bendthecurve. #shelterinplace. #socialdistancingisnotenough “When a healthcare system gets overwhelmed, death rate goes up from something like 0.9% (Korea) to something like 3-4% (Hubei, parts of Lombardy).” “Italy death rate, worst is yet to come (lags case rate)” “US case count will exceed Italy’s in 5 days time” London and US (NY, Louisiana, Florida) still at 35pct daily increase due to...

No, cotton masks aren’t as good as N95 masks, but they are much better than nothing if N95s aren’t available. Some Healthcare providers are accepting these. Could be used in the community too. Even imperfect barriers are better than nothing. Save the N95s for the sick and healthcare workers. And make cotton ones for when we run out 🙁 Here’s...

Both Italy and South Korea were able to “bend the curve” of case rise from 35pct growth to 11pct growth, by different methods. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/italy-south-korea-differ-tackling-coronavirus-outbreak-200313062505781.html Lesson: country-wide action (lock down or test everyone) is required to slow the spread and avoid overwhelming hospitals. Lesson: must be sustained for many weeks (it took China 3 months). http://nrg.cs.ucl.ac.uk/mjh/covid19/

https://datastudio.google.com/embed/reporting/f56febd8-5c42-4191-bcea-87a3396f4508/page/k1XIB

https://coronavirus.1point3acres.com/en?fbclid=IwAR1Pb07eGspCuVzY2xXlEqoKpBXRxbNnZxwManGi39Zi1gJU6J6k13aPKnw

This is why I pay for my New York Times subscription. Has the best data visualizations. The below shows how China appears to be well past the first surge of cases, in about 3 months, after belatedly forcing people to not leave their homes. From The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/coronavirus-maps.html

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/index.html

Excellent article from the BBC. https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51674743