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In response to "If what you're saying were statistically significant, it would spike the overall state number, and consequently the overall U.S death total as well." by Inigo

I'm sure the numbers as a whole are coming down, but that really reflects the original hot spots and extended quarantine and social distancing there.

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Jun 8 '20, 09:39

The real question is where is it going as states open up. Certainly they will increase. The question is just how much. And we're nowhere near seeing what the effects of the protesting will be. I'm really very troubled by what they may look like. There will, again, almost certainly be increases, but the question is whether they will spike to levels that tax the system again, or whether they can be managed without having to step back into more of quarantine mode.

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I'd be curious to see how much they actually go up by. So many of the darkest "the whole state is going to die" predictions have not come to pass and - JackDawson Jun 8, 09:44 2
- Yes, "the everyone is going to die" prediction thankfully turned out to be only rhetorical hyperbole and not an accurate prediction. -- nm* - znufrii, silly old man Jun 8, 10:00
- Yes. I think flareups are more likely and I do think the summer makes a big difference. Outside is less likely to transmit, and these gatherings are - pmb Jun 8, 09:54

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I'm sure the numbers as a whole are coming down, but that really reflects the original hot spots and extended quarantine and social distancing there.

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