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How bad is 130 cases in a county of about 560000? -- nm

Posted by the wrong element, bad guy (aka JFields) Mar 28 '20, 17:49

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it depends. are they are at home self isolating OR are they at Walmart coughing on stuff and visiting old people homes infecting hundreds of others? -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 17:51 1
- Supposed to be staying at home, but I don't know how many are following that. - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 28, 17:57
Bad. Within the next 30 days, one trillion people will be infected in that county. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 28, 17:51 5
- I think the time for jokes on this has passed, Bery. - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 28, 18:08 4
  - look at time line stats like one month to go from 1 death to 1,000 but only two days to go 1,000 to 2,000 -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 28, 18:26 2
    - the number of 'infections' is irrelevant because they are not testing very many, even medical staff is held off... -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 28, 18:28
    - But that's deaths, not cases. The rate of increase of cases is highly dependent on the testing strategy. If testing is weak, then the number could be - Beryllium Mar 28, 18:27
  - Yeah, about two weeks ago. Do you know if your area has good testing, or is it a shortage zone? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 28, 18:24

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