Retiring Guy's Digest: 2020-12-27

Saturday, January 2, 2021

Wisconsin Covid cases mapped and graphed (1/2/2021)

New York Times

Saturday, January 2. Total tests (positive and negative): 2,845,133. One-day increase of 5,054 (1,078 positive; 21%)

Total positive Covid-19 cases: 484,085

Counties with largest numerical gains = 29 of 72

1 with 100 or more new cases
4 with 50-99
6 with 20 to 49
11 with 10 to 19
7 with 5 to 9

The 29

Milwaukee (373)

Racine (96)
Winnebago (78)
Fond du Lac (70)
Jefferson (65)

Clark, Rock (35 each)
Columbia, Jackson, Waupaca (23 each)
Green (20)

Monroe (18)
Grant, Kenosha, Marinette, Shawano (15 each)
Calumet, Dodge, Douglas, Portage, Wood (13 each)
St. Croix (12)

Adams, Lafayette (8 each)
Vernon (7)
Barron, Green Lake, Richland (6 each)
Vilas (5)

WI Department of Health Services

New York Times

Link to other WI COVID posts:

Related posts:

Alabama. (12/14/2020)

Arizona. (12/14/2020)

Arkansas. (12/31/2020)

California. (12/13/2020)

Connecticut. (8/21/2020)

Florida. (12/142020)

Georgia. (12/14/2020)

Idaho. (12/13/2020)

Illinois. (12/15/2020)

Indiana. (1/2/2021)

Iowa. (1/2/2021)

Kansas. (12/31/2020)

Kentucky. (12/31/2020)

Louisiana. (1/2/2021)

Maryland. (12/30/2020)

Massachusetts. (12/15/2020)

Michigan. (12/15/2020)

Minnesota. (12/31/2020)

Mississippi. (12/14/2020)

Montana. (1/1/2021)

Nebraska. (12/31/2020)

Nevada. (12/30/2020)

New Jersey, (12/15/2020)

New York. (12/15/2020)

North Carolina. (12/13/2020)

North Dakota. (12/132020)

Ohio. (1/2/2021)

Pennsylvania. (12/15/2020)

South Carolina. (12/30/2020)

South Dakota. (12/31/2020)

Tennessee. (1/1/2021)

Texas (1/2/2021)

Utah. (12/30/2020)

Virginia. (1/1/2021)

Washington State. (6/12/2020)

West Virginia. (12/30/2020)

David Swanson (1937-2020) Warren High School class of 1955

1955 Dragon yearbook

Peterson Blick Funeral Home

1967 Warren City Directory

Swanson David T engineer Sylvania r113 Frank Street
Swanson Guy E (Janet T) Inspector U.S. Forest Service h113 Frank Street

1983 Warren City Directory

Swanson David T engineer Sylvania r113 Frank Street
Swanson Janet T retired h113 Frank Street

The popularity of David is graphed here. Let's look at Guy.

Source: Social Security Administration

Guy was a steady performer into the 2nd half of the 20th century, spending 68 years (1900-1967) in the top 200. After 1970, though, he increasingly lost favor and dropped off the chart after 2006.

Other class of '55 members:
2020
Raymond Morrison, Jr. (12/13)

2019
Rose Quiggle Barney. (7/23)

2018

Donald Mahaffey. (1/5)

2017

James Rose. (12/17)

Howard Russell Buchanan. (7/13)

Carol Burgeson. (6/9)

Theoidore Huber. (5/3)

Mary Sperry. (4/11)

James Graziano. (3/28)

2016

Lavonne Devore Saber. (12/8)

Martin Gage . (12/5)

Sally Jean Nelson Kittner. (11/15)

Lester Nero. (9/8)

2015

Cleo Stack Yaegle. (10/24)

Carl Stranburg. (1/30)

Friday, January 1, 2021

Wisconsin Covid mapped and graphed (1/1/2021)

New York Times

Friday, January 1. Total tests (positive and negative): 2,840,064. One-day increase of 8,293 (1,905 positive; 23%)

Total positive Covid-19 cases: 483,077

Counties with largest numerical gains = 50 of 72

2 with 100 or more new cases
7 with 50-99
17 with 20 to 49
12 with 10 to 19
12 with 5 to 9

The 50

Milwaukee (443)
Dane (226)

Winnebago (97)
Racine (86)
Kenosha (74)
Marathon (62)
Fond du Lac, Jefferson (61 each)
Dodge (50)

Washington (38)
Portage (37)
Eau Claire (36)
Barron (35)
La Crosse (33)
Dunn (32)
Juneau (30)
Sheboygan, Wood (26 each)
Manitowoc (25)
Oneida, Pierce, St. Croix (24 each)
Calumet, Outagamie (22 each)
Lafayette, Racine (21 each)

Columbia, Grant (19 each)
Monroe, Richland (18 each)
Sauk (15)
Sawyer (14)
Ozaukee (13)
Green, Trempealeau (12 each)
Jackson (11)
Richland, Waushara (10 each)

Douglas (9)
Door, Marquette (8 each)
Buffalo, Clark, Vernon, Waupaca (7 each)
Pepin (6)
Langlade, Marquette, Oconto, Rusk (5 each)

WI Department of Health Services

New York Times

Link to other WI COVID posts:

Related posts:

Alabama. (12/14/2020)

Arizona. (12/14/2020)

Arkansas. (12/31/2020)

California. (12/13/2020)

Connecticut. (8/21/2020)

Florida. (12/142020)

Georgia. (12/14/2020)

Idaho. (12/13/2020)

Illinois. (12/15/2020)

