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Craig Helmstetter

Craig Helmstetter

Managing Partner of APM Research Lab.

Craig Helmstetter (@c_helmstetter) leads the Research Lab, directing the overall agenda and developing new projects, as well as providing hands-on analysis and reporting. He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology and a Masters in Community and Regional Planning.

Recent Contributions

  • Three years after Minnesota’s initial COVID-19 shutdown, impacts persist
  • Minnesota’s COVID hospital admissions lowest since May
  • Poll: Majority of Americans endorse democracy, younger generations skeptical
  • XBB now makes up 27 percent of COVID in Twin Cities area wastewater
  • The COVID kraken has not (yet) been released in Minnesota
  • With over 3,000 COVID deaths in Minnesota this year, threats remain
  • COVID steady, RSV and flu down, but hospitals still packed tight
  • Minnesota has avoided a fall COVID surge, but the flu and RSV remain
  • COVID's September plateau continues into October
  • COVID update: Recent declines continue, modestly in some cases, as we head into fall