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Buckle up, this is a bad news day for #COVID19 in Minnesota.To start, a new record number of newly reported cases — 2,872, smashing the old record of 2,297 from

I’ve got the new #COVID19 case data for Minnesota, but first, make sure you’re sitting down.Ready? Now, before you panic, here’s what the testing data looks like — similarly record-setting:

#COVID19 hospitalization rates in Minnesota continue to trend upward, however you measure it — admissions by admission date, admissions by date reported, or actual bed use: MN reported high case

Minnesota has recently seen its #COVID19 case rates shoot up to record highs… …but its rise is tiny compared to its neighbors, even without controlling for testing volume. More graphs

So Andrew Johnson is widely seen as one of America’s worst presidents, remembered for being impeached and for his battles over Reconstruction. But on July 18, 1868, in the waning

I’ll put my prediction out there in public now about Biden’s VP pick, rather than the safe way of nodding sagely after the fact. This is probably going to be

So this is a hypothesis I've been batting around. Not fully developed, so I'm sharing as a tweetstorm. Feedback welcome.To truly understand American politics in the age of Trump, you

Alright, people out there who are skeptical/hostile towards the “models” guiding #COVID19 responses. I want to hear your case. This is not a plea for people to *defend* the models

In October 1918, San Francisco Health Officer William Hassler successfully lobbied the Board of Supervisors to make mask-wearing mandatory as a measure against the pandemic flu.In November, Hassler was fined