There have been several news reports about various factors that contributed to deaths due to COVID-19. I discussed some of these factors in my last post. Based on your comments, I have investigated a few…
I am excited to announce that McGraw-Hill will be publishing my book on project risk management. The book will be published in November and is available for pre-order from Amazon – http://tiny.cc/j7xbpz My last book-length…
Several different factors have been posited regarding the number of COVID deaths. I have not been able to find age to be a significant factor, apart from nursing homes. A recent article in the NY…
Tennessee and Alabama are tracking each other closely in new COVID-19 cases. See the graph below. Apart from a spike in daily cases at the beginning of May due to an outbreak of the virus…
In my last post I looked at state-level data, which showed a significant correlation between population density in each state and deaths per million people. In this post, I look at the county-level data in…
A recent article in The Tennessean notes that the Volunteer State is one of seven in the nation that is conducting a sufficient amount of COVID-19 testing, according to the Harvard Global Health Institute. Also,…
A good measure of how COVID-19 is progressing is the number of active cases. However, this is woefully under reported. The media seems obsessed with the change in confirmed cases, but unless you compare the…
The first two days of the week have looked great for Tennessee. Tuesday the 5th was a particularly good day. There were 146 more recoveries than new infections reported. Getting more days like this is…
I was sad to see the 2020 International Cost Estimating and Analysis Association workshop get cancelled. On a positive note, they are awarding best papers. A paper I wrote along with several colleagues won best…
After a week’s worth of data, things in Tennessee look a little better than they did last week. It may still be too soon to see the impact of re-opening, but early indications are better…