Indiana. (12/19/2020)

Iowa. (12/19/2020)

Kansas. (12/31/2020)

Kentucky. (12/31/2020)

Louisiana. (12/19/2020)

Maryland. (12/30/2020)

Massachusetts. (12/15/2020)

Michigan. (12/15/2020)

Minnesota. (12/31/2020)

Mississippi. (12/14/2020)

Montana. (1/1/2021)

Nebraska. (12/31/2020)

Nevada. (12/30/2020)

New Jersey, (12/15/2020)

New York. (12/15/2020)

North Carolina. (12/13/2020)

North Dakota. (12/132020)

Ohio. (12/19/2020)

Pennsylvania. (12/15/2020)

South Carolina. (12/30/2020)

South Dakota. (12/31/2020)

Tennessee. (1/1/2021)

Texas (12/19/2020)

Utah. (12/30/2020)

Virginia. (1/1/2021)

Washington State. (6/12/2020)

West Virginia. (12/30/2020)

GET ME REWRITE: Vaccine timeline to be revised

Source: mass.gov

New York Times, 12/31/2020

In Florida, less than one-quarter of delivered coronavirus vaccines have been used, even as older people sat in lawn chairs all night waiting for their shots. In Puerto Rico, last week’s vaccine shipments did not arrive until the workers who would have administered them had left for the Christmas holiday. In California, doctors are worried about whether there will be enough hospital staff members to both administer vaccines and tend to the swelling number of Covid-19 patients.

ADVENTURES IN COVID NEWS REPORTING. Vaccine or no vaccine: Who are you going to believe?

New York Times, 12/26/2020

In polls by Gallup, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Pew Research Center, the portion of people saying they are now likely or certain to take the vaccine has grown from about 50 percent this summer to more than 60 percent, and in one poll 73 percent — a figure that approaches what some public health experts say would be sufficient for herd immunity.

Madison.com 1/1/2021

The latest evidence for this appears this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, and it shows that skepticism toward the vaccines is on the rise among Americans of all stripes.

Regardless of age, race or sex, U.S. adults were significantly less likely to say they'd get vaccinated in late November and early December than they were in early April. [bold added]

Alice Swanson Albaugh (1932-2020) Warren High School class of 1950

1950 Dragon yearbook

Source: Peterson-Blick Funeral Home

1967 Warren City Directory

Albaugh Lelyn employee United Refinery h220 Dartmouth Street
Swanson Arvid G (Hildur C) retired h225 Central Avenue

1983 Warren City Directory

Albaugh Lelyn & Alice; retired h220 Dartmouth Street

The popularity of Alice as a baby name is graphed here. Let's take a look at son Gregg.

Source: Social Security Administration

It took more than 2 decades for Barry to establish himself, but after downing some rocket fuel in the mid-1920s, he shot into in the upper reaches of the baby names chart. He spent 28 years (1951-1967, 1969) in the top 100, peaking at #61 in 1962.

Other members of the WHS class of 1950:
2020
James Gray. (7/10)
Mabel Morse Horner. (2/4/2020)

2019
Donald Cable. (8/27/2019)
Clifford LeRoy Maze. (7/9/2019)
Robert Lundmark. (7/1/2019)
Donald Baldensperger. (1/26/2019)

2018
John White. (10/12/2018)
Geraldine Downey Gustafson. (10/7/2018)

2017
Helen Quiggle Kroemer. (7/9/2017)
Dale Witherell.  (5/31/2017)
Betty Reynolds Mahan. (4/4/2017)
Helen Kane Scalise. (2/23/2017)

2016
William Lemmon. (8/30/2016)
Joan Kondak Vernon. (8/3/2016)
Barbara Reist Cook. (7/7/2016)
Mary Sikstrom Bauer.  (6/20/2016)
Robert Jones.  (6/4/2016)

2015
Lewis McCullough. (7/6/2015)
Joan Marlene Campbell Berdine. (2/18/2015)

2014
Glen Valentine. (8/18/2014)

Thursday, December 31, 2020

Wisconsin State Assembly 2020 elections: Robyn Vining's re-election provides additional evidence that eastern Waukesha County is trending purple

Rep. Vining achieved a very convincing win -- defeating her GOP challenger by 8.1 percentage points -- a winning margin of 3,184 votes. Practically a landslide for Democrats in this neck of the woods! Congratulations, Robyn!

Source: Ballotpedia

What makes her and wins especially satisfying is that she won in a district that had been gerrymandered to keep it safe for Republicans.

A triple-stack of gerrymandering. a.k.a the 5th State Senate Distrct, with three snouts burrowing into western Milwaukee County. The top 2 of the stack, Assembly districts 13 and 14, are now represented by Democrats. (Sara Rodriguez defeated 4-term incumbent Rob Hutton in the 13th distrct.)

Related posts:

Wisconsin State Assembly 2020 elections: Rob Hutton's loss provides evidence that eastern Waukesha County is trending purple. (12/30/2020)

Wisconsin State Assembly 2020 elections: Deb Andraca's win demonstrates that Ozaukee County is trending purple. (12/30/2020)

Original 7/15/2020 post, "Wisconsin 2020 elections: Who's running in the 14th Assembly District", starts here.

In a 2018 race for an open seat, Robyn Vining (D-Wauwatosa) defeated former Wisconsin State Treasurer Matt Adamczyk by 138 votes in a deep-red district. Many Republicans found Adamczyk, who received a plurality of the vote in a 4-way GOP primary in August 2018, to be an unacceptable candidate.

Three GOP challengers will face off in an August 11 primary.