When the amount of time to get test results back varies by days, retroactively reporting them by the day they were administered would be a logistical nightmare. And certain posters here would then complain that they were going back and fiddling with the numbers instead of just telling us the facts. Reporting tests on the day the results come in tells the same story as adjusting previous days results according to when the test was administered.
From my viewpoint mankind is so full of hubris. There is only so much we can do to minimize this and let’s face the reality that we’re all gonna die of something. Rest easy fellow covidians, the sun may or may not rise tomorrow.
I hope it's a matter of the virus weakening. A solid indicator of that as fact would go a long way toward schools opening in the fall. Here are the three day increases . . . Date.......world cases.....world deaths.....U.S. cases.....U.S. deaths May3........255,940............14,061...............93,006...........4,731 May6........258,072............16,907...............75,063...........6,212 May9........278,941............15,389...............84,217...........5,238 May12......239,189............12,376...............61,327...........3,388 May15......284,608............15,658...............75,649...........5,082 May18......266,271............11,660...............66,009...........3,474 May21…....303,083……….....14,472………........70,608…….......4,373 May24…....303,683…….....…12,072………........65,534…….......2,946 May27…....291,339…….....…10,756………........59,367…….......2,807 May30…....364,906…….....…13,454………........71,017…….......3,450 June2……...324,528….....……11,316………........64,385…....…...2,502 June5…...…365,955…….....…15,934………........84,503…….......3,331 June8…...…349,307…….....…10,486………........60,785…….......1,665 June11…....395,623…….....…15,077……….......63,208…….......2,979 June14…....394,966…….....…11,489……....…...72,527…….......1,824 June17…....416,062…….....…16,082……….......72,243…….......2,083 June20…....513,453…….....…15,422……....…...96,107…….......2,039 June23…....431,986…….....…12,264……....…...93,590…….......1,493 June26…....558,418…….....…17,896………......128,788……......4,167 June29…....535,253……,....…11,239………......128,855….....….1,143 July2...…....574,195…….....…15,882………......155,378……......2,702 World fatalities leapt back up in the latest interval, as did U.S. fatalities. If deaths lag behind cases by as much as a couple weeks, we might be getting some bad news over the next couple of weeks. Side note: Taiwan (pop. 23 million) has been sitting at 7 fatalities (yes - SEVEN) for about two months. Meanwhile in the U.S. . . .
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I hope this helps them plan better for the school year. Santa Clara County meeting that exposed 40 principals to coronavirus raises red flags
Except other countries have controlled it. Is it really hubris when the roadmap exists, and has been demonstrated in the real world? While this is a new virus and the science isn’t perfect for an easy/quick fix, its not like this thing is beyond human or scientific comprehension entirely.
I actually recall a chart from like 2 months ago that showed all the different curves in different regions/states and it was predicting a bunch of states would peak in July. Now we are in July. It's like people didn't realize states were on different curves, when New York City got their mess under control, a bunch of other areas falsely thought the whole pandemic was behind us when in reality in many regions it was still in front of them.
Most countries are doing a reasonable job. We’re in the worst category along with Brazil and Russia. Considering our wealth and talent, it seems clear that we have had the most incompetent leadership of any developed country with respect to the handling of this disease.
Scientists say strain of coronavirus dominant around the world is different than what was seen in Wuhan
I haven't heard the "more cases because more testing" screech in awhile. I think the following charts demonstrates two scenarios where that claim can be rebutted. One, where the increase in cases far exceeds the increase in testing. The other where there's an inverse correlation.
Something I was listening to said testing has only gone up 10% on average in the country, though varies state by state.
