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donathos on 18 March 2020
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NightlyPoe said:
SpokenTruth said:

Tonight's US-Italy update.

Another quick metric I like to observe is the difference between the end of the daily reporting period and when I make these charts.  Last night, we gained 45 new cases in that period.  Tonight we have gained 98 in that same little time gap.  It means little but it's another way to see the exponential growth.

EDIT: Back on the 12th, we were tied.  We've steadily increased at a rate greater than Italy and are now 1.5 days ahead.

And another reminder that the United States has a population 6.5x that of Italy and landmass 32.5x the size of that country.

There is no reason to post this.  The two countries are in completely different stages of the spread despite the top numbers.

Not debating that the United States and Italy are two different countries. Of course they are. But do you really believe that there's no reason to post that graph?

Look at the numbers posted, and how well they seem to map onto one another. Regardless of the differences between the US and Italy, the graph certainly seems to demonstrate the direction we're headed, and what we might reasonably expect in X number of days (though, as observed, the US is now ahead of the curve). It thus seems to be a useful graphic.