The current number of cases in the U.S. is 478. A week ago it was 57.
Those numbers are small. You can look at them and maybe convince yourself that there is nothing to worry about.
But the number of cases went up by a factor of about 8. If that growth continues then we will be approaching 4000 a week from today.
Watch the trends. See if the number of new infections are, hopefully, slowing down. If they arent then it will be 30,000 or so in 2 weeks from now.
“Watch the trends.”
Indeed. And the trends worldwide are flattening out.
The current number of cases in the U.S. is 478. A week ago it was 57.
Those numbers are small. You can look at them and maybe convince yourself that there is nothing to worry about.
But the number of cases went up by a factor of about 8. If that growth continues then we will be approaching 4000 a week from today.
In the meantime hundreds have died of the flu. Last I read the average age of death in Italy was 81. So, yeah, unless you have preexisting conditions or are elder there is nothing to worry about. Sorry.