Originally Posted by
Excargodog
I see total numbers of those who have or have had coronavirus going up, as testing becomes more widely available, new cases coming down, despite that more widespread testing, and deaths coming down, as that more available testing detects mostly milder or asymptomatic cases that probably wouldn’t have qualified for testing at all under the earlier criteria. That’s about it....
It’s looking more promising for sure. At the beginning, when the virus was unmitigated, daily rates were climbing like a rocket ship, then they suddenly started tapering off. Even 2 weeks after economies started reopening the trend continued down, which is great news, it means the actions we’re taking are working and the spread can be controlled. But, if we completely let our guard down there’s likely no reason the virus wouldn’t spread as aggressively again. I will not be surprised if the riots end up setting us back a few weeks (we’ll likely know in a week or so).