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5. There are no short-cuts

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2020, 05:25 PM

May 2020

You have to see this through to the end. Don't lose focus, don't get distracted, and don't listen to ignorant yahoos. Cuomo doesn't seem the type to be stampeded, so New York may have weathered the worst of it, and it was really bad. Next week is when we'll start seeing the results in the states that knuckled under to the yammerers.

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New York no longer leads in both new cases and new deaths [View all] Yavin4 May 2020 OP

That is what Gov. Cuomo has been saying...his state is where other states will be. brush May 2020 #1

There is no way the U of W forecast of 74000 deaths by August 4 th is doc03 May 2020 #3

Yes, just a conservative estimate of only 2000 per day would be 2000 x 31 days... brush May 2020 #10

74000 is an absurd estimate Pobeka May 2020 #12

+1, ... and if we cut that in half magically after May 8 that's still 100,000 by end of may. uponit7771 May 2020 #14

The 74k was with the asinine assumption that current SDM would still be in place. uponit7771 May 2020 #13

I'm sorry for those states but I am happy for NY. In_The_Wind May 2020 #2

We've been locked down in Illinois for five-six weeks greenjar_01 May 2020 #4

See My Post 7 ProfessorGAC May 2020 #8

The positive rate only fell 2% IINM, it looks like there still isn't enough testing. Positive rate uponit7771 May 2020 #15

Illinois is taking testing seriously MyNameGoesHere May 2020 #9

There are no short-cuts gratuitous May 2020 #5

That's wonderful news! Aristus May 2020 #6

IL Testing Has Gone Through The Roof ProfessorGAC May 2020 #7

that's fantastic! stillcool May 2020 #11