Why testing is important. On March 31, 2020, I made my first graph and report on the COVID-19 numbers in Minnesota. I did this because on March 15 and 16 the percentage increase was around 50% and if that continued we would be at a million cases in 3 weeks. This was not a good outcome. If this virus was as deadly as we thought (morbidity rate of 3.7%) we would have 37,000 dead Minnesotans. As the rate of increase quickly receded, I was unable to reconcile the projections the

Plan to Open Minnesota’s Economy in a Safe Manner. (I am not a virologist or epidemiologist but the numbers are looking good for Minnesota.) Due to the incredible effort and resiliency of Minnesotans we will beat this virus and return to a productive way of life. Minnesota’s total active and new COVID-19 cases will peak, then start to decline and eventually slow to the point of no new cases for a day. The median incubation period for COVID-19 is 5.1 days with 97.5% showing sy