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May 26, Pandemic watch
The big 5 (BRIM-US)
Brazil has tragically nearly reached the US case curve, approaching 20,000 cases/day rolling average. Its death curve is not far behind🇺🇸
The US descent in fatalities is picking up a little steam👍
🇮🇳🇲🇽🇷🇺 all still big trouble spots
Linear plots for BRIM May 26th data, cases and deaths, show how Brazil is the outlier of these countries
cashin.ru/virus/countrie…
and yes there are reporting problems across the board
US with the other active, major ascending (trouble) countries, besides BRIM, includes Pakistan, Peru, Chile, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar.
linear, log, per capita and any way you want to look at it
@OurWorldInData
The US is worst.
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