Talk:COVID-19 pandemic in the United States

New format?

Do you like the new format? TIA, Ottawahitech (talk) 17:25, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

To be honest, it seems a bit much to have subsections for each day. I would think having monthly subsections would be enough. ~ UDScott (talk) 20:02, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

@UDScott: Thanks for taking the time. Yes it was probably a lot of work to set it up initially, but I like the ability to click on each day's heading and see the corresponding enwiki entry (when it exists). BTW I am not sure if you want to be pinged? Ottawahitech (talk) 20:24, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Well, it looks like someone or something does not like having 2021 at the top: I cannot edit it. It shows up when I read the article but when I click the edit button all I see is 2020? Anyone? Ottawahitech (talk) 18:44, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Replying to myself: I combined both quotes after getting them from the history of the page, and created a new 2021 heading at the top. I hope tthis works. Ottawahitech (talk) 19:04, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Paywalls and WQ

When Covid was in its infancy in the USA most media outlets lifted their paywalls on COVID-19 pandemic-related articles in the interest of public good. This sentiment appears to have receded, unfortunately. It appears that those same publications have now decided that the the revenue they are forgoing by eliminating paywalls is too big a price to pay, and are now going back to the model of providing COVID information only to those who can afford it. I have not seen any articles on the subject, so I am only speculating (anyone?).

A good case in point is todays article in the WSJ with this headline Delta Surge of Covid-19 Recedes, Leaving Winter Challenge Ahead, which comes complete with charts and a video, but is hidden behind a paywall. No wonder misinformation is rampant!

But enough of anti-paywall advocacy, the question we need to resolve here is how can we at WQ provide accurate information to the public when available information is only as good as the depth of one's pocket? Do we really have to rely on social media for information we provide to our readers? Thanks in advance for taking the time to participate, Ottawahitech (talk) 16:00, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

2022 headings have been obliterated by the enwiki community

It appears as if the enwiki community has decided that timelines are no longer needed for covid in the US. w:Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States (2022) has been deleted, I think (can't find the deletion discussion). Since we used links to enwiki for our section headings what do we do? Thanks in advance, Ottawahitech (talk) 14:22, 9 April 2022 (UTC)