I disagree that the administration is “downplaying the risk.” Trump points to the experts and they tell it to us straight, DAILY. People who are using politicians or the media to calibrate their opinions on COVID-19 have only themselves to blame.
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Well, my movie screen says it did. Why it did is not discernable from the graph.
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You can't necessarily compare a small country like Italy to a large country like the USA.
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They plateau'd it through quarantines China went full 1984 to squash it, South Korea had advanced warning It would have probably done more damage if it started here without their draconian measures.
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You also have to factor in cultural impact. Eastern culture is more of collectiveness, obeying the rule. Western culture is more about individualism, about personal freedom. We've yet to see the first Western country successfully suppresses this pandemics.
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Scott, your prediction on when US will reach peak number of cases in this go-round -- and what that number will be -- assuming very good compliance with social distancing and hand-washing regimens?
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He isn't a medical professional. Go speak with your primary. An epidemiologist. Infectious disease doctor. Public health professional. They are the ones on the front lines receiving updates on levels of infection, what areas are high risk, ways to contain, etc.
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Basically martial law. Can’t do that here. Need to get ahead of it before it gets to that point, and people just can’t be stupid and think of their own individual risk. The risk is not just getting sick and dying. It’s economic and social collapse.
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Maybe it will end up getting people to work together again

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