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>My reaction was "well deaths are way down" but then I looked and we recently had a spike of deaths as big or larger than the initial wave. Your initial reacti
by vannevar 5y ago
>My reaction was "well deaths are way down" but then I looked and we recently had a spike of deaths as big or larger than the initial wave.
Your initial reaction was correct, national deaths (and hospitalizations) are way down (https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#datatracker-home https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#datatracker-home). There may be localities that are near crisis, but this is a national poll.
- nkozyra 5y agoThat's a very short timeframe on that page. Look at the overall trend: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailydeaths https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailydeaths
- vannevar 5y agoThe long range chart also shows the rate dramatically off the peak and dropping.
- nkozyra 5y agoDefinitely dropping, but following the same trajectory as previous years. The peak in February was the second worst in three Feb/Mar of the pandemic and had the highest single-day death count.