Subduction Zone
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That's a good point. But there is something to be said for understanding the state of play while the game is still ongoing. It would help us to adjust our strategy.
Right now here's how the DEATH rates are comparing between the US and EU. Similar sized populations (300million and 400million respectively):
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It's very easy to see that for similarly situated geographies (in terms of population, development, etc.) that the US is failing severely. We didn't have as high a spike but we have not "adapted" and brought our numbers down sufficiently.
As such THIS lends credence to people thinking that historians WILL judge us to be lacking in how we dealt with this.
We are losing at half-time by a HUGE margin. Playing as badly as we have been playing will NOT get us to "victory"
The news is bad, but it could be worse. The "good news" is that even though we have more new cases than ever it appears that at least some citizens are taking precautions. The death rate is much lower than when it first came out. That indicates that those at risk are taking extra precautions, and perhaps that we know how to treat this more effectively. Looking at the Worldometer's graph daily deaths are only up about 25% from the low that we had after the peak.
I am not advocating opening up or ignoring this, far from it. That merely shows that precautionary methods work and we need more people to use them. Masks should be used everywhere nationally. And the one thing that the President could have done he has still not done. He could have used the "Defense Production Act to increase supplies of personal protective equipment for health care workers treating COVID-19, which as of Thursday afternoon had killed at least 137,000 Americans and infected more than 3.5 million people here."
Pelosi says Trump is 'like a man who refuses to ask for directions' on coronavirus pandemic
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