possible the common cold could help those fight off covid-19. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200716-the-people-with-hidden-protection-from-covid-19?ocid=twfut

““Looking at Covid-19 patients – but also I’m happy to say, looking at individuals who have been infected but did not need hospitalisation – it’s absolutely clear that there are T cell responses,” says Hayday. “And almost certainly this is very good news for those who are interested in vaccines, because clearly we’re capable of making antibodies and making T cells that see the virus. That’s all good.””

“one vaccine – developed by the University of Oxford – has already been shown to trigger the production of these cells, in addition to antibodies. It’s still too early to know how protective the response will be, but one member of the research group told BBC News that the results were “extremely promising”.”

“Dwindling T cells might also be to blame for why the elderly are much more severely affected by Covid-19. “

“The fact that coronaviruses can lead to lasting T cells is what recently inspired scientists to check old blood samples taken from people between 2015 and 2018, to see if they would contain any that can recognise Covid-19. The fact that this was indeed the case has led to suggestions that their immune systems learnt to recognise it after being encountering cold viruses with the similar surface proteins in the past. “

“If old exposures to cold viruses really are leading to milder cases of Covid-19, however, this bodes well for the development of a vaccine – since it’s proof that lingering T cells can provide significant protection, even years after they were made.”

Data concerns – if someone gets tested positive then dies many weeks later from potentially something else is it still a covid death? https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/health-53443724?

“"Currently the daily deaths measure counts all people who have tested positive for coronavirus and since died, with no cut-off between time of testing and date of death.

"There have been claims that the lack of cut-off may distort the current daily deaths number."”

“"By this PHE definition, no one with Covid in England is allowed to ever recover from their illness," Prof Heneghan says .”

“"As we go into the winter, it will get incredibly confusing and concerning if you have an increase in deaths while you are still counting and combining deaths from within the first phase," Prof Heneghan said.

"This means we might be unable to detect early trends in rising deaths if we put them down to historical deaths due to the inadequacies of the current system."

The bottom line there needs to be at least consistency among the countries/states/counties in order to learn anything else we will draw wrong conclusions. Note the acceptance of the second wave is inevitable….its time to get healthy – it can be done – eliminate/reduce process foods – think about juicing your vegetables (Fat sick and nearly dead was a very inspirational documentary for me) – less meat products are win-win – reduce cholesterol (allow your body to naturally make the cholesterol you need) and reduce the unethical manufacturing of our food supply.

3 countries over 1K death Brazil, US, and India. US confirms 71.7K

Texas observed a surge in deaths 240 along with 12.5K confirmation. It was inevitable that Texas death had to climb as more and more are infected. Obviously no comfort for those who are part of the 1.2% – but a 1.2% fatality rate is one of the lowest in the country.

Compared to the NY debacle TX still so much better – Note California now has more confirmation than NY yet still ¼ of NY deaths. At this point of deaths starting at 75 per day on 7 day moving average – TX has confirmed 2X and deaths are 5X lower.

Shift of state from Eastern northern states to southern states can be seen in the area chart below. The only consistent state over this time period is California.

It would seem the deaths in TX are not really occurring in the regions seeing the largest confirmations. This is indicating an issue with healthcare not a direct issue due to the fatality of covid. Note Hidalgo county almost 3X fatality rate to Harris. Younger, less public transport, and lower population density in Hidalgo.

One could jump to social economics but comparing to the other counties that is not obvious – only when comparing to Harris and Dallas.

A review of care is certainly needed for Hidalgo county – something is not right.