re: Daily COVID Updated as of 11/2/20 8:00 PM

Growth rate could exceed but it’s probably slowed from yesterday. Yesterday’s spiked; I doubt we will see as much of an increase in %

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I think the worldochart number now has gone up to +5300 today new cases.

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+5406

Very nice graphs, thank you for taking the time to do this.
Now that there is 15 days as data and maybe a hint of the total CV death rate starting to flatten compared to the curve of the total CV cases, any chance you could generate a graph of the US Total CV Deaths in log scale, like you have the cases? It might be interesting.

NOTE: Updated as of 8:15 PM CST, These are not final numbers for the day, they will go up throughout the day.

NOTE: Until the end of the day, the growth rate numbers will not be correct.

Note: This may be my last update of the day, I'm really tired and need to crash. I will update the final numbers for today.

NorCali, I just caught up on the thread and saw this. Yes, I will add a logarithmic chart for total cv deaths...good idea! It will not be tonight, this week has been brutal, I am tired and going to crash.

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Growth rate could exceed but it’s probably slowed from yesterday. Yesterday’s spiked; I doubt we will see as much of an increase in %

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Will see a spike in numbers as more are tested. We got test 4 weeks ago but had strict guidelines on who to test. Basically the patient had to have all the symptoms, high risk for exposure and sicker than shite. Literally, hospitalization sick. Now that the local hospital has test and making bank off of it, anyone can be tested after we flu, strep, RSV etc. So, I'm having to gown up, put my protected eyewear on, gloves etc...basically full HAZMAT and go see them in their cars to eliminate any chance of it entering our clinic (even though we've been seeing and treating this shite for months under "Viral Syndrome".) So, you'll see a spike, but you can bet your arse it would've been higher in November, December, and January. I think they crop dusted our asses in the fall (China).

Hell, I had all the classical symptoms in January after returning from Colorado. Seemed to be sensitive to Miller Lite and Jameson's.

Thank you for the updates from a data person.

I think we need to focus on deaths and serious cases at the moment to really get a feel for what’s going on, even though those are lagging indicators. It’s impossible to read anything into the increase in number of cases without knowing what portion of that is due to new infections vs. what is simply due to increased testing as it continues to ramp up.

Also, if you break down deaths by country on a per capita basis, the US is doing much better than most of our first world counterparts in the northern hemisphere.

CPA, in my head I am visualizing the two data sets, cases & deaths, overlayed in the same bar chart, that should show the lag between positive and death. I will prob add that this weekend.

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Why isn’t this drum being beat?

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that's part of the overall picture i have been puzzled by. now, multiple gov's saying they will ramp up and deploy national guard to disperse gatherings. first responder/critical services passes being distributed. multiple legislators dumping millions in stocks right before u.s. cases. it's hard to believe there aren't dotted lines between these things. i'm looking at the numbers and i'm not seeing the same picture that officials are portraying.