Originally Posted by
dera
Is there really a correlation between number of deaths and day of the week?
Originally Posted by
Excargodog
Is the cyclical nature real or an artifact of when someone comes back from a weekend and reports the data?
It all depends on the state. Some states report the number of deaths each day. Other states report the number of deaths that they had since the last report. Those other states skew the data to make it look like Covid bids weekends off.