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Coronavirus (COVID-19) is too exciting for adults to discuss (CLOSED)

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MililaniBuckeye said:
So, I took the daily death totals from Apr 7 (the first day that the daily death count cracked 2,000) through yesterday (May 4) and put them in a spreadsheet. I then calculated the weekly death rate for each possible full one-week period, starting with the 7 Apr to 13 Apr period up through the Apr 28 to May 4 period, and plotted the averages and a chart:

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You can see that since week period ending Apr 25 (column 13), the week-to-date average for each period has been declining every day.
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And people accuse me of making to much of the number of deaths! (maybe I need a spread sheet) Must....resist....must..... resist.....
 
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Taosman said:
And people accuse me of making to much of the number of deaths! (maybe I need a spread sheet) Must....resist....must..... resist.....
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My purpose with that graph is to show there is hope in this thing, not to tap-dance on the graves of the dead to scream "Told you so!"
 
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jwinslow said:
I fully believe it's more widespread than we know, but we fought testing all along the way.
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Not sure that we "fought" testing, but more testing should have be done where and when it was possible. But to @lvbuckeye's point, 30x-50x more widespread would mean that anywhere between 10% and 17% of the entire country has already had it and gotten over it. Taking the 50x case figure (which would be around 62,000,000 cases) would mean the we are over 30% of the 197,000,000 needed for herd immunity already, and that's with the draconian lookdowns keeping people from getting out and about.
 
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BigWoof31 said:
I work in the IT services industry, I have been instructed I'm allowed to return to the office on a significantly reduced schedule starting May 15.
Probably as needed (for like 2-3 hours/day) and only twice a week. Mask is mandatory.
Better than nothing I guess.
One thing the pandemic has taught my wife and I - we are in piss poor shape when it comes to a home office. Getting on Wayfair to order one later today
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