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We don't know when each country really got their first COVID-19 infections. That will always complicate analysis, and it will never be trivial. Never mind that
by afterburner 6y ago
We don't know when each country really got their first COVID-19 infections. That will always complicate analysis, and it will never be trivial. Never mind that we don't fully understand the virus itself, it's new.
- ceejayoz 6y agoUse the spikes in excess death rates, then. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/21/world/coronavirus-missing-deaths.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/21/world/coronav...
- afterburner 6y agoThe relationship between the spike and the beginning of spread is changed by the effectiveness of lockdown/other measures. Not to mention other variables like population density, population activity, etc.