By Will Collette
Air pollution is way down.
From NASA, air pollution levels in the Northeast during March:
![after](https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/2020_no2_w_colorbar_date_print.jpg)
Here's what those levels were like before the pandemic:
![before](https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/avg2015-2019_no2_print_w_colorbar_date_print.jpg)
The overall crime rates in COVID-19 hit areas has declined
BUT reports of domestic violence have increased (CLICK HERE).
Model predicts Rhode Island COVID-19 hospitalizations will peak on April 28
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Source: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, the Seattle-based modeling group being used by the CDC and the states. |
Unlike most the rest of the country, in Rhode Island the rate of infection for women is higher than for men (RI Department of Health):
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-C4u2hBhitQ9WSKySJG_Y5jFjGhkJH9WNmNAI7laRaIgzhd9PrWJD8Yhzm76wrEZKCZqBtLHXXnfPy4fjJKINgpLDhyB_H83ipt4HNVQ_ygPPUzHjo7VkM7aPvEReUmHqBoCIe4TXfLQ/s640/Opera+Snapshot_2020-04-11_131941_health.ri.gov.png)
We should pay attention to daily pollen counts since allergies can cause symptoms like COVID-19:
Finally, there's hope that most Americans are beginning to sort out who to trust and who to believe when it comes to information on the Pandemic: