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Re:Log-log plot of new vs. total Covid-19 cases by country by quietbritishjim on Sunday March 29, 2020 @07:05AM (#22717981)
The graph doesn't make much sense without a bit of explanation. (It certainly didn't to me, anyway.) The minutephysics video linked to from cptroot's comment, and also here [1] for your convenience, does a great job of that.

In short, you're right it's not surprising that the lines are log-log linear for uncontrolled growth of the virus, and that it's similar for lot of countries. What's interesting is the few (so far) cases where it drops below that log-log linear line, which indicates a containment strategy that's starting to work.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54XLXg4fYsc

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Re:Log-log plot of new vs. total Covid-19 cases by country by heavenlyblue on Sunday March 29, 2020 @08:16AM (#22718339)
But that containment strategy isn't working for Italy at all.
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Re:Log-log plot of new vs. total Covid-19 cases by country by fxj on Sunday March 29, 2020 @08:37AM (#22718480)
It takes at least 2 weeks until the number of deaths starts to decrease. Look at the graph in the weeks to come and you will notice the difference.
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Re:Log-log plot of new vs. total Covid-19 cases by country by heavenlyblue on Monday March 30, 2020 @02:52PM (#22731004)
They’ve started containment 9th March, how is that now two weeks ago?
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