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John Oliver Takes a Social Distancing Deep Dive Into Coronavirus, and Donald Trump's Awfulness [VIDEO]

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calochortus3/30/2020 12:13:50 pm PDT

According to a local doctor:

— the death rate doubling time in Calif slowed to 5 days (more reliable than cases, which depends on testing)
— in San Mateo county, it slowed to 1-2 wks, only 1 death in 4 days. Curve Flattening is happening.
— Of note, in USA doubling remains at 3 days (for many reasons, but largely due to delays in responses such as shelter in place, and disbelief/disinterest of policymakers and citizens. Bay Area led the country in response, so we are seeing results first too).

This seems consistent with data I’ve seen, but I haven’t bothered to run the numbers myself. It’s early days yet, but but I think we’re doing it right.
Of course, what this means is fewer people have gotten sick and there is a large pool of people who can get it as soon as we relax the stay home orders, but I’d like to think someone is working on how to get things up and moving again without a large second wave of covid.