This chart is looking more and more like the one of the 1918-1920 flu. Second wave deadlier than the first.
After all, everyone who this summer was saying that the pandemic was over had zero arguments to answer "why would COVID be any different than the flu of 1918-1920"?
After all, everyone who this summer was saying that the pandemic was over had zero arguments to answer "why would COVID be any different than the flu of 1918-1920"?
https://twitter.com/emmevilla/status/1335504060594720771
The lesson: don't look at lagging indicators (e.g., numbers); look at properties (e.g., viruses spread).
Less models, more common sense.
Less models, more common sense.
(Note: the 420k figure in the quoted tweet is an estimate by the researcher, not an actual number; I quoted the tweet for the chart, not for the text below – which is still interesting and worth reading, but an estimate nevertheless)
Why are more people dying during the 2nd wave than in the 1st?
Because there were more people infected in October 2020 than there were in October 2019.
This seemingly banal point has been ignored by so many people.
Because there were more people infected in October 2020 than there were in October 2019.
This seemingly banal point has been ignored by so many people.
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