Decision for 2020-21 Academic Year

Re:Decision for 2020-21 Academic Year by karlakush on Monday July 06, 2020 @02:03PM (#23750764)

Not true. Deaths only lag cases by 5-10 days. For example, in Italy daily new cases peaked on March 21st and daily deaths peaked on March 27th.

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Re:Decision for 2020-21 Academic Year by perl4ever on Monday July 06, 2020 @08:08PM (#23754232)

This assumes the death rate is independent of, say, health care system capacity. Didn't they have an issue with that in Italy?

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Re:Decision for 2020-21 Academic Year by elihu on Monday July 06, 2020 @05:03PM (#23752736)

Doesn't that depend a great deal on testing capability? If testing is quick and widely available, then I'd expect the lag to be larger as people get diagnosed earlier.

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