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Re:Open letter from Italy to the international scientific co... by loeg on Sunday March 15, 2020 @12:37PM (#22584387)
Your government is saying the exact. Same. Thing:

https://www.government.nl/latest/news/2020/03/12/new-measure...

https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/current-information-about-novel-...

> 15-03-2020 , 176 new patients, a total of 1135

> 14-03-2020 , 155 new patients, in total 959

> 13-03-2020 , 190 new patients, in total 804

> 12-03-2020 , 111 new patients, in total 614

> 11-03-2020 , 121 new patients, in total 503

> 10-03-2020 , 61 new patients, a total of 382

> 09-03-2020 , 56 new patients, a total of 321

> 08-03-2020 , 77 new patients, a total of 265

> 07-03-2020 , 60 new patients, a total of 188

> 06-03-2020 , 46 new patients, a total of 128

> 05-03-2020 , 44 new patients, a total of 82

> 04-03-2020 , 15 new patients, a total of 38

> 03-03-2020 , 6 new patients, a total of 24

> 02-03-2020 , 11 new patients, a total of 18

> 01-03-2020 , 1 new patient, a total of 7

...

Here's a log-scale graph: https://www.chartgo.com/embed.do?id=7e5c9f30aa

(And just for comparison, not log scale: https://www.chartgo.com/embed.do?id=7e5c9f30aa )

Looks like NL has had steady exponential growth over the past week or even 10 days.

As far as Mr Pueyo, in this context he appears to be an effective science writer, which is what matters. If you want a more succinct source from an academic, there's http://ctbergstrom.com/covid19.html .

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