Originally Posted by
pangolin
People are starting to have real friends with the virus. It’s hitting closer to home. But there are treatments that are working and the death rate is declining drastically. It’s really over. The media doesn’t get it but it is.
This is incorrect. Deaths are
not decreasing. We haven't developed a vaccine nor are we suddenly much much better at treatment. Let me introduce you to Simpson's paradox. The problem is with the way the data has been grouped together and incorrectly weighted. If you throw in New York and other areas that have already seen their outbreak and are currently in decline, it will skew the data.
Deaths lag infections, this is a fact. There are new hotspots in Florida, Texas, California and others. You need to take a look at the breakdown per county, or at the very least per state to get a better idea of what is going on. You'll see that cases are dramatically increasing in these areas, and in a few weeks deaths will be as well.
This is a serious illness, and it's time to stop denying it. The sooner people do what is necessary (wearing masks, social distancing, quarantine.) the sooner this will be over and we can return to normal life. It's time to take this seriously and stop denying it for dumbass political reasons.