Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

[henry quirk]

222,000 flu cases and 22,000 flu deaths, in the US, so far.

1,864 carona cases and 41 deaths, in the US, so far.

🤔

[henry quirk]

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashb...23467b48e9ecf6

[Luce]

Originally Posted by henry quirk

222,000 flu cases and 22,000 flu deaths, in the US, so far.

1,864 carona cases and 41 deaths, in the US, so far.

🤔

Well, it's a good thing we're not at the bottom of the upward curve or anything.

So everything is fine, so long as we remember that "so far" it's not much.

[Griff]

It will be interesting to see how or if herd immunity works out in the UK.

RE: perspective
I'll be taking a law school grads perspective on science with a grain of salt. If I need someone to own college liberals she'll be high on my list. If I want an alternative angle on the science I'd prefer to read an article from a scientist with an opposing view.

[henry quirk]

meh

[Griff]

I understand the reflexive anti-expert instinct, I'm a generalist myself. I'll build a house, raise some animals, or tend a garden but for something like this I want credentials.

[henry quirk]

Originally Posted by Griff

I understand the reflexive anti-expert instinct, I'm a generalist myself. I'll build a house, raise some animals, or tend a garden but for something like this I want credentials.

I'm not anti-expert, I'm anti-panic.

[Undertoad]

Originally Posted by henry quirk

1,864 carona cases and 41 deaths, in the US, so far.

That was the Friday number, the Monday number is

3,487 cases and 68 deaths

Hopefully our stay-home efforts will keep this number from doubling about every four days like that, since at that rate it would take 36 days to match the flu total and 40 days to double it, and let's just end the speculation at that point so we don't all freak out

I think the doubling is every six days around here?

[Undertoad]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

That was the Friday number, the Monday number is

3,487 cases and 68 deaths

End of Monday: 4100/72

I think the "cases" number rises faster due to public understanding and test availability