Tuesday July 7 2020

Had the first zucchini and pepper two days ago and picked the second one today. Picked the first pole beans yesterday and had them for supper.  Picked a crop of snow peas today. Finished the last of the radishes today in potato salad.

This trend is somewhat curious. The number of cases of Covid-19 in the US is rising greatly but the number of deaths continues to decrease.

Some possible explanations for this trend could be:

• The demographic has shifted and mostly younger people getting the virus.
• There are better treatments available and interventions are happening sooner.
• The curves are offset by a few weeks, so it takes some time before people start dying. This does not seem to pan out because the peek in April followed the peak in cases by about two weeks and we should have seen an increase in the past two weeks.
• There is increased testing so many of the new cases are less severe or asymptomatic. Not sure if I believe this yet.
• The virus has mutated and is not as deadly.

Whatever the case at some point the virus will likely spread to the elderly or if allowed to spread without control it will overwhelm the hospitals and regions will be forced to close again.

I went for a couple of bike rides but did not se anyone wearing masks. Currently I am back on the Nordic track since the number of cases in Eau Claire is increasing sharply.