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gibraltar72

(7,631 posts)
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 07:57 PM Apr 2020

1 point 3 acres has us over 50,000 deaths and over 888,000 cases

World O Meters seems to be lagging a bit. God I hope that is the light switch moment we need to build a fire under people.

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1 point 3 acres has us over 50,000 deaths and over 888,000 cases (Original Post) gibraltar72 Apr 2020 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author dewsgirl Apr 2020 #1
Guess I missed that. The fact that they seem to clear the books about 8:00 has kinda left me gibraltar72 Apr 2020 #2
I was editing when you wrote, it looks like it's now 20 percent dewsgirl Apr 2020 #4
They use GMT so you have to check it often BigmanPigman Apr 2020 #5
Thanks. I've been consulting Worldometer. ananda Apr 2020 #3
Yeah for last few days I saw the opposite. It all evens out I guess. gibraltar72 Apr 2020 #6

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gibraltar72

(7,631 posts)
2. Guess I missed that. The fact that they seem to clear the books about 8:00 has kinda left me
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 08:03 PM
Apr 2020

hanging but they catch up overnight.

dewsgirl

(14,965 posts)
4. I was editing when you wrote, it looks like it's now 20 percent
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 08:09 PM
Apr 2020

for closed cases world wide. I swear this morning it was the US.
Still 20 percent is crazy.
I deleted my comment.

BigmanPigman

(55,528 posts)
5. They use GMT so you have to check it often
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 08:13 PM
Apr 2020

and also go from the "now" category to "yesterday". Since I live on the West Coast it can get confusing when when they update the numbers.

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