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brush

(53,475 posts)
Thu May 28, 2020, 10:23 PM May 2020

Anyone else notice it took several days for covid death count to...

reach 100,000 (hovering just under that mark for days), but one day later it's already 1337 over that mark.

Clear repug suppression of the count if you ask me.

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Anyone else notice it took several days for covid death count to... (Original Post) brush May 2020 OP
Numbers are not reported in on weekends and holidays. nt DURHAM D May 2020 #1
The #'s May Be Accelerating sfstaxprep May 2020 #2
The numbers always drop on weekends Locutusofborg May 2020 #3
Over weekends, it is slower Jarqui May 2020 #4
Yes, I also suspect we passed 100k deaths days, even weeks ago. brush May 2020 #6
It happened over Memorial Day weekend. Crunchy Frog May 2020 #5
I'm glad it was Tuesday. Attention was given. jimfields33 May 2020 #7

Locutusofborg

(524 posts)
3. The numbers always drop on weekends
Thu May 28, 2020, 10:59 PM
May 2020

Because there's no one tabulating the numbers at state government or federal offices. A holiday weekend extends that by a day.
Patience, grasshopper!

Jarqui

(10,110 posts)
4. Over weekends, it is slower
Thu May 28, 2020, 11:03 PM
May 2020

But this was slower than typical weekends

505 and 615 death tallies for those days were the lowest tallies since March 30. They had a third day of 774 after those two which was slightly higher than the previous low of 750 between March 30 and now.

They had their thumb on the scale.

The fact of the matter is they passed 100,000 a long time ago but have been under reporting for some time. No one is reporting on how many have been disabled either. They're on track to double these numbers by August so I'm not sure how much it all matters.

When folks start dying in the Red states, that'll change some attitudes there.

Crunchy Frog

(26,548 posts)
5. It happened over Memorial Day weekend.
Thu May 28, 2020, 11:09 PM
May 2020

They often don't do much data collection over a holiday weekend.

jimfields33

(15,473 posts)
7. I'm glad it was Tuesday. Attention was given.
Thu May 28, 2020, 11:17 PM
May 2020

Monday was to veterans and Tuesday was a day of only coronavirus victims.

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