USA! USA! USA! Winning the coronavirus race

monet said:
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All fine by Easter. Beautiful!
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Please show this chart by % of total population. Otherwise it really a worthless comparison.

Additionally, the X Axis is titled "# of days since 100th case" and is incredibly flawed as there is no real way to know and no way to equalize this measure across different countries that had different testing methods and no real way to know when the 100th case was actually hit.

Actually the chart is essentially worthless for comparison purposes. Its to push a narrative.
 
Tsing Tao said:
Please show this chart by % of total population. Otherwise it really a worthless comparison.
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China population: 1.4B
USA population: 0.33B

China cases: ~30k (0.002%) @ 21 days
USA cases: 80k (0.024%) @ 21 days

One disciplined state that is practiced at containing viral pandemics.
Fifty libertarian* states having their first go at containing a viral pandemic and a president who says: I think Easter Sunday and you'll have packed churches all over our country, I think it would be a beautiful time.

10x more cases per capita at 21 days (approximately). The quality of the data varies from country to country and China no doubt suppressed their real figures, but 10x!


*normally a good thing
 
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monet said:
China population: 1.4B
USA population: 0.33B

China cases: ~30k (0.002%) @ 21 days
USA cases: 80k (0.024%) @ 21 days

One disciplined state that is practiced at containing viral pandemics.
Fifty libertarian* states having their first go at containing a viral pandemic and a president who says: I think Easter Sunday and you'll have packed churches all over our country, I think it would be a beautiful time.

10x more cases per capita at 21 days (approximately). The quality of the data varies from country to country and China no doubt suppressed their real figures, but 10x!


*normally a good thing
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I noticed it is now only a comparison of China in your data and all the other countries of the world are all gone.

How about this: Look at this website...

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

Focus, in particular at the columns that say "Total Cases per 1M Pop" and "Total Deaths per 1M pop".

Because that's the only really relevant data. And, of course, if we're going to compare to China, we should probably consider the "fudge factor" of imaginary statistics because we know they don't report anything accurately.
 
monet said:
@Tsing Tao

I was hoping you were going to tell us everything's going to be OK?
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Sure. Everything is going to be OK. You can rest easily. Unless, of course, you are elderly or suffering from some significant pathology that will increase your risk. In that case you should shelter at home. But, you should also do this whenever there is a really nasty flu going around.
 
Tsing Tao said:
How about this: Look at this website...

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

Focus, in particular at the columns that say "Total Cases per 1M Pop" and "Total Deaths per 1M pop".

Because that's the only really relevant data.
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The outburst of the virus did not occur simultaneously in all countries. It started earlier in some countries (e.g. China, Korea) and later in others (e.g. US). So you can't compare this data as long as the pandemic is still ongoing, the number of patients is still increasing, and not all patients have an outcome to their infection yet (either recovered or passed away).
 
HobbyTrading said:
The outburst of the virus did not occur simultaneously in all countries. It started earlier in some countries (e.g. China, Korea) and later in others (e.g. US). So you can't compare this data as long as the pandemic is still ongoing, the number of patients is still increasing, and not all patients have an outcome to their infection yet (either recovered or passed away).
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I agree that you can't use an apples to apples, but this is as best as we have. We certainly shouldn't be using a chart as was posted in the OP! If the narrative being pushed (by the OP) is that the US is "winning the case count war" then that's horseshit. And it needs to be called out as horseshit.

Also have to consider the testing approach. Here in the states we are just beginning mass testing. Obviously that will do two big things - increase case count massively and reduce mortality rate massively.

As i type this I'm on a call with our PE owners and they're telling us this will end up with a mortality rate somewhere right around the flu. And they are a lot smarter than most people on this forum - and have access to pragmatic smart folks as well.
 
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