More Seasonality Evidence

Strange voices are saying
What did they say?
Things I can't understand
It's too close for comfort 
This heat has got right out of hand
--Bananarama

Another interesting graphic suggesting seasonality and geographic influence on CV19 patterns. The graph shows deaths as % of population sorted by latitude. Consistent w geographic patterns suggested in previous pages (here, here, here).

Weekly US #COVID19 deaths for each state as % of state pop ordered by latitude of state capital. Looks like a seasonal affect, with the virus moving south. The outlier is Louisiana, any ideas? pic.twitter.com/X9uPJB6rif

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Louisiana sticks out as an outlier as it exhibits a pattern similar to northern states. A reasonable explanation is that many northerners visited New Orleans in March for Mardi Gras which seeded an outbreak with a shape more consistent with temperate climates.

Note that all southern state mortality curves are now trending down.