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It's bad. Try this graph to see how bad it really is: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/new-covid-cases-per-million?tab=chart&yScale=log&time=2020-01-25..&coun
by HarryHirsch 6y ago
It's bad. Try this graph to see how bad it really is: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/new-covid-cases-per-million?tab=chart&yScale=log&time=2020-01-25..&country=USA~DEU https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/new-covid-cases-per-milli...
New infections per capita in the US are not falling and are an order of magnitude higher than in Western Europe. Israel brought new infections down to a few cases/million until they opened schools back up, now they are in line with Western Europe.
The trouble is that there are superspreading events, someone brings the virus to church or university, and everyone present gets it. There are reports of outbreaks in farmworker accomodation and consequent failures of the vegetable harvest. This isn't over at all and only getting worse when cash-strapped universities insist that their students come back on campus in August.
- unishark 6y agoModels such as this one are estimating the number of actual infections is many times higher than the confirmed tests... and falling. Though this is projected to turn around again as social distancing ends. https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america