A weekly update on the stupendous effectiveness of the mask mandate in reducing transmission in Minnesota.

A look at current death rates, cut several ways, reveals how low the risk is for the general working age population in Minnesota.

Looking at the mortality rates of different countries gives you an interesting perspective on the epidemic.

An updated chart on Minnesota epidemic stats, on which you will see the huge impact of the mask mandate.

Another load of research summaries.

The what has become nightly barrage of article and research summaries.

Our daily humbling by the merchants of misery at our local health department.

A couple of charts from California reveal the folly of believing masks will stop transmission.

The A of E continues to bring glory on themselves, minus one musketeer, who apparently has realized discretion is the better part of valor.

A few more research summaries for the evening.

A big dump of research summaries.

Another bravura performance from the coronavirus briefers, if you like being treated like a small child.

Twenty-one people under age fifty had died of coronavirus as of certificates received by mid-July. Most had serious pre-existing health conditions.

More research on children and CV-19.

I think it is very unlikely the state will be able to demonstrate that the mask mandate reduced cases. It hasn't so far.