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Re:Covid-19 update and guidance to limit spread by asdfman123 on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @04:06PM (#22539096)
That's true, but it doesn't take into account the relative population of the various countries.

Also, I'd love to see it broken down by city. I figure my city is at least a week ahead of Seattle.

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Re:Covid-19 update and guidance to limit spread by TeMPOraL on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @04:59PM (#22539618)
Relative population doesn't matter at this stage. Relative population density might matter, a little.
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Re:Covid-19 update and guidance to limit spread by contravariant on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @05:56PM (#22540196)
Relative population only becomes important once a significant portion of the population is infected. Until that time you'd expect a roughly exponential increases from the original outbreak.
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