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Blowing through 140,000 cases like a toilet paper wall. (Original Post)
gibraltar72
Mar 2020
OP
Imagine how quickly we could stop this if nurses and doctors were better people and more dedicated.
gibraltar72
Mar 2020
#7
We are at war with Nambia. As soon as our troops get well enough to move out.
gibraltar72
Mar 2020
#10
coti
(4,625 posts)1. We ain't seen a goddamned thing yet. nt
gibraltar72
(7,631 posts)2. I know that. I don't think many people still realize how real this is.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)3. Linear growth assumptions are hard-wired into the way people think
Next week is going to be a mess.
unblock
(56,239 posts)4. In about 8 days we should see 140,000 new cases *per day*
Exponential growth is scary....
gibraltar72
(7,631 posts)5. That's because nurses are stealing the supplies.
unblock
(56,239 posts)6. King of projection figures everyone grifts like he would
gibraltar72
(7,631 posts)7. Imagine how quickly we could stop this if nurses and doctors were better people and more dedicated.
coti
(4,625 posts)8. Yeah, if only they were as morally upright as Trump nt
hatrack
(65,039 posts)9. By this time tomorow, we'll have more fatalities than 9/11 . . .
Which I guess means we have to go invade Belgium and Indonesia.
gibraltar72
(7,631 posts)10. We are at war with Nambia. As soon as our troops get well enough to move out.
former9thward
(33,424 posts)11. Europe is still the epicenter.
It has 400,000 cases with a population comparable to the U.S.
gibraltar72
(7,631 posts)12. Yes but their doctors and nurses aren't stealing the supplies.
former9thward
(33,424 posts)13. Well, there is none to steal.