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captain queeg

(10,168 posts)
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 01:58 PM Mar 2020

It seems strange to me when you check the corona tracker (worldometer) it's so wide spread

There’s infections popping up everywhere. Some countries have quite a few a some have very few. It seems like there ought to be more clusters and strange that so many remote places are seeing the infections. I guess it’s because the world is so interconnected but even then you’d think places that have outbreaks would multiply more quickly. Or maybe it’s a function of how they are testing.

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It seems strange to me when you check the corona tracker (worldometer) it's so wide spread (Original Post) captain queeg Mar 2020 OP
African countries' numbers likely reflect less testing. Russia, I'd say something quite different hlthe2b Mar 2020 #1
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Reynolds Wrap Chainfire Mar 2020 #3
Please proceed to wonder and speculate... Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2020 #4
Historical models show CV doubling heart disease at the current rate of infection. There's no uponit7771 Mar 2020 #5
1% is a huge thing. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #6

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uponit7771

(90,335 posts)
5. Historical models show CV doubling heart disease at the current rate of infection. There's no
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 03:15 PM
Mar 2020

... need to look at the iceberg and run right into it.

Turin_C3PO

(13,964 posts)
6. 1% is a huge thing.
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 03:16 PM
Mar 2020

Have you seen the bodies piling up in Italy? 793 dead yesterday from the corona virus. This is no flu.

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