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>What's the better metric? The question was rhetorical. There is no better metric for showing the pandemic is still on going. If you have 50k cases a day, and
by soperj 6y ago
>What's the better metric?
The question was rhetorical.
There is no better metric for showing the pandemic is still on going. If you have 50k cases a day, and 1000 deaths a day, it doesn't matter if other countries are lower or higher, it's clearly on going.
- Rebelgecko 6y agoRight now the 7 day avg is below 700 deaths per day and has been steadily declining since the peak in January when it was over 3,000. There's been roughly a 5x reduction in cases as well (45k cases per day over last week down from 260k per day over the worst week in January). To me the strong downward trend indicates that we're cruising towards the end of the pandemic. I can't see it lasting another 4 months, let alone another year (although the COVID rate might never return to 0). How many deaths per day would you use as a threshold for being past the middle of the pandemic?
- soperj 6y ago1000 deaths, 700 deaths. It doesn't matter. Is the pandemic still on going? Yes. The answer is yes. I really don't care to get into the minutia when the answer is still yes.