Alaska COVID-19 Count Friday April 24, 2020 - Again 2 More Cases

The trend is good.  I'm tempted to point out that there were 469 new tests and only 2 positives.  But the dates of tests and when positives get on the State's charts don't necessarily match.  But still, the number of positives and tests over the last week or so means we have a very low number of positives.

And while reports elsewhere suggest that there are many more undetected positives than actually tested positives, we aren't seeing a surge in tested positives, new hospitalizations, or deaths.  That could mean that there aren't as many undetected positives, few people who get infected in Alaska get sick enough to get tested, that self-isolation is working, or . . . (I'm leaving that extra or in there because I'm sure I'm not coming up with all the possible explanations.)

For anyone who wants to see Alaska's numbers compared to those of other states, this Google Doc Spreadsheet (not sure who put it up) consolidates data from different sources.  It shows Alaska, as of today, the state with the fewest documented cases.  It also says we have 16 tests per 1000 people.  But it also says we have had more tests than the State numbers offered today.  And there are by my quick count, 16 states with higher test/capita scores.   One other note:  yesterday there were 209 recovered and today there are only 208.  I think it's good that the State corrects the numbers.  It would be nice if there was a place on the site that explained those corrections.

CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES ALASKA MARCH/APRIL 2020
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
new/total	hos=hospital		12th  = 0/0	13th = 1/1	14th = 0/1	15th = 0/1
16th = 0/1	17th = 2/3	18th = 3/6	19th = 3/9	20th = 3/12	21st= 2/14	22nd= 8/22
23rd=14/36	24th =6/42 1 hos 1 dead	25th = 17/59 3 hos 1 dead	26th = 10/69 3 hos 1 dead	27th =16/89 5 hos 2 dead	28th = 13/102 6 hos 2 dead	29th= 12/114 7 hos  3 dead
30th=5/119 7 hos 3 dead	31st= 14/133 9 hos 3 dead
April 2020		1st=  10/143 9 hos 3 dead	2nd=8(6)/149 13 hos 3 dead	3rd=8(11)157 15 hos 3 dead	4th=15/171 16 hos 5 dead	5th= 14/185 20 hos 6 dead
6th=6/191 23 hosp 6 dead	7th= 22/213 23 hosp 6 Dead29 recovered	8th= 13/226 27 hosp 7 dead 32 recovered	9th= 9/235 27 hosp 7 dead 49 recovered	10th=11/246 28 hosp 7 dead 55 recovered	11th=11/257 31 hosp 8 dead 63 recovered	12th= 15/272 31 hosp 8 dead 66 recovered
13th= 5/277 32 Hosp 8 dead 85 Recovered	14th = 8/285 32 Hosp 9 dead 98 Recovered	15th= 8/293 34 Hosp 9 dead 106 Recovered	16th= 7/300 35 hosp 9 dead 110 recovered	17th=  9/309 36 hosp 9 dead 128 recovered	18th =  5/315 36 hos 9 dead 147 Recovered	19th= 4/319 36 hos 9 dead 153Recovered
20th 2/321 36 hos 9 dead 161 recovered	21st 8/329 36 hos 9 dead 168 recovered	22nd  6/335 36 hos  9 dead 196recovered	23nd  2/337 36 hos  9 dead 209recovered	24th  2/339 36 hos  9 dead 208recovered (-1 from 4/23)
		Hospital and dead figures are total to date, not new on that date

State Charts

Again - the chart above is a high resolution screen shot.  If you click on it, it will enlarge and focus.  But only the chart below is interactive.  Scroll right to see it all, run your cursor over it to see all the bells and whistles.  Or go to the State site where there are more charts.

Cases depicted above represent permanent residency of the infected person, and may not reflect where the person is located currently, or was located when exposed or diagnosed.

My Day-To-Day Chart

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 All these daily Alaska COVID-19 Count posts can be accessed here.  (You will have to click "older posts" at the bottom to see additional pages since these take up a lot of room.)

Actors Acting Trump's Words - The Most Powerful Critique Of Trump I've Seen

We just need the media to stop airing Trump's COVID-19 rallies live and then report the highlights like this.   Even his most loyal supporters can't withstand six months of this.

This is better than drunk Trump talking Covid in the club pic.twitter.com/bSclA3NYgK

— Madhura Prasad (@ladyquixotic) April 24, 2020

Alaska COVID-19 Count Thursday April 23, 2020 - Only 2 New Cases, 13 New Recoverd

Back down to two new cases.  It would be nice to get some zero new case days.  But we haven't had a new death in 10 days or a new hospitalization in 7 days.

