A Wuhan a day

[jon-nyc]

Wow. 55k cases in the US yesterday.

[Jolly]

Case numbers don't bother me as much as hospitalization, vent and fatality numbers. Those have shown a slight up-tick in this state.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in A Wuhan a day:

Wow. 55k cases in the US yesterday.

And 20% of them are in Florida.

[George K]

[Klaus]

I find it interesting that the development in the US is so different from Western Europe. Didn't you guys do more or less the same things?

[George K]

@Klaus said in A Wuhan a day:

I find it interesting that the development in the US is so different from Western Europe. Didn't you guys do more or less the same things?

I think the differences are that the governors of individual states have much more say in how that state handles things. Texas' governor opened things quickly, perhaps prematurely, and now is back-pedaling with a mandatory mask order.

It raises the interesting question: How much power does the federal government really have in a situation like this?

[jon-nyc]

Part of the issue is looking at the US as a single entity.

NY looks more or less like Western Europe. (so far at least)

I think other states may well have shut down too early and opened too early.

Also most states didn’t build an adequate test and trace capability. I’m guessing Europe did a better job there.

[jon-nyc]

This is the hospitalizations chart for NY that the governor sent out yesterday. The case count has a similar shape.

[Axtremus]

@jon-nyc said in A Wuhan a day:

This is the hospitalizations chart for NY that the governor sent out yesterday. The case count has a similar shape.

New Jersey's statistics show the same "shape" as New York's.

[Copper]

Population density seems to be key.