The best data seems to be hospitalizations, which is less vulnerable to testing surges or false death certificates. Hospitalizations peaked in NYC first week of April, and I suspect the rest of the country is close to that.
Yeah I love when you point out that the projections included these policies, and they go "we didn't overestimate the virus, we underestimated the policies!"
You were wrong. Just admit it and open up the states and let life get back to normal.
The best data seems to be hospitalizations, which is less vulnerable to testing surges or false death certificates. Hospitalizations peaked in NYC first week of April, and I suspect the rest of the country is close to that.
Hospitalizations need to be the main piece of data, because this whole damn thing was about not overloading the hospitals in the first place.
Being off by only 700% is actually pretty good for these people.
Yeah I love when you point out that the projections included these policies, and they go "we didn't overestimate the virus, we underestimated the policies!"
You were wrong. Just admit it and open up the states and let life get back to normal.
According to the CDC more people were hospitalized with Influenza-Like Illnesses (ILI) during the 2017-2018 flu season by this point in the year.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/weeklyarchives2019-2020/images/EIPRates17_small.gif
Great point.