Governor has said some non-essential business can open if they use social distancing starting Friday.  Anchorage is being more cautious.  We'll see how that might affect the numbers in a week or so.

Anchorage had an anti-lockdown rally yesterday.  Everyone thanks military for their sacrifices - which include death, long term injury and mental health issues as well as economic problems - but seem some people seem less willing to make their own sacrifices.  But there are always people who disagree and with a president who encourages them, it's to be expected.

CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES ALASKA MARCH/APRIL 2020
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
new/total	hos=hospital		12th  = 0/0	13th = 1/1	14th = 0/1	15th = 0/1
16th = 0/1	17th = 2/3	18th = 3/6	19th = 3/9	20th = 3/12	21st= 2/14	22nd= 8/22
23rd=14/36	24th =6/42 1 hos 1 dead	25th = 17/59 3 hos 1 dead	26th = 10/69 3 hos 1 dead	27th =16/89 5 hos 2 dead	28th = 13/102 6 hos 2 dead	29th= 12/114 7 hos  3 dead
30th=5/119 7 hos 3 dead	31st= 14/133 9 hos 3 dead
April 2020		1st=  10/143 9 hos 3 dead	2nd=8(6)/149 13 hos 3 dead	3rd=8(11)157 15 hos 3 dead	4th=15/171 16 hos 5 dead	5th= 14/185 20 hos 6 dead
6th=6/191 23 hosp 6 dead	7th= 22/213 23 hosp 6 Dead29 recovered	8th= 13/226 27 hosp 7 dead 32 recovered	9th= 9/235 27 hosp 7 dead 49 recovered	10th=11/246 28 hosp 7 dead 55 recovered	11th=11/257 31 hosp 8 dead 63 recovered	12th= 15/272 31 hosp 8 dead 66 recovered
13th= 5/277 32 Hosp 8 dead 85 Recovered	14th = 8/285 32 Hosp 9 dead 98 Recovered	15th= 8/293 34 Hosp 9 dead 106 Recovered	16th= 7/300 35 hosp 9 dead 110 recovered	17th=  9/309 36 hosp 9 dead 128 recovered	18th =  5/315 36 hos 9 dead 147 Recovered	19th= 4/319 36 hos 9 dead 153Recovered
20th 2/321 36 hos 9 dead 161 recovered	21st 8/329 36 hos 9 dead 168 recovered	22nd  6/335 36 hos  9 dead 196recovered	23nd  2/337 36 hos  9 dead 209recovered
		Hospital and dead figures are total to date, not new on that date

Again - the chart above is a high resolution screen shot.  If you click on it, it will enlarge and focus.  But only the chart below is interactive.  Scroll right to see it all, run your cursor over it to see all the bells and whistles.  Or go to the original at the State site.  And remember to scroll back to the left to see the rest of the post. 

Cases depicted above represent permanent residency of the infected person, and may not reflect where the person is located currently, or was located when exposed or diagnosed.

My Day-By-Day Chart

Alaska Covid-19 Data NewFor... by Steve on Scribd

All these daily Alaska COVID-19 Count posts can be accessed here.  (You will have to click "older posts" at the bottom to see additional pages since these take up a lot of room.)

"Great ideas often come out of tough times"

When I took out the waffle mix Sunday morning, I noticed this on the box:

"Great ideas often come out of tough times, and times didn't get much tougher than 1932 in the midst of the Great Depression.  That year, a few women who traded recipes conjured up an easy-to-prepare pie crust mix and named it "Krusteaz" (crust + ease).  They went for to door, café to café, selling their creation.  A few years later that same entrepreneurial spirit led us create the first-ever just-add-water pancake mix."

Mixing the ingredients - the oil made a happy Rohrschach.













And Sunday was the first day that we ate out on the deck.  Warmly, but not overly so, dressed.

Krusteaz is the original product of what is now Continental Mills.  Here's the introduction to a 2017 interview in Snack and Bakery with the new CEO

We recently spoke with with Continental Mills president Andy Heily for a look into some recent innovations at the company, including its successful moves into a new product category with the Buck Wild tortilla chip launch, as well as a packaging and non-GMO update for its flagship Krusteaz pancake line—making it the first major pancake brand to do so.
As a third generation, family-owned company, Andy is taking the reins from his father and current CEO, John Heily, and undertaking major initiatives to keep an 85-year old company at the forefront of consumer trends and preferences.

For those of you who fly through Seattle, the company is headquartered in Tukwilla, one light-rail stop from SeaTac.

