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> why hospitalizations keep going up in this roadmap when every country that has put strict social distancing measures in effect starts to see a leveling-off an
by maxsilver 7y ago
> why hospitalizations keep going up in this roadmap when every country that has put strict social distancing measures in effect starts to see a leveling-off and decrease in hospitalization after around the 3 week mark
Because that's not a safe assumption. Hospitalizations are still going up in areas across the US, even in areas of US that are now on week 4 or 5 of lockdown.
Michigan, for example, is on week 4 and while the growth of the curve is slowing, hospitalizations still continue to rise every single day - https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/michigan/2020/04/13/michigan-gov-whitmer-coronavirus-curve-starting-to-flatten-in-parts-of-state/ https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/michigan/2020/04/13/mich...
- maxlamb 7y agoMichigan’s order started on March 23rd, so just 3 weeks and 1 day ago. I guess next week we’ll have better data on the impact.