Opposite.
The darker the times, the harder the laughter.
In this way, we survive.
Seriously, I am working on a new REDUCED REDUCED MODEL, and hope to publish it in a day or so ...
Deaths are still persistently high, a very nasty 2.6% of confirmed U.S. cases, and the percentage is rising ... presumably as people succumb who have been on ventilators for weeks.
3/31/2020 4/1/2020 4/2/2020 4/3/2020 Deaths 1,101 1,040 864 1,169
United States COVID-19 Confirmed Cases Date Daily Total Reduced Growth Cases Exponential Actual Actual Model 3/14/2020 2,717 3/15/2020 761 3,478 3/16/2020 1,167 4,645 3/17/2020 1,717 6,362 3/18/2020 1,407 7,769 3/19/2020 5,911 13,680 3/20/2020 5,605 19,285 3/21/2020 7,462 26,747 3/22/2020 8,478 35,225 35,225 3/23/2020 11,107 46,332 44,031 3/24/2020 8,816 55,148 55,039 3/25/2020 13,870 69,018 68,799 3/26/2020 16,635 85,653 85,999 3/27/2020 19,363 105,016 107,498 3/28/2020 19,448 124,464 134,373 3/29/2020 17,892 142,356 167,966 3/30/2020 22,003 164,359 209,957 3/31/2020 25,151 189,510 262,447 4/1/2020 27,005 216,515 328,058 4/2/2020 28,698 245,213 410,073 4/3/2020 32,740 277,953 512,591 4/4/2020 . 640,739 4/5/2020 . 800,924 4/6/2020 . 1,001,155 4/7/2020 . 1,251,443 4/8/2020 . 1,564,304 4/9/2020 . 1,955,380 4/10/2020 . 2,444,225 4/11/2020 . 3,055,282 4/12/2020 . 3,819,102