Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[Mnementh]

NightlyPoe said:

donathos said:

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.

The implication he's been going with is that the United States is on track to arrive at critical mass at the same time as Italy where we can't handle the influx.  It's simply not true.  The number of infected as a share of the population is nowhere near Italy's.

If he added a "per 1,000,000 residents" or whatever to the chart, then it wouldn't be so misleading.

Didn't you read what I wrote as an answer to a similar statement from you at all?

The overall size of a country  doesn't matter at all. The medical system in Washington may be overwhelmed already while Florida has plenty of space in ICU left. Also in Italy you have it concentrated on northern Italy where the health system is overwhelmed, but over areas are fine.