Posted on 03/12/2020 4:40:25 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Milan, Italy. Daegu, South Korea. Qom, Iran. Many of the world’s largest coronavirus outbreaks took root in and around well-traveled cities, but they have since grown to encompass entire countries.
Cases have spread across Italy’s north and down to Rome, leading to a lockdown of the entire country. Iran’s capital, where leaders dismissed the virus just two weeks ago, has seen thousands infected. And cases continue to surge across Europe.
| New cases in past week | Total cases | Cases per 100k residents | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Italy | 11,255 | 15,113 | 25 |
| Iran | 6,562 | 10,075 | 12 |
| Spain | 2,691 | 2,950 | 6 |
| France | 2,496 | 2,876 | 5 |
| Germany | 1,887 | 2,369 | 3 |
| South Korea | 1,781 | 7,869 | 16 |
The outbreaks are not all heading in the same direction. South Korea has managed to slow growth of new cases for now, through intensive testing and monitoring of infections. Italy, Iran and the United States are still reporting large numbers of new cases every day.
Official case totals are an imperfect method of judging the world’s outbreaks.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Viral overload...maybe?
For Christmas, my daughter gave me Panther tickets (NHL) for 3/14. Her bf has NEVER been to a game.
And tonight they paused the season !
Talk about a rain check? Thats a big one.
4%+/-
President Duterte just announced Manila is on lockdown.
We don’t live our family business has a rice delivery this weekend to the stores, so I’ll have to check with my stepson how this is going to be done.
SeekAndFind wrote:
“”RE: WOW if you extrapolate that graph, Iran ceases to exist in 4 or 5 months.”
The only problem with extrapolation is this — FARR’s LAW.
First formulated in 1840 and ignored in every epidemic hysteria since, the law states that epidemics tend to rise and fall in a roughly symmetrical pattern or bell-shaped curve. AIDS, SARS, Ebola — they all followed that pattern. So does seasonal flu each year. Covid-19 is already running the same course in China.
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Thanks for that info!!
Related; testing & the CDC:
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3824062/posts?page=29#29
Did yu read the comments on that article?
A/ the author lists no credentials except a past history of writing about Skywalker
B/ Many people are saying he’s using the wrong type of graph
It’s LOGICAL that social distancing will help but he’s all over the place.
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