Ah, that shows some of the weekly testing info. I’ve been looking for. Thanks!
The week 18 Clinical Labs data appears to be incomplete: There was a drop in labs reporting from 98 to 67. Prior to that, every week showed an increase, and in the 3 weeks prior we had (W15) - 93, (W16) - 96, and (W17)- 97 labs reporting.
I’d sure like to see the fatalities per week come down faster, but I suspect there is now a large backlog of ongoing severe or critical cases that will take time to resolve, many negatively, even as new cases slow down.
Things were in bad shape BEFORE any government calls for lockdown:
https://twitter.com/Covid19Digest/status/1258936747699965953
People won’t return to their normal habits until we know more about the long term effects of this virus. I don’t fancy a million dollar hospital bill or permanent organ damage.
Also, I’m’a let a few flubros in my age group...the ones that just can’t avoid the all you can eat buffets and bbq joints get infected. That way they can ‘assist’ the rest of us in working out testing/drug/dosing/timing protocols. Until this gets like the flu, ‘get swab, get scrip, pay deductible, leave’ I won’t be doing anything that puts me at risk.
Betcha there will be an even greater “backlog” of cases and deaths being hidden to keep the opening up going.