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See the numbers.
Explain the numbers.

Predicting number of state covid cases 2020
from average number of "disk" sightings/yr for prev 9y.

State		       Av #Disk/yr    #covid cases
		       (2000-2019)      (2020)
CA                        22.8947      3473990
FL                        11.3158      1771360
TX                         8.3158      2486500
NY                         8.0526      1470300
WA                         7.0526       320146 
AZ                         6.2632       779093       
PA                         6.1053       869222       
IL                         6.0         1144280
CO                         4.6842       404256 
OH                         4.4211       918079 
MI                         4.2632       620685 
GA                         4.2105       937402 
OR                         4.0526       146741 
IN                         3.9474       637987 
TN                         3.5263       742213   
MN                         2.9474       467217 
SC                         2.9474       462981     
KY                         2.8421       376253 
NV                         2.3684       283391 
CT                         2.2632       259372 
UT                         2.2105       353700 
OK                         1.8947       401780 
AL                         1.6316       471311       
ID                         1.6316       165209 
LA                         1.5263       409861 
KS                         1.3158       589990 
RI                         1.3158       117891      
ME                         1.1579        41065 
MT                         1.1053        95717 
MS                         0.8947       280778 
WV                         0.8947       124190 
HI                         0.7895        26611 
VT                         0.6842        12766 
NE                         0.5789       193421 
SD                         0.5789       109132    
DE                         0.4737        79832 
WY                         0.3684        52618 

MODEL (OLS):
y = 157018*x + 13602.4
beta in 157018 +- 19897.7   90% CI
alpha in 13602.4 +- 110076 
r2 = 0.83549752
P(beta>0.000000) = 1.000000
calculated Spearman corr = 0.838075
Critical Spearman = 0.432000 2-sided at 1%; reject H0:not_connected