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Edit to show the point better: Go here (easily the best visualization site, FWIW), scroll to the bottom where you can see a log chart of per-capita infection ra
by orangecat 7y ago
Edit to show the point better: Go here (easily the best visualization site, FWIW), scroll to the bottom where you can see a log chart of per-capita infection rates normalized to a single "start time" metric, and compare the Idaho chart with the New York one.
Number of cases is largely a proxy for how many tests are being done (https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/coronavirus-case-counts-are-meaningless/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/coronavirus-case-counts...). Looking at deaths is more accurate, and that shows Idaho (and all other states) well below New York.
- ajross 7y agoBut growing with the same exponent! The point was that Idaho doesn't need special mitigation rules, because unmitigated Idaho is somewhere around 2 weeks "behind" New York. Even here people seem not to get that point. The outbreaks are smaller outside the international cities because they were later, not because they're inherently better controlled.
- timr 7y agoThey are not growing with the same exponent. You keep repeating this, even though the evidence you cite clearly shows that it's not true.