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Sorry, don't take the Italian data as accurate (yes, I live there). Daily numbers may not be from the past 24 hours because reporting is at saturation (they can
by lbeltrame 6y ago
Sorry, don't take the Italian data as accurate (yes, I live there). Daily numbers may not be from the past 24 hours because reporting is at saturation (they can be up to several days in the past), also sometimes there are delays up to weeks in reporting cases, and many recovered people aren't listed yet as recovered because there have not done the second test to confirm they're virus free (2 negative tests within 24 hours is the current metric).
There's a widespread lack of reagents, and the government is pretty slow at procuring them.
The only reliable data there is ICU admissions, and yes, they're going down.
But don't call reporting as accurate: it's not even close (although testing capacity has increased a lot in the past weeks), and not even the testing is widespread (many are calling for increased testing regimes).
- davidw 6y agoWell... ok, maybe it's imperfect, but the US has the same problems, if not worse. China? No one really takes their numbers seriously. So it's about as good as it gets for the time being.