Are there 100 million cases yet?
There are certainly not 100 million diagnosed cases.
Were 30 seconds away from becoming ITALYz!!!!!!
Amazing how much of you people’s breathless BS dried up when you found out how it started to bite you and your family in the pocketbook and in their civil liberties.
Has the fire extended beyond Mrs. O’Leary’s barn yet?
CHINESE FLU!
Yes, but unfortunately, you account for 99,800,000 of those cases.
If it continues to spread at that rate, then we will hit 100,000,000 on April 23.
If, on the other hand just one person is prevented from getting the virus today, then on April 17, there will be about 3,500 fewer cases, and assuming a Case Fatality Rate of just 2%, that will save 70 lives.
That, folks, is why we have to take action now. Unfortunately, taking action when it is most effective will always be seen as overreaction.
One of the first things I learned in my epidemiology courses is that those in decision-making positions tend to delay taking action until it's too late. This time they're doing it right. The problem, from their perspective, is that if they take action early and it works, when the disaster doesn't develop, everyone says "See, he overreacted!", when, in fact, it was his action that prevented the disaster from developing. If, on the other hand, he takes action too late, then everyone properly says he blew it. Either way, he loses. And then there's the normalcy bias, which is strong in politicians, and apparently even stronger in you.