Germany’s coronavirus cases may be ‘flattening’ as deaths in Italy and Spain still rising

Fox News ^ | 3/23/20 | By Danielle Wallace

[NoLibZone]

Germany may have begun to successfully flatten the curve amid the global coronavirus pandemic while the death tolls in Spain and Italy continue to spike despite nationwide lockdowns meant to curb the spread of the novel disease.

The exponential upward curve in new coronavirus infections in Germany may be flattening off, according to the head of the country’s public health institute, who said stringent social distancing measures, including school closures and bans on public gatherings, as well as hand washing instructions, helped the public quickly slow the rate of infection.

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"We are seeing signs that the exponential growth curve is flattening off slightly,” Lothar Wieler, head of the Robert Koch Institute, told Sky News. "But I will only be able to confirm this trend definitively on Wednesday."

[HarleyD]

Well, that's a lesson learned. You just stop counting and everything becomes better. Everyone back to work now.

Germany Low Death Rate

[dfwgator]

Well, that's a lesson learned. You just stop counting and everything becomes better. Everyone back to work now.

Arbeit Macht Frei!

[Mozzafiato]

They’ve been very low in deaths the entire way. They really stood out in the list.

Germany doesn't do post mortem diagnosis like Italy does, therefore Germany is attributing the deaths to underlying symptoms (heart disease, diabetes, etc) while Italy is counting them as coronavirus deaths.

[willk]

“Odd the Meds are hardest hit, when they tell us Wu-Flu doesn’t like warmer weather.”

I just checked Weather.com forecast for Venice, Italy. Tonight a low of 37f and high of 50 tomorrow. Madrid, Spain 42f and 60f, Athens, Greece 47f and 65f, Barcelona,Spain 49f and 56f. Not exactly beach weather ;>

[Mr. Blond]

But surely warmer than Germany.

[Salvation]

techniques?

[griffin]

Ah, man. They better hurry and get me my Fed money. It’s my money and I want it now! Before this whole C-19 thing blows over. I got investing to do!!!