Americans are underestimating how long disruptions will last, health experts say

Re:Americans are underestimating how long disruptions will l... by godelski on Friday April 03, 2020 @01:36PM (#22771966)

I find it odd that people are comparing "worst" by number of cases and not accounting population. The US has 320mn people while Italy has 60.5, Spain has 46.8, and Germany has 83.8. These are the countries with the most cases and by population the US is doing the best out of all of them and Spain the worst. If we look at deaths, Germany is only slightly better than the US but Spain and Italy are each much higher.

The US sure has a lot of problems, but that doesn't mean everything we do is the worst.

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Re:Americans are underestimating how long disruptions will l... by danharaj on Friday April 03, 2020 @01:58PM (#22772208)

The US spread is a few weeks behind the other countries. People are projecting based on incubation time and mitigation response what will happen. The US growth rate is on track to make everyone else look peachy keen.

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Re:Americans are underestimating how long disruptions will l... by fourmyle on Friday April 03, 2020 @02:18PM (#22772415)

I doubt there is any definitively proven date of the start of the spread. It very well could have started sooner than claims.

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