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Not true. Deaths only lag cases by 5-10 days. For example, in Italy daily new cases peaked on March 21st and daily deaths peaked on March 27th.
by karlakush 6y ago
Not true. Deaths only lag cases by 5-10 days. For example, in Italy daily new cases peaked on March 21st and daily deaths peaked on March 27th.
- elihu 6y agoDoesn't that depend a great deal on testing capability? If testing is quick and widely available, then I'd expect the lag to be larger as people get diagnosed earlier.
- perl4ever 6y agoThis assumes the death rate is independent of, say, health care system capacity. Didn't they have an issue with that in Italy?