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4. Deaths are increasing at exactly the same rate.

Mon Mar 23, 2020, 04:12 PM

Mar 2020

33% a day since March 1. Close to 30,000 deaths in the USA by April 6, in two weeks.

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US cases have been increasing by 33%/day for the last 3 weeks. [View all] The_jackalope Mar 2020 OP

Deaths are increasing at exactly the same rate. The_jackalope Mar 2020 #4

Jeez, I hope not. Maybe I'm guilty of rose colored glasses too. dem4decades Mar 2020 #8

You are still only talking about tested and confirmed cases genxlib Mar 2020 #2

That doesn't matter as much as the rate of hospitalization. The_jackalope Mar 2020 #3

You are missing a VERY important word in that sentence genxlib Mar 2020 #10

Once they're hospitalized, presumably they are identified as C-19 The_jackalope Mar 2020 #11

I think we are probably more-or-less on the same page genxlib Mar 2020 #12

We're in violent agreement then? The_jackalope Mar 2020 #13

Touche genxlib Mar 2020 #14

This website was interesting to me genxlib Mar 2020 #15

we are on pace to easily beat out china. Javaman Mar 2020 #5

"I like the numbers where they are" central scrutinizer Mar 2020 #7

yup. I've just multiplying each day X 1.4 to get tomorrow's number. NRaleighLiberal Mar 2020 #6

With a factor of 1.4 New York will have 116K cases by Friday... nt EarthFirst Mar 2020 #9

I saw an analysis of this... Happy Hoosier Mar 2020 #16

The US will probably see five figure deaths in two weeks. The_jackalope Mar 2020 #18