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Sure, more time/data is needed to know for sure. If you factor in 1 week until symptoms, another 1-2 weeks until the worst part of the illness, then yes, the ef

Sure, more time/data is needed to know for sure. If you factor in 1 week until symptoms, another 1-2 weeks until the worst part of the illness, then yes, the effect of lock down on death rates won't be seen until 2-3 weeks have passed. This is the UK 2.5 weeks ago: https://twitter.com/stereophonics/status/1238944498006274048 https://twitter.com/stereophonics/status/1238944498006274048

SideburnsOfDoom 7y ago
* Average time between infection and death from COVID-19 is 23 days. https://twitter.com/michaeljswalker/status/1245415339149705219 https://twitter.com/michaeljswalker/status/12454153391497052... https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30243-7/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3... So lockdown won't be reflected in death rates until _over_ 3 weeks have passed. This is the UK, 3 weeks ago: https://twitter.com/stevethewall/status/1244249363427328003 https://twitter.com/stevethewall/status/1244249363427328003