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soothsayer

(38,601 posts) Fri Jul 31, 2020, 03:05 PM Jul 2020

NEW: CDC projects COVID-19 death toll to top 180,000 within next three weeks, according to a documen

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That's a projection of a daily average of 1363 for next 22 days .
To put that in perspective:
Thats 9/11 every 60 hours.
Nine 9/11s in 3 weeks.
We are being murdered by federal, #Trump led criminal negligence and appeasement by congress

NEW: CDC projects COVID-19 death toll to top 180,000 within next three weeks, according to a document @YahooNews obtained.

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NEW: CDC projects COVID-19 death toll to top 180,000 within next three weeks, according to a documen (Original Post) soothsayer Jul 2020 OP

They are starting to average close to 1,500 a day now so that sounds about right. nt Quixote1818 Jul 2020 #1

The numbers are going to start steamrolling soon, especially after schools open. 😢 crickets Jul 2020 #2

Per Worldometer, 7Day Moving Average Is... ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #3

Quixote1818

(28,936 posts)

1. They are starting to average close to 1,500 a day now so that sounds about right. nt

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Fri Jul 31, 2020, 03:11 PM

Jul 2020

crickets

(25,979 posts)

2. The numbers are going to start steamrolling soon, especially after schools open. 😢

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Fri Jul 31, 2020, 03:18 PM

Jul 2020

ProfessorGAC

(65,040 posts)

3. Per Worldometer, 7Day Moving Average Is...

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Fri Jul 31, 2020, 03:28 PM

Jul 2020

...1,058 (as of yesterday) but rising.
Same graph says the 7 day was 520 on July 5th.
So, in 25 days the AVERAGE doubled. And 7 of the last 10 days were well over a thousand a day.
So, this projection seems reasonable. If it's not an underestimate.

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