That's why Trump sent out his tweet last night - it's important for him to get ahead of the "overreaction" story. Rather, Trump needs to set the narrative that the numbers are more modest due to aggressive and decisive action taken by him early in the outbreak.
Italy 60.5 USA 330.4 Day Date Total % Chg Daily Differential Date Total % Chg Daily 1 2/21/2020 1 1 1.0 2/29/2020 1 1 2 2/22/2020 2 100.0% 1 1.0 3/1/2020 2 100.0% 1 3 2/23/2020 3 50.0% 1 0.5 3/2/2020 6 200.0% 4 4 2/24/2020 7 133.3% 4 0.8 3/3/2020 9 50.0% 3 5 2/25/2020 10 42.9% 3 0.8 3/4/2020 12 33.3% 3 6 2/26/2020 12 20.0% 2 0.9 3/5/2020 14 16.7% 2 7 2/27/2020 17 41.7% 5 0.9 3/6/2020 18 28.6% 4 8 2/28/2020 21 23.5% 4 1.1 3/7/2020 19 5.6% 1 9 2/29/2020 29 38.1% 8 1.3 3/8/2020 22 15.8% 3 10 3/1/2020 34 17.2% 5 1.3 3/9/2020 26 18.2% 4 11 3/2/2020 52 52.9% 18 1.7 3/10/2020 31 19.2% 5 12 3/3/2020 79 51.9% 27 2.1 3/11/2020 38 22.6% 7 13 3/4/2020 107 35.4% 28 2.5 3/12/2020 42 10.5% 4 14 3/5/2020 148 38.3% 41 3.0 3/13/2020 49 16.7% 7 15 3/6/2020 197 33.1% 49 3.5 3/14/2020 56 14.3% 7 16 3/7/2020 233 18.3% 36 3.8 3/15/2020 62 10.7% 6 17 3/8/2020 366 57.1% 133 4.9 3/16/2020 75 21.0% 13 18 3/9/2020 463 26.5% 97 4.8 3/17/2020 96 28.0% 21 19 3/10/2020 631 36.3% 168 5.2 3/18/2020 122 27.1% 26 20 3/11/2020 827 31.1% 196 4.8 3/19/2020 174 42.6% 52 21 3/12/2020 1,027 24.2% 200 4.5 3/20/2020 229 31.6% 55 22 3/13/2020 1,266 23.3% 239 4.3 3/21/2020 294 28.4% 65 23 3/14/2020 1,441 13.8% 175 3.6 3/22/2020 400 36.1% 106 24 3/15/2020 1,809 25.5% 368 4.0 3/23/2020 456 14.0% 56 25 3/16/2020 2,158 19.3% 349 4.2 3/24/2020 520 14.0% 64 26 3/17/2020 2,503 16.0% 345 4.2 3/25/2020 593 14.0% 73 27 3/18/2020 2,978 19.0% 475 4.4 3/26/2020 676 14.0% 83 28 3/19/2020 3,405 14.3% 427 4.4 3/27/2020 770 14.0% 95 29 3/20/2020 4,032 18.4% 627 4.6 3/28/2020 878 14.0% 108 30 3/21/2020 4,825 19.7% 793 4.8 3/29/2020 1,001 14.0% 123 31 3/22/2020 5,476 13.5% 651 4.8 3/30/2020 1,141 14.0% 140 Population differential 5.5 Gross differential 23.5 Growth rate 23 Days 37.19% 29.76% 31 Days 32.01% 25.49% Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_ItalyPS "Cases" is a made up term that has no statistical relevance. It doesn't actually measure new infections, rather just those testing positive - true or false. In other words, it's a function of ramped up testing, not ramped up disease. It's why the MSM is using in order to continue pushing their narrative. Follow fatalities - the tape tells the tale.
PPS Once again I need to state that these models are freely available for anyone. Just send me a PM and you can alter, modify, and model anything you wish to project/test data, assumptions, etc.
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