An April 10, 2020 article in Prepared Food tells us they are expanding.

Continental Mills, Inc., the maker of premium baking, breakfast and snack brands, including the beloved Krusteaz speed-scratch mixes and others, purchased a 175,000 square foot facility in Effingham, Ill., located adjacent to its existing manufacturing facility in Effingham. Acquired from Hodgson Mill, the facility will provide Continental Mills the capacity it needs to support continued growth.
The renovated facility is expected to be up and running sometime in 2021.  In addition to providing increased capacity, the Effingham facility offers excellent proximity to Continental Mills' customers in the Eastern US, Midwest and Southeast.

I guess a company that started in the Great Depression is confident in expanding during a pandemic.

Here's a company made video.  It's obviously a public relations film, but the values they emphasize are good ones.  And it's still a small, family owned business.  It hasn't sold out.




This seems like a pretty decent company.  I did look for problems.  There are three complaints  at a Better Business Bureau website - one about a piece of metal in a mix, another about bugs, and a third customer complained that it wasn't GMO free.

Indeed is an online job search site which has a space where people can leave company reviews.  Most of the ones for Continental were pretty good.  There was one malcontent.  (I thought about whether I should use that word.  Given all the other reviews, I'm guessing this person brought the problems with him to the job.)

They've managed to keep out of the spotlight.  They are a privately owned company so they aren't required to make public the kind of information other companies are.  There's not a lot out there on the company.  The expansion of the Effingham facilities was covered by a lot of media.

And they are sponsoring the Seattle Seawolves Rugby team.

Alaska COVID-19 Count Wednesday April 22, 2020 - 6 New Cases, 28 New Recovered

Our numbers stay good - 6 new cases.  No new deaths.  No new hospitalizations. 28 new 'recovered'.



My Calendar Chart

CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES ALASKA MARCH/APRIL 2020
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
new/total	hos=hospital		12th  = 0/0	13th = 1/1	14th = 0/1	15th = 0/1
16th = 0/1	17th = 2/3	18th = 3/6	19th = 3/9	20th = 3/12	21st= 2/14	22nd= 8/22
23rd=14/36	24th =6/42 1 hos 1 dead	25th = 17/59 3 hos 1 dead	26th = 10/69 3 hos 1 dead	27th =16/89 5 hos 2 dead	28th = 13/102 6 hos 2 dead	29th= 12/114 7 hos  3 dead
30th=5/119 7 hos 3 dead	31st= 14/133 9 hos 3 dead
April 2020		1st=  10/143 9 hos 3 dead	2nd=8(6)/149 13 hos 3 dead	3rd=8(11)157 15 hos 3 dead	4th=15/171 16 hos 5 dead	5th= 14/185 20 hos 6 dead
6th=6/191 23 hosp 6 dead	7th= 22/213 23 hosp 6 Dead29 recovered	8th= 13/226 27 hosp 7 dead 32 recovered	9th= 9/235 27 hosp 7 dead 49 recovered	10th=11/246 28 hosp 7 dead 55 recovered	11th=11/257 31 hosp 8 dead 63 recovered	12th= 15/272 31 hosp 8 dead 66 recovered
13th= 5/277 32 Hosp 8 dead 85 Recovered	14th = 8/285 32 Hosp 9 dead 98 Recovered	15th= 8/293 34 Hosp 9 dead 106 Recovered	16th= 7/300 35 hosp 9 dead 110 recovered	17th=  9/309 36 hosp 9 dead 128 recovered	18th =  5/315 36 hos 9 dead 147 Recovered	19th= 4/319 36 hos 9 dead 153Recovered
20th 2/321 36 hos 9 dead 161 recovered	21st 8/329 36 hos 9 dead 168 recovered	22nd  6/335 36 hos  9 dead 196recovered
		Hospital and dead figures are total to date, not new on that date

State Charts

Again - the chart above is a high resolution screen shot.  If you click on it, it will enlarge and focus.  But only the chart below is interactive.  Scroll right to see it all, run your cursor over it to see all the bells and whistles.  Or go to the original at the State site.  And remember to scroll back to the left to see the rest of the post. 

Cases depicted above represent permanent residency of the infected person, and may not reflect where the person is located currently, or was located when exposed or diagnosed.

My Day-By-Day Chart

I'd note that the state has changed the number of total tests posted yesterday.  It was 11,119, but it is now 10, 580.  I only know that because I'm keeping track and I'm highlighting that number in the screenshots because they have changed before.

This chart has two pages now so you have to go to page 2 to see the newest numbers.

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