Yes, the Midwest case counts are declining but Laura Ingraham left off a key detail

A quickie post because it is late and I don’t know if I will do any posting tomorrow (Christmas eve) or the day after (Christmas Day!). At the end of my last post, I had planned on doing a status update of the direction of the pandemic but I forgot, so I thought I would add that in tonight and include something about what Laura Ingraham said about the Midwest.

She said that the overall Midwest region was seeing declines in cases, hospitalizations and deaths, and that is true. And she also said that there was no coronavirus surge after Thanksgiving.

Ummmm, she left off the Northeast, the South and the West which seems to be undergoing a continuation of surges. The Northeast’s case count may be flattening out, but the other regions do not show any signs of slowing down. Here are the graphics of 12/18/2020:

You can’t say there is no surge when the other regions are still surging. The Midwest has managed to turn around their situation and kudos to them.

But that is not the same as there is no surge.

Also, she said that Christmas is the time for getting with one’s family. In a normal year, yes, but this is not a normal year. Getting with your family could mean the death of someone, especially if some members of the family have not been part of the core of the family all year long.

I wish someone would start charging her for something similar to “truth in advertising” because she is being deceitful. She had been denying about the effectiveness of masks and yet, when she went to a Trump rally, she had on a mask. And now she is exhorting people to get together for the Christmas holidays when that might not be the best idea.

Not indulging in the holiday festivities is probably very hard for most people, especially when you consider that a top doctor, Dr. Deborah Birx, who had been advising people not to travel over Thanksgiving or Christmas, she travelled home for the Thanksgiving. So, if the top doctor can’t refrain from travelling and family get togethers, it is going to be hard for the average person who may not understand the gravity of the situation.

I get that, but we don’t need to make the situation worse but telling everyone Christmas is meant for family gatherings.