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Re:California governor issues statewide 'stay at home' order by wolco on Thursday March 19, 2020 @10:55PM (#22634206)
I thought so too then I did the calculations and realized it could be larger if Italy's death rates transfer.
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Re:California governor issues statewide 'stay at home' order by maxk42 on Thursday March 19, 2020 @11:12PM (#22634332)
The US death rate is 1.49% and dropping rapidly.
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Re:California governor issues statewide 'stay at home' order by cycrutchfield on Thursday March 19, 2020 @11:18PM (#22634375)
Only because the number of new cases is rising rapidly. "Death rate" is not a meaningful metric. What you want is "case fatality rate".
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Re:California governor issues statewide 'stay at home' order by therealdrag0 on Friday March 20, 2020 @12:25AM (#22634872)
We haven't overwhelmed our healthcare system yet.
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