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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,… Read More »Contributing Factors in COVID Deaths

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… Read More »Tennessee Vs. Alabama – A Closer Rivalry in COVID Cases Than in Football

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.… Read More »County-Level COVID-19 Deaths and Population Density Comparisons for Four States

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… Read More »More Good News for Tennessee

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… Read More »A Good Week for Tennessee (So Far)

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… Read More »Population Density and COVID-19

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.… Read More »Leveraging the Wisdom of Crowds in Army Software Sustainment

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… Read More »Tennessee COVID Outlook – Update

Leading indicators provide clues about the future. They are a great way to predict the near-term future. Using their access to claims and clinical data,… Read More »Leading Indicators and COVID-19

On April 27th, the state of Tennessee began re-opening. This has started small, with restaurants and retail being allowed to open for business at 50%… Read More »The Impact of Re-Opening Now for Tennessee