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Apr 7, 2020

COVID-19 Update

Growth Rates
Cases:
1.05 - World
1.09 - USA

Dead:
1.06 - World
1.14 USA
The increase in cases is slowing here in the US - doubling in 8 days instead of every 3-5. Unfortunately, since the growth in number of cases is a leading indicator, it can mean the increase in deaths could accelerate for a while, because that's a trailing indicator.

It makes some sense that they've been warning us over the last couple of days that this week could be pretty grim.




Trying to look ahead, the main problem I see is that President Stoopid will again start pressing for "re-opening the country" before it should, which could make recovery more difficult, and set the stage for another outbreak in the fall and winter, which could be made worse than it has to be because we jumped back in too soon.

The kicker there is that the longer we wait, the more likely it is that lots and lots of jobs won't be there when it's time to go back to work.

But then again, risking your life for someone else's business has to be worth quite a bit more than 10 bucks an hour.
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