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Re:Covid-19: the harms of exaggerated information and non‐ev... by usaar333 on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @12:29AM (#22671938)
The measures that have in place in both states have drastically clamped down on infection rates - the growth in WA is barely above linear at this point (and remember you are always looking 10 days backward). CA is also sub-exponential. Look at the data (in the presence of high testing):

https://covid-19.direct/state/WA

If you look at thermometer data (less accurate, but a good predictor), there's little problem going forward in either state. (but serious problems in the NY metro area):

https://healthweather.us/

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Re:Covid-19: the harms of exaggerated information and non‐ev... by joe_the_user on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @12:45AM (#22672037)
To my eyes, California just looks slower exponential and Washington is ambiguous. A few days of non-growth can be randomness or reporting problems.

But I hope you're right! We all need to do our parts.

I'd also note that things are getting "hot" in other states and each has it's problems.

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Re:Covid-19: the harms of exaggerated information and non‐ev... by int_19h on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @02:25AM (#22672494)
At least some of WA's lower numbers recently were due to fewer tests performed.
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