COVID-19 — Coronavirus

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FT Graph for cumulative deaths helpfully includes three projected exponentials, doubling in two, three, and four days.

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I'm used to the following shorthand approximations:

~20% increase in cumulative total = cumulative total doubles every four days.

~25% increase daily = doubles every three days

~40% daily = doubles every other day.

I'll spare you from anything projecting further into the future than that.
 
Had my first walk today after having to self isolate most of the week.

Most people were in pairs, clearly couples or parents and children, sticking to the rules and ensuring when passing on foot paths that adequate distance was kept.

Then I saw a group of 5/6 scallies on bikes whizz past, spitting as they went and talking like they were from the bronx, when in reality they were probably skinny white lads from Marple.

It’s idiots like that that will contribute to hundreds of people dying unnecessarily.
 
14th March =21
24th March = 422
A = A0ekt
422= 21ek10
divide both sides by 21
20.09=ek10
K= In(20.09)/10
K=0.3
30% growth rate.
What's your point? The growth rate over the past 2 days has been 50%. Which then is, er, higher than expected. Jeez this is tedious.
 
My point is more data more better. Looking at a snap shot of one or two days does no-one any favours. The FT graph posted earlier gives a similar trend to the one I demonstrate using the standard formula for calculating K and also shows trends for higher and lower values.

Going fucking apeshit every time a new daily number is published is an overreaction. It's just another data point.
Wind the clock back mate. I didn't "go ape shit". I said the numbers were higher than expected.

Anyway, losing the will to live on this, and need to start cooking dinner. Mushtoom risotto - the wife's favourite. Not mine, but you have to do these things ;-)
 
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