Many progressives were disappointed in Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WVa) no vote on the build back better act. This is about more than merely scoring political points or infrastructure. This is about programs like the expanded child care tax credit which gives assistance to low income parents like my friend Jennina Rose Gorman. She was interviewedContinue reading “Manchin’s Political Decisions Have Real Impacts on Real People”
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PA Health Behavior Measures Correlate More with Trump % of the vote than with COVID Case Mortality
Last week I posted on COVID Case Mortality and County Health Ranking (CHR) measures. I also posted that there was a stronger correlation between the health behaviors and Trump’s % of the vote than with COVID case mortality. This week I will look at which individual county statistics used by CHR are the best predictorsContinue reading “PA Health Behavior Measures Correlate More with Trump % of the vote than with COVID Case Mortality”
Rates of Smoking and Social Associations Predict PA County COVID Case Mortality
Two weeks ago I looked at the correlation between COVID case mortality and Trump’s % of the vote in 2020 for Pennsylvania counties and six sub measures used to determine County Health Rankings. The measure that was most strongly associated with COVID case mortality was the health behavior z-score (a higher z score is worse)Continue reading “Rates of Smoking and Social Associations Predict PA County COVID Case Mortality”
Pat, Lara, Kevin, Gabby and I: Working for Influence
On Tuesday, I went to a talk by local author Pat Farabaugh on his book Disastrous Floods and the Demise of Steel in Johnstown. He gave a review of the 3 major floods in Johnstown’s history and why the steel mills pulled out of Johnstown a few years after the 1977 flood. In the interestContinue reading “Pat, Lara, Kevin, Gabby and I: Working for Influence”
County Health Ranking Factors that Predict COVID Case Mortality in PA
This is the 3rd installment of my posts on case mortality in Pennsylvania. Before I explained case mortality and looked at counties with the highest rates. This time I’m looking at which County Health Ranking factors predict COVID Case Mortality at the county level. This is done to see which health issues occurring in theseContinue reading “County Health Ranking Factors that Predict COVID Case Mortality in PA”
The Seven Counties in PA that are Worse than Cambria in COVID Case Mortality
County Cases Deaths Case Mortality % Cases per death Deaths per 100,000 Rank of Deaths per 100.000 in PA % Fully Vaccinated JUNIATA 3,009 120 3.99% 25.1 484.6 1 36% SULLIVAN 607 24 3.95% 25.3 395.7 6 48% WARREN 4,436 141 3.18% 31.5 359.8 10 41% NORTHUMBERLAND 13,371 409 3.06% 32.7 450.2 3 51% TIOGAContinue reading “The Seven Counties in PA that are Worse than Cambria in COVID Case Mortality”
Case Mortality in Cambria County Explained
I was thinking about writing about the Gabby Petito case but events here in Cambria County have trumped (no pun intended) that and put it on the back burner. COVID deaths have been rising again in the county. On Oct 23 the county reached 500 deaths. Eleven days later we have reached 521 for anContinue reading “Case Mortality in Cambria County Explained”
More People in Cambria County Getting the Third Booster Shot than Are Getting the First Two Shots
This week, Cambria County reached the grim milestone of 19,000 corona virus cases and 500 deaths since the pandemic began. Currently, the state has reported that 47.59% of the county’s population (children included) has received the first two doses with the current 7 day average for the first two shots at 77.7 per day. ThisContinue reading “More People in Cambria County Getting the Third Booster Shot than Are Getting the First Two Shots”
Columbus (or Indigenous People’s) Day Reflections on COVID in PA
This weekend, the State of Pennsylvania only released case and hospitalization numbers, not death and vaccination numbers. I assume that this is because of the Columbus (or Indigenous People’s) Day is a state holiday. This provides an opportunity to reflect on the state of the corona virus pandemic. The state has started to provide numbersContinue reading “Columbus (or Indigenous People’s) Day Reflections on COVID in PA”
COVID Deaths Rising in Cambria County and my 11th Anniversary Post.
The 11th anniversary of this blog has snuck up on me with all my other tasks in life. I have still been tracking the coronavirus numbers in Cambria County with alarm. The pandemic has preoccupied my posts since the first case was reported here on March 23, 2020 so I thought I would take a look atContinue reading “COVID Deaths Rising in Cambria County and my 11th Anniversary Post.”